2022
Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma
Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MRS, Freedman IG, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Yu J, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Hong CS, Rutherford HJV, Kim JA, Gerrard J, Gilmore EJ, Omay SB. Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma. World Neurosurgery 2022, 162: e251-e263. PMID: 35276399, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.02.122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute traumatic subdural hematomaTraumatic subdural hematomaHospital mortalityNonroutine dischargeSubdural hematomaExtended LOSIndependent predictorsAdult patientsBaseline frailtyMultivariate logistic regression analysisExtended hospital lengthImpact of frailtyRetrospective cohort studyNational Trauma DatabaseLogistic regression analysisRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisHealth care expendituresFrail patientsHospital lengthCohort studySurgical evacuationFrailty indexTrauma databasePatients
2021
Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Presenting with an Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MRS, Freedman IG, Reeves BC, Koo AB, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Sherman J, Maduka R, Agboola IK, Johnson DC, Kolb L, Laurans M. Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Presenting with an Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. World Neurosurgery 2021, 153: e408-e418. PMID: 34224881, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.06.130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical spinal cord injurySpinal cord injuryAcute cervical spinal cord injuryNational Trauma DatabaseAdverse eventsHospital mortalityFrailty scoreAdult patientsIndependent predictorsCord injuryAcute traumatic cervical spinal cord injuryTraumatic cervical spinal cord injuryRisk of AEsComplete spinal cord injuryMultivariate logistic regression analysisCentral cord syndromeHospital adverse eventsImpact of frailtyRetrospective cohort studyProportion of patientsType of injuryProcedural Coding SystemLogistic regression analysisRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysis