American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) emergency general surgery guidelines gap analysis
Schuster K, Davis K, Hernandez M, Holena D, Salim A, Crandall M. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) emergency general surgery guidelines gap analysis. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30768554, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgeryEGS diseasesSmall bowel obstructionAcute care surgeryCommon disease statesAAST gradeAmerican AssociationBowel obstructionAcute cholecystitisTrauma gradeCare surgeryAcute pancreatitisAdditional researchGeneral surgeryDisease processPatient careSurgeryLiterature searchDiseaseDisease statesAdditional literature reviewLow-quality researchDiagnosisInitial gap analysisThorough assessmentThe EGS Grading Scale For Skin And Soft Tissue Infections Is Predictive Of Poor Outcomes
Savage SA, Li SW, Utter GH, Cox JA, Wydo SM, Cahill K, Sarani B, Holzmacher J, Duane TM, Gandhi RR, Zielinski MD, Ray-Zack M, Tierney J, Chapin T, Murphy PB, Vogt KN, Schroeppel TJ, Callaghan E, Kobayashi L, Coimbra R, Schuster KM, Gillaspie D, Timsina L, Louis A, Crandall M. The EGS Grading Scale For Skin And Soft Tissue Infections Is Predictive Of Poor Outcomes. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30601458, PMCID: PMC6433490, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSoft tissue infectionsLength of stayDisease processGrading scaleInter-rater reliabilityGrade IVEmergency general surgery (EGS) diseasesDisparate disease processesRetrospective multicenter trialLaboratory Risk IndicatorNecrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) scoreSurgery of TraumaMulti-institutional trialHigh gradeDifferent disease processesClinical disease processesOverall complicationsHospital lengthICU lengthFasciitis (LRINEC) scoreMulticenter trialTissue infectionsValidation studyPoor outcomeDisease characteristics