2022
Occult traumatic pneumothorax: Is routine follow up chest X-ray necessary?
Bhattacharya B, O'Connor R, Becher R, Schuster K, Davis K, Maung A. Occult traumatic pneumothorax: Is routine follow up chest X-ray necessary? Surgery In Practice And Science 2022, 9: 100073. DOI: 10.1016/j.sipas.2022.100073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChest X-rayRoutine chest X-rayInjury Severity ScoreClinical managementInitial trauma evaluationUrban trauma centerComputerized tomography scanPaucity of evidenceOccult pneumothoracesPneumothorax progressionAdult patientsTrauma centerClinical evolutionClinical symptomsInjury scoreMean ageTrauma evaluationSeverity scoreTomography scanPatientsInterventionPneumothoracesSymptomsAgeX-ray
2020
Multicenter validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for acute cholecystitis.
Schuster KM, O'Connor R, Cripps M, Kuhlenschmidt K, Taveras L, Kaafarani HM, El Hechi M, Puri R, Mull J, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Cullinane DC, Cullinane LM, Enniss TM, Sensenig R, Zilberman B, Crandall M. Multicenter validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for acute cholecystitis. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2020, 90: 87-96. PMID: 33332782, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAAST gradeTokyo GuidelinesAcute cholecystitisOperative timeEmergency general surgery (EGS) diseasesMedian AAST gradeTrauma grading scaleLonger operative timeSingle-institution studyModest discriminatory powerMulti-institutional fashionClinical decision makingAmerican AssociationPreoperative gradeUnderwent cholecystectomySurgical complicationsMean ageWorse outcomesPatient outcomesLevel IVCholecystitisOperative surgeonMulticenter validationGrading scaleGrading systemSpirometry not pain level predicts outcomes in geriatric patients with isolated rib fractures.
Schuster KM, Sanghvi M, O'Connor R, Becher R, Maung AA, Davis KA. Spirometry not pain level predicts outcomes in geriatric patients with isolated rib fractures. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2020, 89: 947-954. PMID: 32467465, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHand StrengthHospitals, RehabilitationHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayMalePainPain ManagementPain MeasurementPatient DischargePatient TransferPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesRib FracturesSpirometryTrauma CentersTreatment OutcomeConceptsLength of stayIsolated rib fracturesNegative inspiratory forceUnplanned ICU admissionRib fracturesPain levelsDay 1ICU admissionInspiratory forceGrip strengthMedian LOSHospital day 1Expiratory volume 1Complete spirometryPain controlDischarge dispositionPulmonary functionEarly dischargeGeriatric patientsVital capacityMean ageSpirometry measuresPulmonary capacityLevel IVFEV1
2015
Getting Used to Being a Patient: The Postoperative Experience of Living Liver Transplant Donors
O'Connor R, Parkosewich J, Curran J, Cartiera K, Knobf MT. Getting Used to Being a Patient: The Postoperative Experience of Living Liver Transplant Donors. Progress In Transplantation 2015, 25: 153-159. PMID: 26107276, DOI: 10.7182/pit2015298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative experienceDonor hepatectomyLiver transplantHospital experienceLiving Liver Transplant DonorsQualitative interpretive descriptive designPatients' postoperative experienceDonor liver transplantLiver transplant donorsInterpretive descriptive designTransplant donorsTransplant teamMean ageTransplant experienceUniversity HospitalHealthy donorsEligible personsHorrible painPatientsTransplant donationHospitalization experienceInformed consentSample adultsHepatectomyDescriptive design