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Karim Alavi

Concepts (248)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Rectal Neoplasms
21
2025
98
5.920
Why?
Colectomy
13
2021
104
3.800
Why?
Rectum
13
2023
86
3.020
Why?
Colonic Diseases
4
2020
33
2.260
Why?
Patient Readmission
6
2020
421
2.240
Why?
Elective Surgical Procedures
7
2021
112
2.230
Why?
Digestive System Surgical Procedures
10
2021
88
2.170
Why?
Transanal Endoscopic Surgery
7
2024
23
2.020
Why?
Colorectal Surgery
6
2025
53
1.960
Why?
Postoperative Complications
16
2024
1201
1.890
Why?
Colon
6
2021
136
1.860
Why?
Laparoscopy
9
2023
427
1.800
Why?
Rectal Diseases
3
2020
27
1.750
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
7
2023
263
1.720
Why?
Analgesics, Opioid
3
2021
488
1.530
Why?
Colonic Neoplasms
5
2023
215
1.460
Why?
Crohn Disease
5
2021
106
1.320
Why?
Diverticulitis
3
2020
28
1.210
Why?
Surgeons
5
2022
161
1.110
Why?
Length of Stay
8
2021
779
0.990
Why?
Retrospective Studies
22
2024
6085
0.990
Why?
Pain, Postoperative
3
2021
141
0.990
Why?
Humans
67
2025
59476
0.960
Why?
Middle Aged
30
2024
16339
0.950
Why?
Risk Assessment
4
2020
1927
0.950
Why?
Constipation
1
2024
14
0.920
Why?
Diverticulitis, Colonic
4
2020
32
0.890
Why?
Patient Discharge
4
2021
492
0.880
Why?
Male
38
2025
27794
0.860
Why?
Healthcare Disparities
3
2023
330
0.850
Why?
Quality Improvement
6
2019
418
0.810
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
5
2019
323
0.810
Why?
Female
36
2025
30779
0.790
Why?
Sarcopenia
1
2022
18
0.760
Why?
Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction
1
2021
1
0.760
Why?
Cecal Diseases
1
2021
3
0.760
Why?
Intestinal Volvulus
1
2021
4
0.750
Why?
Sigmoid Diseases
1
2021
5
0.750
Why?
Surgical Wound Infection
2
2014
110
0.750
Why?
Rectal Prolapse
2
2019
11
0.740
Why?
Oxycodone
1
2021
30
0.740
Why?
Fecal Incontinence
2
2024
28
0.710
Why?
Home Care Services
2
2020
97
0.680
Why?
Inappropriate Prescribing
1
2021
64
0.670
Why?
Aged
20
2024
13423
0.670
Why?
Drug Prescriptions
1
2021
168
0.670
Why?
Colonic Pouches
1
2019
16
0.660
Why?
Proctocolectomy, Restorative
1
2019
18
0.660
Why?
Skilled Nursing Facilities
1
2020
83
0.650
Why?
Preoperative Care
2
2020
180
0.640
Why?
Drug Utilization
1
2021
208
0.640
Why?
Anastomosis, Surgical
5
2023
107
0.640
Why?
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
3
2021
693
0.640
Why?
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
2
2016
98
0.630
Why?
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
1
2019
19
0.630
Why?
Insurance Coverage
2
2016
99
0.620
Why?
Colitis, Ulcerative
1
2019
71
0.620
Why?
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
1
2019
31
0.620
Why?
Treatment Outcome
15
2024
5293
0.600
Why?
Neoplasm Staging
6
2023
448
0.590
Why?
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
2
2015
33
0.570
Why?
Adult
17
2025
15704
0.560
Why?
Colon, Transverse
1
2017
4
0.550
Why?
Hospital Costs
2
2014
119
0.540
Why?
Postoperative Care
1
2017
115
0.540
Why?
Colostomy
2
2023
23
0.540
Why?
United States
14
2025
7431
0.530
Why?
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
3
2020
95
0.500
Why?
Risk Factors
12
2020
4991
0.500
Why?
Hospitals
1
2018
378
0.490
Why?
Patient Safety
1
2017
238
0.470
Why?
Robotic Surgical Procedures
1
2017
115
0.460
Why?
Intestinal Diseases
1
2014
33
0.450
Why?
Margins of Excision
4
2024
24
0.450
Why?
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
3
2024
300
0.420
Why?
Anastomotic Leak
3
2021
33
0.370
Why?
Cohort Studies
5
2022
2377
0.350
Why?
Health Status Disparities
1
2011
137
0.340
Why?
Quality of Life
5
2024
1138
0.340
Why?
Internship and Residency
3
2025
748
0.330
Why?
