2022
Association Between Antibiotic Redosing Before Incision and Risk of Incisional Site Infection in Children With Appendicitis
Cramm S, Chandler N, Graham D, Kunisaki S, Russell R, Blakely M, Lipskar A, Allukian M, Aronowitz D, Campbell B, Collins D, Commander S, Cowles R, DeFazio J, Esparaz J, Feng C, Griggs C, Guyer R, Hanna D, Kahan A, Keane O, Lamoshi A, Lopez C, Pace E, Regan M, Santore M, Scholz S, Tracy E, Williams S, Zhang L, Rangel S. Association Between Antibiotic Redosing Before Incision and Risk of Incisional Site Infection in Children With Appendicitis. Annals Of Surgery 2022, 278: e863-e869. PMID: 36317528, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncisional surgical site infectionHour of incisionPediatric National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramSite infectionQuality Improvement ProgramAntibiotic redosingIncisional surgical site infection rateMulticenter retrospective cohort studyDisease severityDiagnosis of appendicitisSurgical site infectionRetrospective cohort studyRedosing of antibioticsOperative report dataMultivariate logistic regressionHospital-level clusteringIncreased disease severityAntibiotic regimensInitial doseAntibiotic administrationPatient demographicsAntibiotic utilizationChart review
2021
Trends in fundoplication volume for pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease
Maassel NL, Shaughnessy MP, Solomon DG, Cowles RA. Trends in fundoplication volume for pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease. Journal Of Pediatric Surgery 2021, 56: 1495-1499. PMID: 33745746, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2021.02.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGastro-esophageal reflux diseasePediatric Health Information SystemPediatric surgery fellowsReflux diseaseSurgical volumeCase volumeSevere gastro-esophageal reflux diseasePediatric gastroesophageal reflux diseaseICD-9/ICDTotal operative volumeGastroesophageal reflux diseaseGraduate Medical Education caseFellow case logsPatient characteristicsPatient demographicsPediatric surgeonsOperative volumePediatric surgical trainingSecondary analysisHealth information systemsAbstractTextCase logsFundoplicationNational dataRecent data