2017
Association of Intraoperative Blood Transfusions on Postoperative Complications, 30-Day Readmission Rates, and 1-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes
Elsamadicy AA, Adogwa O, Vuong VD, Mehta AI, Vasquez RA, Cheng J, Bagley CA, Karikari IO. Association of Intraoperative Blood Transfusions on Postoperative Complications, 30-Day Readmission Rates, and 1-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes. Spine 2017, 42: 610-615. PMID: 28399073, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerioperative allogeneic RBC transfusionAllogeneic RBC transfusionElective spine surgeryPostoperative complication rateReadmission ratesRBC transfusionSpine surgeryPostoperative complicationsComplication rateThirty-day hospital readmission ratesAllogeneic red blood cell transfusionRed blood cell transfusionMultivariate logistic regression analysisMultivariate logistic regression modelPatient-reported outcome instrumentsHigher perioperative complicationsPostoperative hemoglobin levelsIntraoperative blood transfusionBlood cell transfusionHospital readmission ratesMajor academic medical centerLogistic regression analysisAcademic medical centerQuality of careLogistic regression models
2016
Preoperative Nutritional Status is an Independent Predictor of 30-day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Mehta AI, Cheng J, Bagley CA, Karikari IO. Preoperative Nutritional Status is an Independent Predictor of 30-day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery. Spine 2016, 41: 1400-1404. PMID: 26953667, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001551.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective spine surgeryPreoperative serum albumin levelDays of dischargeIndependent risk factorSerum albumin levelHospital readmissionSpine surgeryRisk factorsReadmission ratesPreoperative malnutritionMalnourished patientsAlbumin levelsIndependent predictorsThirty-day hospital readmission ratesNutritional statusMultivariate logistic regression analysisPre-operative malnutritionPreoperative nutritional statusUnplanned hospital readmissionModifiable risk factorsPostoperative complication rateRetrospective cohort reviewHospital readmission ratesIdentification of patientsMajor academic medical center