Intestinal Obstruction
2
2023
49
0.330
Why?
Hospital Mortality
4
2017
845
0.320
Why?
Morbidity
4
2021
113
0.320
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
5
2021
2341
0.310
Why?
Practice Guidelines as Topic
3
2021
706
0.300
Why?
Time Factors
6
2019
3619
0.280
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
5
2021
5125
0.270
Why?
Reoperation
2
2021
273
0.270
Why?
Societies, Medical
3
2024
338
0.260
Why?
Colonoscopy
4
2020
86
0.250
Why?
Intensive Care Units
2
2020
430
0.230
Why?
Odds Ratio
2
2020
748
0.230
Why?
Academic Medical Centers
2
2017
309
0.230
Why?
Perineum
2
2021
18
0.230
Why?
Mesocolon
1
2023
2
0.220
Why?
Surgical Stomas
1
2023
8
0.210
Why?
Anus Neoplasms
1
2022
23
0.200
Why?
Consumer Health Information
1
2022
36
0.200
Why?
Comorbidity
2
2017
1080
0.200
Why?
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
1
2023
396
0.200
Why?
Critical Care
2
2016
399
0.190
Why?
Digestive System Fistula
1
2021
3
0.190
Why?
Neostigmine
1
2021
3
0.190
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
1
2023
674
0.190
Why?
Medical Chaperones
1
2021
3
0.190
Why?
Organizational Policy
1
2021
47
0.190
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2024
717
0.180
Why?
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
1
2021
45
0.180
Why?
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
1
2021
69
0.180
Why?
Decompression, Surgical
1
2021
61
0.180
Why?
Pelvis
1
2021
57
0.180
Why?
Ileostomy
4
2023
25
0.180
Why?
Patient Selection
3
2018
466
0.170
Why?
Clinical Competence
1
2025
683
0.170
Why?
Constriction, Pathologic
2
2021
112
0.170
Why?
Online Systems
1
2020
19
0.170
Why?
Severity of Illness Index
2
2015
1483
0.170
Why?
Appendiceal Neoplasms
1
2019
8
0.170
Why?
Multivariate Analysis
2
2021
903
0.160
Why?
Clinical Protocols
1
2020
136
0.160
Why?
Ischemia
1
2021
199
0.160
Why?
Acute Disease
1
2021
660
0.160
Why?
Long-Term Care
1
2020
177
0.160
Why?
Prospective Studies
5
2024
3072
0.160
Why?
Surgical Procedures, Operative
1
2020
137
0.160
Why?
Delphi Technique
1
2019
77
0.160
Why?
Adolescent
3
2022
5854
0.150
Why?
Lymph Nodes
1
2019
215
0.150
Why?
Prognosis
2
2014
1598
0.150
Why?
Universities
1
2019
144
0.150
Why?
Education, Medical, Graduate
2
2020
317
0.150
Why?
Clinical Decision-Making
1
2019
148
0.150
Why?
Disease Management
1
2020
220
0.150
Why?
Inpatients
1
2021
292
0.150
Why?
Frailty
1
2020
124
0.150
Why?
Self Report
1
2021
359
0.150
Why?
Social Media
1
2020
116
0.150
Why?
General Surgery
1
2020
191
0.140
Why?
Telemedicine
1
2022
310
0.140
Why?
Survival Rate
3
2018
801
0.140
Why?
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
1
2020
678
0.130
Why?
Diffusion of Innovation
1
2017
55
0.130
Why?
Intestine, Small
1
2016
77
0.130
Why?
Hospitals, High-Volume
1
2016
32
0.120
Why?
Checklist
1
2016
72
0.120
Why?
Total Quality Management
1
2015
56
0.120
Why?
Dextrans
1
2015
45
0.120
Why?
Electric Stimulation Therapy
1
2015
27
0.120
Why?
Quality of Health Care
1
2019
514
0.120
Why?
Databases, Factual
2
2016
815
0.120
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
4
2025
2516
0.120
Why?
Prostheses and Implants
1
2015
66
0.120
Why?
Physical Examination
1
2015
104
0.120
Why?
Intestines
1
2016
158
0.120
Why?
Efficiency, Organizational
1
2015
93
0.120
Why?
Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant
1
2014
9
0.120
Why?
Hyaluronic Acid
1
2015
66
0.120
Why?
Colonoscopes
1
2014
3
0.120
Why?
Lenses
1
2014
8
0.120
Why?
Surface Plasmon Resonance
1
2014
33
0.110
Why?
Terahertz Imaging
1
2014
11
0.110
Why?
Lasers
1
2014
34
0.110
Why?
Medical Errors
1
2016
195
0.110
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
2
2019
1515
0.110
Why?
