2024
Value in acute care surgery, part 3: Defining value in acute surgical care—It depends on the perspective
Ayoung-Chee P, Gore A, Bruns B, Knowlton L, Nahmias J, Davis K, Leichtle S, Ross S, Scherer L, Velopulos C, Martin R, Staudenmayer K, Committee T. Value in acute care surgery, part 3: Defining value in acute surgical care—It depends on the perspective. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2024, 97: e53-e57. PMID: 38706096, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchManaging career transitions in the profession of acute care surgery
Fitzgerald C, Dumas R, Cripps M, Gurney J, Davis K, Knowlton L. Managing career transitions in the profession of acute care surgery. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2024, 9: e001334. PMID: 38616786, PMCID: PMC11015232, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmerican Association for the Surgery of TraumaAmerican Association for the SurgeryAcute care surgerySurgery of TraumaRounding sessionsAcute care surgeonsEarly career surgeonsExpert panelSenior surgeonLiaison CommitteeMid-careerCareer transitionsSurgeon's careerSurgeonsCareer surgeonsMember councilsLeadership positionsProfessionCurrent diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis: What you need to know
Kodadek L, Davis K. Current diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis: What you need to know. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2024, 97: 1-10. PMID: 38509056, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFinancial toxicity part II: A practical guide to measuring and tracking long-term financial outcomes among acute care surgery patients
Knowlton L, Scott J, Dowzicky P, Murphy P, Davis K, Staudenmayer K, Martin R. Financial toxicity part II: A practical guide to measuring and tracking long-term financial outcomes among acute care surgery patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2024, 96: 986-991. PMID: 38439149, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBurns
Savetamal A, Schulz J, Davis K. Burns. 2024, 669.e32-669.e45. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-69787-3.00106-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical techniques for damage control operations for abdominal, thoracic, pelvic, and extremity trauma
Patel P, Kapil A, Davis K, Luchette F. Surgical techniques for damage control operations for abdominal, thoracic, pelvic, and extremity trauma. 2024, 494-500.e1. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-69787-3.00078-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDamage control operationTrauma patientsPhysiologic parametersDamage control managementDefinitive operative managementUrgent hemorrhage controlIntensive care unitIntravascular volume statusDamage control strategyPatient physiologic parametersImmediate resuscitationCare unitDefinitive managementPhysiologic derangementsVolume statusOperative courseOperative managementExtremity traumaInitial procedureSurgical techniquePatientsOngoing transfusionOrthopedic operationsHemorrhage controlBody temperature
2023
Changes in Older Adult Trauma Quality When Evaluated Using Longer-Term Outcomes vs In-Hospital Mortality
Zogg C, Cooper Z, Peduzzi P, Falvey J, Castillo-Angeles M, Kodadek L, Staudenmayer K, Davis K, Tinetti M, Lichtman J. Changes in Older Adult Trauma Quality When Evaluated Using Longer-Term Outcomes vs In-Hospital Mortality. JAMA Surgery 2023, 158: e234856. PMID: 37792354, PMCID: PMC10551815, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.4856.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital-level factorsTraumatic brain injurySevere traumatic brain injuryHospital mortalityTrauma QualityOlder adultsHip fractureComposite scoreHigher risk-adjusted oddsLevel 1 trauma centerIn-Hospital MortalityRisk-adjusted oddsLong-term outcomesMultivariable logistic regressionNontrauma centersTrauma patientsTerm outcomesTrauma centerPrimary diagnosisBrain injuryTrauma systemMAIN OUTCOMEMedicare feeService claimsForms of traumaThe 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 scoreMinimally Invasive Approach to Intestinal Bleeding
Kapil A, Davis K. Minimally Invasive Approach to Intestinal Bleeding. Hot Topics In Acute Care Surgery And Trauma 2023, 227-237. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39001-2_17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute care surgeonsMainstay of diagnosisGI bleedGI bleedingInitial resuscitationIntestinal bleedingSurgical optionsLaparoscopic techniqueInvasive approachEndoscopic techniquesInvasive techniquesOperating roomBleedingTreatmentEmbolizationHemorrhagePatientsSurgeryResuscitationEndoscopyBleedMainstayDiagnosisSurgeonsEmergency general surgery verification: Quality improvement and the case for optimal resources and process standards
Coleman J, Davis K, Savage S, Staudenmayer K, Coimbra R. Emergency general surgery verification: Quality improvement and the case for optimal resources and process standards. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2023, 96: e1-e4. PMID: 37678150, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryEmergency surgical interventionDay of surgeryAcute care surgeryPublic health burdenQuality Improvement ProgramPostoperative complicationsCare surgeryHospital admissionIll patientsSurgical interventionFormal quality improvement programHealth burdenGeneral surgeryPatient careCare deliverySurgeryPrograms/servicesField of traumaOutcomes researchPatientsAdmissionHospitalNational databankPractice standardsHealthcare consolidation and the impact on surgical care delivery
