2016
Postoperative delirium is associated with increased intensive care unit and hospital length of stays after liver transplantation
Bhattacharya B, Maung A, Barre K, Maerz L, Rodriguez-Davalos MI, Schilsky M, Mulligan DC, Davis KA. Postoperative delirium is associated with increased intensive care unit and hospital length of stays after liver transplantation. Journal Of Surgical Research 2016, 207: 223-228. PMID: 27979481, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.08.084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver transplantationHospital lengthEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreIntensive care unit LOSHigher preoperative modelImportant postoperative complicationLiver Disease scoreLiver transplant patientsImpact of deliriumTertiary care centerRetrospective case seriesUrinary tract infectionFurther prospective studiesIntensive care unitLong-term outcomesSpecific risk factorsFrequency of hospitalPaucity of dataPostoperative deliriumPostoperative hospitalPostoperative complicationsTransplant patientsVentilator daysAdult patientsDelirious patients
2010
Management of the Most Severely Injured Spleen: A Multicenter Study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCONECT)
Velmahos GC, Zacharias N, Emhoff TA, Feeney JM, Hurst JM, Crookes BA, Harrington DT, Gregg SC, Brotman S, Burke PA, Davis KA, Gupta R, Winchell RJ, Desjardins S, Alouidor R, Gross RI, Rosenblatt MS, Schulz JT, Chang Y. Management of the Most Severely Injured Spleen: A Multicenter Study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCONECT). JAMA Surgery 2010, 145: 456-460. PMID: 20479344, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.58.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlunt splenic injuryFailure of NOMNonoperative managementGrade IVF-NOMBrain injurySevere blunt splenic injuryTrial of NOMOverall high success rateMortality of patientsRetrospective case seriesSuccessful nonoperative managementPredictors of failureRequire surgerySplenic injuryAdult patientsIndependent predictorsCase seriesTrauma centerMulticenter studyHigh success ratePatientsMultivariate analysisInjurySuccess rate