Anal Canal
1
2014
34
0.110
Why?
Costs and Cost Analysis
1
2014
98
0.110
Why?
Cost of Illness
1
2014
156
0.110
Why?
Predictive Value of Tests
2
2020
1029
0.100
Why?
Cost-Benefit Analysis
1
2014
299
0.100
Why?
Image Enhancement
1
2014
188
0.100
Why?
Diet
1
2015
497
0.090
Why?
Age Factors
2
2020
1504
0.090
Why?
Evidence-Based Medicine
3
2019
443
0.090
Why?
Colitis
2
2015
74
0.090
Why?
Massachusetts
1
2016
2023
0.090
Why?
Prevalence
1
2014
1257
0.090
Why?
Emergencies
1
2010
110
0.080
Why?
Chi-Square Distribution
1
2010
409
0.080
Why?
Logistic Models
2
2010
1237
0.080
Why?
Anti-Bacterial Agents
1
2015
737
0.080
Why?
Quality Assurance, Health Care
1
2011
250
0.080
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2009
49
0.080
Why?
Hospitalization
1
2016
1293
0.080
Why?
Operative Time
2
2021
76
0.080
Why?
Weight Loss
1
2010
263
0.070
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
1
2009
291
0.070
Why?
Rectal Fistula
1
2008
20
0.070
Why?
Internet
2
2022
449
0.070
Why?
Young Adult
2
2014
4277
0.070
Why?
Feasibility Studies
2
2021
526
0.070
Why?
Early Detection of Cancer
1
2009
267
0.060
Why?
Patient Satisfaction
2
2022
415
0.060
Why?
Smoking
1
2010
826
0.060
Why?
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
1
2024
21
0.060
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
2
2022
1561
0.060
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
2
2021
2383
0.060
Why?
Network Meta-Analysis
1
2023
12
0.050
Why?
Search Engine
1
2022
9
0.050
Why?
Bayes Theorem
1
2023
110
0.050
Why?
Syndrome
1
2022
172
0.050
Why?
Personal Satisfaction
1
2022
76
0.050
Why?
Comprehension
1
2022
131
0.050
Why?
Neoadjuvant Therapy
2
2014
71
0.050
Why?
Aftercare
1
2021
71
0.050
Why?
Perioperative Period
1
2021
19
0.050
Why?
Attitude of Health Personnel
1
2025
552
0.040
Why?
Preoperative Period
1
2020
61
0.040
Why?
Treatment Failure
1
2021
186
0.040
Why?
Safety
1
2021
141
0.040
Why?
Outpatients
1
2021
137
0.040
Why?
Specialty Boards
1
2020
13
0.040
Why?
Accreditation
1
2020
73
0.040
Why?
Data Accuracy
1
2020
28
0.040
Why?
Terminology as Topic
1
2021
133
0.040
Why?
Stents
1
2023
464
0.040
Why?
Appointments and Schedules
1
2019
55
0.040
Why?
Pilot Projects
2
2014
916
0.040
Why?
Walking
1
2020
228
0.040
Why?
Needs Assessment
1
2019
187
0.040
Why?
Abdomen
1
2018
91
0.040
Why?
Diagnostic Imaging
1
2020
245
0.040
Why?
Biopsy
2
2009
410
0.030
Why?
Infant, Newborn
1
2020
1286
0.030
Why?
Decision Making
1
2019
395
0.030
Why?
Infant
1
2020
1493
0.030
Why?
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
1
2015
16
0.030
Why?
Child, Preschool
1
2020
1796
0.030
Why?
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
1
2015
32
0.030
Why?
Program Development
1
2015
203
0.030
Why?
Defecation
1
2014
14
0.030
Why?
Equipment Failure Analysis
1
2014
74
0.030
Why?
Organ Sparing Treatments
1
2014
15
0.030
Why?
Bacterial Vaccines
1
2015
87
0.030
Why?
Infection Control
1
2015
95
0.030
Why?
Pelvic Floor
1
2013
10
0.030
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
1
2014
228
0.030
Why?
Neoplasm Invasiveness
1
2014
248
0.030
Why?
Equipment Design
1
2014
330
0.030
Why?
Recovery of Function
1
2014
271
0.020
Why?
Intestinal Mucosa
1
2014
227
0.020
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
2014
1097
0.020
Why?
Emergency Treatment
1
2011
52
0.020
Why?
Child
1
2020
4205
0.020
Why?
Algorithms
1
2013
979
0.020
Why?
Urogenital Surgical Procedures
1
2008
5
0.020
Why?
Drainage
1
2008
150
0.020
Why?
Precancerous Conditions
1
2006
70
0.020
Why?
Incidence
1
2006
1239
0.010
Why?
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