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| L S ChanSummaryAffiliation: University of Southern California Country: USA Publications
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Evidence assessment of management of acute otitis media: II. Research gaps and priorities for future researchL S Chan
Division of Biostatistics and Outcomes Assessment, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Pediatrics 108:248-54. 2001..To report research gaps and priorities of future research identified during an evidence assessment process on the management of acute otitis media (AOM)...
Evidence assessment of management of acute otitis media: I. The role of antibiotics in treatment of uncomplicated acute otitis mediaG S Takata
Division of General Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
Pediatrics 108:239-47. 2001..In 1995, >5 million episodes of acute otitis media (AOM) accounted for $3 billion in health care expenditures...
Relative bradycardia in patients with traumatic hypotensionD Demetriades
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA
J Trauma 45:534-9. 1998..Relative bradycardia is defined as a systolic pressure < or = 90 mm Hg and a pulse rate < or = 90 beats per minute...
Selective nonoperative management in 1,856 patients with abdominal gunshot wounds: should routine laparotomy still be the standard of care?G C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ann Surg 234:395-402; discussion 402-3. 2001..To evaluate the safety of a policy of selective nonoperative management (SNOM) in patients with abdominal gunshot wounds...
Endpoints of resuscitation of critically injured patients: normal or supranormal? A prospective randomized trialG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, and the Department of Biostatistics and Outcomes Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ann Surg 232:409-18. 2000..To evaluate the effect of early optimization in the survival of severely injured patients...
Prevention of venous thromboembolism after injury: an evidence-based report--part II: analysis of risk factors and evaluation of the role of vena caval filtersG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033, USA
J Trauma 49:140-4. 2000..In part II, we describe the results of the literature search and data analysis concerning risk factors for venous thromboembolism and the role of vena caval filters (VCF) in preventing pulmonary embolism...
Prevention of venous thromboembolism after injury: an evidence-based report--part I: analysis of risk factors and evaluation of the role of vena caval filtersG C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033, USA
J Trauma 49:132-8; discussion 139. 2000..The objective is to produce an evidence-based report on the methods of prevention of VT after injury...
Nonoperative management of splenic injuries: have we gone too far?G C Velmahos
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, 90033, USA
Arch Surg 135:674-9; discussion 679-81. 2000..Patients with severe blunt injuries to the spleen have a high likelihood of failing nonoperative management of splenic injuries (NOMSI)...
High-frequency percussive ventilation improves oxygenation in patients with ARDSG C Velmahos
Division of Trauma Critical Care, University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, Los Angeles 90033, USA
Chest 116:440-6. 1999..To evaluate changes in respiratory and hemodynamic function of patients with ARDS and requiring high-frequency percussive ventilation (HFPV) after failure of conventional ventilation (CV)...
The prognostic impact of the time interval to recurrence for the mortality in recurrent colorectal cancerA M Kaiser
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Colorectal Dis 8:696-703. 2006....
Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in differentiating congestive heart failure from lung disease in pediatric patients with respiratory distressS Koulouri
Division of Cardiology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Pediatr Cardiol 25:341-6. 2004..0074). We conclude that BNP level is of value in differentiating cardiac from pulmonary causes of respiratory distress in children...
