2016
Trauma patients on new oral anticoagulation agents have lower mortality than those on warfarin
Maung AA, Bhattacharya B, Schuster KM, Davis KA. Trauma patients on new oral anticoagulation agents have lower mortality than those on warfarin. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2016, 81: 652-657. PMID: 27438683, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew oral agentsNew oral anticoagulation agentsOral anticoagulation agentsAnticoagulation agentsControl groupLevel 1 trauma center databaseLower mortalityTrauma-related mortalityInjury Severity ScoreMechanism of injuryIntensive care unitMultivariable logistic regressionHigher overall mortalityTrauma center databaseTraumatic brain injuryElectronic medical recordsWarfarin groupHospital courseOral agentsControl patientsIndependent predictorsOverall mortalityTrauma patientsCare unitRetrospective review
2014
Using the Rothman index to predict early unplanned surgical intensive care unit readmissions
Piper GL, Kaplan LJ, Maung AA, Lui FY, Barre K, Davis KA. Using the Rothman index to predict early unplanned surgical intensive care unit readmissions. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2014, 77: 78-82. PMID: 24977759, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unit readmissionRothman IndexSurgical floorRI scoresPotential quality metricElectronic medical recordsHours of transferSICU admissionSICU lengthReadmission groupSICU patientsMedical recordsPatient's conditionReadmissionPrognostic studiesPatientsControl groupLevel IIISICUAdmissionScoresDemographicsHoursGroupNumerical score