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List of works by Preston R. Miller

A critical assessment of outcomes in emergency versus nonemergency general surgery using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database

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A high fresh frozen plasma: packed red blood cell transfusion ratio decreases mortality in all massively transfused trauma patients regardless of admission international normalized ratio

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A normal platelet count may not be enough: the impact of admission platelet count on mortality and transfusion in severely injured trauma patients

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A practical application of practice-based learning: development of an algorithm for empiric antibiotic coverage in ventilator-associated pneumonia.

scientific article published in April 2006

A semi-automated approach for measuring splenic injury using computed tomography.

scientific article published in January 2007

ARDS after pulmonary contusion: accurate measurement of contusion volume identifies high-risk patients

scientific article published on August 2001

Aberrant obturator artery is a common arterial variant that may be a source of unidentified hemorrhage in pelvic fracture patients

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Acute care surgery: impact on practice and economics of elective surgeons

scientific article published on 06 March 2012

Acute respiratory distress syndrome in blunt trauma: identification of independent risk factors.

scientific article published on October 2002

Age and Its Impact on Outcomes with Intra-Abdominal Infection

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An innovative approach to predict the development of adult respiratory distress syndrome in patients with blunt trauma.

scientific article published in November 2012

Are plain radiographs of the spine necessary during evaluation after blunt trauma? Accuracy of screening torso computed tomography in thoracic/lumbar spine fracture diagnosis.

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Assessment of emergency general surgery care based on formally developed quality indicators

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

Associated injuries in blunt solid organ trauma: implications for missed injury in nonoperative management

scientific article published in August 2002

Blunt aortic injury with concomitant intra-abdominal solid organ injury: treatment priorities revisited

scientific article published in September 2002

Blunt cerebrovascular injuries: diagnosis and treatment

scientific article published in August 2001

Blunt renal artery injury: incidence, diagnosis, and management

scientific article published on 01 June 2001

Clarification on angiography and embolization for blunt splenic injuries: in reply to Livingston and colleagues

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

Clinical application of ventricular end-systolic elastance and the ventricular pressure-volume diagram

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Colonic resection in the setting of damage control laparotomy: is delayed anastomosis safe?

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Complex blunt aortic injury or repair: beneficial effects of cardiopulmonary bypass use.

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Creation and implementation of an emergency general surgery registry modeled after the National Trauma Data Bank

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Crystalloid resuscitation improves survival in trauma patients receiving low ratios of fresh frozen plasma to packed red blood cells

scientific article published on August 2011

Current issues in trauma

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Damage control operations in non-trauma patients: defining criteria for the staged rapid source control laparotomy in emergency general surgery

scientific article published on 24 February 2016

Defining burden and severity of disease for emergency general surgery

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

Defining present blood component transfusion practices in trauma patients: papers from the Trauma Outcomes Group

scientific article published in August 2011

Delayed Closure Is Associated with Decreased Infection Rate in Amputations after Trauma

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Do Radiographic Findings of Gangrenous Cholecystitis in the Preoperative Setting Influence Patient Outcome?

scientific article published on January 2016

Does Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II provide a valid metric to directly compare disease severity in trauma versus surgical intensive care unit patients?

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Does Isolation of Enterococcus Affect Outcomes in Intra-Abdominal Infections?

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Does gender difference influence outcome?

scientific article published in November 2002

Does optimal timing for spine fracture fixation exist?

scientific article published on June 2001

Effect of high product ratio massive transfusion on mortality in blunt and penetrating trauma patients

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Effects of a More Restrictive Transfusion Trigger in Trauma Patients

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Effects of abdominal decompression on cardiopulmonary function and visceral perfusion in patients with intra-abdominal hypertension

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Elevated admission white blood cell count in pregnant trauma patients: an indicator of ongoing placental abruption

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Elevated arterial base deficit in trauma patients: a marker of impaired oxygen utilization

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Emergency department length of stay is an independent predictor of hospital mortality in trauma activation patients.

scientific article published in June 2011

Enalaprilat improves gut perfusion in critically injured patients.

