Age matters: a study of clinical and economic outcomes following cholecystectomy in elderly Americans
Kuy S, Sosa JA, Roman SA, Desai R, Rosenthal RA. Age matters: a study of clinical and economic outcomes following cholecystectomy in elderly Americans. The American Journal Of Surgery 2011, 201: 789-796. PMID: 21741511, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.04.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElderly patientsHealth Care Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient SampleUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient SampleHospitalized elderly patientsOdds of mortalityPredicts poor outcomeShort-term outcomesNationwide Inpatient SamplePredictors of outcomeCross-sectional analysisLogistic regression modelsHospital mortalityNonroutine dischargeDischarge dispositionEffect of ageYounger patientsGallstone diseasePoor outcomeInpatient cholecystectomyInpatient SampleWorse outcomesOpen procedureBiliary diagnosesMAIN OUTCOMEPatientsGlycemic Control and Infections in Patients with Diabetes Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
King JT, Goulet JL, Perkal MF, Rosenthal RA. Glycemic Control and Infections in Patients with Diabetes Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery. Annals Of Surgery 2011, 253: 158-165. PMID: 21135698, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e3181f9bb3a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum glucose concentrationPerioperative glucose controlPostoperative infectionGlucose controlSurgical proceduresDiabetic patientsGlucose concentrationNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseInfection rateOverall postoperative infection rateQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate Poisson regression modelNoncardiac surgical proceduresPostoperative infectious complicationsImprovement Program databasePostoperative infection rateSurgical outcome dataNationwide samplePoisson regression modelsPreoperative HbA1cPreoperative laboratoryInfectious complicationsNoncardiac surgeryNoncardiac operationsGlycemic control