2021
Optimizing Cardiac Performance During the Perioperative Period
Jones T, Bhattacharya B, Davis K. Optimizing Cardiac Performance During the Perioperative Period. Current Geriatrics Reports 2021, 10: 175-181. DOI: 10.1007/s13670-021-00373-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse cardiac eventsCardiac eventsPerioperative periodPre-existing ischemic heart diseasePerioperative adverse cardiac eventsPreoperative medical optimizationCardiac adverse eventsCardiac risk stratificationIschemic heart diseaseType of surgeryFurther prospective researchRandomized control trialCardiac optimizationPreoperative optimizationMedical comorbiditiesMedical optimizationNoncardiac surgeryAdverse eventsPatient ageHeart failureIntraoperative managementRisk stratificationSociety guidelinesHeart diseaseRisk factors
2010
Factors Associated With Survival Following Blunt Chest Trauma in Older Patients: Results From a Large Regional Trauma Cooperative
Harrington DT, Phillips B, Machan J, Zacharias N, Velmahos GC, Rosenblatt MS, Winston E, Patterson L, Desjardins S, Winchell R, Brotman S, Churyla A, Schulz JT, Maung AA, Davis KA. Factors Associated With Survival Following Blunt Chest Trauma in Older Patients: Results From a Large Regional Trauma Cooperative. JAMA Surgery 2010, 145: 432-437. PMID: 20479340, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.71.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-volume trauma centerInjury Severity ScoreCongestive heart failurePatient-controlled analgesiaRib fracturesTrauma centerSeverity scoreOlder patientsHeart failureMultivariable analysisTraumatic rib fracturesBlunt chest traumaPatient dataDevelopment of pneumoniaCoronary artery diseaseLevel I centersTraumatic chest injuriesStandard care practicesChest scoreChest traumaArtery diseaseImproved survivalIndependent predictorsPatient factorsUnivariable analysis