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Emergency general surgery: The prevalence of non-operative consultations and importance of a registry Open

Nisha Narula, Shanen M. Mulles, Aziz M. Merchant, Kenechi Onwubalili, Lauren Cue , et al. · 2025

State and National Estimates of the Cost of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Lives Saved Open

Craig D. Newgard, Amber Lin, Jeremy D. Goldhaber‐Fiebert, Katherine Remick, Marianne Gausche‐Hill , et al. · 2024

Importance High emergency department (ED) pediatric readiness is associated with improved survival among children receiving emergency care, but state and national costs to reach high ED readiness and the resulting number of lives that may …

Changes in Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Mortality Open

Craig D. Newgard, Shauna Rakshe, Apoorva Salvi, Amber Lin, Jennifer N. B. Cook , et al. · 2024

Importance High emergency department (ED) pediatric readiness is associated with improved survival, but the impact of changes to ED readiness is unknown. Objective To evaluate the association of changes in ED pediatric readiness at US trau…

A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on Hemodynamic Management Open

Brian K. Kwon, Lindsay Tetreault, Allan Martín, Paul M. Arnold, Rex A. W. Marco , et al. · 2024

Study Design Clinical practice guideline development following the GRADE process. Objectives Hemodynamic management is one of the only available treatment options that likely improves neurologic outcomes in patients with acute traumatic sp…

Multicenter Retrospective Review of Ketamine Use in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (Ketamine‐PICU Study) Open

Christine M. Groth, Christopher Droege, Preeyaporn Sarangarm, Michaelia Cucci, Kyle A Gustafson , et al. · 2024

Objective . Describe continuous infusion (CI) ketamine practices in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) and evaluate its effect on pain/sedation scores, exposure to analgesics/sedatives, and adverse effects (AEs). Methods . Multicenter,…

Evaluating antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by gram-negative bacilli Open

Raj Malhotra, Helen Horng, Stephanie Bonne, Ziad C. Sifri, Nina E. Glass · 2023

Ventilator-associated pneumonia due to gram-negative bacilli is a rare but high morbidity complication in intensive care units. Despite prolonged duration of therapy, these infections still appear to account for many recurrent infections a…

Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Disparities in Mortality Based on Race and Ethnicity Open

Peter C. Jenkins, Amber Lin, Stefanie G. Ames, Craig D. Newgard, Benjamin Lang , et al. · 2023

Importance Presentation to emergency departments (EDs) with high levels of pediatric readiness is associated with improved pediatric survival. However, it is unclear whether children of all races and ethnicities benefit equitably from incr…

Association of Transport Time, Proximity, and Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness With Pediatric Survival at US Trauma Centers Open

Nina E. Glass, Apoorva Salvi, Ran Wei, Amber Lin, Susan Malveau , et al. · 2023

Importance Emergency department (ED) pediatric readiness is associated with improved survival among children. However, the association between geographic access to high-readiness EDs in US trauma centers and mortality is unclear. Objective…

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma clinical protocol for management of acute respiratory distress syndrome and severe hypoxemia Open

Jason Fawley, Christopher J. Tignanelli, Nicole Werner, George Kasotakis, Samuel P. Mandell , et al. · 2023

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic/Care Management: Level V.

Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Short-term and Long-term Mortality Among Children Receiving Emergency Care Open

Craig D. Newgard, Amber Lin, Susan Malveau, Jennifer N. B. Cook, McKenna Smith , et al. · 2023

Importance Emergency departments (EDs) with high pediatric readiness (coordination, personnel, quality improvement, safety, policies, and equipment) are associated with lower mortality among children with critical illness and those admitte…

Drug and Alcohol Use in Trauma Patients Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open

Merry Zhai, Kristy Bono, Wei Wei Zhang, Stephanie Bonne, Emily K. Gordon , et al. · 2022

Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness Among US Trauma Centers Open

Craig D. Newgard, Sean R. Babcock, Xubo Song, Katherine Remick, Marianne Gausche‐Hill , et al. · 2022

Objective: We used machine learning to identify the highest impact components of emergency department (ED) pediatric readiness for predicting in-hospital survival among children cared for in US trauma centers. Background: ED pediatric read…

Impact of individual components of emergency department pediatric readiness on pediatric mortality in US trauma centers Open

Katherine Remick, McKenna Smith, Craig D. Newgard, Amber Lin, Hilary A. Hewes , et al. · 2022

BACKGROUND Injured children initially treated at trauma centers with high emergency department (ED) pediatric readiness have improved survival. Centers with limited resources may not be able to address all pediatric readiness deficiencies,…

Association of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness With Mortality to 1 Year Among Injured Children Treated at Trauma Centers Open

Craig D. Newgard, Amber Lin, Jeremy D. Goldhaber‐Fiebert, Jennifer R. Marín, McKenna Smith , et al. · 2022

Children treated in high-readiness trauma center EDs after injury had a lower risk of death that persisted to 1 year. High ED readiness is independently associated with long-term survival among injured children.

