2019
Rethinking our definition of operative success: predicting early mortality after emergency general surgery colon resection
DeWane MP, Davis KA, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Becher RD. Rethinking our definition of operative success: predicting early mortality after emergency general surgery colon resection. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2019, 4: e000244. PMID: 31245613, PMCID: PMC6560481, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostoperative septic shockEarly deathSeptic shockEarly mortalityColon resectionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNew-onset renal failureEmergency general surgery patientsQuality Improvement Program databaseGeneral surgery patientsRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databasePostoperative day 5Overall mortality rateMultivariable logistic regressionImmediate perioperative complicationsSurgical Risk CalculatorKaplan-Meier modelEmergent colectomyLate deathsVentilator dependencePerioperative complicationsPostoperative complicationsPreoperative factors
2010
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Septic Shock in Emergency Colorectal Procedures in Elderly Patients—Reply
McGillicuddy E, Schuster K, Davis K, Longo W. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Septic Shock in Emergency Colorectal Procedures in Elderly Patients—Reply. JAMA Surgery 2010, 145: 602-603. DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.74.Peer-Reviewed Original Research