2019
Succinylcholine Use and Dantrolene Availability for Malignant Hyperthermia Treatment: Database Analyses and Systematic Review.
Larach M, Klumpner T, Brandom B, Vaughn M, Belani K, Herlich A, Kim T, Limoncelli J, Riazi S, Sivak E, Capacchione J, Mashman D, Kheterpal S, Kooij F, Wilczak J, Soto R, Berris J, Price Z, Lins S, Coles P, Harris J, Cummings K, Berman M, Nanamori M, Adelman B, Wedeven C, LaGorio J, McCormick P, Tom S, Aziz M, Coffman T, Ellis T, Molina S, Peterson W, Mackey S, van Klei W, Ginde A, Biggs D, Neuman M, Craft R, Pace N, Paganelli W, Durieux M, Nair B, Wanderer J, Miller S, Helsten D, Turnbull Z, Schonberger R. Succinylcholine Use and Dantrolene Availability for Malignant Hyperthermia Treatment: Database Analyses and Systematic Review. Anesthesiology 2019, 130: 41-54. PMID: 30550426, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000002490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDantroleneDatabases, FactualHumansMalignant HyperthermiaMuscle Relaxants, CentralNeuromuscular Depolarizing AgentsSuccinylcholineConceptsMalignant hyperthermiaAirway rescueDantrolene treatmentMask ventilationMH casesVolatile anestheticsNorth American MH RegistryDifficult mask ventilationClinical grading scaleMalignant Hyperthermia AssociationAnesthesia Closed Claims ProjectStocking dantroleneMH eventsDantrolene administrationDantroleneOverall mortalityMulticenter Perioperative Outcomes GroupOutcome groupSuccinylcholine useGrading scaleU.S. patientsTreat MHClosed Claims ProjectSuccinylcholineAirway
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
2013
The Problem of Controlling for Imperfectly Measured Confounders on Dissimilar Populations: A Database Simulation Study
Schonberger RB, Gilbertsen T, Dai F. The Problem of Controlling for Imperfectly Measured Confounders on Dissimilar Populations: A Database Simulation Study. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2013, 28: 247-254. PMID: 23962461, PMCID: PMC3926910, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.03.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAlgorithmsAtenololBiasCardiac Surgical ProceduresCohort StudiesComorbidityComputer SimulationData Interpretation, StatisticalDatabases, FactualDrug TherapyHumansInternational Classification of DiseasesLogistic ModelsMetoprololModels, StatisticalMonte Carlo MethodObservational Studies as TopicPostoperative ComplicationsPrevalencePropensity ScoreRetrospective Studies