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| Karl F WelkeSummaryAffiliation: Oregon Health and Science University Country: USA Publications
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Comparison of cardiac surgery volumes and mortality rates between the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Medicare databases from 1993 through 2001Karl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 84:1538-46. 2007....
Measurement of quality in pediatric cardiac surgery: understanding the threats to validityKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
ASAIO J 54:447-50. 2008..Detailed study of the processes of care by multicenter, multidisciplinary quality improvement initiatives may augment national databases in improving outcomes...- The relationship between hospital surgical case volumes and mortality rates in pediatric cardiac surgery: a national sample, 1988-2005Karl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 86:889-96; discussion 889-96. 2008..We sought to quantify the relationship between hospital volume and pediatric cardiac surgical mortality... - Databases for assessing the outcomes of the treatment of patients with congenital and paediatric cardiac disease--a comparison of administrative and clinical dataKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Cardiol Young 18:137-44. 2008.... - Renal complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease: consensus definitions from the Multi-Societal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart DiseaseKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Cardiol Young 18:222-5. 2008..Clinicians caring for patients with congenital heart disease will be able to use this list for databases, quality improvement initiatives, reporting of complications, and comparing strategies for treatment... - Population-based perspective of long-term outcomes after surgical repair of partial atrioventricular septal defectKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 84:624-8; discussion 628-9. 2007..This investigation was designed to determine long-term survival, reoperation rates, and functional status after surgical repair of partial atrioventricular septal defect (PAVSD)... - Comparison of pediatric cardiac surgical mortality rates from national administrative data to contemporary clinical standardsKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 87:216-22; discussion 222-3. 2009..We calculated pediatric cardiac surgery mortality rates from administrative data and compared them with widely quoted standards from clinical databases... - Current assessment of mortality rates in congenital cardiac surgeryKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Doernbecher Children s Hospital, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 82:164-70; discussion 170-1. 2006..Our hypotheses are that (1) mortality rates at high-quality pediatric cardiac programs are lower than published national results despite (2) a change in case mix with a shift away from low complexity operations... - Invited commentaryKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 81:553-4. 2006 - Limitations of hospital volume as a measure of quality of care for coronary artery bypass graft surgeryKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 80:2114-9. 2005..The objective of this study is to quantify the relationship between hospital volume alone and CABG mortality... - The complex relationship between pediatric cardiac surgical case volumes and mortality rates in a national clinical databaseKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore 97239 3098, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 137:1133-40. 2009..We sought to determine the association between pediatric cardiac surgical volume and mortality using sophisticated case-mix adjustment and a national clinical database... - Mortality rate is not a valid indicator of quality differences between pediatric cardiac surgical programsKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 89:139-44; discussion 145-6. 2010..Our hypothesis is that case volumes and mortality rates present in pediatric cardiac surgery are too low to allow the use of mortality to differentiate between hospitals... - Advances in congenital heart surgeryKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 17:574-8. 2005..We provide an overview of the past year's literature on congenital heart surgery... - Common ground: measuring intrainstitutional mortality among pediatric surgical proceduresKirk A Caddell
School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Surgery 149:7-14. 2011..We sought to determine to what degree mortality rates for high-risk pediatric surgical procedures were correlated within institutions... - Gender differences in mortality after mitral valve operation: evidence for higher mortality in perimenopausal womenHoward K Song
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 85:2040-4; discussion 2045. 2008..We hypothesized that gender influences mortality after mitral valve operations and that it varies with age, especially during periods of declining ovarian function... - The rush to atrial septal defect closure: is the introduction of percutaneous closure driving utilization?Tara Karamlou
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 86:1584-90; discussion 1590-1. 2008..We sought to determine nationwide trends in the use of percutaneous compared with surgical closure and their respective outcomes over an 18-year period... - Adults or big kids: what is the ideal clinical environment for management of grown-up patients with congenital heart disease?Tara Karamlou
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Mail Code L 353, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 90:573-9. 2010.... - Long-term results after Carpentier-Edwards pericardial aortic valve implantation, with attention to the impact of ageKarl F Welke
Medical Data Research Center, Providence Health and Services, Portland, Oregon 97225, USA
Heart Surg Forum 14:E160-5. 2011.... - Improved quality and cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States from 1988 to 2005Howard K Song
