2022
Academic Medical Centers Experienced Higher Rates of Post-Operative Health-Care–Associated Infections during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Post Hoc Analysis of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multicenter Trial
Tracy BM, Valdez CL, Crowley B, Seng S, Ratnasekera A, Collins CM, Bhattacharya B, O'Connor R, Sharp V, Gelbard RB. Academic Medical Centers Experienced Higher Rates of Post-Operative Health-Care–Associated Infections during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Post Hoc Analysis of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multicenter Trial. Surgical Infections 2022, 23: 538-544. PMID: 35917388, DOI: 10.1089/sur.2022.148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcademic medical centerRisk factorsMedical CenterConcomitant COVID-19 infectionPost-operative healthTrauma multicenter trialIndependent risk factorSurgical site infectionInfection prevention effortsImportance of adherenceMulti-center studyCOVID-19 infectionCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19 pandemicPost Hoc AnalysisHigh rateAppendicitis severityAcute appendicitisMulticenter trialPrimary outcomeSite infectionCommon HAIHoc AnalysisHospital typeDisease 2019
2021
Anticoagulation Is Associated with Increased Mortality in Splenic Injuries
Bhattacharya B, Becher RD, Schuster KM, Davis KA, Maung AA. Anticoagulation Is Associated with Increased Mortality in Splenic Injuries. Journal Of Surgical Research 2021, 266: 1-5. PMID: 33975026, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-ACS patientsSplenic injuryAC patientsMultivariable binary logistic regressionIndependent risk factorEffect of anticoagulationInjury Severity ScoreUnits of RBCsBinary logistic regressionHospital courseMedian LOSIncreased MortalitySeverity scoreRisk factorsWorse outcomesAnticoagulationSplenic surgeryAC groupPatientsHigh mortalityInjuryLogistic regressionMortalitySerious injuriesAngiography