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Study protocol: a randomized controlled trial of patient navigation-activation to reduce cancer health disparitiesSamantha Hendren
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
BMC Cancer 10:551. 2010..The purpose of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of an intervention combining patient navigation and activation to improve cancer treatment...
Patients' barriers to receipt of cancer care, and factors associated with needing more assistance from a patient navigatorSamantha Hendren
University of Michigan, General Surgery, 2124 Taubman Ctr, 1500 E Medical Center Dr SPC 5343, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 103:701-10. 2011..The purpose of this study was to better understand patients' barriers to cancer care and to determine which patients have a greater need for assistance from a patient navigator...
Prophylactic antibiotic practices for colectomy in MichiganSamantha Hendren
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Am J Surg 201:290-3; discussion 293-4. 2011..Although there are guidelines for prophylactic intravenous antibiotics in colorectal surgery, the objective of this study was to determine the extent to which these guidelines are followed...
Surgical complications are associated with omission of chemotherapy for stage III colorectal cancerSamantha Hendren
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Dis Colon Rectum 53:1587-93. 2010..The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that surgical complications are associated with omission of chemotherapy for colorectal cancer...
Randomized controlled trial of patient navigation for newly diagnosed cancer patients: effects on quality of lifeSamantha Hendren
Department of Surgery, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 21:1682-90. 2012..Patient navigation is a promising intervention to ameliorate cancer health disparities. This study objective was to measure patient navigation effects on cancer-specific quality of life (QOL) among patients with newly diagnosed cancer...
Bowel preparation for colectomy and risk of Clostridium difficile infectionGRETA L KRAPOHL
School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Dis Colon Rectum 54:810-7. 2011..Mechanical bowel preparation before colectomy is controversial for several reasons, including a theoretically increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection...
Antibiotic choice is independently associated with risk of surgical site infection after colectomy: a population-based cohort studySamantha Hendren
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Ann Surg 257:469-75. 2013..To determine which perioperative care practices are associated with decreased risk of surgical site infection (SSI) after colectomy surgery...
Preoperative risk factors for postoperative Clostridium difficile infection in colectomy patientsGRETA L KRAPOHL
Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative, University of Michigan, 2800 Plymouth Road, Building 16, Room 124, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Am J Surg 205:343-7; discussion 347-8. 2013..Wide variation among hospitals in the rate of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) after surgery was hypothesized to be related to different prophylactic antibiotic practices...
Early discharge and hospital readmission after colectomy for cancerSamantha Hendren
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Dis Colon Rectum 54:1362-7. 2011..Minimizing readmissions is a national health policy priority...
Procedure-specific venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: a paradigm from colectomy surgeryPeter K Henke
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Surgery 152:528-34; discussion 534-6. 2012..Colectomy patients are at high-risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), but associated risk factors and best prophylaxis in this defined population are only generalized...
