Elliott R Haut

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Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma
    Elliott R Haut
    The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety Division of Acute Care Surgery, Departmen of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Arch Surg 147:901-7. 2012
  2. ncbi Can increased incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) be used as a marker of quality of care in the absence of standardized screening? The potential effect of surveillance bias on reported DVT rates after trauma
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Trauma 63:1132-5; discussion 1135-7. 2007
  3. ncbi Prehospital intravenous fluid administration is associated with higher mortality in trauma patients: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Ann Surg 253:371-7. 2011
  4. ncbi Spine immobilization in penetrating trauma: more harm than good?
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, 625 Osler, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Trauma 68:115-20; discussion 120-1. 2010
  5. ncbi Successful percutaneous retrieval of a swan-ganz catheter entrapped in an inferior vena cava filter
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Trauma 62:1507-10. 2007
  6. ncbi Injured patients have lower mortality when treated by "full-time" trauma surgeons vs. surgeons who cover trauma "part-time"
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Trauma 61:272-8; discussion 278-9. 2006
  7. ncbi Predictors of posttraumatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT): hospital practice versus patient factors-an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB)
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Trauma 66:994-9; discussion 999-1001. 2009
  8. ncbi Surgeon- and system-based influences on trauma mortality
    Elliott R Haut
    Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Osler Bldg, Room 625, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Arch Surg 144:759-64. 2009
  9. ncbi Duplex ultrasound screening for deep vein thrombosis in asymptomatic trauma patients: a survey of individual trauma surgeon opinions and current trauma center practices
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Trauma 70:27-33; discussion 33-4. 2011
  10. ncbi Race and insurance status as risk factors for trauma mortality
    Adil H Haider
    Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Blalock 688, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Arch Surg 143:945-9. 2008

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Publications59

  1. ncbi Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma
    Elliott R Haut
    The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety Division of Acute Care Surgery, Departmen of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Arch Surg 147:901-7. 2012
    ....
  2. ncbi Can increased incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) be used as a marker of quality of care in the absence of standardized screening? The potential effect of surveillance bias on reported DVT rates after trauma
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Trauma 63:1132-5; discussion 1135-7. 2007
    ..We hypothesized that as the number of screening duplex examinations in trauma patients increases, the rate of DVT identification will also increase...
  3. ncbi Prehospital intravenous fluid administration is associated with higher mortality in trauma patients: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Ann Surg 253:371-7. 2011
    ..We hypothesized that trauma patients who received prehospital IV fluids have higher mortality than trauma patients who did not receive IV fluids in the prehospital setting...
  4. ncbi Spine immobilization in penetrating trauma: more harm than good?
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, 625 Osler, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Trauma 68:115-20; discussion 120-1. 2010
    ..We hypothesized that penetrating trauma patients who are spine immobilized before transport have higher mortality than nonimmobilized patients...
  5. ncbi Successful percutaneous retrieval of a swan-ganz catheter entrapped in an inferior vena cava filter
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Trauma 62:1507-10. 2007
  6. ncbi Injured patients have lower mortality when treated by "full-time" trauma surgeons vs. surgeons who cover trauma "part-time"
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Trauma 61:272-8; discussion 278-9. 2006
    ..We hypothesize that "full-time" trauma surgeons would have lower patient mortality rates than surgeons covering trauma "part-time."..
  7. ncbi Predictors of posttraumatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT): hospital practice versus patient factors-an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB)
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Trauma 66:994-9; discussion 999-1001. 2009
    ..We hypothesize that admission to trauma centers that use duplex ultrasound more frequently, independently predicts DVT reporting for individual patients, controlling for patient-level risk factors...
  8. ncbi Surgeon- and system-based influences on trauma mortality
    Elliott R Haut
    Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Osler Bldg, Room 625, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Arch Surg 144:759-64. 2009
    ....
  9. ncbi Duplex ultrasound screening for deep vein thrombosis in asymptomatic trauma patients: a survey of individual trauma surgeon opinions and current trauma center practices
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Trauma 70:27-33; discussion 33-4. 2011
    ..We hypothesized that trauma surgeons have varying opinions regarding duplex ultrasound screening for DVT in asymptomatic trauma patients, which result in varying practice patterns...
