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Organizational characteristics of intensive care units related to outcomes of abdominal aortic surgeryP J Pronovost
Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287 7294, USA
JAMA 281:1310-7. 1999..Morbidity and mortality rates in intensive care units (ICUs) vary widely among institutions, but whether ICU structure and care processes affect these outcomes is unknown...- Intensive care unit nurse staffing and the risk for complications after abdominal aortic surgeryP J Pronovost
Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine, and Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Eff Clin Pract 4:199-206. 2001..We hypothesized that having fewer nurses increases the risk for medical complications... - Intensive care unit physician staffing is associated with decreased length of stay, hospital cost, and complications after esophageal resectionJ B Dimick
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 29:753-8. 2001..Healthcare providers and policymakers should use this information to help improve quality of care and reduce costs for patients undergoing high-risk surgical procedures... - Hospital volume is related to clinical and economic outcomes of esophageal resection in MarylandJ B Dimick
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-4605, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 72:334-9; discussion 339-41. 2001..Conclusions. Hospitals that perform high volumes of esophageal resection have superior clinical and economic outcomes. By referring these patients to high volume centers, we may improve quality and reduce costs... - Novel analysis of clinically relevant diagnostic errors in point-of-care devices: a reply to a rebuttalK M Shermock
Department of Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Thromb Haemost 10:322-3. 2012..J Thromb Haemost 2011; 9: 1769-75; and Holland L. Novel analysis of clinically relevant diagnostic errors in point-of-care devices: a rebuttal. This issue, pp 321-2... - Sickness Impact Profile Score versus a Modified Short-Form survey for functional outcome assessment: acceptability, reliability, and validity in critically ill patients with prolonged intensive care unit staysP A Lipsett
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Trauma 49:737-43. 2000..The Sickness Impact Profile Score (SIP) has been validated in critically ill patients, but the Modified Short-Form (MSF) has not been directly compared with it... - Bundle-branch block as a risk factor in noncardiac surgeryT Dorman
Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Arch Intern Med 160:1149-52. 2000..Despite extensive data examining perioperative risk in patients with coronary artery disease, little attention has been devoted to the implications of conduction system abnormalities... - Evidence-based medicine in anesthesiologyP J Pronovost
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21289 7294, USA
Anesth Analg 92:787-94. 2001..Future studies to critically evaluate the practice of EBM in anesthesiology and critical care would be helpful... - Effect of nurse-to-patient ratio in the intensive care unit on pulmonary complications and resource use after hepatectomyJ B Dimick
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Crit Care 10:376-82. 2001..005) in total hospital costs. CONCLUSIONS: Fewer nurses at night is associated with increased risk for specific postoperative pulmonary complications and with increased resource use in patients undergoing hepatectomy... - Impact of critical care physician workforce for intensive care unit physician staffingP J Pronovost
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Curr Opin Crit Care 7:456-9. 2001..We then discuss supply and demand for critical care physicians considering emerging issues such as the Leapfrog standard that may impact estimates of the supply and demand for critical care physicians... - Developing and implementing measures of quality of care in the intensive care unitP J Pronovost
Department of Anesthesiology CCM, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Curr Opin Crit Care 7:297-303. 2001.... - Using online and offline change models to improve ICU access and revenuesP J Pronovost
Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287 7294, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Improv 26:5-17. 2000..The offline component borrows from an earlier tradition of change management that offers guidelines for individuals or teams desiring to be change agents... 
Novel analysis of clinically relevant diagnostic errors in point-of-care devicesK M Shermock
Department of Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Thromb Haemost 9:1769-75. 2011..To ensure proper clinical decision-making and avoid preventable harm, the quality of point-of-care (POC) device measures is routinely assessed. Traditional analyses may not reveal clinically important diagnostic errors...
What is the patient really taking? Discrepancies between surgery and anesthesiology preoperative medication historiesS A Burda
Department of Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 14:414-6. 2005..Surgical patients may be at risk for medication discrepancies that may lead to medication errors because both the anesthesiologist and the surgeon write separate preoperative medication histories...