2024
To close or not to close? Wound management in emergent colorectal surgery, an EAST multicenter prospective cohort study
Feather C, Rehrig S, Allen R, Barth N, Kugler E, Cullinane D, Falank C, Bhattacharya B, Maung A, Seng S, Ratnasekera A, Bass G, Butler D, Pascual J, Srikureja D, Winicki N, Lynde J, Nowak B, Azar F, Thompson L, Nahmias J, Manasa M, Tesoriero R, Kumar S, Collom M, Kincaid M, Sperwer K, Santos A, Klune J, Turcotte J. To close or not to close? Wound management in emergent colorectal surgery, an EAST multicenter prospective cohort study. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2024, 97: 73-81. PMID: 38523130, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical site infectionLength of stayHospital length of stayWound classColorectal surgeryICU admissionProcedural detailsMulticenter prospective cohort studyTraumatic colorectal injuriesIn-hospital mortality rateAssociated with increased risk of mortalityAssociated with increased riskMortality rateRates of in-hospital mortalityEmergency colorectal surgeryColorectal surgery patientsProspective observational studyIn-hospital mortalityProspective cohort studyWound closure techniquesAverage length of stayRisk of mortalityStatistically significant differenceVasopressor therapyASA score
2013
Repositioning endotracheal tubes in the intensive care unit
Wang ML, Schuster KM, Bhattacharya B, Maung AA, Kaplan LJ, Davis KA. Repositioning endotracheal tubes in the intensive care unit. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2013, 75: 146-149. PMID: 23940860, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31829849cd.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedChi-Square DistributionCohort StudiesCritical CareCritical IllnessFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIntensive Care UnitsIntubation, IntratrachealLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMonitoring, PhysiologicMultivariate AnalysisPatient PositioningProspective StudiesRadiography, ThoracicRetreatmentRisk AssessmentTracheaConceptsEndotracheal tubeSurgical intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit patientsChest X-ray studyRoutine chest radiographCare unit patientsProspective observational studyIntensive care unitInterquartile rangeUnit patientsCare unitWithdrawal groupRespiratory therapistsChest radiographsObservational studyInclusion criteriaMedian withdrawalET withdrawalMean differencePatientsSuboptimal positioningInterventionIncisorsMedianWithdrawal