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 standardsHypovolemic Shock
Jones T, Bhattacharya B, Davis K. Hypovolemic Shock. 2023, 137-146. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22599-4_11.ChaptersAcute care surgeonsHypovolemic shockOptimal treatment strategyRecognition of complicationsCommon clinical scenariosOptimal clinical outcomesExcessive resuscitationGastrointestinal lossesSuch patientsClinical outcomesPostoperative phaseHemorrhagic shockSurgical interventionThird spacingTreatment strategiesDiagnostic modalitiesInfectious processClinical scenariosResuscitationPatientsSurgeonsComplicationsPathophysiologyEtiologyShock
2019
Contemporary management of spontaneous retroperitoneal and rectus sheath hematomas
Warren MH, Bhattacharya B, Maung AA, Davis KA. Contemporary management of spontaneous retroperitoneal and rectus sheath hematomas. The American Journal Of Surgery 2019, 219: 707-710. PMID: 31109633, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAngiographyAnticoagulantsBlood Component TransfusionEmbolization, TherapeuticFemaleHematomaHumansInternational Normalized RatioLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsProthrombin TimeRectal DiseasesRetroperitoneal SpaceRetrospective StudiesShock, HemorrhagicTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsSheath hematomaSurgical interventionBlood product transfusionOptimal treatment strategySpontaneous retroperitonealIntravenous heparinProduct transfusionAdult patientsMedian ageAntiplatelet agentsHemorrhagic shockDisease progressionBlood productsTreatment strategiesCT scanHematomaOutcome dataPatientsOne-year periodContemporary managementSpecific agentsAngioembolizationRetroperitonealInterventionAgents
2009
Emergency and Urgent Surgery
Schuster KM, Davis KA, Rosenbaum SH. Emergency and Urgent Surgery. Anesthesiology Clinics 2009, 27: 787-804. PMID: 19942181, DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2009.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAggressive resuscitative effortsEarly surgical consultationGeneral surgical emergenciesGeneral surgical conditionsEmergency surgical careHealth care providersAggressive resuscitationUrgent surgeryPostoperative periodSurgical emergencyIll patientsSurgical illnessSurgical consultationSurgical interventionResuscitative effortsSurgical conditionsSurgical careCare providersPatientsTherapeutic interventionsInterventionSelect subsetEmergencyOpen communicationSurgeryEmergency and Urgent Surgery
Schuster KM, Davis KA, Rosenbaum SH. Emergency and Urgent Surgery. Medical Clinics Of North America 2009, 93: 1131-1148. PMID: 19665625, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2009.05.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAggressive resuscitative effortsEarly surgical consultationGeneral surgical emergenciesGeneral surgical conditionsEmergency surgical careHealth care providersAggressive resuscitationUrgent surgeryPostoperative periodSurgical emergencyIll patientsSurgical illnessSurgical consultationSurgical interventionResuscitative effortsSurgical conditionsSurgical careCare providersPatientsTherapeutic interventionsInterventionSelect subsetEmergencyOpen communicationSurgery