Boris G Sobolev

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Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Using the Statecharts paradigm for simulation of patient flow in surgical care
    Boris Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, 620 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver V6Z 1Y6, Canada
    Health Care Manag Sci 11:79-86. 2008
  2. ncbi Cumulative incidence for wait-list death in relation to length of queue for coronary-artery bypass grafting: a cohort study
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Canada
    J Cardiothorac Surg 1:21. 2006
  3. ncbi Chances of late surgery in relation to length of wait lists
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 5:63. 2005
  4. ncbi Do women spend longer on wait lists for coronary bypass surgery? Analysis of a population-based registry in British Columbia, Canada
    Adrian R Levy
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia BC, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 7:24. 2007
  5. ncbi Medication errors associated with the use of ethanol and fomepizole as antidotes for methanol and ethylene glycol poisoning
    Katherine J Lepik
    Department of Pharmacy, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 49:391-401. 2011
  6. ncbi Do longer delays for coronary artery bypass surgery contribute to preoperative mortality in less urgent patients?
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, The University of British Columbia, 828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Med Care 44:680-6. 2006
  7. ncbi Delay in admission for elective coronary-artery bypass grafting is associated with increased in-hospital mortality
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 8:185. 2008
  8. ncbi The risk of death associated with delayed coronary artery bypass surgery
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 6:85. 2006
  9. ncbi Survival benefit of coronary-artery bypass grafting accounted for deaths in those who remained untreated
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, The University of British Columbia, Canada
    J Cardiothorac Surg 3:47. 2008
  10. ncbi Time on wait lists for coronary bypass surgery in British Columbia, Canada, 1991-2000
    Adrian R Levy
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 5:22. 2005

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  1. ncbi Using the Statecharts paradigm for simulation of patient flow in surgical care
    Boris Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, 620 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver V6Z 1Y6, Canada
    Health Care Manag Sci 11:79-86. 2008
    ..We conclude that Statecharts capture successfully the behavioral aspects of surgical care delivery by specifying permissible chronology of events, conditions, and actions...
  2. ncbi Cumulative incidence for wait-list death in relation to length of queue for coronary-artery bypass grafting: a cohort study
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Canada
    J Cardiothorac Surg 1:21. 2006
    ..Our objective was to compare the cumulative incidence for death on the wait list according to the length of wait lists at the time of registration for the operation...
  3. ncbi Chances of late surgery in relation to length of wait lists
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 5:63. 2005
    ..We sought to determine what proportion of patients have had late coronary bypass surgery after registration on wait lists of different size in a network of hospitals with uniform standards for timing of surgery...
  4. ncbi Do women spend longer on wait lists for coronary bypass surgery? Analysis of a population-based registry in British Columbia, Canada
    Adrian R Levy
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia BC, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 7:24. 2007
    ..It is therefore difficult to ascertain whether higher operative mortality among women is due to biological differences or to delayed access to elective CABG...
  5. ncbi Medication errors associated with the use of ethanol and fomepizole as antidotes for methanol and ethylene glycol poisoning
    Katherine J Lepik
    Department of Pharmacy, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 49:391-401. 2011
    ..Study objectives were to describe and compare the frequency, type, outcome and underlying causes of medication errors associated with ethanol and fomepizole...
  6. ncbi Do longer delays for coronary artery bypass surgery contribute to preoperative mortality in less urgent patients?
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, The University of British Columbia, 828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Med Care 44:680-6. 2006
    ..We evaluated whether longer delays contribute to the probability of death before surgery among patients prioritized into the less urgent category...
  7. ncbi Delay in admission for elective coronary-artery bypass grafting is associated with increased in-hospital mortality
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 8:185. 2008
    ....
  8. ncbi The risk of death associated with delayed coronary artery bypass surgery
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 6:85. 2006
    ..Therefore, we sought to improve the estimates of the risk of death associated with delayed surgical treatment of coronary artery disease...
