2024
Value in acute care surgery, part 3: Defining value in acute surgical care—It depends on the perspective
Ayoung-Chee P, Gore A, Bruns B, Knowlton L, Nahmias J, Davis K, Leichtle S, Ross S, Scherer L, Velopulos C, Martin R, Staudenmayer K, Committee T. Value in acute care surgery, part 3: Defining value in acute surgical care—It depends on the perspective. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2024, 97: e53-e57. PMID: 38706096, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBurns
Savetamal A, Schulz J, Davis K. Burns. 2024, 669.e32-669.e45. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-69787-3.00106-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Geriatric Trauma Systems
Bhattacharya B, Davis K. Geriatric Trauma Systems. Current Trauma Reports 2021, 7: 8-14. DOI: 10.1007/s40719-020-00210-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Urgent Care Centers Delay Emergent Surgical Care Based on Patient Insurance Status in The United States.
Hsiang WR, Wiznia D, Yousman L, Najem M, Mosier-Mills A, Jin G, Jain S, Khunte A, Davis KA, Forman HP, Schuster KM. Urgent Care Centers Delay Emergent Surgical Care Based on Patient Insurance Status in The United States. Annals Of Surgery 2020, 272: 548-553. PMID: 32932304, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent care centersMedicaid patientsCare centerInsurance typePrivate patientsEmergent surgical careEmergent surgical casesUrgent surgical conditionIncarcerated inguinal herniaEmergency department referralsPatient insurance statusED referralsInsurance statusReferral ratesInguinal herniaSurgical conditionsSurgical careSurgical casesPatientsPrivate insuranceCliniciansStandardized scriptMedicaidCareEmergent conditionsGeographic Variation in the Utilization of and Mortality After Emergency General Surgery Operations in the Northeastern and Southeastern United States
Becher RD, Jin L, Warren JL, Gill TM, DeWane MP, Davis KA, Zhang Y. Geographic Variation in the Utilization of and Mortality After Emergency General Surgery Operations in the Northeastern and Southeastern United States. Annals Of Surgery 2020, 275: 340-347. PMID: 32516232, PMCID: PMC7726051, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital service areasSubsequent mortalityEmergency general surgery careEmergency general surgery operationsEGS operationsCommon EGS operationsAge-standardized ratesGeneral surgery careState Inpatient DatabasesGeneral surgery operationsRandom-effects modelWide geographic variationHospital mortalityInpatient DatabaseSurgery careKruskal-Wallis testMortality rateUnwarranted variationMortalityStandardized ratesLinear random effects modelSurgery operationsUnited StatesGeographic variationCarePerforming tracheostomy during the Covid-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Michetti CP, Burlew CC, Bulger EM, Davis KA, Spain DA, . Performing tracheostomy during the Covid-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2020, 5: e000482. PMID: 32368620, PMCID: PMC7186881, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000482.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Macroeconomic trends and practice models impacting acute care surgery
Bernard A, Staudenmayer K, Minei JP, Doucet J, Haider A, Scherer T, Davis KA. Macroeconomic trends and practice models impacting acute care surgery. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2019, 4: e000295. PMID: 31058241, PMCID: PMC6461137, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency general surgeryElective surgeryCritical careCritical care codesAcute care surgeonsAcute care surgeryCare delivery modelsOperative case volumeSignificant healthcare needsCare surgerySurgeon satisfactionInpatient carePractice modelTrauma surgeonsGeneral surgeryCase volumeSurgeryCare codesACS surgeonsHealthcare needsPopulation agesSurgeonsAvailable surgeonsCareProfessional revenue
2018
Association Between Medicaid Eligibility and Gains in Access to Rehabilitative Care: A Difference in Assessment of Affordable Care Act-Related Changes to Insurance Coverage, Outcomes, and Discharge to Rehabilitation among Adult Trauma Patients
Zogg C, Scott J, Metcalfe D, Davis K, Dimick J, Haider A. Association Between Medicaid Eligibility and Gains in Access to Rehabilitative Care: A Difference in Assessment of Affordable Care Act-Related Changes to Insurance Coverage, Outcomes, and Discharge to Rehabilitation among Adult Trauma Patients. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2018, 227: s138. DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.07.293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssessment 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 Research
2017
Appendicitis
Johnson D, Davis K. Appendicitis. 2017, 121-130. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48687-1_13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced chronologic ageAcute care surgeonsCommon surgical problemSurgical emergencyElderly presentsAged patientsInitial presentationTherapeutic challengeSurgical problemsChronologic agePatient careDisease statesLife expectancyAppendicitisDiagnostic processPatientsSurgeonsComorbiditiesPopulationWorkupPathologyCareA novel method of optimizing patient- and family-centered care in the ICU
Allen SR, Pascual J, Martin N, Reilly P, Luckianow G, Datner E, Davis KA, Kaplan LJ. A novel method of optimizing patient- and family-centered care in the ICU. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2017, 82: 582-586. PMID: 28030488, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001332.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitFamily meetingsFamily knowledgeCritical care nursesGoal of therapyFamily members' knowledgeFamily membersFamily-centered careClinical courseCare unitCare nursesCritical careLife carePhysician satisfactionLevel IIIUnit demographicsPhysician workflowCareNursesIntensivistsPatientsTeam timeMembers' knowledgePresurveyTherapy
2010
Challenging Issues in Surgical Critical Care, Trauma, and Acute Care Surgery: A Report From the Critical Care Committee of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Napolitano LM, Fulda GJ, Davis KA, Ashley DW, Friese R, Van Way CW, Meredith JW, Fabian TC, Jurkovich GJ, Peitzman AB. Challenging Issues in Surgical Critical Care, Trauma, and Acute Care Surgery: A Report From the Critical Care Committee of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2010, 69: 1619-1633. PMID: 21150539, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3182011089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical critical careAcute care surgeryCritical care servicesCritical Care CommitteeCritical careCare surgeryCare CommitteeCare servicesAcute care surgery fellowshipAdult critical care servicesSurgery of TraumaCritical care fellowsShortage of intensivistsCritical care traineesSurgical intensivistsSurgeryTrauma fellowshipInternal medicineSurgery fellowshipIntensivistsCareTraumaHealthcare systemNational dataSurgeonsAcute care surgery in evolution
Davis KA, Rozycki GS. Acute care surgery in evolution. Critical Care Medicine 2010, 38: s405-s410. PMID: 20724873, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181ec55c8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care surgeryAcute surgical conditionsCare surgerySurgical conditionsGeneral surgeonsEmergency general surgeryAcute care surgeonsSurgery of TraumaSurgical critical careEmergency care accessCritical careCare accessGeneral surgeryTimely careSurgeryTrauma surgeryAvailability of surgeonsSurgeonsCare demandsPatientsAmerican AssociationCareEmergency callsSpecialtiesTrauma