Publications | UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

Optimizing Surgical Quality Datasets to Care for Older Adults: Lessons from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Geriatric Surgery Pilot.

Berian JR, Zhou L, Hornor MA, Russell MM, Cohen ME, Finlayson E, Ko CY, Robinson TN, Rosenthal RA

J Am Coll Surg 2017 Dec doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.08.012

CONSORT to community: translation of an RCT to a large-scale community intervention and learnings from evaluation of the upscaled program.

Moores CJ, Miller J, Perry RA, Chan LLH, Daniels LA, Vidgen HA, Magarey AM

BMC Public Health 2017 Nov doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4907-2

Sugar industry sponsorship of germ-free rodent studies linking sucrose to hyperlipidemia and cancer: An historical analysis of internal documents.

Kearns CE, Apollonio D, Glantz SA

PLoS Biol 2017 Nov doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003460

Factors Associated With the Development of and Revision for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in 440 Consecutive Adult Spinal Deformity Patients.

Nicholls FH, Bae J, Theologis AA, Eksi MS, Ames CP, Berven SH, Burch S, Tay BK, Deviren V

Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2017 Nov doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002209

Seasonal influence of scallop culture on nutrient flux, bacterial pathogens and bacterioplankton diversity across estuaries off the Bohai Sea Coast of Northern China.

He Y, Sen B, Shang J, He Y, Xie N, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Johnson ZI, Wang G

Mar Pollut Bull 2017 Nov doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.062

Systolic Blood Pressure Response in SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial) and ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes): A Possible Explanation for Discordant Trial Results.

Huang C, Dhruva SS, Coppi AC, Warner F, Li SX, Lin H, Nasir K, Krumholz HM

J Am Heart Assoc 2017 Nov doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007509

Quality and Clinical Outcomes Associated with a Gentamicin Use System Change for Managing Chorioamnionitis.

Sauberan JB, Choi B, Paradyse AR, Le J

J Med Syst 2017 Nov doi: 10.1007/s10916-017-0856-7

Update to Practice Standards for Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Hospital Settings: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

Sandau KE, Funk M, Auerbach A, Barsness GW, Blum K, Cvach M, Lampert R, May JL, McDaniel GM, Perez MV, Sendelbach S, Sommargren CE, Wang PJ, American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Clinical Cardiology; and Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young.

Circulation 2017 Nov doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000527

Relationship between spending on electronic cigarettes, 30-day use, and disease symptoms among current adult cigarette smokers in the U.S.

Yao T, Max W, Sung HY, Glantz SA, Goldberg RL, Wang JB, Wang Y, Lightwood J, Cataldo J

PLoS One 2017 Nov doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187399

The Association of Menthol Cigarette Use With Quit Attempts, Successful Cessation, and Intention to Quit Across Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States.

Keeler C, Max W, Yerger V, Yao T, Ong MK, Sung HY

Nicotine Tob Res 2017 Nov doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw215