2024
Patient reported outcomes of emergency general surgery procedures
Mathew P, Ali Y, O'Connor R, Levinson R, Khan A, Schuster K. Patient reported outcomes of emergency general surgery procedures. The American Journal Of Surgery 2024, 232: 118-125. PMID: 38413350, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.01.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency general surgeryEmergency general surgery patientsMixed methods studyEmergency general surgery proceduresSemi-structured interviewsPatient experienceHealthcare systemMethods studyOutcome measuresInterpretation - PatientsPatient outcomesGeneral surgery proceduresDecision-makingCommunication issuesSeverity of complicationsCareFindings to clinical characteristicsPROMGeneral surgeryEmergency surgeryClinical characteristicsExpeditious treatmentOutcomesTeamSurgery procedures
2018
Can acute care surgeons perform while fatigued? An EAST multicenter study
Schuster KM, Hazelton JP, Rattigan D, Nguyen L, Kim D, Spence LH, Turay D, Luo-Owen X, Perez JM, Dayal S, Blatt M, Hill C, Bhattacharya B. Can acute care surgeons perform while fatigued? An EAST multicenter study. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2018, 85: 476-484. PMID: 29787535, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care surgeonsMajor morbidityPatient outcomesAcute care surgery serviceEAST multicenter studyPatient-level factorsEmergency casesFour-level ordinal scaleHours of sleepHierarchical logistic regression modelsImpact of fatigueLogistic regression modelsPatient factorsFemale patientsSurgery serviceMulticenter studyLevel IVImmediate operationPrognostic studiesSleep timePatient volumeSimilar outcomesMorbiditySurgeonsMortality
2012
Impact of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction on radiation dose in evaluation of trauma patients
Maxfield MW, Schuster KM, McGillicuddy EA, Young CJ, Ghita M, Bokhari SA, Oliva IB, Brink JA, Davis KA. Impact of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction on radiation dose in evaluation of trauma patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2012, 73: 1406-1411. PMID: 23147183, PMCID: PMC3923265, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e318270d2fb.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDose-length productCT scanTrauma patientsAdaptive statistical iterative reconstructionCervical spineLevel I trauma centerVolume CT dose indexI trauma centerRadiation doseStatistical iterative reconstructionCT dose indexBaseline demographicsTrauma centerTomographic scanPatient outcomesTrauma systemInclusion criteriaLevel IVTherapeutic studiesPatientsDose indexCT scanningRadiation exposureScansSubjective image quality