Background Most non-oncologic clinical practice guidelines recommend restrictive
allogeneic blood transfusion practices; however, there is a lack of consensus regarding the …

Objective To use a large-scale multi-institutional dataset to quantify the prevalence of
packed red blood cell transfusions and examine the associations between transfusion and …

Purpose To evaluate the role of specialty palliative care consultation (PCC) on end of life
care outcomes among terminally ill gynecologic oncology patients. Methods Retrospective …

Objectives To assess aggressive medical care, hospice utilization, and advance care
documentation among ovarian cancer patients in the final thirty days of life. Methods …

Objective To identify disparities in utilization of end of life (EoL) resources by gynecologic
oncology (GO) patients. Methods This retrospective analysis of the medical records of GO …

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and economic impact of a transfusion reduction initiative
for patients undergoing gynecologic surgery. Methods We conducted a prospective …

Objective Shared medical appointments offer a novel approach to improve efficiency and
quality of care consistent with the goals of the Institute of Medicine. Our objective was to …

Background Preoperative hyperglycemia has been associated with perioperative morbidity
in general surgery patients. Additionally, preoperative hyperglycemia may indicate …

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for health care
super-utilization among gynecologic oncology patients at a single academic hospital. A …

Discussion Vaginal cancer is uncommon, comprising only two to three percent of all
gynecologic malignancies with vaginal melanoma as the third most common histologic type …