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
Optimizing Cardiac Performance During the Perioperative Period
Jones T, Bhattacharya B, Davis K. Optimizing Cardiac Performance During the Perioperative Period. Current Geriatrics Reports 2021, 10: 175-181. DOI: 10.1007/s13670-021-00373-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse cardiac eventsCardiac eventsPerioperative periodPre-existing ischemic heart diseasePerioperative adverse cardiac eventsPreoperative medical optimizationCardiac adverse eventsCardiac risk stratificationIschemic heart diseaseType of surgeryFurther prospective researchRandomized control trialCardiac optimizationPreoperative optimizationMedical comorbiditiesMedical optimizationNoncardiac surgeryAdverse eventsPatient ageHeart failureIntraoperative managementRisk stratificationSociety guidelinesHeart diseaseRisk factorsAnticoagulation 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
2015
"Occult" rib fractures diagnosed on computed tomography scan only are still a risk factor for solid organ injury
Bhattacharya B, Fieber J, Schuster K, Davis K, Maung A. "Occult" rib fractures diagnosed on computed tomography scan only are still a risk factor for solid organ injury. Journal Of Emergencies Trauma And Shock 2015, 8: 140-143. PMID: 26229296, PMCID: PMC4520026, DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.160706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbdominal solid organ injuriesChest X-rayLower rib fracturesSolid organ injuryRib fracturesOrgan injuryRisk factorsAdult blunt trauma patientsNegative chest X-rayBlunt trauma patientsInjury Severity ScoreComputed tomography scan imagingComputed tomography scanTrauma center databaseRoutine whole-body CTWhole-body CTTomography scan imagingClinical suspicionRetrospective reviewSpine fracturesTrauma patientsPelvic fracturesSeverity scoreTomography scanCT scan