Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH; Steven H. Belle, PhD, MScHyg; Rebecca H. Neiberg, MS; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(10):931-940. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1534
This randomized clinical trial reports that bariatric surgery with 2 years of an adjunctive low-level lifestyle intervention resulted in more disease remission than did lifestyle intervention alone for obese participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Andrea T. Obi, MD; Christopher J. Pannucci, MD, MS; Andrew Nackashi, BS; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(10):941-948. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1841
This cohort study evaluates associations between Caprini venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk scores and 聽VTE incidence among patients in a surgical intensive care unit.
Gaya Spolverato, MD; Yuhree Kim, MD, MPH; Aslam Ejaz, MD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(10):949-956. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1704
This study evaluated the association between the percentage of change in hemoglobin levels and morbidity as an independent factor or combined with the nadir hemoglobin concentration in patients who undergo major gastrointestinal surgery.
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Invited Commentary
Determining When Patients Need Transfusions
Samuel A. Tisherman, MD
JAMA Surg
Trit Garg, BA; Laurence C. Baker, PhD; Matthew W. Mell, MD, MS
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(10):957-963. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1320
This population-based cohort study investigates whether nonadherence to Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines for postoperative imaging surveillance is associated with poor outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair.
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Aaron J. Dawes, MD; Greg D. Sacks, MD, MPH; H. Gill Cryer, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(10):965-972. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1678
This study examines whether hospital-level compliance with Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines for intracranial pressure monitoring and craniotomy is associated with risk-adjusted mortality rates in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
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Invited Commentary
Determining Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury
Martin A. Schreiber, MD
JAMA Surg
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
Jesse D. Pasternak, MD; Carolyn D. Seib, MD, MSc; Natalie Seiser, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(10):974-978. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1683
This database analysis of consecutive patients referred to an academic multidisciplinary adrenal conference compares the natural history of patients having bilateral incidentalomas with those having unilateral incidentalomas.
Sandrine Colas, MSc, MPH; Cédric Collin, PharmD, PhD; Philippe Piriou, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(10):979-988. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1325
This study of survivorship based on the French national health insurance database reports that total hip replacement characteristics are related to early prosthetic revision.
Adam Hart, MSc, MD; Stephane G. Bergeron, MD, MPH; Laura Epure, MSc; et al.
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JAMA Surg. 2015;150(10):990-998. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1239
This population-based study compares the complications and length of stay for total hip and total knee arthroplasty between the United States and Canada.