Influence of Weight Loss Attempts on Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Deb S, Voller L, Palisch C, Ceja O, Turner W, Rivas H, Morton JM. Influence of Weight Loss Attempts on Bariatric Surgery Outcomes. The American Surgeon 2016, 82: 916-920. PMID: 27779973, DOI: 10.1177/000313481608201012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexWeight loss attemptsPreoperative body mass indexWeight loss outcomesWeight lossLoss outcomesLong-term weight loss outcomesPrior weight loss attemptsNonsurgical weight lossExcess weight lossBariatric surgery patientsBariatric surgery outcomesGraphPad Prism 6Spearman correlation testBariatric proceduresBariatric surgerySurgery patientsMass indexSurgery outcomesClinic assessmentPatient's chanceSignificant negative correlationAverage durationSurgeryMean numberAssessing national provision of care: variability in bariatric clinical care pathways
Telem DA, Majid SF, Powers K, DeMaria E, Morton J, Jones DB. Assessing national provision of care: variability in bariatric clinical care pathways. Surgery For Obesity And Related Diseases 2016, 13: 281-284. PMID: 27887932, DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersBariatric SurgeryCritical PathwaysDelivery of Health CareHospitals, CommunityHospitals, PrivateHumansIntraoperative ComplicationsPatient SafetyPerioperative CarePostoperative ComplicationsPractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality ImprovementQuality of Health CareUnited StatesConceptsClinical pathwayPostoperative laboratory evaluationVenous thromboembolism prophylaxisClinical care pathwayPatient safety committeeUnited States CentersThromboembolism prophylaxisBariatric programBariatric patientsPain pathwaysPostoperative periodPerioperative carePostoperative carePostoperative managementBariatric surgeonsPatient satisfactionCare pathwayPractice patternsImproved careResponse rateCareHigh concordanceStates CentersLaboratory evaluationAmerican Society