2022
Reconceptualizing high-quality emergency general surgery care: Non–mortality-based quality metrics enable meaningful and consistent assessment
Zogg CK, Staudenmayer KL, Kodadek LM, Davis KA. Reconceptualizing high-quality emergency general surgery care: Non–mortality-based quality metrics enable meaningful and consistent assessment. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2022, 94: 68-77. PMID: 36245079, PMCID: PMC9805506, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000003818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryHospital-level factorsEGS conditionsEmergency general surgery careOlder adultsNationwide Readmissions DatabaseComplex older adultsSurgery of TraumaGeneral surgery careQuality improvement initiativesOlder adult populationEGS careEGS hospitalsEGS patientsPatient frailtySurgery careGeneral surgeryHospitalLevel IIIAdult populationCohortPatientsComplex adultCareAdults
2016
Never 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