2020
Urgent Care Centers Delay Emergent Surgical Care Based on Patient Insurance Status in The United States.
Hsiang WR, Wiznia D, Yousman L, Najem M, Mosier-Mills A, Jin G, Jain S, Khunte A, Davis KA, Forman HP, Schuster KM. Urgent Care Centers Delay Emergent Surgical Care Based on Patient Insurance Status in The United States. Annals Of Surgery 2020, 272: 548-553. PMID: 32932304, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent care centersMedicaid patientsCare centerInsurance typePrivate patientsEmergent surgical careEmergent surgical casesUrgent surgical conditionIncarcerated inguinal herniaEmergency department referralsPatient insurance statusED referralsInsurance statusReferral ratesInguinal herniaSurgical conditionsSurgical careSurgical casesPatientsPrivate insuranceCliniciansStandardized scriptMedicaidCareEmergent conditions
2014
Application of a uniform anatomic grading system to measure disease severity in eight emergency general surgical illnesses
Crandall ML, Agarwal S, Muskat P, Ross S, Savage S, Schuster K, Tominaga GT, Shafi S. Application of a uniform anatomic grading system to measure disease severity in eight emergency general surgical illnesses. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2014, 77: 705-708. PMID: 25494421, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeneral surgical diseasesSurgical diseaseUniform grading systemGrading systemDisease severityAnatomic grading systemPleural space infectionsGeneral surgical conditionsPelvic inflammatory diseaseSoft tissue infectionsSurgical site infectionSurgery of TraumaWidespread severe diseaseInfectious colitisSpace infectionSite infectionEsophageal perforationSurgical illnessTissue infectionsConsensus of expertsMild diseasePatient assessmentAnatomic severityInflammatory diseasesSurgical conditions
2009
Emergency and Urgent Surgery
Schuster KM, Davis KA, Rosenbaum SH. Emergency and Urgent Surgery. Anesthesiology Clinics 2009, 27: 787-804. PMID: 19942181, DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2009.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAggressive resuscitative effortsEarly surgical consultationGeneral surgical emergenciesGeneral surgical conditionsEmergency surgical careHealth care providersAggressive resuscitationUrgent surgeryPostoperative periodSurgical emergencyIll patientsSurgical illnessSurgical consultationSurgical interventionResuscitative effortsSurgical conditionsSurgical careCare providersPatientsTherapeutic interventionsInterventionSelect subsetEmergencyOpen communicationSurgeryEmergency and Urgent Surgery
Schuster KM, Davis KA, Rosenbaum SH. Emergency and Urgent Surgery. Medical Clinics Of North America 2009, 93: 1131-1148. PMID: 19665625, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2009.05.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAggressive resuscitative effortsEarly surgical consultationGeneral surgical emergenciesGeneral surgical conditionsEmergency surgical careHealth care providersAggressive resuscitationUrgent surgeryPostoperative periodSurgical emergencyIll patientsSurgical illnessSurgical consultationSurgical interventionResuscitative effortsSurgical conditionsSurgical careCare providersPatientsTherapeutic interventionsInterventionSelect subsetEmergencyOpen communicationSurgery