2023
Contemporary management and outcomes of penetrating colon injuries: Validation of the 2020 AAST Colon Organ Injury Scale
Zeineddin A, Tominaga G, Crandall M, Almeida M, Schuster K, Jawad G, Maqbool B, Sheffield A, Dhillon N, Radow B, Moorman M, Martin N, Jacovides C, Lowry D, Kaups K, Horwood C, Werner N, Proaño-Zamudio J, Kaafarani H, Marshall W, Haines L, Schaffer K, Staudenmayer K, Kozar R. Contemporary management and outcomes of penetrating colon injuries: Validation of the 2020 AAST Colon Organ Injury Scale. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2023, 95: 213-219. PMID: 37072893, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000003969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrgan Injury ScaleExtra-abdominal infectionsColon injuriesInjury ScaleAbbreviated Injury Scale scoreContemporary managementLevel 1 trauma centerAcute kidney injuryDamage control laparotomyInjury Scale scoreInjury Severity ScoreStrong predictive valueType of interventionAmerican AssociationKidney injuryLung injuryOperative findingsClinical outcomesPrimary repairSurgical managementTrauma centerMulticenter studyOperative managementPreoperative imagingRetrospective study
2019
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 assessmentAmerican Association for the Surgery of Trauma emergency general surgery guideline summaries 2018: acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, acute diverticulitis, acute pancreatitis, and small bowel obstruction
Schuster KM, Holena DN, Salim A, Savage S, Crandall M. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma emergency general surgery guideline summaries 2018: acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, acute diverticulitis, acute pancreatitis, and small bowel obstruction. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2019, 4: e000281. PMID: 31058240, PMCID: PMC6461136, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency general surgerySmall bowel obstructionAcute diverticulitisAcute cholecystitisBowel obstructionAcute appendicitisAcute pancreatitisClinical practice guidelinesSurgery of TraumaSolid evidence baseAmerican AssociationEGS diseasesGuideline recommendationsEGS conditionsConsensus guidelinesSeverity scorePractice guidelinesGeneral surgeryLiterature searchSurgeryEvidence baseDisease statesFurther researchDiverticulitisCholecystitisAmerican 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, 1. DOI: 10.1097/01586154-900000000-98388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmerican AssociationSurgery
2018
Definition of Emergency General Surgery (EGS) and Its Burden on the Society
Gale S, Schuster K, Crandall M, Shafi S. Definition of Emergency General Surgery (EGS) and Its Burden on the Society. 2018, 1-11. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96286-3_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchValidation of a new American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) anatomic severity grading system for acute cholecystitis
Vera K, Pei KY, Schuster KM, Davis KA. Validation of a new American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) anatomic severity grading system for acute cholecystitis. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2018, 84: 650-654. PMID: 29271871, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayAcute cholecystitisICU useGrade 2Anatomic gradingAdverse eventsGrade 1Longer LOSAnatomic grading systemGrade 1 diseaseEmergency general surgeryGrade 3 patientsRetrospective cohort studyIncidence of complicationsMajority of patientsTertiary medical centerLow-grade diseaseSurgery of TraumaRisk-adjusted outcomesGood inter-rater reliabilityAAST gradeAmerican AssociationCholecystitis severityCohort studyConsecutive patients
2016
The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for 16 emergency general surgery conditions
Tominaga GT, Staudenmayer KL, Shafi S, Schuster KM, Savage SA, Ross S, Muskat P, Mowery NT, Miller P, Inaba K, Cohen MJ, Ciesla D, Brown CV, Agarwal S, Aboutanos MB, Utter GH, Crandall M. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for 16 emergency general surgery conditions. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2016, 81: 593-602. PMID: 27257696, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe confusion continues: results from an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma survey on massive transfusion practices among United States trauma centers
Etchill E, Sperry J, Zuckerbraun B, Alarcon L, Brown J, Schuster K, Kaplan L, Piper G, Peitzman A, Neal MD. The confusion continues: results from an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma survey on massive transfusion practices among United States trauma centers. Transfusion 2016, 56: 2478-2486. PMID: 27515056, DOI: 10.1111/trf.13755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMassive transfusion protocolMassive transfusion practiceMTP activationTransfusion practiceScoring systemTranexamic acidUnited States trauma centersPartial thromboplastin time (aPTT) testingTEG/ROTEMInternational normalized ratioStates trauma centersCare prothrombin timeOutcome-based studiesAmerican AssociationNontrauma patientsRed blood cellsTransfusion protocolTrauma centerHemostatic resuscitationMassive hemorrhageNormalized ratioRotational thromboelastometryProthrombin timeLevel INontrauma indicationsMulticenter validation of American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading system for acute colonic diverticulitis and its use for emergency general surgery quality improvement program
Shafi S, Priest EL, Crandall ML, Klekar CS, Nazim A, Aboutanos M, Agarwal S, Bhattacharya B, Byrge N, Dhillon TS, Eboli DJ, Fielder D, Guillamondegui O, Gunter O, Inaba K, Mowery NT, Nirula R, Ross SE, Savage SA, Schuster KM, Schmoker RK, Siboni S, Siparsky N, Trust MD, Utter GH, Whelan J, Feliciano DV, Rozycki G. Multicenter validation of American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading system for acute colonic diverticulitis and its use for emergency general surgery quality improvement program. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2016, 80: 405-411. PMID: 26670116, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute colonic diverticulitisQuality Improvement ProgramAAST gradeLength of stayColonic diverticulitisGrade IClinical eventsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramEmergency general surgery (EGS) diseasesPhysiologic statusSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramGrading systemTrauma grading systemRisk of deathTime of admissionSurgery of TraumaNew grading systemHigher disease gradeRegression analysisAmerican AssociationEGS careEGS registryAdverse eventsMedian ageClinical outcomes