2020
Chylothorax
Godat L, Costantini T, Davis K. Chylothorax. Hot Topics In Acute Care Surgery And Trauma 2020, 131-141. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48493-4_9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChest tube drainageNon-surgical treatmentThoracic duct embolizationChyle leakRespiratory symptomsTube drainageDietary modificationImmune consequencesPleural effusionSignificant morbiditySurgical managementTraumatic etiologyDuct embolizationChylothoraxLymph flowPleurodesisEmbolizationMedicationsMorbidityPatientsEffusionEtiologySymptomsMalnutritionMortality
2018
Assessment and Management of Acute Respiratory Distress in the ICU
Bhattacharya B, Davis K. Assessment and Management of Acute Respiratory Distress in the ICU. 2018, 161-169. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71712-8_15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgeons overestimate postoperative complications and death when compared with the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project risk calculator
Pei KY, Healy J, Davis KA. Surgeons overestimate postoperative complications and death when compared with the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project risk calculator. Journal Of Surgical Research 2018, 225: 95-100. PMID: 29605041, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.01.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex surgical patientsGeneral surgery residentsSurgical patientsRisk calculatorNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProjectSurgical Quality Improvement ProjectSurgery residentsSurgical site infectionOverall response rateSurgical Risk CalculatorPrediction of morbidityQuality improvement projectRisk-adjusted modelsCardiac complicationsPostoperative complicationsPostoperative morbiditySite infectionSurgical riskComplex patientsAmerican CollegeClinical scenariosMorbidityResponse rateComplicationsPatients
2016
Lethality of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections after Blunt Rectal Injury
Kaplan L, Johnson D, Livingston D, Davis K. Lethality of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections after Blunt Rectal Injury. Surgical Infections Case Reports 2016, 1: 66-68. DOI: 10.1089/crsi.2016.0014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSoft tissue infectionsRectal injurySevere pelvic fracturesTissue infectionsPelvic fracturesMortality rateNecrotizing soft tissue infectionCases of NSTIMulti-modal therapyComplex pelvic fracturesMulti-modality therapyHigh mortality ratePre-disposing factorsAggressive managementOptimal management strategySubstantial morbidityUrogenital injuriesAggressive identificationPerineal drainageInjuryOptimize survivalInfectionMorbidityTherapyAssociation