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Short report
Intensivist supervision of resident-placed central venous catheters decreases the incidence of catheter-related blood stream infections Thomas J Papadimos, Sandra J Hensley, Joan M Duggan, James P Hofmann, Sadik A Khuder, Marilyn J Borst, John J Fath Patient Safety in Surgery 2008, 2 :11 (30 April 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [1 comment ]
Case report
Alcohol based surgical prep solution and the risk of fire in the operating room: a case report Sumit Batra, Rajiv Gupta Patient Safety in Surgery 2008, 2 :10 (26 April 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Letter to the Editor
German surgical residency training – quo vadis? Michael A Flierl Patient Safety in Surgery 2008, 2 :9 (25 April 2008) [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Liver surgery in the presence of cirrhosis or steatosis:
is morbidity increased?
Lucas McCormack, Pablo Capitanich, Emilio Quinonez Patient Safety in Surgery 2008, 2 :8 (25 April 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Effect of obesity on intraoperative bleeding volume in open gastrectomy with D2 lymph-node dissection for gastric cancer Hirochika Makino, Chikara Kunisaki, Hirotoshi Akiyama, Hidetaka A Ono, Takashi Kosaka, Ryo Takagawa, Yasuhiko Nagano, Syouichi Fujii, Hiroshi Shimada Patient Safety in Surgery 2008, 2 :7 (24 April 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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