2023
The interaction between geriatric and neighborhood vulnerability: Delineating prehospital risk among older adult emergency general surgery patients
Zogg C, Falvey J, Kodadek L, Staudenmayer K, Davis K. The interaction between geriatric and neighborhood vulnerability: Delineating prehospital risk among older adult emergency general surgery patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2023, 96: 400-408. PMID: 37962136, PMCID: PMC10922165, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeriatric vulnerabilitiesOlder adultsEGS careAdverse outcomesHospital Frailty Risk ScoreEmergency general surgery patientsGreater riskFlorida State Inpatient DatabaseFrailty Risk ScoreGeneral surgery patientsState Inpatient DatabasesArea Deprivation IndexEthnic minority patientsNeighborhood vulnerabilityEGS outcomesHazard ratioOlder patientsSurgery patientsPatient ageEGS conditionsInpatient DatabaseVulnerable patientsPatient residesMinority patientsRisk score
2019
Rethinking our definition of operative success: predicting early mortality after emergency general surgery colon resection
DeWane MP, Davis KA, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Becher RD. Rethinking our definition of operative success: predicting early mortality after emergency general surgery colon resection. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2019, 4: e000244. PMID: 31245613, PMCID: PMC6560481, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostoperative septic shockEarly deathSeptic shockEarly mortalityColon resectionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNew-onset renal failureEmergency general surgery patientsQuality Improvement Program databaseGeneral surgery patientsRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databasePostoperative day 5Overall mortality rateMultivariable logistic regressionImmediate perioperative complicationsSurgical Risk CalculatorKaplan-Meier modelEmergent colectomyLate deathsVentilator dependencePerioperative complicationsPostoperative complicationsPreoperative factors
2018
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Longer-term Outcomes Among Emergency General Surgery Patients
Zogg CK, Jiang W, Ottesen TD, Shafi S, Schuster K, Becher R, Davis KA, Haider AH. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Longer-term Outcomes Among Emergency General Surgery Patients. Annals Of Surgery 2018, 268: 968-979. PMID: 28742704, PMCID: PMC5783796, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgery patientsNon-Hispanic whitesGeneral surgery patientsLong-term outcomesNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic AsiansMinority patientsMajor morbidityUnplanned readmissionSurgery patientsOlder adultsRisk-adjusted Cox proportional hazards modelsEthnic disparitiesCox proportional hazards modelDiagnostic categoriesRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesUS population agesProportional hazards modelNHB patientsNonagenarian patientsNHW patientsBACKGROUND DATAHospital's percentageMortality differencesMedicare dataTransfer status
DeWane MP, Davis KA, Schuster KM, Erwin SP, Maung AA, Becher RD. Transfer status. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2018, 85: 348-353. PMID: 29664889, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutside emergency departmentHospital inpatient unitsEmergency departmentNursing homesInpatient unitTransfer statusSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseBackward multivariable logistic regressionOutside hospital emergency departmentEmergency general surgery patientsQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate Cox regression analysisEmergency colon surgeryGeneral surgery patientsThirty-day mortalityImprovement Program databaseChronic care facilitiesCox regression analysisRates of morbidityTransfer of patientsHospital emergency departmentHospital inpatient wardsEmergent colectomyPhysiologic decompensationVenous Thromboembolism-Related Readmission in Emergency General Surgery Patients: A Role for Prophylaxis on Discharge?
DeWane MP, Davis KA, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Becher RD. Venous Thromboembolism-Related Readmission in Emergency General Surgery Patients: A Role for Prophylaxis on Discharge? Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2018, 226: 1072-1077.e3. PMID: 29574180, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.03.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVenous thromboembolismEmergency general surgery operationsPost-discharge venous thromboembolismEmergency general surgery patientsMultivariable logistic regression modelingCommon EGS operationsGeneral surgery patientsRate of readmissionUrinary tract infectionSurgeons NSQIP databaseHigh-risk groupGeneral surgery operationsLogistic regression modelingEGS operationsProphylactic anticoagulationVTE formationVTE prophylaxisVTE ratesEGS patientsPostoperative sepsisNSQIP databaseProlonged lengthSurgery patientsTract infectionsPredictive factors
2015
The “Hispanic Paradox” Exists in Emergent Conditions: Better or Equivalent Surgical Outcomes Among US Hispanic Emergency General Surgery Patients
Ordóñez C, Haider A, Zogg C, Herrera-Escobar J, Uribe-Leitz T, Bhulani N, Shafi S, Davis K. The “Hispanic Paradox” Exists in Emergent Conditions: Better or Equivalent Surgical Outcomes Among US Hispanic Emergency General Surgery Patients. Panamerican Journal Of Trauma Critical Care & Emergency Surgery 2015, 8: 36-51. DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10030-1235.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
When the ICU is the operating room
Piper GL, Maerz LL, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Luckianow GM, Davis KA, Kaplan LJ. When the ICU is the operating room. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2013, 74: 871-875. PMID: 23425750, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31827e9c52.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical intensive care unitOperating roomOperative locationICU casesEmergency general surgery patientsGeneral surgery patientsTotal operative casesType of anesthesiaIntensive care unitMode of ventilationT-testStudent's t-testSurgery patientsCare unitNeuromuscular blockadeAdverse outcomesDeep sedationProcedure typeOperative procedureSurgical proceduresEpidemiologic studiesICU databaseCase volumeLevel ITotal cases
2007
Comparison of Routine Chest Radiograph Versus Clinician Judgment to Determine Adequate Central Line Placement in Critically Ill Patients
Abood GJ, Davis KA, Esposito TJ, Luchette FA, Gamelli RL. Comparison of Routine Chest Radiograph Versus Clinician Judgment to Determine Adequate Central Line Placement in Critically Ill Patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2007, 63: 50-56. PMID: 17622868, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31806bf1a3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral venous catheterizationCentral line placementLine placementClinical judgmentCVC placementIll patientsClinician judgmentPredictive valuePostprocedural chest radiographGeneral surgery patientsIncidence of complicationsProcedure-related complicationsProspective observational studyIntensive care unitStandard of careChest X-rayNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueSubclavian positionPostprocedural complicationsSurgery patientsCare unitVenous catheterizationClinical impressionChest radiographs