2018
Can acute care surgeons perform while fatigued? An EAST multicenter study
Schuster KM, Hazelton JP, Rattigan D, Nguyen L, Kim D, Spence LH, Turay D, Luo-Owen X, Perez JM, Dayal S, Blatt M, Hill C, Bhattacharya B. Can acute care surgeons perform while fatigued? An EAST multicenter study. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2018, 85: 476-484. PMID: 29787535, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care surgeonsMajor morbidityPatient outcomesAcute care surgery serviceEAST multicenter studyPatient-level factorsEmergency casesFour-level ordinal scaleHours of sleepHierarchical logistic regression modelsImpact of fatigueLogistic regression modelsPatient factorsFemale patientsSurgery serviceMulticenter studyLevel IVImmediate operationPrognostic studiesSleep timePatient volumeSimilar outcomesMorbiditySurgeonsMortality
2013
Repositioning endotracheal tubes in the intensive care unit
Wang ML, Schuster KM, Bhattacharya B, Maung AA, Kaplan LJ, Davis KA. Repositioning endotracheal tubes in the intensive care unit. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2013, 75: 146-149. PMID: 23940860, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31829849cd.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedChi-Square DistributionCohort StudiesCritical CareCritical IllnessFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIntensive Care UnitsIntubation, IntratrachealLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMonitoring, PhysiologicMultivariate AnalysisPatient PositioningProspective StudiesRadiography, ThoracicRetreatmentRisk AssessmentTracheaConceptsEndotracheal tubeSurgical intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit patientsChest X-ray studyRoutine chest radiographCare unit patientsProspective observational studyIntensive care unitInterquartile rangeUnit patientsCare unitWithdrawal groupRespiratory therapistsChest radiographsObservational studyInclusion criteriaMedian withdrawalET withdrawalMean differencePatientsSuboptimal positioningInterventionIncisorsMedianWithdrawal