2018
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Longer-term Outcomes Among Emergency General Surgery Patients
Zogg CK, Jiang W, Ottesen TD, Shafi S, Schuster K, Becher R, Davis KA, Haider AH. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Longer-term Outcomes Among Emergency General Surgery Patients. Annals Of Surgery 2018, 268: 968-979. PMID: 28742704, PMCID: PMC5783796, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgery patientsNon-Hispanic whitesGeneral surgery patientsLong-term outcomesNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic AsiansMinority patientsMajor morbidityUnplanned readmissionSurgery patientsOlder adultsRisk-adjusted Cox proportional hazards modelsEthnic disparitiesCox proportional hazards modelDiagnostic categoriesRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesUS population agesProportional hazards modelNHB patientsNonagenarian patientsNHW patientsBACKGROUND DATAHospital's percentageMortality differencesMedicare dataVenous Thromboembolism-Related Readmission in Emergency General Surgery Patients: A Role for Prophylaxis on Discharge?
DeWane MP, Davis KA, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Becher RD. Venous Thromboembolism-Related Readmission in Emergency General Surgery Patients: A Role for Prophylaxis on Discharge? Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2018, 226: 1072-1077.e3. PMID: 29574180, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.03.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVenous thromboembolismEmergency general surgery operationsPost-discharge venous thromboembolismEmergency general surgery patientsMultivariable logistic regression modelingCommon EGS operationsGeneral surgery patientsRate of readmissionUrinary tract infectionSurgeons NSQIP databaseHigh-risk groupGeneral surgery operationsLogistic regression modelingEGS operationsProphylactic anticoagulationVTE formationVTE prophylaxisVTE ratesEGS patientsPostoperative sepsisNSQIP databaseProlonged lengthSurgery patientsTract infectionsPredictive factors
2013
When the ICU is the operating room
Piper GL, Maerz LL, Schuster KM, Maung AA, Luckianow GM, Davis KA, Kaplan LJ. When the ICU is the operating room. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2013, 74: 871-875. PMID: 23425750, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31827e9c52.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical intensive care unitOperating roomOperative locationICU casesEmergency general surgery patientsGeneral surgery patientsTotal operative casesType of anesthesiaIntensive care unitMode of ventilationT-testStudent's t-testSurgery patientsCare unitNeuromuscular blockadeAdverse outcomesDeep sedationProcedure typeOperative procedureSurgical proceduresEpidemiologic studiesICU databaseCase volumeLevel ITotal cases