Risk of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) following Colorectal Resection Is Higher in Patients With Disseminated Cancer: An NCCN Member Cohort Study
Kamboj M, Childers T, Sugalski J, Antonelli D, Bingener-Casey J, Cannon J, Cluff K, Davis KA, Dellinger EP, Dowdy SC, Duncan K, Fedderson J, Glasgow R, Hall B, Hirsch M, Hutter M, Kimbro L, Kuvshinoff B, Makary M, Morris M, Nehring S, Ramamoorthy S, Scott R, Sovel M, Strong V, Webster A, Wick E, Aguilar JG, Carlson R, Sepkowitz K. Risk of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) following Colorectal Resection Is Higher in Patients With Disseminated Cancer: An NCCN Member Cohort Study. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2018, 39: 555-562. PMID: 29553001, PMCID: PMC6707075, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.40.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical site infectionDisseminated cancerHealthcare-associated infectionsSSI ratesColorectal surgeryASA scoreSite infectionSSI riskColorectal proceduresRate of SSIRisk of SSIDevelopment of SSICommon healthcare-associated infectionsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseInfect Control Hosp EpidemiolBackgroundSurgical site infectionCurrent Procedural Technology codesPooled SSI rateNational Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) member institutionsObstructive pulmonary diseaseClinical Modification codesLonger durationPotential risk factorsRisk-adjusted outcomesSurgical quality improvementComparison of Internal Medicine and General Surgery Residents' Assessments of Risk of Postsurgical Complications in Surgically Complex Patients
Healy JM, Davis KA, Pei KY. Comparison of Internal Medicine and General Surgery Residents' Assessments of Risk of Postsurgical Complications in Surgically Complex Patients. JAMA Surgery 2018, 153: 203-207. PMID: 29049425, PMCID: PMC5885933, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.3936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternal medicine residentsComplex patientsGeneral surgery residentsPostsurgical complicationsMedicine residentsGeneral surgeryInternal medicineSurgery residentsSurgical site infectionSmall bowel resectionInguinal hernia repairInternal medicine serviceRisk-adjusted outcomesRisk-adjusted modelsDuodenal ulcer repairGeneral surgery practiceComplex clinical scenariosGeneral surgery traineesRisk of interventionCardiac complicationsComplex patient scenariosPostoperative complicationsSurgical complicationsSite infectionSurgical riskSurgeons overestimate postoperative complications and death when compared with the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project risk calculator
Pei KY, Healy J, Davis KA. Surgeons overestimate postoperative complications and death when compared with the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project risk calculator. Journal Of Surgical Research 2018, 225: 95-100. PMID: 29605041, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.01.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex surgical patientsGeneral surgery residentsSurgical patientsRisk calculatorNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProjectSurgical Quality Improvement ProjectSurgery residentsSurgical site infectionOverall response rateSurgical Risk CalculatorPrediction of morbidityQuality improvement projectRisk-adjusted modelsCardiac complicationsPostoperative complicationsPostoperative morbiditySite infectionSurgical riskComplex patientsAmerican CollegeClinical scenariosMorbidityResponse rateComplicationsPatients