2023
The interaction between geriatric and neighborhood vulnerability: Delineating prehospital risk among older adult emergency general surgery patients
Zogg C, Falvey J, Kodadek L, Staudenmayer K, Davis K. The interaction between geriatric and neighborhood vulnerability: Delineating prehospital risk among older adult emergency general surgery patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2023, 96: 400-408. PMID: 37962136, PMCID: PMC10922165, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeriatric vulnerabilitiesOlder adultsEGS careAdverse outcomesHospital Frailty Risk ScoreEmergency general surgery patientsGreater riskFlorida State Inpatient DatabaseFrailty Risk ScoreGeneral surgery patientsState Inpatient DatabasesArea Deprivation IndexEthnic minority patientsNeighborhood vulnerabilityEGS outcomesHazard ratioOlder patientsSurgery patientsPatient ageEGS conditionsInpatient DatabaseVulnerable patientsPatient residesMinority patientsRisk score
2020
Benchmarking the value of care: Variability in hospital costs for common operations and its association with procedure volume.
Zogg CK, Bernard AC, Hirji SA, Minei JP, Staudenmayer KL, Davis KA. Benchmarking the value of care: Variability in hospital costs for common operations and its association with procedure volume. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2020, 88: 619-628. PMID: 32039972, PMCID: PMC7802807, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002611.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaparoscopic appendectomyLaparoscopic cholecystectomyHospital costsMeans of USMedian costProcedure volumeEmergency general surgeryTotal hospital costsMedian hospital costsNational Inpatient SampleAdults 18 yearsNational cost savingsAnnual procedure volumeValue of careHospital complicationsIndex hospitalHealth care valuePatient characteristicsAdverse outcomesInpatient SampleInclusion criteriaGeneral surgeryHospitalLevel IIICommon operation
2013
When the ICU is the operating room
Piper GL, Maerz LL, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Luckianow GM, Davis KA, Kaplan LJ. When the ICU is the operating room. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2013, 74: 871-875. PMID: 23425750, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31827e9c52.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical intensive care unitOperating roomOperative locationICU casesEmergency general surgery patientsGeneral surgery patientsTotal operative casesType of anesthesiaIntensive care unitMode of ventilationT-testStudent's t-testSurgery patientsCare unitNeuromuscular blockadeAdverse outcomesDeep sedationProcedure typeOperative procedureSurgical proceduresEpidemiologic studiesICU databaseCase volumeLevel ITotal cases