2022
Assessing the Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Inequities in Blood Alcohol Testing After Trauma
Jean RA, O'Neill KM, Johnson DC, Becher RD, Schuster KM, Davis KA, Maung AA. Assessing the Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Inequities in Blood Alcohol Testing After Trauma. Journal Of Surgical Research 2022, 273: 192-200. PMID: 35092878, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.12.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAsian PeopleEthnicityHispanic or LatinoHospitalizationHumansNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderUnited StatesConceptsMultivariable logistic regressionWhite patientsOdds ratioInjury mechanismLogistic regressionParticipant User FileNon-Hispanic patientsSubstantial patient morbidityHealth care providersBlood alcohol testingPacific IslandersDemographic factorsHigh rateClinical factorsTrauma admissionsHispanic patientsScreening ratesPatient morbidityAlcohol screeningSerum alcoholInjury categoriesTrauma casesTraumatic injurySurgeons (ACS) verificationHigher odds
2020
Hospital Variation in Geriatric Surgical Safety for Emergency Operation
Becher RD, Sukumar N, DeWane MP, Stolar MJ, Gill TM, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Zogg CK, Davis KA. Hospital Variation in Geriatric Surgical Safety for Emergency Operation. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2020, 230: 966-973.e10. PMID: 32032720, PMCID: PMC7409563, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.10.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandardized mortality ratioHospital-level characteristicsGeneral surgery operationsGeriatric patientsEmergency operationHospital variationEmergency general surgery operationsMean standardized mortality ratioCalifornia State Inpatient DatabaseHospital-based mortalitySignificant hospital variationPatients 65 yearsSubstantial excess mortalitySurgery operationsState Inpatient DatabasesMixed effects logistic regression modelsCommon general surgery operationsLow-mortality outliersLogistic regression modelsPostoperative mortalityHospital deathOlder patientsInpatient DatabaseMortality outcomesNonelective operations