2019
Rethinking our definition of operative success: predicting early mortality after emergency general surgery colon resection
DeWane MP, Davis KA, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Becher RD. Rethinking our definition of operative success: predicting early mortality after emergency general surgery colon resection. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2019, 4: e000244. PMID: 31245613, PMCID: PMC6560481, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostoperative septic shockEarly deathSeptic shockEarly mortalityColon resectionSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNew-onset renal failureEmergency general surgery patientsQuality Improvement Program databaseGeneral surgery patientsRetrospective cohort studyImprovement Program databasePostoperative day 5Overall mortality rateMultivariable logistic regressionImmediate perioperative complicationsSurgical Risk CalculatorKaplan-Meier modelEmergent colectomyLate deathsVentilator dependencePerioperative complicationsPostoperative complicationsPreoperative factors
2018
Surgeons 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