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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
23
2025
128
5.790
Why?
Colectomy
14
2025
115
3.780
Why?
Rectum
13
2023
93
2.840
Why?
Transanal Endoscopic Surgery
9
2025
29
2.360
Why?
Elective Surgical Procedures
8
2025
119
2.150
Why?
Colonic Diseases
4
2020
35
2.130
Why?
Patient Readmission
6
2020
432
2.130
Why?
Postoperative Complications
19
2025
1294
2.060
Why?
Digestive System Surgical Procedures
10
2021
89
2.060
Why?
Colorectal Surgery
6
2025
50
1.870
Why?
Colon
6
2021
149
1.740
Why?
Laparoscopy
10
2025
483
1.710
Why?
Rectal Diseases
3
2020
28
1.660
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
7
2023
276
1.630
Why?
Analgesics, Opioid
3
2021
531
1.440
Why?
Colonic Neoplasms
5
2023
221
1.390
Why?
Crohn Disease
5
2021
110
1.240
Why?
Diverticulitis
3
2020
33
1.130
Why?
Surgeons
5
2022
182
1.040
Why?
Length of Stay
9
2025
818
0.980
Why?
Retrospective Studies
24
2025
6726
0.960
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
6
2025
355
0.940
Why?
Middle Aged
33
2025
17899
0.920
Why?
Surgical Wound Infection
3
2025
122
0.910
Why?
Humans
70
2025
64243
0.910
Why?
Fecal Incontinence
3
2025
32
0.890
Why?
Risk Assessment
4
2020
2046
0.890
Why?
Constipation
1
2024
15
0.870
Why?
Patient Discharge
4
2021
507
0.830
Why?
Diverticulitis, Colonic
4
2020
37
0.830
Why?
Male
41
2025
30295
0.830
Why?
Preoperative Care
3
2025
199
0.820
Why?
Quality Improvement
7
2025
455
0.800
Why?
Healthcare Disparities
3
2023
374
0.780
Why?
Female
39
2025
33351
0.760
Why?
Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction
1
2021
1
0.710
Why?
Cecal Diseases
1
2021
4
0.710
Why?
Intestinal Volvulus
1
2021
7
0.710
Why?
Sigmoid Diseases
1
2021
6
0.710
Why?
Rectal Prolapse
2
2019
11
0.700
Why?
Sarcopenia
1
2022
28
0.700
Why?
Oxycodone
1
2021
30
0.700
Why?
Aged
23
2025
14648
0.670
Why?
Home Care Services
2
2020
98
0.650
Why?
Drug Prescriptions
1
2021
170
0.640
Why?
Inappropriate Prescribing
1
2021
68
0.640
Why?
Colonic Pouches
1
2019
17
0.620
Why?
Proctocolectomy, Restorative
1
2019
20
0.620
Why?
Skilled Nursing Facilities
1
2020
81
0.620
Why?
Treatment Outcome
17
2025
5691
0.610
Why?
Drug Utilization
1
2021
208
0.610
Why?
Anastomosis, Surgical
5
2023
116
0.600
Why?
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
3
2021
708
0.600
Why?
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
1
2019
20
0.590
Why?
Insurance Coverage
2
2016
99
0.590
Why?
Colitis, Ulcerative
1
2019
76
0.590
Why?
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
1
2019
33
0.590
Why?
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
2
2016
126
0.580
Why?
Neoplasm Staging
6
2023
529
0.540
Why?
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
2
2015
34
0.540
Why?
Colon, Transverse
1
2017
4
0.520
Why?
United States
15
2025
7923
0.520
Why?
Adult
17
2025
17117
0.510
Why?
Hospital Costs
2
2014
126
0.510
Why?
Colostomy
2
2023
25
0.510
Why?
Postoperative Care
1
2017
124
0.510
Why?
Risk Factors
13
2025
5339
0.490
Why?
Hospitals
1
2018
390
0.470
Why?
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
3
2020
107
0.470
Why?
Patient Safety
1
2017
243
0.450
Why?
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
4
2025
358
0.440
Why?
Intestinal Diseases
1
2014
36
0.430
Why?
Margins of Excision
4
2024
32
0.420
Why?
Robotic Surgical Procedures
1
2017
160
0.420
Why?
Anastomotic Leak
3
2021
35
0.350
Why?
Quality of Life
6
2025
1257
0.340
Why?
Cohort Studies
5
2022
2604
0.320
Why?
Health Status Disparities
1
2011
144
0.320
Why?
Intestinal Obstruction
2
2023
52
0.310
Why?
Internship and Residency
3
2025
808
0.300
Why?
Hospital Mortality
4
2017
870
0.300
Why?