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 137:65-9. 2009..This study was undertaken to assess the impact of increasing patient complexity and health care cost on coronary artery bypass grafting quality and cost-effectiveness in the United States over an 18-year period... - Geography or pathology? Regional variation in atrial septal defect closure rates and techniquesWendy L Walker
School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Cardiol Young 21:577-84. 2011..Whether or not closure rates are uniform or vary due to differences in regional practice patterns is unknown. We sought to investigate this by comparing regional rates of closure across Florida... - Evolution of treatment options and outcomes for hypoplastic left heart syndrome over an 18-year periodTara Karamlou
Department of Surgery, L 223, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 139:119-26; discussion 126-7. 2010..We aimed to describe management strategies for neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome over the past 18 years in the United States and to identify determinants of institutional management decisions... - The influence of surgeon specialty on outcomes in general thoracic surgery: a national sample 1996 to 2005Paul H Schipper
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3011, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 88:1566-72; discussion 1572-3. 2009..While general thoracic surgical procedures are performed by several different surgical subspecialties, debate remains as to whether surgeon specialty impacts outcomes... - Mortality as an outcome parameter for pediatric heart surgeryKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA
ASAIO J 52:552-5. 2006..We review the risk adjustment methodologies and data sources used to produce mortality statistics. In addition, the issues of data quality and defining mortality are discussed... - Patient characteristics can predict improvement in functional health after elective coronary artery bypass graftingKarl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 75:1849-55; discussion 1855. 2003..The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of CABG on the functional health of an elective population and to identify preoperative patient characteristics associated with improved functional health after surgery... - What factors influence provider knowledge of a congestive heart failure guideline in a national health care system?Karl F Welke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Am J Med Qual 18:122-7. 2003..Guideline implementation efforts that target multiple organizational levels may increase provider knowledge... - Cardiac surgery in infants with low birth weight is associated with increased mortality: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart DatabaseChristopher L Curzon
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 135:546-51. 2008.... - Hospital volume and selection of valve type in older patients undergoing aortic valve replacement surgery in the United StatesErik B Schelbert
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA
Circulation 111:2178-82. 2005..Hospital volume has been linked to quality of care. The relation between hospital volume and recommended use of bioprosthetic valves in older patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) is unknown... - Atrial fibrillation correction surgery: lessons from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac DatabaseJames S Gammie
Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 85:909-14. 2008..We also examined the subset of patients having mitral valve surgery to determine whether concurrent surgical AF correction procedures were associated with an increased risk of morbidity or mortality... - Facility-level factors influencing chronic heart failure care process performance in a national integrated health delivery systemUsha Subramanian
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine IUSM, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Med Care 45:28-45. 2007..However, the organizational factors and implementation approaches that influence adherence to national guidelines are poorly understood... - Accuracy of the aristotle basic complexity score for classifying the mortality and morbidity potential of congenital heart surgery operationsSean M O'Brien
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 84:2027-37; discussion 2027-37. 2007..This collaborative study combined two multiinstitution databases to assess how well the ABC score predicts the actual morbidity and mortality potential of 131 congenital heart surgery procedures... - Treatment variation in older black and white patients undergoing aortic valve replacementErik B Schelbert
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
Circulation 112:2347-53. 2005..However, differential use of hospitals with variable practice patterns might also contribute to variations in care... - Contemporary impact of state certificate-of-need regulations for cardiac surgery: an analysis using the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Surgery DatabaseVerdi J DiSesa
The Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PA 19301, USA
Circulation 114:2122-9. 2006..It is unclear whether these findings apply in a general population and after controlling for detailed clinical characteristics and region... - Classifying the effectiveness of Veterans Affairs guideline implementation approachesBonnie J BootsMiller
Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
Am J Med Qual 19:248-54. 2004..However, VA hospitals should consider selective combinations of approaches to ensure the use of the most effective implementation methods... - Physician process and patient outcome measures for diabetes care: relationships to organizational characteristicsMarcia M Ward
Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 1008, USA
Med Care 42:840-50. 2004..Optimal diabetes management relies on providers adhering to evidence-based practice guidelines in the processes of care delivery and patients adhering to self-management recommendations to maximize patient outcomes... - Validity of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery DatabaseKarl F Welke
Ann Thorac Surg 77:1137-9. 2004 - Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitalsFred H Edwards
N Engl J Med 352:2754-6; author reply 2754-6. 2005