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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedEmergenciesEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency TreatmentGeneral SurgeryHospital MortalityHospitals, GeneralHumansRetrospective StudiesSurgical Procedures, OperativeUnited StatesConceptsEmergency 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
2016
Surgical Disparities: A Comprehensive Review and New Conceptual Framework
Torain MJ, Maragh-Bass AC, Dankwa-Mullen I, Hisam B, Kodadek LM, Lilley EJ, Najjar P, Changoor NR, Rose JA, Zogg CK, Maddox YT, Britt LD, Haider AH. Surgical Disparities: A Comprehensive Review and New Conceptual Framework. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2016, 223: 408-418. PMID: 27296524, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.04.047.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsSetting a National Agenda for Surgical Disparities Research: Recommendations From the National Institutes of Health and American College of Surgeons Summit
Haider AH, Dankwa-Mullan I, Maragh-Bass AC, Torain M, Zogg CK, Lilley EJ, Kodadek LM, Changoor NR, Najjar P, Rose JA, Ford HR, Salim A, Stain SC, Shafi S, Sutton B, Hoyt D, Maddox YT, Britt LD. Setting a National Agenda for Surgical Disparities Research: Recommendations From the National Institutes of Health and American College of Surgeons Summit. JAMA Surgery 2016, 151: 554-63. PMID: 26982380, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0014.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsBiomedical ResearchCultural CompetencyHealth Services AccessibilityHealthcare DisparitiesHumansNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)Physician-Patient RelationsPostoperative CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality of Health CareSocieties, MedicalSocioeconomic FactorsSurgical Procedures, OperativeUnited StatesConceptsAmerican CollegeSurgical disparitiesNational InstituteCare perspectiveRehabilitation-related factorsMultiple surgical proceduresDisparities researchPatient-clinician communicationHealth-National InstituteHealth care disparitiesPatient care perspectivePostoperative careAcute interventionAfrican American individualsMinority patientsSurgical proceduresLong-term effectsMortality riskCare disparitiesTop research prioritiesResearch prioritiesPatient centerednessGeographic disparitiesMinority HealthClinical qualityNever giving up: outcomes and presentation of emergency general surgery in geriatric octogenarian and nonagenarian patients
Shah AA, Zafar SN, Kodadek LM, Zogg CK, Chapital AB, Iqbal A, Greene WR, Cornwell EE, Havens J, Nitzschke S, Cooper Z, Salim A, Haider AH. Never giving up: outcomes and presentation of emergency general surgery in geriatric octogenarian and nonagenarian patients. The American Journal Of Surgery 2016, 212: 211-220.e3. PMID: 27086200, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.01.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayNonagenarian patientsYoung adultsUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient SampleLower total hospital costsEmergency general surgery patientsShorter LOSLower risk-adjusted oddsOlder adultsPrimary EGS diagnosesEmergency general surgeryGeneral surgery patientsRisk-adjusted oddsTotal hospital costsHigher mortality riskRisk-adjusted differencesGastrostomy careMajor morbidityOlder patientsSurgery patientsEGS diagnosesInpatient SampleHospital costsHigher oddsGeneral surgery