2023
Minimally Invasive Approach to Intestinal Bleeding
Kapil A, Davis K. Minimally Invasive Approach to Intestinal Bleeding. Hot Topics In Acute Care Surgery And Trauma 2023, 227-237. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39001-2_17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute care surgeonsMainstay of diagnosisGI bleedGI bleedingInitial resuscitationIntestinal bleedingSurgical optionsLaparoscopic techniqueInvasive approachEndoscopic techniquesInvasive techniquesOperating roomBleedingTreatmentEmbolizationHemorrhagePatientsSurgeryResuscitationEndoscopyBleedMainstayDiagnosisSurgeonsEmergency general surgery verification: Quality improvement and the case for optimal resources and process standards
Coleman J, Davis K, Savage S, Staudenmayer K, Coimbra R. Emergency general surgery verification: Quality improvement and the case for optimal resources and process standards. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2023, 96: e1-e4. PMID: 37678150, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryEmergency surgical interventionDay of surgeryAcute care surgeryPublic health burdenQuality Improvement ProgramPostoperative complicationsCare surgeryHospital admissionIll patientsSurgical interventionFormal quality improvement programHealth burdenGeneral surgeryPatient careCare deliverySurgeryPrograms/servicesField of traumaOutcomes researchPatientsAdmissionHospitalNational databankPractice standardsBlunt thoracic aortic injury diagnosis and management: two decades of innovation from Memphis
Davis K. Blunt thoracic aortic injury diagnosis and management: two decades of innovation from Memphis. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2023, 8: e001084. PMID: 37082313, PMCID: PMC10111888, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001084.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Pandemic Recovery Using a COVID-Minimal Cancer Surgery Pathway
Boffa DJ, Judson BL, Billingsley KG, Galetta D, Fontanez P, Odermatt C, Lindner K, Mitchell MR, Henderson CM, Carafeno T, Pinto J, Wagner J, Ancuta M, Beley P, Turner AL, Banack T, Laurans MS, Johnson DC, Yoo P, Morton JM, Zurich H, Davis K, Ahuja N. Pandemic Recovery Using a COVID-Minimal Cancer Surgery Pathway. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 110: 718-724. PMID: 32417195, PMCID: PMC7227551, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgery pathwayHospital-acquired COVID-19 infectionLarge academic medical centerCOVID-19 patientsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicCOVID-19 infectionPatient care pathwayAcademic medical centerDisease 2019 pandemicHealth care deliveryOnly surgerySurgery populationElective surgeryPatient survivalRisk of exposureProtection of patientsCare pathwayNosocomial infectionsMedical CenterCare deliverySurgical activityHospitalPatientsSurgeryMost hospitalsMapping the increasing interest in acute care surgery-Who, why and which fellowship?
Gayed BN, Zarzaur BL, Livingston DH, Chiu WC, Davis KA, Tisherman SA, Alam HB, Spain DA. Mapping the increasing interest in acute care surgery-Who, why and which fellowship? Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2020, 88: 629-635. PMID: 32320176, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002585.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care surgerySurgery of TraumaPractice patternsCare surgeryFellowship typeClinical interestSurgical critical careFellowship yearDifferent fellowshipPrimary clinical interestAmerican AssociationFisher's exactCritical careLevel IVPearson χFellowship program directorsTrauma surgeryResponse rateSurgeryOperative experienceFellowship pathwaysTrauma trainingMost fellowsRecent traineesFellowship choicesTube thoracostomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the AAST Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care Committees
Pieracci FM, Burlew CC, Spain D, Livingston DH, Bulger EM, Davis KA, Michetti C. Tube thoracostomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the AAST Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care Committees. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2020, 5: e000498. PMID: 32411822, PMCID: PMC7213907, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerforming tracheostomy during the Covid-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Michetti CP, Burlew CC, Bulger EM, Davis KA, Spain DA, . Performing tracheostomy during the Covid-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2020, 5: e000482. PMID: 32368620, PMCID: PMC7186881, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000482.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) emergency general surgery guidelines gap analysis