Morbidity
4
2021
111
0.300
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
5
2021
2478
0.290
Why?
Practice Guidelines as Topic
3
2021
726
0.280
Why?
Time Factors
6
2019
3724
0.260
Why?
Neoadjuvant Therapy
3
2025
97
0.260
Why?
Reoperation
2
2021
291
0.260
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
5
2021
5520
0.260
Why?
Societies, Medical
3
2024
381
0.240
Why?
Colonoscopy
4
2020
95
0.240
Why?
Intensive Care Units
2
2020
414
0.230
Why?
Academic Medical Centers
2
2017
313
0.220
Why?
Odds Ratio
2
2020
759
0.220
Why?
Perineum
2
2021
19
0.210
Why?
Mesocolon
1
2023
2
0.200
Why?
Surgical Stomas
1
2023
9
0.200
Why?
Dietary Supplements
1
2025
239
0.200
Why?
Anus Neoplasms
1
2022
25
0.190
Why?
Consumer Health Information
1
2022
36
0.190
Why?
Comorbidity
2
2017
1118
0.190
Why?
Critical Care
2
2016
403
0.190
Why?
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
1
2023
423
0.190
Why?
Prospective Studies
6
2025
3315
0.180
Why?
Digestive System Fistula
1
2021
3
0.180
Why?
Neostigmine
1
2021
3
0.180
Why?
Medical Chaperones
1
2021
3
0.180
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
1
2023
735
0.180
Why?
Organizational Policy
1
2021
52
0.170
Why?
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
1
2021
46
0.170
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2024
756
0.170
Why?
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
1
2021
74
0.170
Why?
Decompression, Surgical
1
2021
70
0.170
Why?
Ileostomy
4
2023
27
0.170
Why?
Pelvis
1
2021
61
0.170
Why?
Patient Selection
3
2018
487
0.160
Why?
Clinical Competence
1
2025
728
0.160
Why?
Constriction, Pathologic
2
2021
131
0.160
Why?
Online Systems
1
2020
20
0.160
Why?
Appendiceal Neoplasms
1
2019
9
0.160
Why?
Severity of Illness Index
2
2015
1561
0.160
Why?
Multivariate Analysis
2
2021
930
0.160
Why?
Acute Disease
1
2021
672
0.150
Why?
Ischemia
1
2021
196
0.150
Why?
Long-Term Care
1
2020
177
0.150
Why?
Surgical Procedures, Operative
1
2020
142
0.150
Why?
Delphi Technique
1
2019
102
0.150
Why?
Lymph Nodes
1
2019
229
0.140
Why?
Universities
1
2019
164
0.140
Why?
Adolescent
3
2022
6304
0.140
Why?
Frailty
1
2020
125
0.140
Why?
Disease Management
1
2020
237
0.140
Why?
Education, Medical, Graduate
2
2020
350
0.140
Why?
Inpatients
1
2021
303
0.140
Why?
Clinical Decision-Making
1
2019
163
0.140
Why?
Prognosis
2
2014
1769
0.140
Why?
Self Report
1
2021
388
0.140
Why?
Social Media
1
2020
127
0.140
Why?
Obesity
1
2025
1247
0.130
Why?
General Surgery
1
2020
214
0.130
Why?
Telemedicine
1
2022
344
0.130
Why?
Survival Rate
3
2018
859
0.130
Why?
Diffusion of Innovation
1
2017
61
0.130
Why?
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
1
2020
788
0.120
Why?
Intestine, Small
1
2016
80
0.120
Why?
Checklist
1
2016
75
0.120
Why?
Hospitals, High-Volume
1
2016
33
0.120
Why?
Total Quality Management
1
2015
56
0.120
Why?
Dextrans
1
2015
45
0.120
Why?
Quality of Health Care
1
2019
526
0.120
Why?
Electric Stimulation Therapy
1
2015
27
0.120
Why?
Databases, Factual
2
2016
856
0.110
Why?
Prostheses and Implants
1
2015
71
0.110
Why?
Physical Examination
1
2015
111
0.110
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
4
2025
2737
0.110
Why?
Efficiency, Organizational
1
2015
96
0.110
Why?
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
2
2025
29
0.110
Why?
Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant
1
2014
10
0.110
Why?
Intestines
1
2016
169
0.110
Why?
Hyaluronic Acid
1
2015
70
0.110
Why?
Colonoscopes
1
2014
3
0.110
Why?
Lenses
1
2014
9
0.110
Why?
Terahertz Imaging
1
2014
11
0.110
Why?
Surface Plasmon Resonance
1
2014
35
0.110
Why?
Lasers
1
2014
35
0.110
Why?
