2017
Intraoperative cholangiography during cholecystectomy among hospitalized medicare beneficiaries with non-neoplastic biliary disease
Lilley EJ, Scott JW, Jiang W, Krasnova A, Raol N, Changoor N, Salim A, Haider AH, Weissman JS, Schneider EB, Cooper Z. Intraoperative cholangiography during cholecystectomy among hospitalized medicare beneficiaries with non-neoplastic biliary disease. The American Journal Of Surgery 2017, 214: 682-686. PMID: 28669532, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.06.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCBD injuryIntraoperative cholangiographyBiliary diseaseInpatient cholecystectomyMedicare beneficiariesCommon bile duct injuryBile duct injuryMultivariable logistic regressionHazard of deathHospitalized Medicare beneficiariesNon-neoplastic indicationsGallbladder obstructionDuct injuryCox regressionRetrospective studyCholecystectomyHigh riskPatientsInjuryLogistic regressionConfirmatory testDiseaseCholangiographySelective useSurvivalA Novel Risk Score to Predict the Need for Nutrition Support After Cardiac Surgery
Ohkuma R, Crawford T, Brown P, Grimm J, Magruder J, Kilic A, Suarez-Pierre A, Snyder S, Wood J, Schneider E, Sussman M, Whitman G. A Novel Risk Score to Predict the Need for Nutrition Support After Cardiac Surgery. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 104: 1306-1312. PMID: 28625392, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative nutrition supportNutrition supportCardiac surgeryNS scoresAdult cardiac surgery patientsMultivariable logistic regression modelingEarly postoperative nutritionMalnutrition-related morbidityCardiac surgery patientsNovel risk scoreRelative odds ratioLogistic regression modelingTiming of initiationPostoperative nutritionSurgery patientsDerivation cohortIndependent predictorsPredictive screening toolMultivariable analysisValidation cohortC-statisticOdds ratioHigh riskRisk scorePatients
2014
Malignancy risk and reproducibility associated with atypia of undetermined significance on thyroid cytology
Mathur A, Najafian A, Schneider E, Zeiger M, Olson M. Malignancy risk and reproducibility associated with atypia of undetermined significance on thyroid cytology. Surgery 2014, 156: 1471-1476. PMID: 25218896, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignancy riskUndetermined significanceAvailable surgical pathologyDiagnosis of AUSTertiary care centerFocal nuclear atypiaFine-needle aspiration specimensHürthle cell neoplasmsOutside diagnosisMalignancy rateCare centerCell neoplasmsMorphologic predictorsHigh riskNuclear atypiaSurgical pathologyBethesda SystemAUS subcategoriesAspiration specimensGreater riskThyroid CytopathologyThyroid cytologyAtypiaDiagnosisAUS