Schuster K, Davis K, Hernandez M, Holena D, Salim A, Crandall M. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) emergency general surgery guidelines gap analysis. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30768554, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryEGS diseasesSmall bowel obstructionAcute care surgeryCommon disease statesAAST gradeAmerican AssociationBowel obstructionAcute cholecystitisTrauma gradeCare surgeryAcute pancreatitisAdditional researchGeneral surgeryDisease processPatient careSurgeryLiterature searchDiseaseDisease statesAdditional literature reviewLow-quality researchDiagnosisInitial gap analysisThorough assessmentMacroeconomic trends and practice models impacting acute care surgery
Bernard A, Staudenmayer K, Minei JP, Doucet J, Haider A, Scherer T, Davis KA. Macroeconomic trends and practice models impacting acute care surgery. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2019, 4: e000295. PMID: 31058241, PMCID: PMC6461137, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency general surgeryElective surgeryCritical careCritical care codesAcute care surgeonsAcute care surgeryCare delivery modelsOperative case volumeSignificant healthcare needsCare surgerySurgeon satisfactionInpatient carePractice modelTrauma surgeonsGeneral surgeryCase volumeSurgeryCare codesACS surgeonsHealthcare needsPopulation agesSurgeonsAvailable surgeonsCareProfessional revenueAmerican Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) emergency general surgery guidelines gap analysis
Schuster K, Davis K, Hernandez M, Holena D, Salim A, Crandall M. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) emergency general surgery guidelines gap analysis. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, 1. DOI: 10.1097/01586154-900000000-98388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmerican AssociationSurgery
2018
Ischemic Colitis
Johnson D, Davis K. Ischemic Colitis. 2018, 311-323. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96286-3_26.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultisystem organ failureIschemic colitisAcute lower GIReversible clinical symptomsSevere ischemic colitisCardiac eventsPostoperative periodCardiac surgeryOrgan failureAnnual incidenceIschemic injuryClinical symptomsCommon subtypeTransmural necrosisGastrointestinal tractLower GIPatientsColitisPopulation agesCommon formMost casesSurgeryEtiologyInjurySymptomsEarly and late complications of bariatric operation
Lim R, Beekley A, Johnson DC, Davis KA. Early and late complications of bariatric operation. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2018, 3: e000219. PMID: 30402562, PMCID: PMC6203132, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute care surgeonsBariatric operationsSurgical emergencyWeight loss surgeryType of surgeryGeneral surgical principlesAcute diverticulitisPostoperative complicationsLate complicationsPostoperative courseCommon etiologyGallstone diseaseOperation patientsAbdominal pathologyAcute pancreatitisCommon causeAnatomic considerationsSurgical principlesPatient's lifeComplicationsPatientsSurgical disciplinesPermanent alterationsSurgeonsSurgery
2017
Acute care surgery fellowship graduates' practice patterns
Burlew CC, Davis KA, Fildes JJ, Esposito TJ, Dente CJ, Jurkovich GJ. Acute care surgery fellowship graduates' practice patterns. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2017, 82: 208-210. PMID: 27779596, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryGeneral surgeryPractice patternsLevel IACS fellowshipFellowship trainingAcademic Level IElective general surgeryCurrent practice patternsSurgery of TraumaSurgical critical careHospital-based groupScope of practiceFellowship programsAmerican AssociationTrauma designationElective casesThoracic surgeryTeaching hospitalCritical careSurgeryTrauma surgeryCase mixVascular casesPractice demographicsInternational rotations
Ferrada P, Ivatury RR, Spain DA, Davis KA, Aboutanos M, Fildes JJ, Scalea TM. International rotations. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2017, 82: 51-57. PMID: 27779594, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care surgerySurgical critical careMajority of PDsOperative casesEmergent general surgeryProgram directorsOperative exposureCritical careTrauma systemGeneral surgeryResponse rateMost program directorsSCC fellowshipsCase loadREDCap toolInternational rotationsMost fellowsTraumaCase exposureSurgeryFellow educationMost fellowships