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Evaluation of a Device Combining an Inferior Vena Cava Filter and a Central Venous Catheter for Preventing Pulmonary Embolism Among Critically Ill Trauma Patients.

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Evaluation of the Performance of ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator in Emergency General Surgery Patients

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Examining predictors of reduction in drinking risk-level among severe-risk trauma patients following a brief counseling intervention

External fixation or arteriogram in bleeding pelvic fracture: initial therapy guided by markers of arterial hemorrhage.

scientific article published in March 2003

Failures of splenic nonoperative management: is the glass half empty or half full?

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Has the incidence of thoracolumbar spine injuries increased in the United States from 1998 to 2011?

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High ratios of plasma and platelets to packed red blood cells do not affect mortality in nonmassively transfused patients

scientific article published in August 2011

ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM mapping of the AAST Emergency General Surgery disease severity grading systems: Conceptual approach, limitations, and recommendations for the future

scientific article published on May 2015

Improving outcomes following penetrating colon wounds: application of a clinical pathway

scientific article published in June 2002

Inclusion of Vancomycin as Part of Broad-Spectrum Coverage Does Not Improve Outcomes in Patients with Intra-Abdominal Infections: A Post Hoc Analysis

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Increased insulin requirements are associated with pneumonia after severe injury

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Increased platelet:RBC ratios are associated with improved survival after massive transfusion

scientific article published in August 2011

Injury-associated hypothermia: an analysis of the 2004 National Trauma Data Bank

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Late fascial closure in lieu of ventral hernia: the next step in open abdomen management

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Live Quality Assurance: Using a Multimedia Messaging Service Group Chat to Instantly Grade Intraoperative Images

scientific article published on 11 November 2019

Locally derived versus guideline-based approach to treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the trauma intensive care unit

scientific article published on December 2012

Longer-Duration Antimicrobial Therapy Does Not Prevent Treatment Failure in High-Risk Patients with Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections.

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Maintaining survivors' values of left ventricular power output during shock resuscitation: a prospective pilot study

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Measuring anatomic severity of disease in emergency general surgery

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Multi-institutional experience using human acellular dermal matrix for ventral hernia repair in a compromised surgical field

scientific article published on March 2009

Multidrug-resistant pathogens and pneumonia: comparing the trauma and surgical intensive care units

scientific article published on 27 April 2011

Multiplicity of solid organ injury: influence on management and outcomes after blunt abdominal trauma

scientific article published in May 2003

National Trauma Institute prospective evaluation of the ventilator bundle in trauma patients: does it really work?

scientific article published in February 2013

National nosocomial infection surveillance system: from benchmark to bedside in trauma patients

scientific article published in January 2006

Non-helmeted motorcyclists: a burden to society? A study using the National Trauma Data Bank

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Nonoperative management of adult blunt splenic injury with and without splenic artery embolotherapy: a meta-analysis

scientific article published in October 2011

Novel resuscitation strategy for pulmonary contusion after severe chest trauma

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Optimal threshold for diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia using bronchoalveolar lavage

scientific article published on August 2003

Overreliance on Standardized Protocols: A Pilot Study of Surgical Residents and Fellows

Patients with Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection Presenting with Sepsis Do Not Require Longer Duration of Antimicrobial Therapy

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Patients with Risk Factors for Complications Do Not Require Longer Antimicrobial Therapy for Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection

scientific article published on September 2016

Potential mucosal injury related to continuous aspiration of subglottic secretion device

scientific article published in October 2007

Predicting Mortality and Independence at Discharge in the Aging Traumatic Brain Injury Population Using Data Available at Admission

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Proceedings of the 13th annual conference of INEBRIA

scientific article published on 19 September 2016

Profoundly abnormal initial physiologic and biochemical data cannot be used to determine futility in massively transfused trauma patients.

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Prospective Evaluation of Weight-Based Prophylactic Enoxaparin Dosing in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: Adequacy of AntiXa Levels Is Improved.