  10. ncbi Race and insurance status as risk factors for trauma mortality
    Adil H Haider
    Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Blalock 688, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Arch Surg 143:945-9. 2008
    ..To determine the effect of race and insurance status on trauma mortality...
  11. ncbi Surveillance bias and deep vein thrombosis in the national trauma data bank: the more we look, the more we find
    Charles A Pierce
    Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Trauma 64:932-6; discussion 936-7. 2008
    ..We hypothesize that trauma centers with higher rates of duplex ultrasound detect more DVTs and subsequently report higher DVT rates to the National Trauma Data Bank...
  12. ncbi An assessment of the impact of pregnancy on trauma mortality
    Preeti R John
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Surgery 149:94-8. 2011
    ....
  13. ncbi Females have fewer complications and lower mortality following trauma than similarly injured males: a risk adjusted analysis of adults in the National Trauma Data Bank
    Adil H Haider
    Trauma Outcomes Research Group Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Surgery 146:308-15. 2009
    ..Studies of sexual dimorphism in trauma outcomes suggest that women have a survival advantage compared to equivalently injured men. It is unknown if this gender disparity is mediated by potentially life-threatening complications...
  14. ncbi Racial disparities in motorcycle-related mortality: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank
    Joseph G Crompton
    Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Am J Surg 200:191-6. 2010
    ..The primary objective of this study was to determine if race is associated with MCC mortality...
  15. ncbi Influence of the National Trauma Data Bank on the study of trauma outcomes: is it time to set research best practices to further enhance its impact?
    Adil H Haider
    Center for Surgery Trials and Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21212, USA
    J Am Coll Surg 214:756-68. 2012
    ..Our objective was to determine if there are substantial variations in the methodology and quality of risk-adjusted analyses and therefore, whether development of best practices for risk-adjusted analyses is warranted...
  16. ncbi Postoperative venous thromboembolism rates vary significantly after different types of major abdominal operations
    Debraj Mukherjee
    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Blalock 610, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Gastrointest Surg 12:2015-22. 2008
    ..Venous thrombolism (VTE) is a significant cause of morbidity for surgical patients. Comparative risk across major procedures is unknown...
  17. ncbi Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles further worsen race- and insurance-based disparities in trauma outcomes: the case for inner-city pedestrian injury prevention programs
    Rubie Sue Maybury
    Department of Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
    Surgery 148:202-8. 2010
    ..Whether insurance status and differential survival contribute to this disparity is unknown...
  18. ncbi Evidence of hormonal basis for improved survival among females with trauma-associated shock: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank
    Adil H Haider
    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Trauma 69:537-40. 2010
    ..Basic science research suggests that sex hormones affect survival after traumatic shock. This study sought to determine the independent effect of gender on mortality among trauma patients in different hormone-related age groups...
  19. ncbi Regional variations in cost of trauma care in the United States: who is paying more?
    Augustine C Obirieze
    Department of Surgery, Outcomes Research Center, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:516-22. 2012
    ..This study investigates similar potential regional differences in the cost of adult trauma care using an all-payer, nationally representative sample...
  20. ncbi Association between helmets and facial injury after a motorcycle collision: an analysis of more than 40 000 patients from the National Trauma Data Bank
    Joseph G Crompton
    Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    Arch Surg 147:674-6. 2012
    ..40; 95% CI, 0.37-0.43) and a lower prevalence of specific types of facial injury compared with their nonhelmeted counterparts...
  21. ncbi Predictors of positive head CT scan and neurosurgical procedures after minor head trauma
    Mehreen Kisat
    Center for Surgery Trials and Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21212, USA
    J Surg Res 173:31-7. 2012
    ..The objective of this study is to determine patient and injury characteristics that predict a positive head CT scan or need for a neurosurgical procedure (NSP) among patients with blunt head injury and a normal GCS...
