2016
Rethinking Priorities
Zogg CK, Najjar P, Diaz A, Zogg DL, Tsai TC, Rose JA, Scott JW, Gani F, Alshaikh H, Nagarajan N, Canner JK, Schneider EB, Goldberg JE, Haider AH. Rethinking Priorities. Annals Of Surgery 2016, 264: 312-322. PMID: 26501705, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000001511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective colectomyPrimary diagnosisNationwide Inpatient Sample dataIncremental costBenign colonic neoplasmsSystem-based complicationsCost of complicationsSurgical quality improvement initiativesIncremental hospital costsLong-term treatmentQuality improvement initiativesExperienced complicationsInfectious complicationsCardiovascular complicationsComplication groupDiverticular diseaseOpen resectionAdult patientsFrequent diagnosisColonic neoplasmsHospital costsOperative techniqueColectomyComplicationsHealthcare costs
2015
Abdominal gunshot wounds—a comparative assessment of severity measures
Shah AA, Rehman A, Shah SJ, Haider AH, Zogg CK, Zafar SN, Hadi YB, Zia-ur-Rehman, Zafar H. Abdominal gunshot wounds—a comparative assessment of severity measures. Journal Of Surgical Research 2015, 198: 334-339. PMID: 25891680, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.03.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjury Severity ScoreAbdominal gunshot woundsInjury severity measuresGunshot woundsSeverity measuresMedian Injury Severity ScoreAbdominal trauma indexMost gunshot woundsRisk-stratify patientsPrimary outcome measureCause mortalityAbdominal traumaMiddle-income countriesMultivariable analysisSeverity scoreUniversity HospitalSustained injuryTrauma IndexCrude rateOutcome measuresReferral statusInjury severityAverage ageAUROC analysisComplications