2023
Emergency general surgery verification: Quality improvement and the case for optimal resources and process standards
Coleman J, Davis K, Savage S, Staudenmayer K, Coimbra R. Emergency general surgery verification: Quality improvement and the case for optimal resources and process standards. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2023, 96: e1-e4. PMID: 37678150, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryEmergency surgical interventionDay of surgeryAcute care surgeryPublic health burdenQuality Improvement ProgramPostoperative complicationsCare surgeryHospital admissionIll patientsSurgical interventionFormal quality improvement programHealth burdenGeneral surgeryPatient careCare deliverySurgeryPrograms/servicesField of traumaOutcomes researchPatientsAdmissionHospitalNational databankPractice standards
2021
Geriatric Trauma Systems
Bhattacharya B, Davis K. Geriatric Trauma Systems. Current Trauma Reports 2021, 7: 8-14. DOI: 10.1007/s40719-020-00210-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) emergency general surgery guidelines gap analysis
Schuster K, Davis K, Hernandez M, Holena D, Salim A, Crandall M. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) emergency general surgery guidelines gap analysis. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30768554, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryEGS diseasesSmall bowel obstructionAcute care surgeryCommon disease statesAAST gradeAmerican AssociationBowel obstructionAcute cholecystitisTrauma gradeCare surgeryAcute pancreatitisAdditional researchGeneral surgeryDisease processPatient careSurgeryLiterature searchDiseaseDisease statesAdditional literature reviewLow-quality researchDiagnosisInitial gap analysisThorough assessment
2017
Appendicitis
Johnson D, Davis K. Appendicitis. 2017, 121-130. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48687-1_13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced chronologic ageAcute care surgeonsCommon surgical problemSurgical emergencyElderly presentsAged patientsInitial presentationTherapeutic challengeSurgical problemsChronologic agePatient careDisease statesLife expectancyAppendicitisDiagnostic processPatientsSurgeonsComorbiditiesPopulationWorkupPathologyCare