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| Luke M FunkSummaryAffiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Global operating theatre distribution and pulse oximetry supply: an estimation from reported dataLuke M Funk
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Lancet 376:1055-61. 2010..We estimated the global distribution of operating theatres and quantified the availability of pulse oximetry, which is an essential monitoring device during surgery and a potential measure of operating theatre resources...
Esophagectomy outcomes at low-volume hospitals: the association between systems characteristics and mortalityLuke M Funk
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ann Surg 253:912-7. 2011..To evaluate the association between systems characteristics and esophagectomy mortality at low-volume hospitals..
In-hospital death following inpatient surgical procedures in the United States, 1996-2006Thomas G Weiser
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
World J Surg 35:1950-6. 2011..We sought to evaluate the number of deaths after surgery in the United States over a 10-year period and to evaluate trends in postoperative mortality...
Rates and patterns of death after surgery in the United States, 1996 and 2006Marcus E Semel
Brigham andWomen s Hospital, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Surgery 151:171-82. 2012..Nationwide rates and patterns of death after surgery are unknown...
Adopting a surgical safety checklist could save money and improve the quality of care in U.S. hospitalsMarcus E Semel
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1593-9. 2010..Using the checklist would both save money and improve the quality of care in hospitals throughout the United States...
The incidence of hypoxemia during surgery: evidence from two institutionsJesse M Ehrenfeld
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Jackson 458, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Can J Anaesth 57:888-97. 2010..The incidence of hypoxemia in patients undergoing surgery is largely unknown and may have a clinical impact. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of intraoperative hypoxemia in a large surgical population...