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Prospective comparison of bronchoalveolar lavage and quantitative deep tracheal aspirate in the diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia

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Prospective evaluation of vacuum-assisted fascial closure after open abdomen: planned ventral hernia rate is substantially reduced

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Prospective screening for blunt cerebrovascular injuries: analysis of diagnostic modalities and outcomes

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Prospective trial of angiography and embolization for all grade III to V blunt splenic injuries: nonoperative management success rate is significantly improved

scientific article published on 28 January 2014

RIB fracture triage pathway decreases ICU utilization, pulmonary complications and hospital length of stay

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Randomized, prospective comparison of increased preload versus inotropes in the resuscitation of trauma patients: effects on cardiopulmonary function and visceral perfusion

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Relationship of early hyperglycemia to mortality in trauma patients

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Resuscitation with a novel hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier in a Swine model of uncontrolled perioperative hemorrhage

scientific article published in May 2003

Risk of thoracolumbar fractures doubled in victims of motor vehicle collisions with cervical spine fractures

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Screening for Bacteremia in Trauma Patients: Traditional Markers Fall Short

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

Specific abbreviated injury scale values are responsible for the underestimation of mortality in penetrating trauma patients by the injury severity score

scientific article published in August 2011

Stapled versus hand-sewn anastomoses in emergency general surgery: a retrospective review of outcomes in a unique patient population

scientific article published on May 2013

Stapled versus hand-sewn: A prospective emergency surgery study. An American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional study.

scientific article published on 23 December 2016

Subcapsular hematoma in blunt splenic injury: A significant predictor of failure of nonoperative management.

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

Surgical intensive care unit mobility is increased after institution of a computerized mobility order set and intensive care unit mobility protocol: a prospective cohort analysis

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

Systemic inflammation worsens outcomes in emergency surgical patients

scientific article published on May 2012

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in the trauma intensive care unit: who is infected?

scientific article published on December 1999

The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for 16 emergency general surgery conditions: Disease-specific criteria characterizing anatomic severity grading

scientific article published on 27 May 2016

The Capacity of ICD-10-CM/PCS to Characterize Surgical Care

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

The Utility of Abdominal CT for Preoperative Planning of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement.

scientific article published in September 2016

The association of blood component use ratios with the survival of massively transfused trauma patients with and without severe brain injury

scientific article published in August 2011

The impact of patient- and SBI process-level variables on six-month drinking outcomes in a level I trauma center

The pathogenesis of pulmonary contusion: an open chest model in the rat.

scientific article published on July 2006

The spleen not taken: Differences in management and outcomes of blunt splenic injuries in teenagers cared for by adult and pediatric trauma teams in a single institution

scientific article published on 11 May 2017

The splenic artery stump pressure is affected by arterial anatomy after proximal embolotherapy in blunt splenic injury

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The trend of using computed tomography in the detection of acute thoracic aortic and branch vessel injury after blunt thoracic trauma: single-center experience over 13 years

scientific article published on April 2004

The wandering bullet

article published in 2014

Threshold values of intramucosal pH and mucosal-arterial CO2 gap during shock resuscitation

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Time to Operating Room for Cholecystitis Decreases with a Mature Emergency General Surgery Service

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Traumatic pulmonary pathology measured with computed tomography and a semiautomated analytic method

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Trial of short-course antimicrobial therapy for intraabdominal infection.

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Undertriage Despite Use of Geriatric-Specific Trauma Team Activation Guidelines : Who Are We Missing?

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Use of posterior component separation and transversus abdominis release in trauma and emergency general surgery patients: a case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on 24 January 2019

Vacuum-assisted closure for defects of the abdominal wall

scientific article published in March 2008

Validation of stroke work and ventricular arterial coupling as markers of cardiovascular performance during resuscitation

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Variations between level I trauma centers in 24-hour mortality in severely injured patients requiring a massive transfusion

scientific article published in August 2011

Weight-Based Enoxaparin Achieves Adequate Anti-Xa Levels More Often in Trauma Patients: A Prospective Study

scientific article published on 11 September 2020