The impact of service-specific staffing, case scheduling, turnovers, and first-case starts on anesthesia group and operating room productivity: a tutorial using data from an … C McIntosh, F Dexter, RH Epstein Anesthesia & Analgesia 103 (6), 1499-1516, 2006 | 386 | 2006 |
Making management decisions on the day of surgery based on operating room efficiency and patient waiting times F Dexter, RH Epstein, RD Traub, Y Xiao, DC Warltier The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 101 (6), 1444-1453, 2004 | 304 | 2004 |
Use of operating room information system data to predict the impact of reducing turnover times on staffing costs F Dexter, AE Abouleish, RH Epstein, CW Whitten, DA Lubarsky Anesthesia & Analgesia 97 (4), 1119-1126, 2003 | 242 | 2003 |
Risk factors for surgical site infections following spinal fusion procedures: a case-control study SB Rao, G Vasquez, J Harrop, M Maltenfort, N Stein, G Kaliyadan, ... Clinical infectious diseases 53 (7), 686-692, 2011 | 197 | 2011 |
Statistical modeling of average and variability of time to extubation for meta-analysis comparing desflurane to sevoflurane F Dexter, EO Bayman, RH Epstein Anesthesia & Analgesia 110 (2), 570-580, 2010 | 182 | 2010 |
Validation of statistical methods to compare cancellation rates on the day of surgery F Dexter, E Marcon, RH Epstein, J Ledolter Anesthesia & Analgesia 101 (2), 465-473, 2005 | 178 | 2005 |
Estimating the incidence of prolonged turnover times and delays by time of day F Dexter, RH Epstein, E Marcon, J Ledolter The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 102 (6), 1242-1248, 2005 | 159 | 2005 |
Endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion without general anesthesia: operative and clinical outcomes in 100 consecutive patients with a minimum 1-year follow-up JPG Kolcun, GD Brusko, GW Basil, R Epstein, MY Wang Neurosurgical Focus 46 (4), E14, 2019 | 154 | 2019 |
Automatic updating of times remaining in surgical cases using bayesian analysis of historical case duration data and “instant messaging” updates from anesthesia providers F Dexter, RH Epstein, JD Lee, J Ledolter Anesthesia & Analgesia 108 (3), 929-940, 2009 | 130 | 2009 |
The hypoosmotic swelling test as a useful adjunct to the semen analysis to predict fertility potential. JH Check, R Epstein, K Nowroozi, BS Shanis, CH Wu, A Bollendorf Fertility and sterility 52 (1), 159-161, 1989 | 130 | 1989 |
Limitations of epinephrine as a marker of intravascular injection in laboring women BL Leighton, MC Norris, M Sosis, R Epstein, B Chayen, GE Larijani Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 7 (2), 75-76, 1987 | 123 | 1987 |
Typical savings from each minute reduction in tardy first case of the day starts F Dexter, RH Epstein Anesthesia & Analgesia 108 (4), 1262-1267, 2009 | 121 | 2009 |
Meta-analysis of average and variability of time to extubation comparing isoflurane with desflurane or isoflurane with sevoflurane A Agoliati, F Dexter, J Lok, D Masursky, MF Sarwar, SB Stuart, ... Anesthesia & Analgesia 110 (5), 1433-1439, 2010 | 120 | 2010 |
Adoption of anesthesia information management systems by academic departments in the United States CBE Halbeis, RH Epstein, A Macario, RG Pearl, Z Grunwald Anesthesia & Analgesia 107 (4), 1323-1329, 2008 | 120 | 2008 |
A statistical analysis of weekday operating room anesthesia group staffing costs at nine independently managed surgical suites F Dexter, RH Epstein, HM Marsh Anesthesia & Analgesia 92 (6), 1493-1498, 2001 | 117 | 2001 |
Strategies to reduce delays in admission into a postanesthesia care unit from operating rooms F Dexter, RH Epstein, E Marcon, R De Matta Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing 20 (2), 92-102, 2005 | 115 | 2005 |
Reductions in length of stay, narcotics use, and pain following implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery program for 1-to 3-level lumbar fusion surgery GD Brusko, JPG Kolcun, JA Heger, AD Levi, GR Manzano, K Madhavan, ... Neurosurgical focus 46 (4), E4, 2019 | 114 | 2019 |
Preadmission hyperglycemia is an independent risk factor for in-hospital symptomatic pulmonary embolism after major orthopedic surgery B Mraovic, BR Hipszer, RH Epstein, EC Pequignot, J Parvizi, JI Joseph The Journal of arthroplasty 25 (1), 64-70, 2010 | 111 | 2010 |
Labor costs incurred by anesthesiology groups because of operating rooms not being allocated and cases not being scheduled to maximize operating room efficiency AE Abouleish, F Dexter, RH Epstein, DA Lubarsky, CW Whitten, ... Anesthesia & Analgesia 96 (4), 1109-1113, 2003 | 106 | 2003 |
Meta-analysis of desflurane and propofol average times and variability in times to extubation and following commands RE Wachtel, F Dexter, RH Epstein, J Ledolter Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE): Quality-assessed Reviews …, 2011 | 105 | 2011 |