Frank E. Johnson

TL;DR: In this study, the pitfalls of tumor measurement in the nude mouse were evaluated and recommendations are made for future work employing tumor measurement.

TL;DR: Mortality rates after colectomy in Veterans Affairs hospitals are comparable with those reported in other large studies, and Ascites, hypernatremia, do not resuscitate status before surgery, and American Society of Anesthesiologists classes III and IV OR V were strongly predictive of perioperative death.

TL;DR: Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a complex clinical problem that requires disciplined and sophisticated evaluation for successful management and colonoscopy is the diagnostic procedure of choice both for its accuracy in localization and its therapeutic capability.

TL;DR: SPatients with fulminant C. difficile colitis often present with an unexplained abdominal illness with a marked leukocytosis that rapidly progresses to shock and peritonitis, although frequently developed during a hospitalization and often after a surgical procedure, it may develop outside of a hospital setting.

TL;DR: The models presented here are the most robust available in predicting 30-day morbidity and mortality for VA patients with appendicitis and provide a starting point for the design of similar models to evaluate non-VA patients withappendicitis using the data the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program is currently gathering from private hospitals.