2024
Is There More to POCUS Than the Heart and Lungs in the Parturient—Venous Excess Ultrasound Score?
Munoz-Acuna R, Charchaflieh J, Deshpande R. Is There More to POCUS Than the Heart and Lungs in the Parturient—Venous Excess Ultrasound Score? Anesthesia & Analgesia 2024, 139: e23-e25. PMID: 39151137, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000007100.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
BOSTN Bundle Intervention for Perioperative Screening and Management of Patients With Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Hospital Registry Study.
Raub D, Santer P, Nabel S, Platzbecker K, Munoz-Acuna R, Xu X, Friedrich S, Ramachandran SK, Eikermann M, Sundar E. BOSTN Bundle Intervention for Perioperative Screening and Management of Patients With Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Hospital Registry Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2020, 130: 1415-1424. PMID: 31283617, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000004294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive sleep apneaInvasive mechanical ventilationBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHospital registry studyMechanical ventilationRegistry studyPostoperative desaturationSleep apneaPeripheral oxygen saturation measurementsMinutes of extubationNoncardiac surgical casesPostoperative invasive ventilationPreoperative screening toolPostoperative mechanical ventilationKey secondary outcomesDay of surgeryManagement of patientsBody mass indexMultivariable logistic regressionHigh-risk casesLow-risk casesPatient-specific factorsClinical management pathwayOxygen saturation measurementsInvasive ventilation
2019
Effects of laparoscopic vs open abdominal surgery on costs and hospital readmission rate and its effect modification by surgeons’ case volume
Shin TH, Friedrich S, Brat GA, Rudolph MI, Sein V, Munoz-Acuna R, Houle TT, Ferrone CR, Eikermann M. Effects of laparoscopic vs open abdominal surgery on costs and hospital readmission rate and its effect modification by surgeons’ case volume. Surgical Endoscopy 2019, 34: 1-12. PMID: 31659507, DOI: 10.1007/s00464-019-07222-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaparoscopic case volumeOpen abdominal surgeryHospital readmission ratesAbdominal surgeryCase volumeReadmission ratesHospital readmissionAbdominal operationsEffect modificationWound complicationsLaparoscopic approachReadmission riskMethodsThis retrospective cohort studyEffects of laparoscopicIndex hospital admissionReduced hospital readmissionsRetrospective cohort studyHospital admission costsCause hospital readmissionOpen abdominal operationsSurgeon case volumeLaparoscopic abdominal operationsCohort studyHospital admissionAdmission costs