2022
Do Cultures From Percutaneously Drained Intra-abdominal Abscesses Change Treatment? A Retrospective Review
Esposito A, Zhang Y, Nagarkatti N, Laird W, Coppersmith N, Reddy V, Leeds I, Mongiu A, Longo W, Hao R, Pantel H. Do Cultures From Percutaneously Drained Intra-abdominal Abscesses Change Treatment? A Retrospective Review. Diseases Of The Colon & Rectum 2022, 66: 451-457. PMID: 36538708, DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0000000000002644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntra-abdominal abscessPercutaneous drainAntimicrobial therapyLos pacientesAbdominal abscessSingle university-affiliated institutionRetrospective medical record reviewEmpiric antibiotic regimensSolid organ transplantsMedical record reviewUniversity-affiliated institutionCulture dataAntibiotic coursesAbdominal infectionAntibiotic regimensActive smokersMedian ageActive chemotherapyRecord reviewEvidence-based practiceMedian lengthUtility of cultureFemale sexIntraoperative culturesInclusion criteria
2017
Is measurement of renal function necessary for all trauma patients before iodinated contrast administration?
Pantel H, Stensland KD, Hashim J, Rosenblatt M. Is measurement of renal function necessary for all trauma patients before iodinated contrast administration? Emergency Radiology 2017, 24: 541-546. PMID: 28493202, DOI: 10.1007/s10140-017-1513-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal functionRenal dysfunctionTrauma patientsContrast-enhanced imagingIndependent predictorsAbnormal renal functionBlunt trauma patientsPast medical historyTime of presentationNegative predictive valueMultivariate regression analysisResultsFrom 2009Trauma cohortRenal failureSerum creatinineBlunt traumaSingle centerMean ageMedical historyUrgent settingSerum measurementsContrast administrationInclusion criteriaPatientsPredictive valueEffect of Incentive Spirometry on Postoperative Hypoxemia and Pulmonary Complications After Bariatric Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Pantel H, Hwang J, Brams D, Schnelldorfer T, Nepomnayshy D. Effect of Incentive Spirometry on Postoperative Hypoxemia and Pulmonary Complications After Bariatric Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surgery 2017, 152: 422-428. PMID: 28097332, PMCID: PMC5831447, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.4981.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative pulmonary complicationsPulmonary complicationsIncentive spirometryBariatric surgeryPostoperative hypoxemiaPostoperative hoursSaO2 levelsClinical trialsTest groupRandomized noninferiority clinical trialTertiary referral teaching hospitalArterial oxygen saturation levelsFrequency of hypoxemiaMean SaO2 levelsPostoperative incentive spirometryCombination of obesityReferral teaching hospitalStandard of careNoninferiority clinical trialSignificant differencesOxygen saturation levelsEvaluable populationBaseline characteristicsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcome