2020
Chest Trauma Outcomes: Public Versus Private Level I Trauma Centers
Orlas CP, Herrera‐Escobar J, Zogg CK, Serna JJ, Meléndez JJ, Gómez A, Martínez D, Parra MW, García AF, Rosso F, Pino LF, Gonzalez A, Ordoñez CA. Chest Trauma Outcomes: Public Versus Private Level I Trauma Centers. World Journal Of Surgery 2020, 44: 1824-1834. PMID: 31993723, PMCID: PMC7380545, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-020-05400-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrauma centerMedian Injury Severity ScoreLogistic regressionInjury Severity ScorePost-operative complicationsMultivariable logistic regressionRetained hemothoraxHospital mortalityChest traumaClinical characteristicsMedian ageClinical outcomesThoracic traumaUnstable hemodynamicsEmergency roomSeverity scoreHigher oddsLevel IPatientsTraumaSignificant differencesMortalityHemothoraxMediastinitisEmpyema
2019
Association of Medicaid Expansion Policy with Outcomes in Homeless Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery
Manzano‐Nunez R, Zogg CK, Bhulani N, McCarty JC, Herrera‐Escobar J, Lu K, Andriotti T, Uribe‐Leitz T, de Jager E, Jarman MP, Haider AH, Ortega G. Association of Medicaid Expansion Policy with Outcomes in Homeless Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery. World Journal Of Surgery 2019, 43: 1483-1489. PMID: 30706104, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-019-04932-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryNon-expansion statesMedical adviceHomeless patientsSurgical complicationsMedicaid expansionHospital chargesGeneral surgeryLower oddsPrimary EGS diagnosesHome healthcareMultivariable logistic regressionExpansion statesLength of stayNon-Medicaid expansion statesState Inpatient DatabasesMedicaid expansion statesMultivariable quantile regressionEGS proceduresClinical eventsEGS diagnosesInpatient DatabaseHomeless individualsHigher oddsNon-significant difference
2016
Are Older Adults With Hip Fractures Disadvantaged in Level 1 Trauma Centers?
Metcalfe D, Olufajo OA, Zogg CK, Gates JD, Weaver MJ, Harris MB, Rios-Diaz AJ, Haider AH, Salim A. Are Older Adults With Hip Fractures Disadvantaged in Level 1 Trauma Centers? Medical Care 2016, 54: 616-622. PMID: 26974676, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevel 1 trauma centerHigh-level trauma centersTrauma centerNontrauma centersHip fractureOlder adultsVenous thromboembolismPatient groupLevel 2 trauma centerIsolated hip fractureRetrospective cohort studyWorse clinical outcomesLength of stayLarge regional hospitalInhospital mortalityUnderwent surgeryUnplanned readmissionCohort studySurgical treatmentClinical outcomesInterhospital transferInpatient stayRegional hospitalHigher oddsBetter outcomesNever giving up: outcomes and presentation of emergency general surgery in geriatric octogenarian and nonagenarian patients
Shah AA, Zafar SN, Kodadek LM, Zogg CK, Chapital AB, Iqbal A, Greene WR, Cornwell EE, Havens J, Nitzschke S, Cooper Z, Salim A, Haider AH. Never giving up: outcomes and presentation of emergency general surgery in geriatric octogenarian and nonagenarian patients. The American Journal Of Surgery 2016, 212: 211-220.e3. PMID: 27086200, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.01.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayNonagenarian patientsYoung adultsUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient SampleLower total hospital costsEmergency general surgery patientsShorter LOSLower risk-adjusted oddsOlder adultsPrimary EGS diagnosesEmergency general surgeryGeneral surgery patientsRisk-adjusted oddsTotal hospital costsHigher mortality riskRisk-adjusted differencesGastrostomy careMajor morbidityOlder patientsSurgery patientsEGS diagnosesInpatient SampleHospital costsHigher oddsGeneral surgery
2015
Inpatient Pediatric Tonsillectomy
Raol N, Zogg CK, Boss EF, Weissman JS. Inpatient Pediatric Tonsillectomy. Otolaryngology 2015, 154: 486-493. PMID: 26701174, PMCID: PMC8278804, DOI: 10.1177/0194599815621739.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildren's teaching hospitalLength of stayInpatient tonsillectomyTeaching hospitalNonteaching hospitalsInpatient DatabaseHospital typeRisk-adjusted generalized linear modelsRisk-adjusted logistic regressionNational estimatesInpatient pediatric tonsillectomyMajor perioperative complicationsKids' Inpatient DatabaseClustering of patientsCost of careYears of ageCross-sectional analysisSystem-level factorsPerioperative complicationsPatient factorsPediatric tonsillectomyHospital costsHigher oddsClaims dataTonsillectomyRacial/ethnic disparities in emergency general surgery: explained by hospital-level characteristics?
Hall EC, Hashmi ZG, Zafar SN, Zogg CK, Cornwell EE, Haider AH. Racial/ethnic disparities in emergency general surgery: explained by hospital-level characteristics? The American Journal Of Surgery 2015, 209: 604-609. PMID: 25683233, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryHospital-level factorsEGS patientsHigher oddsGeneral surgeryEthnic disparitiesHospital-level characteristicsOdds of deathMultivariable logistic regressionNationwide Inpatient SampleAfrican AmericansHospital admissionAA patientsCaucasian patientsInpatient SamplePatientsLogistic regressionEthnic differencesDeathSurgeryOddsHospitalOverall disparityOutcomesDisparities