2025
Hospital and Clinician Practice Variation in Cardiac Surgery and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury
Mathis M, Mentz G, Cao J, Balczewski E, Janda A, Likosky D, Schonberger R, Hawkins R, Heung M, Ailawadi G, Ladhania R, Sjoding M, Kheterpal S, Singh K, Sundt T, Fitzsimons M, Shann K, Kumar V, Yarboro L, Naik B, Tibayan F, Aziz M, Mulligan M, Jelacic S, Kaneko T, Graetz T, Assi R, Mallidi H, Querejeta-Roca G, Shook D, Tsai C, Jewell E, Wanderer J, Freundlich R, Rock P, Douville N, Fisher C, Pace N, Domino K, Wagener G, King C, O'Reilly-Shah V, Bardia A, Clark D. Hospital and Clinician Practice Variation in Cardiac Surgery and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury. JAMA Network Open 2025, 8: e258342. PMID: 40314957, PMCID: PMC12048843, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.8342.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Multicenter Analysis of the Relationship Between Operative Team Familiarity and Safety and Efficiency Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery
Bauer T, Janda A, Wu X, Ling C, Shook D, Querejeta-Roca G, Shann K, Smith T, Mathis M, Kaneko T, Sundt T, Schonberger R, Harrington S, Dias R, Pagani F, Likosky D, Yule S, Caldwell M, Corso J, Louis N, Krein S, Manojlovich M, Stakich-Alpirez K, Sturmer D, Yalamuri S, Lawton J, Abernathy J, Cleveland J, Clendenen N, Justison G, Fried M, Nemeh H, Fitzsimons M, Dickinson T, Stulak J, de la Cruz K. Multicenter Analysis of the Relationship Between Operative Team Familiarity and Safety and Efficiency Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2024, 17: e011065. PMID: 39689169, PMCID: PMC11654451, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.124.011065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnesthesiologistsCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiopulmonary BypassClinical CompetenceCooperative BehaviorFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInterdisciplinary CommunicationMaleMiddle AgedOperative TimeOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePatient Care TeamPatient SafetyPostoperative ComplicationsQuality Indicators, Health CareRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSurgeonsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsSociety of Thoracic SurgeonsCardiopulmonary bypass durationTeam familiarityBypass durationElectronic health record dataHealth record dataEffective team dynamicsSociety of Thoracic Surgeons morbidityCardiac Surgery RegistryComposite major morbidityCardiac surgical proceduresMortality measuresLinear regression modelsCrude analysisQuaternary hospitalRecord dataRisk adjustmentPrimary outcomePatient outcomesProcedural efficiencyMajor morbidityCardiac surgeryCardiac operationsMulticenter analysisPatient age
2021
Trends in personal protective equipment use by clinicians performing airway procedures for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in the USA from the intubateCOVID registry
Gaulton T, Neuman M, Investigators I, Gaulton T, Neuman M, Lane-Fall M, Gaskins L, Dattilo J, El-Boghdadly K, Wong D, Ahmad I, Johnstone C, Gutstein H, Muehlschlegel J, Hua M, Fonseca L, Mitrev L, Low Y, Gupta D, Ayad S, Volio A, Salih A, Kim D, Nutcharoen A, Skolaris A, Sherman M, Giska M, Nowak K, Chhina A, Guruswamy J, Penning D, Majewski M, Nagrebetsky A, Houle T, Aziz M, Freed J, Lien C, Mihm F, Desai P, Fahy B, Davies L, Adair K, Gunnett A, Mhyre J, Sharawi N, Applegate R, Brzenski A, Lin M, Olmos A, Chen C, Gropper M, Shochat G, Hoefnagel A, Ranganath Y, Sibenellar Z, Colquhoun D, Cloyd B, Healy D, Mathis M, Schechtman S, Steadman J, Stuart A, Bott S, Gerety L, Fisher J, Friend A, Breidenstein M, Domino K, Cervantes V, Joffe A, Dutton R, Shanahan J, Leissner K, Jaffe J, Strathman A, Khanna A, Segal B, Harris L, Fowler J, Johnson K, Hill S, Murrell M, Panzica P, Mittnacht A, Abramowicz E, Wecksell M, Schonberger R, Li J, Michel S, Treggiari M, Berstein S, Dashevksy M. Trends in personal protective equipment use by clinicians performing airway procedures for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in the USA from the intubateCOVID registry. British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2021, 126: e184-e186. PMID: 33612248, PMCID: PMC8052559, DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.01.019.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
The effect of race on postsurgical ambulatory medical follow-up among United States Veterans
Schonberger RB, Dai F, Brandt C, Burg MM. The effect of race on postsurgical ambulatory medical follow-up among United States Veterans. Journal Of Clinical Anesthesia 2017, 40: 55-61. PMID: 28625448, PMCID: PMC5490668, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAmbulatory CareBlack or African AmericanComorbidityContinuity of Patient CareFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealthcare DisparitiesHumansLong-Term CareMaleMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CareRetrospective StudiesSurgical Procedures, OperativeUnited StatesVeteransVeterans HealthYoung AdultConceptsAfrican American raceAfrican American patientsInternal medicineAmerican patientsAmbulatory internal medicineAmerican raceUS Veterans Affairs hospitalsYear of surgeryDay of surgeryVeterans Affairs hospitalUnited States veteransQuality improvement initiativesRetrospective observationalUS veteransHispanic ethnicityInpatient daysStates veteransSurgeryDecreased likelihoodEffect of raceImprovement initiativesVeteransFurther studiesPatientsAfrican Americans
2016
Is There Evidence for Systematic Upcoding of ASA Physical Status Coincident with Payer Incentives? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry
Schonberger RB, Dutton RP, Dai F. Is There Evidence for Systematic Upcoding of ASA Physical Status Coincident with Payer Incentives? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2016, 122: 243-250. PMID: 26360960, PMCID: PMC4684754, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000000917.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
The outlook of physician histories: J. Marion Sims and ‘The Discovery of Anaesthesia’
Rosenbloom JM, Schonberger RB. The outlook of physician histories: J. Marion Sims and ‘The Discovery of Anaesthesia’. Medical Humanities 2015, 41: 102. PMID: 26048369, DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2015-010680.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Variation in Surgical Quality Measure Adherence within Hospital Referral Regions: Do Publicly Reported Surgical Quality Measures Distinguish among Hospitals That Patients Are Likely to Compare?
Safavi KC, Dai F, Gilbertsen TA, Schonberger RB. Variation in Surgical Quality Measure Adherence within Hospital Referral Regions: Do Publicly Reported Surgical Quality Measures Distinguish among Hospitals That Patients Are Likely to Compare? Health Services Research 2014, 49: 1108-1120. PMID: 24611578, PMCID: PMC4111773, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChoice BehaviorDatabases, FactualGuideline AdherenceHumansInformation DisseminationMedicarePatient PreferenceQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareReferral and ConsultationSurgery Department, HospitalSurgical Wound InfectionUnited StatesUnited States Dept. of Health and Human ServicesConceptsHospital referral regionsSurgical quality measuresReferral regionsSurgical site infection preventionSurgical site infectionInterquartile rangePublic reporting websitesMajority of hospitalsHealth Care ProjectDepartment of HealthSite infectionAdherence ratesInfection preventionHOSPITAL scorePatient decisionMeasure adherenceSurgical providersHospitalPatientsCare ProjectDartmouth AtlasMore studiesQuality measuresHigh rateScores
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