2023
Management and Outcome of High-Grade Hepatic and Splenic Injuries
Presser E, Sznol J, Schuster K. Management and Outcome of High-Grade Hepatic and Splenic Injuries. Current Surgery Reports 2023, 11: 55-63. DOI: 10.1007/s40137-023-00344-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSplenic injuryOperative interventionUnstable patientsTrauma grade IVHigh-grade injuriesModality of choiceTransient respondersActive bleedingGrade injuriesSerial examsStable patientsSignificant morbidityPermissive hypotensionEndovascular interventionPrehospital interventionsRadiological studiesTrauma bayBlood productsGrade IVPatientsSecondary surveyInjuryExact indicationsClass IIIActive signs
2019
The 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