2012
Systemic inflammation worsens outcomes in emergency surgical patients
Becher RD, Hoth JJ, Miller PR, Meredith JW, Chang MC. Systemic inflammation worsens outcomes in emergency surgical patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2012, 72: 1140-1149. PMID: 22673238, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3182516a97.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedDigestive System Surgical ProceduresDisease ProgressionEmergenciesFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedMorbidityOutcome Assessment, Health CarePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival RateSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeUnited StatesConceptsSystemic inflammatory response syndromeSevere sepsis/septic shockSepsis/septic shockPreoperative systemic inflammationEmergency surgical patientsSystemic inflammatory responseThirty-day survivalSystemic inflammationInflammatory responsePostoperative outcomesSurgical patientsSeptic shockEmergent colon surgeryEmergency general surgeryInflammatory response syndromeTimely surgical interventionAcute care surgeonsKaplan-Meier methodRisk of morbidityDamage control operationPreoperative inflammationColorectal operationsPostoperative complicationsHazard ratioSepsis patients
2011
Global Surgical Package Reimbursement and the Acute Care Surgeon: A Threat to Optimal Care
Schneider E, Haider A, Lidor A, Efron J, Villegas C, Stevens K, Hirani S, Haut E, Efron D. Global Surgical Package Reimbursement and the Acute Care Surgeon: A Threat to Optimal Care. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2011, 70: 583-589. PMID: 21610346, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3182098a30.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayElective right hemicolectomyEmergency surgical patientsElective patientsRight hemicolectomyEmergent patientsInhospital mortalityGreater comorbiditySurgical patientsOptimal careNationwide Inpatient Sample dataAcute care surgery serviceEmergent right hemicolectomyPatient LOSAcute care surgeonsEmergency surgery patientsHigher mortality riskMann-Whitney testSurgery patientsSurgery serviceInpatient admissionsInsurance statusMortality riskMultivariable regressionGreater odds
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