The role of understaffing in central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection

SK Fridkin, SM Pear, TH Williamson… - Infection Control & …, 1996 - cambridge.org
Objective: To determine risk factors for central venous catheter-associated bloodstream
infections (CVC-BSI) during a protracted outbreak. Design: Case-control and cohort studies …

Decrease in Nosocomial Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea by Restricting Clindamycin Use

SM Pear, TH Williamson, KM Bettin… - Annals of Internal …, 1994 - acpjournals.org
Objective: To report the investigation and effective control of a nosocomial epidemic of
Clostridium difficile–associated Diarrhea. Design: Concurrent surveillance for identification …

[HTML][HTML] Total en bloc resection of primary and metastatic spine tumors

EP Howell, T Williamson, I Karikari… - Annals of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Primary and metastatic tumors of the spine represent a significant cause of patient morbidity,
and present a management challenge to treating providers. From a neurosurgical …

[HTML][HTML] Minority tax reform—avoiding overtaxing minorities when we need them most

T Williamson, CR Goodwin… - New England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Minority Tax Reform Black faculty members are often expected to engage in diversity
initiatives, a drain on their time and resources known as the “minority tax.” But taxes can be …

Role of environmental surveillance in determining the risk of hospital-acquired legionellosis: a national surveillance study with clinical correlations

JE Stout, RR Muder, S Mietzner… - Infection Control & …, 2007 - cambridge.org
Objective. Hospital-acquired Legionella pneumonia has a fatality rate of 28%, and the
source is the water distribution system. Two prevention strategies have been advocated …

Withdrawal of life-supporting treatment in severe traumatic brain injury

T Williamson, MD Ryser, PA Ubel, J Abdelgadir… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There are limited data on which factors affect the critical and complex decision to
withdraw life-supporting treatment (LST) in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) …

Importance of prospective registries and clinical research networks in the evolution of spinal cord injury care

M Kelly-Hedrik, MM Abd-El-Barr, B Aarabi… - Journal of …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Only 100 years ago, traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) was commonly lethal. Today, most
people who sustain SCI survive with continual efforts to improve their quality of life and …

Implication of nutritional status for adverse outcomes after surgery for metastatic spine tumors

GH Rigney, E Massaad, A Kiapour, SS Razak… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Surgery for metastatic spinal tumors can have a substantial impact on patients'
quality of life by alleviating pain, improving function, and correcting spinal instability when …

Demographic Representation in 3 Leading Artificial Intelligence Text-to-Image Generators

R Ali, OY Tang, ID Connolly, HF Abdulrazeq… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The progression of artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-image generators raises
concerns of perpetuating societal biases, including profession-based stereotypes. Objective …

[HTML][HTML] Proceedings of the 11th Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: pushing the forefront of neuromodulation with functional network mapping, biomarkers for …

KA Johnson, NUF Dosenbach, EM Gordon… - Frontiers in Human …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Think Tank XI was held on August 9–11, 2023 in
Gainesville, Florida with the theme of “Pushing the Forefront of Neuromodulation”. The …