Shedden K

ORCID: 0000-0001-7222-6664 · 2 papers in corpus

other 2023

Is preoperative hypoalbuminemia or hypoproteinemia a reliable marker for anastomotic leakage risk in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery in an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program?

International journal of colorectal disease ·doi:10.1007/s00384-023-04450-5

PURPOSE: Preoperative hypoalbuminemia has traditionally been used as a marker of nutritional status and is considered a significant risk factor for anastomotic leak (AL). METHODS: The Westmead Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (WERAS) prospe…

other 2014

Applying MetaMap to Medline for identifying novel associations in a large clinical dataset: a feasibility analysis

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA ·doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002767

OBJECTIVE: We describe experiments designed to determine the feasibility of distinguishing known from novel associations based on a clinical dataset comprised of International Classification of Disease, V.9 (ICD-9) codes from 1.6 million pa…