Predictors of Mortality, Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Measures, and Discharge Disposition in Octogenarians with Subdural Hematomas Open

Ahmed Kashkoush, Jordan C. Petitt, Husayn A. Ladhani, Vanessa P. Ho, Michael L. Kelly , et al. · 2021

Evaluation of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Outcomes Among US Trauma Centers Open

Craig D. Newgard, Amber Lin, Lenora M. Olson, Jennifer N. B. Cook, Marianne Gausche‐Hill , et al. · 2021

In this cohort study, injured children treated in high-readiness EDs had lower mortality compared with similar children in low-readiness EDs, but not fewer complications. These findings support national efforts to increase ED pediatric rea…

Tracheostomy is Safe in Patients with Prolonged Intubation After Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection Open

Carma Goldstein, David Deisher, Elizabeth Gorman, Fariha Sheikh, Ziad C. Sifri , et al. · 2021

Trauma and nontrauma damage-control laparotomy: The difference is delirium (data from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma SLEEP-TIME multicenter trial) Open

Kaitlin McArthur, Cassandra Krause, Eugenia Kwon, Xian Luo‐Owen, Meghan Cochran-Yu , et al. · 2021

BACKGROUND Damage-control laparotomy (DCL) has been used for traumatic and nontraumatic indications. We studied factors associated with delirium and outcome in this population. METHODS We reviewed DCL patients at 15 centers for 2 years, in…

Using the Palliative Performance Scale as a Trigger to Increase Goals-of-Care Conversations in Elderly Trauma Patients (F425B) Open

Michele Fiorentino, Patricia A. Walling, Janell C. Rosania, Kathryn Grana, Debbie M. Brucato-Duncan , et al. · 2021

1.Discuss the utility of using the Palliative Performance Scale to increase goals of care conversations in elderly trauma patients.2.Discuss how a low palliative performance scale can be used to increase goals of care conversations. The Tr…

Testing Whether Providing Older Patients with a List of Questions to Ask Their Surgeons Improves Decision Making and Well-Being Open

Margaret L. Schwarze, Anne Buffington, Jennifer L. Tucholka, Bret M. Hanlon, Paul J. Rathouz , et al. · 2020

Anticoagulation therapy in patients with traumatic brain injury: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter prospective study Open

Kazuhide Matsushima, Stefan W. Leichtle, Jeffrey Wild, Katelyn Young, Grace Chang , et al. · 2020

The Palliative Performance Scale predicts mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 Open

Michele Fiorentino, Sri Ram Pentakota, Anne C. Mosenthal, Nina E. Glass · 2020

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a substantial mortality risk with increased rates in the elderly. We hypothesized that age is not sufficient, and that frailty measured by preadmission Palliative Performance Scale would …

Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis at Safety-Net Hospitals: Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample Open

Supreet Singh, Sarah J. Armenia, Aziz M. Merchant, David H. Livingston, Nina E. Glass · 2020

Evidence supports index cholecystectomy as the quality of care for patients admitted with acute cholecystitis. We sought to examine the role of hospital safety-net status on whether patients received appropriate index procedures for cholec…

Sarcopenia is Predictive of Functional Outcomes in Older Trauma Patients Open

Franchesca Hwang, Christopher M. McGreevy, Sri Ram Pentakota, Davis Verde, Joo Hye Park , et al. · 2019

Sarcopenia is prevalent in geriatric trauma ICU patients and is an independent predictor of poor functional outcomes. Assessing for sarcopenia has an important potential as a prognostic tool in older trauma patients.

Effectiveness of a Question Prompt List Intervention for Older Patients Considering Major Surgery Open

Margaret L. Schwarze, Anne Buffington, Jennifer L. Tucholka, Bret M. Hanlon, Paul J. Rathouz , et al. · 2019

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02623335.

Bleeding and Thromboembolism After Traumatic Brain Injury in the Elderly: A Real Conundrum Open

Nina E. Glass, Aparna Vadlamani, Franchesca Hwang, Ziad C. Sifri, Anastasia Kunac , et al. · 2018

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