2021
Geriatric Trauma Systems
Bhattacharya B, Davis K. Geriatric Trauma Systems. Current Trauma Reports 2021, 7: 8-14. DOI: 10.1007/s40719-020-00210-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Impact of Affordable Care Act Insurance Expansion on Pre-Hospital Access to Care: Changes in Adult Perforated Appendix Admission Rates after Medicaid Expansion and the Dependent Coverage Provision
Zogg CK, Scott JW, Bhulani N, Gluck AR, Curfman GD, Davis KA, Dimick JB, Haider AH. Impact of Affordable Care Act Insurance Expansion on Pre-Hospital Access to Care: Changes in Adult Perforated Appendix Admission Rates after Medicaid Expansion and the Dependent Coverage Provision. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2018, 228: 29-43.e1. PMID: 30359835, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.09.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedicaid expansionAffordable Care ActAdmission ratesPerforation rateInsurance coverageAffordable Care Act's insurance expansionInsurance expansionYoung adultsAcute surgical careDependent coverage provisionBetter patient outcomesFederal poverty levelRace/ethnicityAcute appendicitisHospitalized adultsAcute careParents' insuranceInpatient claimsPatient outcomesACA's impactSurgical careRisk populationsNonexpansion statesPrivileged patientsAge 26
2012
Impact of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction on radiation dose in evaluation of trauma patients
Maxfield MW, Schuster KM, McGillicuddy EA, Young CJ, Ghita M, Bokhari SA, Oliva IB, Brink JA, Davis KA. Impact of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction on radiation dose in evaluation of trauma patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2012, 73: 1406-1411. PMID: 23147183, PMCID: PMC3923265, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e318270d2fb.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDose-length productCT scanTrauma patientsAdaptive statistical iterative reconstructionCervical spineLevel I trauma centerVolume CT dose indexI trauma centerRadiation doseStatistical iterative reconstructionCT dose indexBaseline demographicsTrauma centerTomographic scanPatient outcomesTrauma systemInclusion criteriaLevel IVTherapeutic studiesPatientsDose indexCT scanningRadiation exposureScansSubjective image quality
2006
Nutritional Gain Versus Financial Gain: The Role of Metabolic Carts in the Surgical ICU
Davis KA, Kinn T, Esposito TJ, Reed RL, Santaniello JM, Luchette FA. Nutritional Gain Versus Financial Gain: The Role of Metabolic Carts in the Surgical ICU. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2006, 61: 1436-1440. PMID: 17159687, DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000242269.12534.79.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHarris-Benedict equationWeight-based calculationsMetabolic cart measurementsTrauma patientsBody weightMetabolic cartEnergy expenditureCost of careInfectious morbiditySurgical ICUInjured patientsIll populationIndirect calorimetry dataPatient outcomesStudy populationPatientsNutritional replacementCaloric needsEnergy expenditure dataNutritional requirementsNutritional parametersSignificant differencesSurgeryMetabolic requirementsPopulation