2021
Commentary: To operate or wait? Contextualizing early outcomes of cardiac surgery in COVID-19–positive patients
Hirji SA, Zogg CK, Nguyen TC. Commentary: To operate or wait? Contextualizing early outcomes of cardiac surgery in COVID-19–positive patients. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2021, 162: e373-e374. PMID: 34020800, PMCID: PMC8078055, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.04.059.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Variation in Risk-standardized Rates and Causes of Unplanned Hospital Visits Within 7 Days of Hospital Outpatient Surgery
Desai MM, Zogg CK, Ranasinghe I, Parzynski CS, Lin Z, Gorbaty M, Merrill A, Krumholz HM, Drye EE. Variation in Risk-standardized Rates and Causes of Unplanned Hospital Visits Within 7 Days of Hospital Outpatient Surgery. Annals Of Surgery 2020, 276: e714-e720. PMID: 33214469, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnplanned hospital visitsHospital outpatient surgeryHospital outpatient departmentsHospital visitsOutpatient surgeryShort-term safety outcomesFacility-level variationHierarchical logistic regression modelingPost-surgical visitSame-day surgeryHalf of proceduresLogistic regression modelingUrinary retentionStudy cohortUnplanned visitsClinical comorbiditiesOutpatient departmentOutpatient settingPreventable conditionPreventable reasonsBACKGROUND DATASafety outcomesMedicare feeSurgeryService beneficiaries
2015
From understanding to action: interventions for surgical disparities
Hisam B, Zogg CK, Chaudhary MA, Ahmed A, Khan H, Selvarajah S, Torain MJ, Changoor NR, Haider AH. From understanding to action: interventions for surgical disparities. Journal Of Surgical Research 2015, 200: 560-578. PMID: 26526625, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical disparitiesCombination of patientQuality improvement initiativesHealth care disparitiesDoctor-patient communicationSystem-level factorsField of surgeryCochrane LibraryCare disparitiesMultiple interventionsUnderstanding of disparitiesSuccessful alleviationImprovement initiativesInterventionSurgeryForm of interventionPossible interventionsDisparitiesRacial/ethnic disparities in emergency general surgery: explained by hospital-level characteristics?
Hall EC, Hashmi ZG, Zafar SN, Zogg CK, Cornwell EE, Haider AH. Racial/ethnic disparities in emergency general surgery: explained by hospital-level characteristics? The American Journal Of Surgery 2015, 209: 604-609. PMID: 25683233, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryHospital-level factorsEGS patientsHigher oddsGeneral surgeryEthnic disparitiesHospital-level characteristicsOdds of deathMultivariable logistic regressionNationwide Inpatient SampleAfrican AmericansHospital admissionAA patientsCaucasian patientsInpatient SamplePatientsLogistic regressionEthnic differencesDeathSurgeryOddsHospitalOverall disparityOutcomesDisparities