Clinical effectiveness of laparoscopic fundoplication in a U. S

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Low-Dose Aspirin in Patients with Stable Cardiovascular Disease: A Meta-analysis Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS, David L. Brown, MD, Richard C. Becker, MD The.

Advertisements

Health Benefits of Nordic Walking

A one-year audit of topics and domains in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of Medicine1 Steven H Woolf, MD,

T. Rain Carei, Ph. D. , Amber L. Fyfe-Johnson, N. D. , Cora C

Hypertension-Lipid Connection: Introduction

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Practice: A Review

Hyperbaric Oxygenation in Cardiac and Pulmonary Disease

Clinical and Personality Profiles and Survival in Patients With COPD

Perceptions of Complementary Medicine Integration in Supportive Cancer Care of Arabs and Jews in Israel: A Cross-Cultural Study Eran Ben-Arye, MD, Elad.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Allergy-Immunology: More Information is Needed Leonard Bielory, MD The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology:

Medically Unexplained Neurologic Symptoms: A Primer for Physicians Who Make the Initial Encounter Ashley Evens, BS, Lindsay Vendetta, BS, Kaitlin Krebs,

Don’t forget the thyroid in the etiology of psychoses

Desensitization to Chemotherapeutic Agents

Allison L. Ruff, MD, Kathryn Teng, MD, Bo Hu, PhD, Michael B

When is the Ross operation a good option to treat aortic valve disease? Tirone E. David, MD, Anna Woo, MD, Susan Armstrong, MSc, Manjula Maganti, MSc

Medical professionalism and the generation gap

Trends in antibiotic prescribing in general internal medicine wards: antibiotic use and indication for prescription B. Maraha, M. Bonten, H. Fiolet,

TIA for the Internist The American Journal of Medicine

Philip A. Linden, MD, Richard J. Gilbert, MD, Beow Y

Bowel dysfunction after laparoscopic antireflux surgery: incidence, severity, and clinical course Alexander Klaus, MD, Ronald A Hinder, MD, PhD, Kenneth.

Centers for Disease Control “increased-risk” organ donor: Not so risky? Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Pathophysiologic explanation for bladder retention in patients after laparoscopic surgery for deeply infiltrating rectovaginal and/or parametric endometriosis

Daniel E. Weiner, MD, MS American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Victor van Berkel, MD, PhD

Robert M. Kaplan, PhD, Michael H. Criqui, MD, MPH, Julie O

Salt and Hypertension American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Redefining Appropriate Treatment Expectations

Multilevel data analysis: What? Why? How?

Go on-pump or off-pump in diabetic patients?

New treatment approaches create new disease processes: A short guide on how to reduce unexpected events to a minimum Martin Czerny, MD, MBA The Journal.

Health-related quality of life in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries Michael G. Gaies, MD, MPH, Caroline S. Watnick,

The lord of the rings Antonio Miceli, MD, PhD

Reply The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

The unintended consequences in clinical research

Refurbishing Mayo Clinic Proceedings:

Julie A. Wright Nunes, MD, MPH, Kerri L

Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Refractory Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I) Marius A Kemler, MD, Henrica.

Quantified duplex augmentation in healthy subjects and patients with venous disease: San Diego population study Arnost Fronek, MD, PhD, Julie O. Denenberg,

Drug Infusors in Palliative Medicine

Food allergy in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases: Prevalence within the US Immunodeficiency Network (USIDNET) Karen S. Tuano, MD, Jordan.

The Trajectory of Physical and Mental Health From Injury to 5 Years After Multiple Trauma: A Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study Helene L. Soberg,

Russell S. Traister, MD, PhD, Merritt L

Biosimilars and drug development in allergic and immunologic diseases

The impact of demographic and disease-specific variables on pain in cancer patients Tone Rustøen, RN, PhD, Sophie D Fosså, MD, Dr Med Sci, Jon Skarstein,

Third-time lung transplantation in a patient with cystic fibrosis

Surgery for aortic and mitral valve disease in the United States: A trend of change in surgical practice between 1998 and 2005 Scott D. Barnett, PhD,

Joseph A. Dearani, MD, Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD

Daniel Reinhardt, MD, Michael Bokempber, MD, Jacob Brubacher, MD, E

John A. Batsis, MD, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD, MSc, Maria L

Underlying factors influencing the development of the post-thrombotic limb Ann M. O'Shaughnessy, MSc, RVT, AVT, Dermot E. FitzGerald, MD, PhD, MSc Journal.

Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, PhD, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD

Fenton H. McCarthy, MD, MS, Nimesh D. Desai, MD, PhD

Instrumental variable methods in clinical research

The Ross procedure: Time to reevaluate the guidelines

A Review of Learner Impact on Faculty Productivity

Passing the torch The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

In the Literature: Cognitive Impairment in Hemodialysis Patients

The harder one looks, the more one finds

Jennifer L. Hundley, MD, Christie L

How much does early fundoplication for lung transplant recipients with gastroesophageal reflux disease truly help? Challenges in escaping the perils of.

Physical Function in Patients with Cancer

The future of cardiac surgery training: A survival guide

Apparently, size matters…in congenital heart disease and brain injury

The continuing challenge of congenital heart disease in China

Direct Observation of Residents: A Model for an Assessment System

Five-year comprehensive outcomes evaluation in 181 patients after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication Mehran Anvari, MB, BS, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, Christopher.

Appropriate Use Criteria for coronary revascularization in patients with stable ischemic heart disease: What the surgeon needs to know Harold L. Lazar,

Respect the aorta The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

The evolution of cardiothoracic critical care

Of mice and men… The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Presentation transcript:

Clinical effectiveness of laparoscopic fundoplication in a U. S Clinical effectiveness of laparoscopic fundoplication in a U.S. community Nimish Vakil, MD, Michael Shaw, MD, Russell Kirby, PhD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 114, Issue 1, Pages 1-5 (January 2003) DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01390-6

Figure Health-related quality of life (mean ± SD) in patients developing new symptoms after surgery. The quality-of-life scale is disease specific, and general population scores are less than 11; values greater than 28 indicate severe impairment. The American Journal of Medicine 2003 114, 1-5DOI: (10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01390-6)