  22. ncbi Racial, ethnic, and insurance status disparities in use of posthospitalization care after trauma
    Brian R Englum
    Center for Surgical Trials and Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    J Am Coll Surg 213:699-708. 2011
    ..Disadvantaged populations, like racial or ethnic minorities and the uninsured, make up substantial percentages of trauma patients, but their use of posthospitalization facilities is unknown...
  23. ncbi Redefining hypotension in the elderly: normotension is not reassuring
    Tolulope A Oyetunji
    Howard Hopkins Surgical Outcomes Research Center, Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20060, USA
    Arch Surg 146:865-9. 2011
    ..Recent debate concerns the most appropriate definition of hypotension. Some have advocated raising the systolic blood pressure (BP) threshold to 110 mm Hg while others favor 80 mm Hg...
  24. ncbi Motorcycle helmets associated with lower risk of cervical spine injury: debunking the myth
    Joseph G Crompton
    Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    J Am Coll Surg 212:295-300. 2011
    ..The objective of this study was to determine the impact of motorcycle helmets on the likelihood of developing a cervical spine injury after a motorcycle collision...
  25. ncbi Critical care nurse practitioners improve compliance with clinical practice guidelines in "semiclosed" surgical intensive care unit
    Vicente H Gracias
    Department of Surgery, Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
    J Nurs Care Qual 23:338-44. 2008
    ..CPG compliance was significantly higher (P < .05) on the "semiclosed"/ACNP team for all 3 CPGs examined in the study...
  26. ncbi Lessons from the Johns Hopkins Multi-Disciplinary Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Collaborative
    Michael B Streiff
    Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    BMJ 344:e3935. 2012
    ..Risk-appropriate prophylaxis can prevent most VTE events, but only a small fraction of patients at risk receive this treatment...
  27. ncbi Association between helicopter vs ground emergency medical services and survival for adults with major trauma
    Samuel M Galvagno
    Division of Trauma Anesthesiology, Program in Trauma, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, S8B05, 22 South Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    JAMA 307:1602-10. 2012
    ..Because helicopter services are a limited and expensive resource, a methodologically rigorous investigation of its effectiveness compared with ground emergency medical services is warranted...
  28. ncbi Mechanism of injury predicts case fatality and functional outcomes in pediatric trauma patients: the case for its use in trauma outcomes studies
    Adil H Haider
    Center for Trials and Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Pediatr Surg 46:1557-63. 2011
    ..The objective is to determine the independent effect of MOI on case fatality and functional outcomes in pediatric trauma patients...
  29. ncbi Association between hospitals caring for a disproportionately high percentage of minority trauma patients and increased mortality: a nationwide analysis of 434 hospitals
    Adil H Haider
    Center for Surgery Trials and Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Halsted 610, Baltimore, MD 21212, USA
    Arch Surg 147:63-70. 2012
    ..To determine whether there is an increased odds of mortality among trauma patients treated at hospitals with higher proportions of minority patients (ie, black and Hispanic patients combined)...
  30. ncbi Treatment outcomes of injured children at adult level 1 trauma centers: are there benefits from added specialized care?
    Tolulope A Oyetunji
    Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
    Am J Surg 201:445-9. 2011
    ..The authors hypothesized that no mortality difference should exist between children seen at ATC (adult trauma centers) versus ATC with added qualifications in pediatrics (ATC-AQ)...
  31. ncbi Global surgical package reimbursement and the acute care surgeon: a threat to optimal care
    Eric B Schneider
    From the Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Center for Surgical Trials and Outcomes Research, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Trauma 70:583-9. 2011
    ..However, the differential effort required for the care of emergency surgical patients is poorly defined. This study sought to characterize costs and outcomes of elective versus emergent right hemicolectomy...
  32. ncbi Hazards of benchmarking complications with the National Trauma Data Bank: numerators in search of denominators
    Shahrzad Kardooni
    Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Trauma 64:273-7; discussion 277-9. 2008
    ..We examined the suitability of the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) as a reference for benchmarking trauma center complication rates...
  33. ncbi Patterns and outcomes among penetrating trauma recidivists: it only gets worse
    Benjamin S Brooke
    Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Trauma 61:16-9; discussion 20. 2006
    ..20 [1.63-2.97], p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Individual recidivists with penetrating injuries are likely to return with the same injury pattern, and are at increased risk of death with each subsequent visit...
