Richard Maduka
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2024
Association of patient socioeconomic status with outcomes after palliative treatment for disseminated cancer
Maduka R, Canavan M, Walters S, Ermer T, Zhan P, Kaminski M, Li A, Pichert M, Salazar M, Prsic E, Boffa D. Association of patient socioeconomic status with outcomes after palliative treatment for disseminated cancer. Cancer Medicine 2024, 13: e7028. PMID: 38711364, PMCID: PMC11074703, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.7028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptimal quality of careQuality of carePatient socioeconomic statusAssociated with improved qualityAssociated with improved quality of lifeEnd-of-lifeUS cancer populationPalliative treatmentQuality of lifeCox proportional hazards modelsMultivariate logistic regressionInformed decision makingProportional hazards modelFacility characteristicsNon-HispanicAssociated with lower ratesInsurance payer statusImproving informed decision makingCancer populationSocioeconomic statusHispanic ethnicityTreatment usePayer statusBlack raceLogistic regression
2023
Early observations with an ERAS pathway for thyroid and parathyroid surgery: Moving the goalposts forward
Machado N, Mortlock R, Maduka R, Souza Cunha A, Dyer E, Long A, Canner J, Tanella A, Gibson C, Hyman J, Ogilvie J. Early observations with an ERAS pathway for thyroid and parathyroid surgery: Moving the goalposts forward. Surgery 2023, 175: 114-120. PMID: 37973430, PMCID: PMC10838521, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.06.052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgery pathwayEnhanced recoverySurgery groupParathyroid surgerySignificant decreasePost-anesthesia care unit lengthAverage daily pain scoreSuperficial cervical plexus blockThyroid/parathyroid surgeryAverage daily morphineDaily pain scoresCervical plexus blockCases 1 yearStandard of careDaily morphineERAS pathwayPostoperative admissionPostoperative antiemeticsPostoperative morphineUnanticipated admissionPain scoresPerioperative outcomesPlexus blockProspective trialPatient group