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Thomas G. Weiser
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 168
Citations - 18352
Thomas G. Weiser is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 146 publications receiving 15379 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas G. Weiser include University of California, San Francisco & Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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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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Estimate of the global volume of surgery in 2012: an assessment supporting improved health outcomes.
Thomas G. Weiser,Alex B. Haynes,George Molina,Stuart R. Lipsitz,Micaela M. Esquivel,Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz,Rui Fu,Tej D. Azad,Tiffany E. Chao,William R. Berry,William R. Berry,Atul A. Gawande,Atul A. Gawande +12 more
TL;DR: Surgical volume is large and continues to grow in all economic environments, yet many low-income countries fail to achieve basic levels of service and a correlation between increased life expectancy and increased surgical rates is noted.