  34. ncbi The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: are they random?
    David C Chang
    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Ann Surg 247:327-34. 2008
    ..The Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality are validated measures of quality of care. The pattern of PSIs among adult trauma patients is unknown...
  35. ncbi Multidisciplinary team approach in the management of tracheostomy patients
    Vinciya Pandian
    Percutaneous Tracheostomy Service, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147:684-91. 2012
    ..To examine whether the implementation of a multidisciplinary percutaneous tracheostomy team decreases complications, improves efficiency in patient care, and reduces length of stay and cost in patients undergoing percutaneous tracheostomy...
  36. ncbi Multiple imputation in trauma disparity research
    Tolulope A Oyetunji
    Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20060, USA
    J Surg Res 165:e37-41. 2011
    ..Missing data has remained a major disparity in trauma outcomes research due to missing race and insurance data. Multiple imputation (M.IMP) has been recommended as a solution to deal with this major drawback...
  37. ncbi Alarming surge in nonsurvivable urban trauma and the case for violence prevention
    David T Efron
    Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Arch Surg 141:800-3; discussion 803-5. 2006
    ..In a mature trauma system, this provides a compelling argument for violence prevention strategies to reduce urban trauma mortality...
  38. ncbi Mortality in adolescent girls vs boys following traumatic shock: an analysis of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry
    Adil H Haider
    Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Blalock 688, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    Arch Surg 142:875-80; discussion 879-80. 2007
    ..Female sex imparts a survival benefit after traumatic injury in children...
  39. ncbi Preinjury statin use is associated with improved in-hospital survival in elderly trauma patients
    David T Efron
    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Trauma 64:66-73; discussion 73-4. 2008
    ..Victims of severe traumatic injury share similar inflammatory cascades to those seen in septic patients. We hypothesized that elderly (aged >/=65 years) trauma patients might derive a similar outcome benefit from preinjury statin use...
  40. ncbi Are sequential compression devices commonly associated with in-hospital falls? A myth-busters review using the patient safety net database
    Matthew M Boelig
    Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia, USA
    J Patient Saf 7:77-9. 2011
    ..There is limited information regarding the association between the use of SCDs and patient falls. In this study, we analyze if SCD use is a common risk factor for in-hospital falls...
  41. ncbi Change in use of allogeneic red blood cell transfusions among surgical patients
    Julius Cuong Pham
    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Am Coll Surg 207:352-9. 2008
    ..It is unclear if this new evidence has translated into decreased RBC use among surgical patients. The purpose of this study is to measure the change in use of RBCs during the last decade...
  42. ncbi Laterality of deep venous thrombosis among trauma patients: are we screening our patients adequately?
    Eric S Weiss
    Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Surg Res 141:68-71. 2007
    ..Therefore, we hypothesize that location of DVT correlates with side of lower extremity injury...
  43. ncbi Motorcycle helmets save lives, but not limbs: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis of functional outcomes after motorcycle crash
    Joseph G Crompton
    Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
    J Surg Res 158:1-5. 2010
    ..The objective of this study was to determine the difference between helmeted and non-helmeted motorcyclists in the odds of developing a functional deficit at discharge in three domains: speech, locomotion, and feeding...
  44. ncbi Beating the weekend trend: increased mortality in older adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients admitted on weekends
    Eric B Schneider
    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Surg Res 177:295-300. 2012
    ..We sought to determine whether differences in mortality outcomes existed for older adults with substantial head trauma admitted on a weekday versus over the weekend...
  45. ncbi Association of unconscious race and social class bias with vignette-based clinical assessments by medical students
    Adil H Haider
    Center for Surgery Trials and Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Halsted 610, Baltimore, MD 21212, USA
    JAMA 306:942-51. 2011
    ..The presence of unconscious race and social class bias and its association with clinical assessments or decision making among medical students is unknown...
  46. ncbi Mechanism of injury predicts patient mortality and impairment after blunt trauma
    Adil H Haider
    Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Surg Res 153:138-42. 2009
    ..This study analyzed the independent relationship between MOI and mortality and functional outcomes following blunt trauma among adults...