Davis K. Healthcare consolidation and the impact on surgical care delivery. The American Journal Of Surgery 2023, 226: 523. PMID: 37349220, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.06.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHypovolemic Shock
Jones T, Bhattacharya B, Davis K. Hypovolemic Shock. 2023, 137-146. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22599-4_11.ChaptersAcute care surgeonsHypovolemic shockOptimal treatment strategyRecognition of complicationsCommon clinical scenariosOptimal clinical outcomesExcessive resuscitationGastrointestinal lossesSuch patientsClinical outcomesPostoperative phaseHemorrhagic shockSurgical interventionThird spacingTreatment strategiesDiagnostic modalitiesInfectious processClinical scenariosResuscitationPatientsSurgeonsComplicationsPathophysiologyEtiologyShockRoutine post-operative labs and healthcare system burden in acute appendicitis
Sznol J, Becher R, Maung A, Bhattacharya B, Davis K, Schuster K. Routine post-operative labs and healthcare system burden in acute appendicitis. The American Journal Of Surgery 2023, 226: 571-577. PMID: 37291012, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.06.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthcare system burdenSystem burdenHealth care costsAppendicitis managementIncreased LOSUncomplicated AAAcute appendicitisRetrospective cohortClinical courseClinical variablesPatient populationMinimal comorbiditiesMultivariable modelingHealthcare costsCare costsPatientsLaboratory utilizationNational Health Expenditure AccountsLab utilizationLaboratory testingBurdenLaboratory testsAppendicitisComorbiditiesCohortBlunt thoracic aortic injury diagnosis and management: two decades of innovation from Memphis
Davis K. Blunt thoracic aortic injury diagnosis and management: two decades of innovation from Memphis. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2023, 8: e001084. PMID: 37082313, PMCID: PMC10111888, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol withdrawal syndrome in trauma patients: a study using the Trauma Quality Program Participant User File
Jones T, Bhattacharya B, Schuster K, Becher R, Kodadek L, Davis K, Maung A. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome in trauma patients: a study using the Trauma Quality Program Participant User File. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2023, 8: e001047. PMID: 37188153, PMCID: PMC10175962, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2022-001047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol withdrawal syndromeAlcohol use disorderPositive blood alcohol concentrationHistory of AUDBlood alcohol concentrationParticipant User FileAdult patientsTrauma patientsWithdrawal syndromeAbbreviated Injury Scale headHigh-risk patient populationInjury scale headAdult trauma patientsPositive toxicology screenMultivariable logistic regressionRetrospective reviewRetrospective studyToxicology screenPatient populationTricyclic antidepressantsMAIN OUTCOMEAmerican CollegePatientsUse disordersUncommon occurrencePalliative Care in a Pandemic: A Multicenter Cohort of Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019
Kodadek L, Moore M, Miller S, Schneider E, Ahuja V, Maerz L, Davis K. Palliative Care in a Pandemic: A Multicenter Cohort of Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019. Surgical Infections 2023, 24: 190-198. PMID: 36757283, PMCID: PMC10081705, DOI: 10.1089/sur.2022.377.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitPalliative careIll patientsCoronavirus disease 2019Life careClinical characteristicsMechanical ventilationDisease 2019Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionCoronavirus 2 infectionPalliative care consultationPalliative care servicesCOVID-19Outcomes of interestHospital lengthAdult patientsComorbid diseasesDisease courseMulticenter cohortCare unitCare consultationsVaccination dataPatientsTQIP mortality reporting system case reports: Unanticipated mortality due to failures in clinical performance
Williams R, Davis K, Group T. TQIP mortality reporting system case reports: Unanticipated mortality due to failures in clinical performance. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2023, 94: 747-749. PMID: 36735543, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000003893.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Contributions of Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society to the training of surgeons
Ali Y, Davis K, Chiu W, Cioffi W, Luchette F, Tisherman S, Spain D. Contributions of Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society to the training of surgeons. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2022, 94: e29-e32. PMID: 36577131, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000003863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssessment of the Patients with an Acute Abdomen
Nassar A, Spain D, Davis K. Assessment of the Patients with an Acute Abdomen. 2022, 17-27. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07881-1_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComplications After Metabolic and Bariatric Operations
Davis K, Johnson D. Complications After Metabolic and Bariatric Operations. 2022, 325-335. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07881-1_24.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRoux limbDiffuse abdominal painSmall bowel dilatationAcute care surgeonsPast surgical historyAbdominal painBowel dilatationLaparoscopic RouxIntermittent symptomsLaparoscopic explorationUneventful recoveryBariatric operationsSmall bowelSurgical historyTransverse mesocolonCurrent BMIMesenteric vesselsComputed tomographyLimbPast yearBowelPainRetroperitoneumRouxBMI