2019
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) emergency general surgery guidelines gap analysis
Schuster K, Davis K, Hernandez M, Holena D, Salim A, Crandall M. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) emergency general surgery guidelines gap analysis. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30768554, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEmergency TreatmentHumansNeeds AssessmentPractice Guidelines as TopicSocieties, MedicalSurgical Procedures, OperativeTraumatologyConceptsEmergency general surgeryEGS diseasesSmall bowel obstructionAcute care surgeryCommon disease statesAAST gradeAmerican AssociationBowel obstructionAcute cholecystitisTrauma gradeCare surgeryAcute pancreatitisAdditional researchGeneral surgeryDisease processPatient careSurgeryLiterature searchDiseaseDisease statesAdditional literature reviewLow-quality researchDiagnosisInitial gap analysisThorough assessment
2016
The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for 16 emergency general surgery conditions
Tominaga GT, Staudenmayer KL, Shafi S, Schuster KM, Savage SA, Ross S, Muskat P, Mowery NT, Miller P, Inaba K, Cohen MJ, Ciesla D, Brown CV, Agarwal S, Aboutanos MB, Utter GH, Crandall M. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for 16 emergency general surgery conditions. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2016, 81: 593-602. PMID: 27257696, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMulticenter validation of American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading system for acute colonic diverticulitis and its use for emergency general surgery quality improvement program
Shafi S, Priest EL, Crandall ML, Klekar CS, Nazim A, Aboutanos M, Agarwal S, Bhattacharya B, Byrge N, Dhillon TS, Eboli DJ, Fielder D, Guillamondegui O, Gunter O, Inaba K, Mowery NT, Nirula R, Ross SE, Savage SA, Schuster KM, Schmoker RK, Siboni S, Siparsky N, Trust MD, Utter GH, Whelan J, Feliciano DV, Rozycki G. Multicenter validation of American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading system for acute colonic diverticulitis and its use for emergency general surgery quality improvement program. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2016, 80: 405-411. PMID: 26670116, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute colonic diverticulitisQuality Improvement ProgramAAST gradeLength of stayColonic diverticulitisGrade IClinical eventsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramEmergency general surgery (EGS) diseasesPhysiologic statusSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramGrading systemTrauma grading systemRisk of deathTime of admissionSurgery of TraumaNew grading systemHigher disease gradeRegression analysisAmerican AssociationEGS careEGS registryAdverse eventsMedian ageClinical outcomes