2025
Health care utilization after operative versus nonoperative appendicitis management using an administrative claims database.
Mathew P, Moore M, Bhattacharya B, Schneider E, Davis K, Schuster K. Health care utilization after operative versus nonoperative appendicitis management using an administrative claims database. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2025 PMID: 40462277, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNonoperative managementUncomplicated appendicitisEmergency departmentRecurrent appendicitisAbdominal painCT scanComputed tomographyNonoperative management of uncomplicated appendicitisManagement of uncomplicated appendicitisAbdominal computed tomographyAbdominal CT scanHealth care utilizationNonoperatively managed patientsAdministrative claims databaseExamined health care utilizationNonoperative groupCare utilizationAcute appendicitisElixhauser Comorbidity IndexIn situ appendixNonoperative treatmentBaseline characteristicsAppendicitis managementPatient sexTherapeutic/care management
2023
Routine post-operative labs and healthcare system burden in acute appendicitis
Sznol J, Becher R, Maung A, Bhattacharya B, Davis K, Schuster K. Routine post-operative labs and healthcare system burden in acute appendicitis. The American Journal Of Surgery 2023, 226: 571-577. PMID: 37291012, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.06.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthcare system burdenSystem burdenHealth care costsAppendicitis managementIncreased LOSUncomplicated AAAcute appendicitisRetrospective cohortClinical courseClinical variablesPatient populationMinimal comorbiditiesMultivariable modelingHealthcare costsCare costsPatientsLaboratory utilizationNational Health Expenditure AccountsLab utilizationLaboratory testingBurdenLaboratory testsAppendicitisComorbiditiesCohort
2022
Academic Medical Centers Experienced Higher Rates of Post-Operative Health-Care–Associated Infections during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Post Hoc Analysis of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multicenter Trial
Tracy BM, Valdez CL, Crowley B, Seng S, Ratnasekera A, Collins CM, Bhattacharya B, O'Connor R, Sharp V, Gelbard RB. Academic Medical Centers Experienced Higher Rates of Post-Operative Health-Care–Associated Infections during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Post Hoc Analysis of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multicenter Trial. Surgical Infections 2022, 23: 538-544. PMID: 35917388, DOI: 10.1089/sur.2022.148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcademic medical centerRisk factorsMedical CenterConcomitant COVID-19 infectionPost-operative healthTrauma multicenter trialIndependent risk factorSurgical site infectionInfection prevention effortsImportance of adherenceMulti-center studyCOVID-19 infectionCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19 pandemicPost Hoc AnalysisHigh rateAppendicitis severityAcute appendicitisMulticenter trialPrimary outcomeSite infectionCommon HAIHoc AnalysisHospital typeDisease 2019
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