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Frederick L. Grover
Researcher at University of Colorado Denver
Publications - 340
Citations - 29291
Frederick L. Grover is an academic researcher from University of Colorado Denver. The author has contributed to research in topics: Veterans Affairs & Cardiac surgery. The author has an hindex of 80, co-authored 335 publications receiving 27595 citations. Previous affiliations of Frederick L. Grover include United States Department of Veterans Affairs & University of Colorado Boulder.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs' NSQIP: the first national, validated, outcome-based, risk-adjusted, and peer-controlled program for the measurement and enhancement of the quality of surgical care. National VA Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
Shukri F. Khuri,J Daley,William G. Henderson,Kwan Hur,John G. Demakis,J.B. Aust,V Chong,Peter J. Fabri,James Gibbs,Frederick L. Grover,Karl E. Hammermeister,rd G Irvin,Gerald O. McDonald,Edward Passaro,L Phillips,F Scamman,Jeannette Spencer,John F. Stremple +17 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide reliable risk-adjusted morbidity and mortality rates after major surgery to the 123 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) performing major surgery, and use risk adjusted outcomes in the monitoring and improvement of the quality of surgical care to all veterans.
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Independent Association between Acute Renal Failure and Mortality following Cardiac Surgery
Glenn M. Chertow,Elliott M Levy,Karl E. Hammermeister,Frederick L. Grover,Jennifer Daley,Jennifer Daley +5 more
TL;DR: Acute renal failure was independently associated with early mortality following cardiac surgery, even after adjustment for comorbidity and postoperative complications.
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Outcomes 15 years after valve replacement with a mechanical versus a bioprosthetic valve: final report of the Veterans Affairs randomized trial.
Karl E. Hammermeister,Gulshan K. Sethi,William G. Henderson,Frederick L. Grover,Charles Oprian,Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola +5 more
TL;DR: At 15 years, patients undergoing AVR had a better survival with a mechanical valve than with a bioprosthetic valve, largely because primary valve failure was virtually absent with mechanical valve.
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On-Pump versus Off-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery
A. Laurie Shroyer,Frederick L. Grover,Brack Hattler,Joseph F. Collins,Gerald O. McDonald,Elizabeth Kozora,John C. Lucke,Janet H. Baltz,Dimitri Novitzky +8 more
TL;DR: Patients in the off-pump CABG group had worse composite outcomes and poorer graft patency than did patients in the on-p pump group at 1 year of follow-up, and no significant differences between the techniques were found in neuropsychological outcomes or use of major resources.
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Risk adjustment of the postoperative mortality rate for the comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care : Results of the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study
Jennifer Daley,Shukri F. Khuri,William G. Henderson,Kwan Hur,James Gibbs,G. Barbour,John G. Demakis,Irvin G rd,John F. Stremple,Frederick L. Grover,Gerald O. McDonald,Edward Passaro,Peter J. Fabri,Spencer J,Karl E. Hammermeister,J.B. Aust,Charles Oprian +16 more
TL;DR: The Department of Veterans Affairs has successfully implemented a system for the prospective collection and comparative reporting of risk-adjusted postoperative mortality rates after major noncardiac operations and risk adjustment had an appreciable impact on the rank ordering of the hospitals and provided a means for monitoring and potentially improving the quality of surgical care.