2016
Intensity of treatment, end-of-life care, and mortality for older patients with severe traumatic brain injury
Lilley E, Williams K, Schneider E, Hammouda K, Salim A, Haider A, Cooper Z. Intensity of treatment, end-of-life care, and mortality for older patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2016, 80: 998-1004. PMID: 26953761, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere traumatic brain injuryTraumatic brain injuryGeriatric patientsFunctional statusBrain injuryHospital mortality outcomesPatients 65 yearsDays of injuryGoals of careFurther aggressive treatmentSurgery of TraumaIntensity of treatmentHospital mortalityHospital deathLife decision makingAggressive treatmentHospital dischargeIdentifies patientsNeurologic statusNonresponder groupOlder patientsRetrospective reviewMortality outcomesPoor prognosisFunctional impairmentAssociation of BRAFV600E Mutation and MicroRNA Expression with Central Lymph Node Metastases in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Prospective Study from Four Endocrine Surgery Centers
Han PA, Kim HS, Cho S, Fazeli R, Najafian A, Khawaja H, McAlexander M, Dy B, Sorensen M, Aronova A, Sebo TJ, Giordano TJ, Fahey TJ, Thompson GB, Gauger PG, Somervell H, Bishop JA, Eshleman JR, Schneider EB, Witwer KW, Umbricht CB, Zeiger MA. Association of BRAFV600E Mutation and MicroRNA Expression with Central Lymph Node Metastases in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Prospective Study from Four Endocrine Surgery Centers. Thyroid 2016, 26: 532-542. PMID: 26950846, PMCID: PMC4827320, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2015.0378.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral lymph node metastasisCentral lymph node dissectionMultivariable logistic regression analysisPapillary thyroid cancerProphylactic central lymph node dissectionLogistic regression analysisLymph node dissectionAggressive clinicopathologic featuresLymph node metastasisEndocrine surgery centersStand-alone markerClinicopathologic featuresMiR-146bNode dissectionIndependent predictorsNode metastasisMiR-222Surgery centersThyroid cancerProphylactic lymph node dissectionRegression analysisIndividual prognostic markersOnly preoperative variablesNode-negative casesMicroRNA expression
2015
Unconscious Race and Social Class Bias Among Acute Care Surgical Clinicians and Clinical Treatment Decisions
Haider A, Schneider E, Sriram N, Dossick D, Scott V, Swoboda S, Losonczy L, Haut E, Efron D, Pronovost P, Lipsett P, Cornwell E, MacKenzie E, Cooper L, Freischlag J. Unconscious Race and Social Class Bias Among Acute Care Surgical Clinicians and Clinical Treatment Decisions. JAMA Surgery 2015, 150: 457-464. PMID: 25786199, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.4038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical decisionMultivariable analysisUnconscious raceSurgical cliniciansSignificant health inequitiesLogistic regression analysisClinical treatment decisionsPatient care decisionsPatient management decisionsD scorePhysician-patient interactionDisadvantaged patientsPatient raceUnivariate analysisClinical assessmentCritical careTreatment decisionsMAIN OUTCOMELevel ISocial class biasWeb-based surveyClinician's roleHealth inequitiesCliniciansEmergency medicineUnconscious Race and Class Biases among Registered Nurses: Vignette-Based Study Using Implicit Association Testing
Haider AH, Schneider EB, Sriram N, Scott VK, Swoboda SM, Zogg CK, Dhiman N, Haut ER, Efron DT, Pronovost PJ, Freischlag JA, Lipsett PA, Cornwell EE, MacKenzie EJ, Cooper LA. Unconscious Race and Class Biases among Registered Nurses: Vignette-Based Study Using Implicit Association Testing. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2015, 220: 1077-1086.e3. PMID: 25998083, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.01.065.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Unconscious race and class bias
Haider A, Schneider E, Sriram N, Dossick D, Scott V, Swoboda S, Losonczy L, Haut E, Efron D, Pronovost P, Freischlag J, Lipsett P, Cornwell E, MacKenzie E, Cooper L. Unconscious race and class bias. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2014, 77: 409-416. PMID: 25159243, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care surgeonsSurgery of TraumaClinical decisionTrauma/acute care surgeonsEastern AssociationImplicit Association TestUnconscious raceProspective web-based surveyPhysicians' clinical decisionsLogistic regression analysisSurgeons' clinical decisionClinical vignettesImplicit biasesIAT scoresUnconscious preferenceMultivariable analysisPatient raceRace Implicit Association TestUnivariate analysisClinical assessmentPatient managementEpidemiologic studiesWeb-based surveyLevel IIWhite persons