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List of works by Hiram Polk

A Proposal for Enhancing the General Surgical Workforce and Access to Surgical Care

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Acute hyperglycemia and the innate immune system: clinical, cellular, and molecular aspects

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Broad-based general surgery training is a model of continued utility for the future

scientific article published on May 2004

CAGS and ACS evidence based reviews in surgery. 36. Effect of high perioperative oxygen fraction on surgical site infection

scientific article published on February 2011

Consensus statement on scientific data from clinical trials and investigators' responsibilities and rights.

scientific article published in June 2002

Diabetes and hyperglycemia: strict glycemic control

scientific article published on September 2006

Differences and similarities between rural and urban operations

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Effects of hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperosmolarity on neutrophil apoptosis

scientific article published on April 2006

Emergence of resistant microbes in critical care units is transient, despite an unrestricted formulary and multiple antibiotic trials

scientific article published in January 2002

Examination of the role of abdominal computed tomography in the evaluation of victims of trauma with increased aspartate aminotransferase in the era of focused abdominal sonography for trauma

scientific article published in October 2002

Expanded surgical time out: a key to real-time data collection and quality improvement

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Glucose and surgical sepsis: a study of underlying immunologic mechanisms.

scientific article published on 28 April 2010

Hypothermia and surgery: immunologic mechanisms for current practice

scientific article published on July 2009

Impact of diabetes mellitus and metabolic disorders.

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Impact of implementation of the Surgical Care Improvement Project and future strategies for improving quality in surgery

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Interhospital transfer of blunt multiply injured patients to a level 1 trauma center does not adversely affect outcome.

scientific article published in April 2014

Is There a Role for Bowel Preparation and Oral or Parenteral Antibiotics In Infection Control in Contemporary Colon Surgery?

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

IκK-16 decreases miRNA-155 expression and attenuates the human monocyte inflammatory response.

scientific article published on 14 September 2017

MicroRNA as a New Factor in Lung and Esophageal Cancer

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

MicroRNA-155 potentiates the inflammatory response in hypothermia by suppressing IL-10 production.

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MicroRNAs: new helpers for surgeons?

scientific article published on 22 October 2011

Monocyte HLA-DR and interferon-gamma treatment in severely injured patients--a critical reappraisal more than a decade later

scientific article published on 26 May 2006

Mortality after elective colon resection: the search for outcomes that define quality in surgical practice

scientific article published on 6 March 2012

Optimizing surgical care: a contemporary assessment of temperature, oxygen, and glucose

scientific article published on June 2010

Past, Present, and Future of Augmentation of Monocyte Function in the Surgical Patient

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

Patient safety and quality in surgery

scientific article published on August 2007

Perioperative supplemental oxygen therapy and surgical site infection: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on April 2009

Rapid tissue regeneration induced by intracellular ATP delivery-A preliminary mechanistic study.

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Scientific data from clinical trials: investigators responsibilities and rights

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Scientific data from clinical trials: investigators' responsibilities and rights

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Scientific data from clinical trials: investigators' responsibilities and rights

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Scientific data from clinical trials: investigators' responsibilities and rights

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Scientific data from clinical trials: investigators' responsibilities and rights

scientific article published on 06 June 2002

Sequential improvements in organ procurement increase the organ donation rate

scientific article published on August 22, 2012

Surgeon-led initiatives cut costs and enhance the quality of endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures

scientific article published on July 1, 2003

Surgical privileging and credentialing: a report of a discussion and study group of the American Surgical Association

scientific article published on 18 June 2009

Tertiary care centers: A strategy for fiscal survival

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

The Complementary Value of Trained Abstractors and Surgeons in the More Accurate Assessment of Surgical Quality

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

The Significance and Challenges of Monocyte Impairment: For the Ill Patient and the Surgeon

scientific article published on 9 March 2016

The challenge of small numbers to the contemporary excellence of elective specialty surgery.

scientific article published on November 2006

The evolution of guidelines toward standards of practice.

scientific article published on November 2006

The evolving importance of readmission data to the practicing surgeon.

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The very busy urban surgeon: another face of the evermore obvious shortage of general surgeons

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Transforming the surgical "time-out" into a comprehensive "preparatory pause".

scientific article published in September 2007

Transient receptor potential ion channels: powerful regulators of cell function.

scientific article published on February 2014

Venous thromboembolism in elective operations: balancing the choices.

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Warming to 39°C but Not to 37°C Ameliorates the Effects on the Monocyte Response by Hypothermia.

scientific article published on 25 February 2015