Impact of preoperative nutritional status on morbidity and mortality in elderly patients undergoing subdural hematoma evacuation: the role of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index.
Serrato P, Craft S, Sayeed S, Hengartner A, Belkasim S, Sadeghzadeh S, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. Impact of preoperative nutritional status on morbidity and mortality in elderly patients undergoing subdural hematoma evacuation: the role of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2024, 1-11. PMID: 39546774, DOI: 10.3171/2024.7.jns24875.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeriatric Nutritional Risk IndexLength of hospital stayPreoperative nutritional statusSubdural hematoma evacuationAssociated with increased oddsNutritional risk indexProportion of patientsHematoma evacuationAdverse eventsShort-term outcomesMalnourished statusNutritional statusNonroutine dischargeElderly patientsImpact of preoperative nutritional statusAmerican College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisExtended length of hospital staySevere adverse eventsRetrospective cohort studyPostoperative adverse eventsMinor adverse eventsInsurance Disparities in Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Resource Utilization Following Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Sayeed S, Theriault B, Hengartner A, Ahsan N, Sadeghzadeh S, Elsamadicy E, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. Insurance Disparities in Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Resource Utilization Following Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage. World Neurosurgery 2024, 189: e46-e54. PMID: 38815926, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.05.136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntraventricular hemorrhagePI patientsInsurance statusAssociated with surgical delayDiagnosis of intraventricular hemorrhageMultivariate logistic regression analysisNeonatal intraventricular hemorrhageAssociated with increased healthcare utilizationNational Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyImpact of insurance statusTime to referralAssociated with increased oddsInpatient Sample databaseAssociation of insurance statusLogistic regression analysisLength of stayMyelomeningocele repairSurgical delayCost of admissionAdverse eventsPrivate insuranceCohort studyMedicaid patientsPI cohort