Medical Errors
1
2016
198
0.110
Why?
Anal Canal
1
2014
38
0.100
Why?
Costs and Cost Analysis
1
2014
102
0.100
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
2
2019
1669
0.100
Why?
Cost of Illness
1
2014
169
0.100
Why?
Predictive Value of Tests
2
2020
1102
0.100
Why?
Image Enhancement
1
2014
193
0.100
Why?
Cost-Benefit Analysis
1
2014
318
0.100
Why?
Diet
1
2015
533
0.090
Why?
Defecation
2
2025
17
0.090
Why?
Evidence-Based Medicine
3
2019
462
0.090
Why?
Age Factors
2
2020
1569
0.090
Why?
Colitis
2
2015
78
0.080
Why?
Massachusetts
1
2016
2094
0.080
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
2
2025
249
0.080
Why?
Prevalence
1
2014
1407
0.080
Why?
Emergencies
1
2010
121
0.080
Why?
Chi-Square Distribution
1
2010
412
0.080
Why?
Logistic Models
2
2010
1270
0.080
Why?
Quality Assurance, Health Care
1
2011
254
0.070
Why?
Anti-Bacterial Agents
1
2015
800
0.070
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2009
57
0.070
Why?
Hospitalization
1
2016
1368
0.070
Why?
Operative Time
2
2021
91
0.070
Why?
Weight Loss
1
2010
273
0.070
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
1
2009
296
0.070
Why?
Rectal Fistula
1
2008
21
0.070
Why?
Internet
2
2022
467
0.070
Why?
Young Adult
2
2014
4776
0.060
Why?
Feasibility Studies
2
2021
575
0.060
Why?
Patient Satisfaction
2
2022
438
0.060
Why?
Smoking
1
2010
861
0.060
Why?
Early Detection of Cancer
1
2009
321
0.060
Why?
Arginine
1
2025
131
0.060
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
2
2022
1681
0.050
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
2
2021
2616
0.050
Why?
Search Engine
1
2022
9
0.050
Why?
Bayes Theorem
1
2023
123
0.050
Why?
Syndrome
1
2022
180
0.050
Why?
Personal Satisfaction
1
2022
84
0.040
Why?
Comprehension
1
2022
139
0.040
Why?
Aftercare
1
2021
75
0.040
Why?
Perioperative Period
1
2021
21
0.040
Why?
Preoperative Period
1
2020
67
0.040
Why?
Treatment Failure
1
2021
200
0.040
Why?
Safety
1
2021
145
0.040
Why?
Outpatients
1
2021
140
0.040
Why?
Attitude of Health Personnel
1
2025
620
0.040
Why?
Specialty Boards
1
2020
15
0.040
Why?
Accreditation
1
2020
78
0.040
Why?
Data Accuracy
1
2020
31
0.040
Why?
Terminology as Topic
1
2021
141
0.040
Why?
Stents
1
2023
493
0.040
Why?
Appointments and Schedules
1
2019
60
0.040
Why?
Walking
1
2020
240
0.040
Why?
Pilot Projects
2
2014
1019
0.040
Why?
Abdomen
1
2018
93
0.030
Why?
Needs Assessment
1
2019
203
0.030
Why?
Diagnostic Imaging
1
2020
266
0.030
Why?
Biopsy
2
2009
447
0.030
Why?
Decision Making
1
2019
416
0.030
Why?
Infant, Newborn
1
2020
1375
0.030
Why?
Infant
1
2020
1664
0.030
Why?
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
1
2015
20
0.030
Why?
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
1
2015
34
0.030
Why?
Child, Preschool
1
2020
2018
0.030
Why?
Program Development
1
2015
207
0.030
Why?
Bacterial Vaccines
1
2015
81
0.030
Why?
Equipment Failure Analysis
1
2014
77
0.030
Why?
Organ Sparing Treatments
1
2014
16
0.030
Why?
Infection Control
1
2015
105
0.030
Why?
Pelvic Floor
1
2013
10
0.030
Why?
Neoplasm Invasiveness
1
2014
278
0.020
Why?
Equipment Design
1
2014
361
0.020
Why?
Recovery of Function
1
2014
285
0.020
Why?
Intestinal Mucosa
1
2014
243
0.020
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
2014
1162
0.020
Why?
Emergency Treatment
1
2011
58
0.020
Why?
Child
1
2020
4583
0.020
Why?
Urogenital Surgical Procedures
1
2008
5
0.020
Why?
Algorithms
1
2013
1028
0.020
Why?
Drainage
1
2008
155
0.020
Why?
Precancerous Conditions
1
2006
71
0.010
Why?
Incidence
1
2006
1383
0.010
Why?
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