2018
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Longer-term Outcomes Among Emergency General Surgery Patients
Zogg CK, Jiang W, Ottesen TD, Shafi S, Schuster K, Becher R, Davis KA, Haider AH. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Longer-term Outcomes Among Emergency General Surgery Patients. Annals Of Surgery 2018, 268: 968-979. PMID: 28742704, PMCID: PMC5783796, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgery patientsNon-Hispanic whitesGeneral surgery patientsLong-term outcomesNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic AsiansMinority patientsMajor morbidityUnplanned readmissionSurgery patientsOlder adultsRisk-adjusted Cox proportional hazards modelsEthnic disparitiesCox proportional hazards modelDiagnostic categoriesRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesUS population agesProportional hazards modelNHB patientsNonagenarian patientsNHW patientsBACKGROUND DATAHospital's percentageMortality differencesMedicare data
2017
Patterns of use and factors associated with early discontinuation of opioids following major trauma
Chaudhary MA, Scully R, Jiang W, Chowdhury R, Zogg CK, Sharma M, Ranjit A, Koehlmoos T, Haider AH, Schoenfeld AJ. Patterns of use and factors associated with early discontinuation of opioids following major trauma. The American Journal Of Surgery 2017, 214: 792-797. PMID: 28619266, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrescription opioid useOpioid useOpioid discontinuationPrescription opioidsRisk-adjusted Cox proportional hazards modelsCox proportional hazards modelTraumatic injury patientsProportional hazards modelHigher injury severityPublic health issueLow socioeconomic statusTricare insuranceEarly discontinuationAdult patientsYounger patientsBlack patientsInjury patientsMajor traumaHigh riskPatterns of useInjury severityPatientsDiscontinuationOpioidsOne-year