2024
Current diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis: What you need to know
Kodadek L, Davis K. Current diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis: What you need to know. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2024, 97: 1-10. PMID: 38509056, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004304.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Emergency general surgery verification: Quality improvement and the case for optimal resources and process standards
Coleman J, Davis K, Savage S, Staudenmayer K, Coimbra R. Emergency general surgery verification: Quality improvement and the case for optimal resources and process standards. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2023, 96: e1-e4. PMID: 37678150, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryEmergency surgical interventionDay of surgeryAcute care surgeryPublic health burdenQuality Improvement ProgramPostoperative complicationsCare surgeryHospital admissionIll patientsSurgical interventionFormal quality improvement programHealth burdenGeneral surgeryPatient careCare deliverySurgeryPrograms/servicesField of traumaOutcomes researchPatientsAdmissionHospitalNational databankPractice standards
2017
Impact of Race on the Surgical Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction
Chiu AS, Jean RA, Davis KA, Pei KY. Impact of Race on the Surgical Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2017, 226: 968-976.e1. PMID: 29170020, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall bowel obstructionManagement of SBOAdhesive small bowel obstructionBowel obstructionWhite patientsOpen surgeryPatient raceNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgical decision-making processSmall bowel resectionQuality Improvement ProgramLogistic regression modelsAnesthesiologists classPostoperative complicationsBowel resectionPatient comorbiditiesHospital admissionNonsurgical managementBlack patientsHispanic patientsSurgical managementOpen procedureProvider judgmentGeneral surgeons