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Reduction in corticosteroids is associated with better health-related quality of life after liver transplantationVictor Zaydfudim
Department of Surgery and Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
J Am Coll Surg 214:164-73. 2012..We aimed to test the association between steroid-based immunosuppression and post-transplant HRQOL in liver transplant recipients...
Postoperative neuromuscular blocker use is associated with higher primary fascial closure rates after damage control laparotomyChadi T Abouassaly
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Trauma 69:557-61. 2010..The purpose of this study was to determine whether exposure to NMBA is associated a higher likelihood of primary fascial closure...
Pre-transplant overweight and obesity do not affect physical quality of life after kidney transplantationVictor Zaydfudim
Department of Surgery and Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 2730, USA
J Am Coll Surg 210:336-44. 2010..We wished to examine the effects of pre-transplant overweight and obesity on post-transplant physical HRQOL in kidney transplant recipients...
Exsanguination protocol improves survival after major hepatic traumaVictor Zaydfudim
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, D 4314 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232 2730, USA
Injury 41:30-4. 2010..We hypothesised that utilisation of our institution's TEP at the initiation of hospital resuscitation would improve survival in patients with significant hepatic trauma...
Health insurance status affects staging and influences treatment strategies in patients with hepatocellular carcinomaVictor Zaydfudim
Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 17:3104-11. 2010..We examined the effect of health insurance status on stage of presentation, treatment strategies, and survival in patients with HCC...
Evaluation of living kidney donors: variables that affect donationDeonna R Moore
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Prog Transplant 22:385-92. 2012..04) were more likely to decide against donation. The most prevalent medical reasons for nondonation could be identified through enhanced prescreening, and improved preevaluation education could decrease nondonation rates...
The negative effect of pretransplant overweight and obesity on the rate of improvement in physical quality of life after liver transplantationVictor Zaydfudim
Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 2730, USA
Surgery 146:174-80. 2009..Overweight and obesity, however, impair health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with chronic illnesses. We tested the effect of pretransplant body weight on HRQOL in liver transplant recipients...
Liver transplantation for iatrogenic porta hepatis transectionVictor Zaydfudim
Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 2730, USA
Am Surg 75:313-6. 2009..Two-stage total hepatectomy with portocaval shunting followed by liver transplantation should be considered for patients presenting with porta hepatis transection...
Implementation of a real-time compliance dashboard to help reduce SICU ventilator-associated pneumonia with the ventilator bundleVictor Zaydfudim
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, D 4314 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232 2730, USA
Arch Surg 144:656-62. 2009..Recent studies suggest that the success of preventive measures is dependent on compliance with ventilator bundle parameters...
Hyperkalemia following massive transfusion in traumaBrigham K Au
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Surg Res 157:284-9. 2009..The purpose of the current study was to determine whether critically injured patients receiving massive transfusions are at an increased risk of hyperkalemia...
Ciliated hepatic foregut cysts in childrenVictor Zaydfudim
Department of Surgery, Monroe Carell Jr Children s Hospital at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Pediatr Surg Int 26:753-7. 2010..We report the presentation, evaluation, and surgical management of a symptomatic 17-year-old girl found to have a 6.5 x 4.5 cm CHFC and suggest that all patients with suspected CHFC undergo prompt evaluation and complete cyst excision...
The impact of lymph node involvement on survival in patients with papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomaVictor Zaydfudim
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn, USA
Surgery 144:1070-7; discussion 1077-8. 2008..The prognostic role of lymph node metastases in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma remains controversial. We investigated impact of lymph node involvement on survival in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer...
