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Atul A. Gawande
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 284
Citations - 38699
Atul A. Gawande is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Checklist. The author has an hindex of 78, co-authored 281 publications receiving 33928 citations. Previous affiliations of Atul A. Gawande include University of Maryland, Baltimore & Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
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A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population
Alex B. Haynes,Thomas G. Weiser,Thomas G. Weiser,William R. Berry,Stuart R. Lipsitz,Abdel-Hadi S. Breizat,E. Patchen Dellinger,Teodoro Herbosa,Sudhir Joseph,Pascience L. Kibatala,Marie Carmela,Mc Lapitan,Alan Merry,Krishna Moorthy,R. Reznick,Bryce R. Taylor,Atul A. Gawande +16 more
TL;DR: Implementation of the checklist was associated with concomitant reductions in the rates of death and complications among patients at least 16 years of age who were undergoing noncardiac surgery in a diverse group of hospitals.
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Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development
John G. Meara,John G. Meara,Andrew J M Leather,Lars Hagander,Blake C. Alkire,Nivaldo Alonso,Emmanuel A. Ameh,Stephen W. Bickler,Lesong Conteh,Anna J Dare,Justine Davies,Eunice D érivois Mérisier,Shenaaz El-Halabi,Paul Farmer,Paul Farmer,Atul A. Gawande,Rowan Gillies,Sarah L M Greenberg,Sarah L M Greenberg,Sarah L M Greenberg,Caris E Grimes,Russell L. Gruen,Russell L. Gruen,Edna Adan Ismail,Thaim B. Kamara,Chris Lavy,Ganbold Lundeg,Nyengo Mkandawire,Nyengo Mkandawire,Nakul P Raykar,Nakul P Raykar,Nakul P Raykar,Johanna N Riesel,Edgar B. Rodas,John A. Rose,Nobhojit Roy,Mark G. Shrime,Mark G. Shrime,Richard Sullivan,Stéphane Verguet,David A. K. Watters,Thomas G. Weiser,Iain H Wilson,Gavin Yamey,Winnie Yip +44 more
TL;DR: The need for surgical services in low- and middleincome countries will continue to rise substantially from now until 2030, with a large projected increase in the incidence of cancer, road traffic injuries, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in LMICs.
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An estimation of the global volume of surgery: a modelling strategy based on available data
Thomas G. Weiser,Thomas G. Weiser,Scott E. Regenbogen,Katherine D. Thompson,Alex B. Haynes,Stuart R. Lipsitz,William R. Berry,Atul A. Gawande,Atul A. Gawande +8 more
TL;DR: In view of the high death and complication rates of major surgical procedures, surgical safety should now be a substantial global public-health concern.
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An estimation of the global volume of surgery : a modelling strategy based on available data. Commentary
Stephen W. Bickler,David Spiegel,Thomas G. Weiser,Scott E. Regenbogen,Katherine D. Thompson,Alex B. Haynes,Stuart R. Lipsitz,William R. Berry,Atul A. Gawande +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimated the number of major operations undertaken worldwide, described their distribution, and assessed the importance of surgical care in global public health policy, based on demographic, health, and economic data for 192 member states of the World Health Organization.
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Improving safety with information technology.
David W. Bates,Atul A. Gawande +1 more
TL;DR: Computerized prescribing by physicians reduces the rate of medication-related errors and systems that automatically page clinicians about serious laboratory abnormalities and remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units also appear promising.