2015
Differences in the Prevalence of Obesity, Smoking and Alcohol in the United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Al Kazzi E, Lau B, Li T, Schneider E, Makary M, Hutfless S. Differences in the Prevalence of Obesity, Smoking and Alcohol in the United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0140165. PMID: 26536469, PMCID: PMC4633065, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemNationwide Inpatient SamplePrevalence of obesityUnited States Nationwide Inpatient SampleRisk Factor Surveillance SystemRisk factorsAlcohol abuseTobacco useInpatient SampleAdministrative databasesMedical record codesRisk-adjusted outcomesLarge administrative databaseSurveillance systemTobacco smokingNinth RevisionMedical recordsClinical ModificationLow prevalenceInternational ClassificationOverweightObesityHealthcare reform policiesMorbidityPrevalence
2014
Cholecystectomy and Wound Complications: Smoking Worsens Risk
Selvarajah S, Ahmed A, Schneider E, Canner J, Pawlik T, Abularrage C, Hui X, Schwartz D, Hisam B, Haider A. Cholecystectomy and Wound Complications: Smoking Worsens Risk. Journal Of Surgical Research 2014, 192: 41-49. PMID: 25015752, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWound complicationsActive smokersLaparoscopic cholecystectomyPostoperative lengthSurgical approachNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseCurrent Procedural Terminology codesImprovement Program databaseWound complication rateAverage postoperative lengthBenign gallbladder diseaseProcedural Terminology codesPreoperative smokingClinical characteristicsOpen cholecystectomyComplication rateSmoking statusGallbladder diseaseProgram databaseCholecystectomyTerminology codesComplicationsSmokersPatients