2024
A novel preoperative score to predict severe acute cholecystitis
Kuhlenschmidt K, Taveras L, Schuster K, Kaafarani H, El Hechi M, Puri R, Crandall M, Schroeppel T, Cripps M. A novel preoperative score to predict severe acute cholecystitis. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2024, 96: 870-875. PMID: 38523119, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute cholecystitisPreoperative scoresLogistic regression modelsGrading scaleAmerican Association for the SurgerySevere acute cholecystitisStepwise logistic regression modelSurgical decision makingPrognostic Level IIIMulticenter databaseMulticenter trialMulticenter validationCholecystitisCounseling patientsHigh-gradeLevel IIIC-statisticPatientsRegression modelsCholecystectomyMulticenterScoresSacPositive correlationGrade
2019
The EGS Grading Scale For Skin And Soft Tissue Infections Is Predictive Of Poor Outcomes
Savage SA, Li SW, Utter GH, Cox JA, Wydo SM, Cahill K, Sarani B, Holzmacher J, Duane TM, Gandhi RR, Zielinski MD, Ray-Zack M, Tierney J, Chapin T, Murphy PB, Vogt KN, Schroeppel TJ, Callaghan E, Kobayashi L, Coimbra R, Schuster KM, Gillaspie D, Timsina L, Louis A, Crandall M. The EGS Grading Scale For Skin And Soft Tissue Infections Is Predictive Of Poor Outcomes. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30601458, PMCID: PMC6433490, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSoft tissue infectionsLength of stayDisease processGrading scaleInter-rater reliabilityGrade IVEmergency general surgery (EGS) diseasesDisparate disease processesRetrospective multicenter trialLaboratory Risk IndicatorNecrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) scoreSurgery of TraumaMulti-institutional trialHigh gradeDifferent disease processesClinical disease processesOverall complicationsHospital lengthICU lengthFasciitis (LRINEC) scoreMulticenter trialTissue infectionsValidation studyPoor outcomeDisease characteristics