Predicting Postoperative Complications in Older Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstruction Using the National Quality Improvement Program Risk Calculator by Sebastian Holm, MD, Jenny Löfgren, MD, PhD, Johann Zdolsek, MD, PhD, Juan Enrique Berner, MD, MSc, FRCS(Plast), Fredrik Landström, MD, PhD

“…The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) risk calculator is a tool for predicting postoperative complications that possibly can help in decision-making, support patient education, and guide the choice between surgical and nonsurgical treatment options. …”
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Development of a consumer-driven chocolate milk sensory ballot for use in the dairy industry by A. Stelick, R. Dando, M. Wiedmann, Nicole Martin

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Insulin dependence predicts adverse outcomes following lumbar spine surgery by Haseeb E. Goheer, Alden H. Newcomb, Zachary M. Johnson, Christopher G. Hendrix, Alexander R. Garcia, Brian Q. Truong, Jonathan J. Carmouche

“…Materials and Methods: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was queried to retrospectively identify patients who had undergone lumbar spine surgery between 2011 and 2022. …”
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Prevalence, Characteristics, and Outcomes of Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery in the Presence or Absence of COVID‐19 Infection During the Pandem... by David Faraoni, James A. DiNardo, Viviane G. Nasr

“…Methods We identified all children who underwent surgery between 2017 and 2022 in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program pediatric database. Starting in 2021, the presence of a preoperative diagnosis of COVID‐19 was reported in the database. …”
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Validation of Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) as outcome prediction score in Egyptian patients undergoing emergency laparotomy by Mina Montasser, Doaa Ahmed Mohamed Ellisy, Jehan Ahmed Sayed, Momen Mostafa Makkey

“…Standard definitions from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) were used. Results This study included a diverse cohort, with a mean age of the patients 48.66 ± 19.37 years. …”
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Elective Colectomy for the Treatment of Benign Colon Polyps: National Surgical Trends, Outcomes and Cost Analysis by Tonya Kaltenbach, Luke Martin, Jessica Yu, Benjamin Brooke, William Peche, Roy Soetikno, Mary Whooley, Andrew J Gawron

“…Patients/Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of veterans nationwide using the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) database linked to the national VA Corporate Data Warehouse database. …”
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Evaluation and Implication of Case Volume Variation in Level 1 and 2 Trauma Centers by Patrick L. Johnson, MD, MPH, Bryant W. Oliphant, MD, MBA, MSc, Jonathan E. Williams, MD, Cody L. Mullens, MD, MPH, Raymond A. Jean, MD, Anne H. Cain-Nielsen, MS, John W. Scott, MD, MPH, Mark R. Hemmila, MD

“…We placed trauma centers into quintiles based on average annual patient volume meeting American College of Surgery Trauma Quality Improvement Program (ACS TQIP) inclusion criteria from 2017 to 2021. …”
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Short-term 30-day adverse events following awake versus asleep deep brain stimulation for movement disorders: a nationwide registry-based study by Victor Gabriel El-Hajj, Ryan Nguyen, Abdul Karim Ghaith, Victor E. Staartjes, Christian Möhrlen, Adrian Elmi-Terander, Rushna Ali

“…Methods: The ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database was queried for all patients undergoing DBS treatment between 2011 and 2020 in patients with a diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease, and Essential Tremor. …”
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