2023
The interaction between geriatric and neighborhood vulnerability: Delineating prehospital risk among older adult emergency general surgery patients
Zogg C, Falvey J, Kodadek L, Staudenmayer K, Davis K. The interaction between geriatric and neighborhood vulnerability: Delineating prehospital risk among older adult emergency general surgery patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2023, 96: 400-408. PMID: 37962136, PMCID: PMC10922165, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeriatric vulnerabilitiesOlder adultsEGS careAdverse outcomesHospital Frailty Risk ScoreEmergency general surgery patientsGreater riskFlorida State Inpatient DatabaseFrailty Risk ScoreGeneral surgery patientsState Inpatient DatabasesArea Deprivation IndexEthnic minority patientsNeighborhood vulnerabilityEGS outcomesHazard ratioOlder patientsSurgery patientsPatient ageEGS conditionsInpatient DatabaseVulnerable patientsPatient residesMinority patientsRisk score
2022
Reconceptualizing high-quality emergency general surgery care: Non–mortality-based quality metrics enable meaningful and consistent assessment
Zogg CK, Staudenmayer KL, Kodadek LM, Davis KA. Reconceptualizing high-quality emergency general surgery care: Non–mortality-based quality metrics enable meaningful and consistent assessment. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2022, 94: 68-77. PMID: 36245079, PMCID: PMC9805506, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000003818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryHospital-level factorsEGS conditionsEmergency general surgery careOlder adultsNationwide Readmissions DatabaseComplex older adultsSurgery of TraumaGeneral surgery careQuality improvement initiativesOlder adult populationEGS careEGS hospitalsEGS patientsPatient frailtySurgery careGeneral surgeryHospitalLevel IIIAdult populationCohortPatientsComplex adultCareAdults