  47. ncbi Multiple, simultaneous trauma patients: Are they worse off?
    Angela Shoher
    Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Trauma 61:611-5. 2006
    ..We hypothesize that trauma patients presenting in clusters of two or more patients within a short time period have worse outcomes...
  48. ncbi Transition to a semiclosed surgical intensive care unit (SICU) leads to improved resident job satisfaction: a prospective, longitudinal analysis
    Meredith S Tinti
    Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08816, USA
    J Surg Educ 66:25-30. 2009
    ..We hypothesized that surgical residents would have improved job satisfaction with the transition from a mandatory consultation SICU to a semiclosed SICU model...
  49. ncbi Black children experience worse clinical and functional outcomes after traumatic brain injury: an analysis of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry
    Adil H Haider
    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, and St Barnabas Hospital Bronx, NY, USA
    J Trauma 62:1259-62; discussion 1262-3. 2007
    ..This study aims to identify race-based clinical and functional outcome differences among pediatric TBI patients in a national database...
  50. ncbi Predictors of short-term mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
    Vinciya Pandian
    The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    J Crit Care 27:420.e9-15. 2012
    ..The purpose of the study was to identify the predictors of short-term mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT)...
  51. ncbi Association of allogeneic red-blood cell transfusion with surgeon case-volume
    Julius Cuong Pham
    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    J Surg Res 173:135-44. 2012
    ..Surgeon case-volume predicts a variety of patient outcomes. We hypothesize that surgeon case-volume predicts RBC transfusion across different surgical procedures...
  52. ncbi Retroperitoneal gunshot wound hernia: an unusual cause of early postoperative small bowel obstruction after laparotomy for trauma
    Avedis Meneshian
    Division of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD, USA
    J Trauma 64:213-4. 2008
  53. ncbi Presumptive antibiotic use in tube thoracostomy for traumatic hemopneumothorax: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline
    Forrest O Moore
    Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130, USA
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:S341-4. 2012
    ..The Practice Management Guidelines Committee of EAST has updated the 1998 guidelines to reflect current literature and practice...
  54. ncbi Video-assisted thoracic surgery removal of foreign bodies after penetrating chest trauma
    Christopher G Williams
    Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Am Coll Surg 202:848-52. 2006
  55. ncbi The Eastern Association of the Surgery of Trauma approach to practice management guideline development using Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology
    Andrew J Kerwin
    From the Department of Surgery A J K, J B B, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville Department of Urology P D, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida Department of Surgery A H, E R H, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Surgery J J C, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio Department of Surgery N S, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:S283-7. 2012
    ..The membership of EAST has determined that the GRADE methodology will be the system used in all future EAST PMGs. The purpose of this article was thus to describe the GRADE methodology...
  56. ncbi Improved nurse job satisfaction and job retention with the transition from a "mandatory consultation" model to a "semiclosed" surgical intensive care unit: a 1-year prospective evaluation
    Elliott R Haut
    Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Crit Care Med 34:387-95. 2006
    ..SICU sections with greater SCCS involvement had more dramatic improvements. This semiclosed SICU model may help retain SICU nurses in a competitive job market in which experienced nurses are in short supply...
  57. ncbi Management of penetrating colon and rectal injuries in the pediatric patient
    Elliott R Haut
    Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Dis Colon Rectum 47:1526-32. 2004
    ..In the absence of these associated factors, primary repair appears justified...
  58. ncbi Practice patterns and outcomes of retrievable vena cava filters in trauma patients: an AAST multicenter study
    Riyad Karmy-Jones
    Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
    J Trauma 62:17-24; discussion 24-5. 2007
    ..The purpose of this study is to describe practice patterns and outcomes of posttraumatic retrievable inferior vena caval filters (R-IVCF)...
  59. ncbi Training in trauma surgery: quantitative and qualitative aspects of a new paradigm for fellowship
    Patrick M Reilly
    Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care Department of Surgery University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Ann Surg 238:596-603; discussion 603-4. 2003
    ....