  9. ncbi Survival benefit of coronary-artery bypass grafting accounted for deaths in those who remained untreated
    Boris G Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, The University of British Columbia, Canada
    J Cardiothorac Surg 3:47. 2008
    ..The objective of this analysis was to compare survival after the treatment decision between patients who underwent CABG and those who remained untreated...
  10. ncbi Time on wait lists for coronary bypass surgery in British Columbia, Canada, 1991-2000
    Adrian R Levy
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 5:22. 2005
    ..We sought to determine whether the period of registration on wait lists had an effect on time to isolated CABG and whether the period effect was similar across priority groups...
  11. ncbi Delays worsen quality of life outcome of primary total hip arthroplasty
    Donald S Garbuz
    Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Clin Orthop Relat Res 447:79-84. 2006
    ..Expedited access resulted in a larger proportion of patients with better than expected function 12 months after surgery...
  12. ncbi The effect of compensation status on waiting time for elective surgical lumbar discectomy
    Jeffrey A Quon
    Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:2052-9. 2009
    ..Prospective cohort study of patients registered for elective surgical lumbar discectomy (ESLD) between November 1999 and December 2003 at a major tertiary care center in Vancouver...
  13. ncbi On reporting results from randomized controlled trials with recurrent events
    Lisa Kuramoto
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Med Res Methodol 8:35. 2008
    ..The purpose of this paper is to outline guidelines for reporting results from RCTs where the outcome of interest is a recurrent event...
  14. ncbi Adverse drug events associated with the antidotes for methanol and ethylene glycol poisoning: a comparison of ethanol and fomepizole
    Katherine J Lepik
    British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Ann Emerg Med 53:439-450.e10. 2009
    ..We describe type, frequency, severity, seriousness, and onset time of adverse drug events and test the hypothesis that fomepizole results in fewer adverse drug events than ethanol...
  15. ncbi Does wait-list size at registration influence time to surgery? Analysis of a population-based cardiac surgery registry
    Boris Sobolev
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Health Serv Res 41:23-39. 2006
    ..Hospital managers may use these findings to improve resource planning and to reduce uncertainty when providing advice on expected treatment delays...
  16. ncbi Waiting time in relation to wait-list size at registration: statistical analysis of a waiting-list registry
    Boris Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
    Clin Invest Med 27:298-305. 2004
    ..To examine the relationship between the length of a waiting list for elective vascular surgery and the delay before undergoing the operation...
  17. ncbi Unplanned emergency surgery in relation to length of wait lists at registration
    Boris Sobolev
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Canada
    Clin Invest Med 29:193-200. 2006
    ....
  18. ncbi Classifying health-related quality of life outcomes of total hip arthroplasty
    Min Xu
    Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord 6:48. 2005
    ..The objective is to develop criteria that classify individual treatment health related quality of life (HRQOL) outcome after primary THA, adjusted by preoperative scores...
  19. ncbi Falls and fall-related injuries in older dialysis patients
    Wendy L Cook
    Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 1:1197-204. 2006
    ..In the HD population, the fall risk is higher than in the general community, and fall-related morbidity is high. Better identification of HD patients who are at risk for falls and targeted fall intervention strategies are required...
  20. ncbi The costs of change: direct medical costs of solid organ transplantation in British Columbia, Canada, 1995-2003
    Adrian R Levy
    British Columbia Transplant Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Value Health 12:282-92. 2009
    ..The objective here was to compare the direct medical costs of kidney, liver, heart, and lung transplantations in British Columbia (BC), Canada...
  21. ncbi Adherence to emergency department discharge prescriptions
    Corinne M Hohl
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    CJEM 11:131-8. 2009
    ..The main objective of our study was to assess the incidence of prescription-filling and medication adherence in patients discharged from the emergency department (ED)...
  22. ncbi Utility of the mean cumulative function in the analysis of fall events
    Meghan G Donaldson
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:415-9. 2007
    ..The objective of these simulation studies was to describe the Mean Cumulative Function (MCF) and to evaluate the utility of the MCF in detecting differences between groups experiencing different patterns of event intensities...
  23. ncbi Priority waiting lists: is there a clinically ordered queue?
    Boris G Sobolev
    J Eval Clin Pract 11:408-10. 2005