2016
Fellowship training in Acute Care Surgery: from inception to current state
Davis KA, Jurkovich GJ. Fellowship training in Acute Care Surgery: from inception to current state. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2016, 1: e000004. PMID: 29766052, PMCID: PMC5891699, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Challenging Issues in Surgical Critical Care, Trauma, and Acute Care Surgery: A Report From the Critical Care Committee of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Napolitano LM, Fulda GJ, Davis KA, Ashley DW, Friese R, Van Way CW, Meredith JW, Fabian TC, Jurkovich GJ, Peitzman AB. Challenging Issues in Surgical Critical Care, Trauma, and Acute Care Surgery: A Report From the Critical Care Committee of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2010, 69: 1619-1633. PMID: 21150539, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3182011089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical critical careAcute care surgeryCritical care servicesCritical Care CommitteeCritical careCare surgeryCare CommitteeCare servicesAcute care surgery fellowshipAdult critical care servicesSurgery of TraumaCritical care fellowsShortage of intensivistsCritical care traineesSurgical intensivistsSurgeryTrauma fellowshipInternal medicineSurgery fellowshipIntensivistsCareTraumaHealthcare systemNational dataSurgeonsAcute care surgery in evolution
Davis KA, Rozycki GS. Acute care surgery in evolution. Critical Care Medicine 2010, 38: s405-s410. PMID: 20724873, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181ec55c8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care surgeryAcute surgical conditionsCare surgerySurgical conditionsGeneral surgeonsEmergency general surgeryAcute care surgeonsSurgery of TraumaSurgical critical careEmergency care accessCritical careCare accessGeneral surgeryTimely careSurgeryTrauma surgeryAvailability of surgeonsSurgeonsCare demandsPatientsAmerican AssociationCareEmergency callsSpecialtiesTraumaThe status of massive transfusion protocols in United States trauma centers: massive transfusion or massive confusion?
Schuster KM, Davis KA, Lui FY, Maerz LL, Kaplan LJ. The status of massive transfusion protocols in United States trauma centers: massive transfusion or massive confusion? Transfusion 2010, 50: 1545-1551. PMID: 20158684, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02587.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFresh frozen plasmaRed blood cellsTrauma surgeonsRatio of FFPUnited States trauma centersMassive transfusion protocolStates trauma centersSurgery of TraumaTransfusion protocolMassive transfusionTrauma centerEmergency departmentMost centersEastern AssociationAnesthesia staffWeb-based surveyLogistic regressionRBC ratioBlood bankStudy designBlood cellsOperating roomSurgeonsSurgeryProtocol utilization
2009
Emergency and Urgent Surgery
Schuster KM, Davis KA, Rosenbaum SH. Emergency and Urgent Surgery. Anesthesiology Clinics 2009, 27: 787-804. PMID: 19942181, DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2009.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAggressive resuscitative effortsEarly surgical consultationGeneral surgical emergenciesGeneral surgical conditionsEmergency surgical careHealth care providersAggressive resuscitationUrgent surgeryPostoperative periodSurgical emergencyIll patientsSurgical illnessSurgical consultationSurgical interventionResuscitative effortsSurgical conditionsSurgical careCare providersPatientsTherapeutic interventionsInterventionSelect subsetEmergencyOpen communicationSurgeryEmergency and Urgent Surgery
Schuster KM, Davis KA, Rosenbaum SH. Emergency and Urgent Surgery. Medical Clinics Of North America 2009, 93: 1131-1148. PMID: 19665625, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2009.05.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAggressive resuscitative effortsEarly surgical consultationGeneral surgical emergenciesGeneral surgical conditionsEmergency surgical careHealth care providersAggressive resuscitationUrgent surgeryPostoperative periodSurgical emergencyIll patientsSurgical illnessSurgical consultationSurgical interventionResuscitative effortsSurgical conditionsSurgical careCare providersPatientsTherapeutic interventionsInterventionSelect subsetEmergencyOpen communicationSurgery