Improving learning efficiency of factual knowledge in medical education
Objective The purpose of this review is to synthesize recent literature relating to factual
knowledge acquisition and retention and to explore its applications to medical education …
knowledge acquisition and retention and to explore its applications to medical education …
A clinician's perspective on laboratory utilization management
DD Yeh - Clinica chimica acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Excessive laboratory utilization is a common problem in the hospital setting.
Physicians control up to 80% of healthcare costs and wield great influence. Methods This …
Physicians control up to 80% of healthcare costs and wield great influence. Methods This …
[HTML][HTML] Malnutrition and its effects in severely injured trauma patients
Purpose In hospitalized patients, malnutrition is associated with adverse outcomes.
However, the consequences of malnutrition in trauma patients are still poorly understood …
However, the consequences of malnutrition in trauma patients are still poorly understood …
Adequate nutrition may get you home: effect of caloric/protein deficits on the discharge destination of critically ill surgical patients
Background: Macronutrient deficit in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with
worse in‐hospital outcomes. We hypothesized that increased caloric and protein deficit is …
worse in‐hospital outcomes. We hypothesized that increased caloric and protein deficit is …
Incidence, risk factors, and clinical consequence of enteral feeding intolerance in the mechanically ventilated critically ill: an analysis of a multicenter, multiyear …
OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of enteral feed intolerance, identify factors
associated with enteral feed intolerance, and assess the relationship between enteral feed …
associated with enteral feed intolerance, and assess the relationship between enteral feed …
Causes and consequences of interrupted enteral nutrition: a prospective observational study in critically ill surgical patients
MP Peev, DD Yeh, SA Quraishi, P Osler… - Journal of Parenteral …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Malnutrition and underfeeding are major challenges in caring for critically ill
patients. Our goal was to characterize interruptions in enteral nutrition (EN) delivery and …
patients. Our goal was to characterize interruptions in enteral nutrition (EN) delivery and …
Nutrition risk in critically ill versus the nutritional risk screening 2002: are they comparable for assessing risk of malnutrition in critically ill patients?
Background Malnutrition influences clinical outcomes. Although various screening tools are
available to assess nutrition status, their use in the intensive care unit (ICU) has not been …
available to assess nutrition status, their use in the intensive care unit (ICU) has not been …
Intraoperative adverse events in abdominal surgery: what happens in the operating room does not stay in the operating room
Objective: We sought to assess the impact of intraoperative adverse events (iAEs) on 30-day
postoperative mortality, 30-day postoperative morbidity, and postoperative length of stay …
postoperative mortality, 30-day postoperative morbidity, and postoperative length of stay …
The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) accurately predicts the occurrence of postoperative complications in emergency surgery patients
AR Nandan, JD Bohnen, NF Sangji… - Journal of Trauma …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) was recently validated as a scoring
system to predict mortality in emergency surgery (ES) patients. We sought to examine the …
system to predict mortality in emergency surgery (ES) patients. We sought to examine the …
Optimal timing of initial debridement for necrotizing soft tissue infection: a practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Optimal timing of initial debridement for necrotizing soft t... : Journal of Trauma and Acute Care
Surgery Optimal timing of initial debridement for necrotizing soft tissue infection: A Practice …
Surgery Optimal timing of initial debridement for necrotizing soft tissue infection: A Practice …