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Browsing by Subject "Length of Stay"
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Acute Adverse Events After Spinal Cord Injury and Their Relationship to Long-term Neurologic and Functional Outcomes: Analysis From the North American Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury.
(Critical care medicine, 2019-11)<h4>Objectives</h4>There are few contemporary, prospective multicenter series on the spectrum of acute adverse events and their relationship to long-term outcomes after traumatic spinal cord injury. The goal of this study ... -
Adult Scoliosis Deformity Surgery: Comparison of Outcomes Between One Versus Two Attending Surgeons.
(Spine, 2017-07)<h4>Study design</h4>Retrospective review of prospectively collected data.<h4>Objective</h4>Assess outcomes of adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery performed by one versus two attending surgeons.<h4>Summary of background ... -
Association between Dysphagia and Surgical Outcomes across the Continuum of Frailty.
(Journal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics, 2021-04)This study examined the relationship between dysphagia and adverse outcomes across frailty conditions among surgical patients ≥50 years of age. A retrospective cohort analysis of surgical hospitalizations in the Healthcare ... -
Association between Initial Fluid Choice and Subsequent In-hospital Mortality during the Resuscitation of Adults with Septic Shock.
(Anesthesiology, 2015-12)BACKGROUND: Currently, guidelines recommend initial resuscitation with intravenous (IV) crystalloids during severe sepsis/septic shock. Albumin is suggested as an alternative. However, fluid mixtures are often used in practice, ... -
Autonomic cardiovascular dysregulation as a potential mechanism underlying depression and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery outcomes.
(J Cardiothorac Surg, 2010-05-13)BACKGROUND: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is often used to treat patients with significant coronary heart disease (CHD). To date, multiple longitudinal and cross-sectional studies have examined the association between ... -
Awake Spinal Fusion Is Associated with Reduced Length of Stay, Opioid Use, and Time to Ambulation Compared to General Anesthesia: A Matched Cohort Study.
(World neurosurgery, 2023-05)<h4>Objective</h4>There is increasing interest in awake spinal fusion under spinal anesthesia (SA). Evidence supporting SA has been positive, albeit limited. The authors set out to investigate the effects of SA vs general ... -
Bleeding outcomes of inpatients receiving therapeutic plasma exchange: A propensity-matched analysis of the National Inpatient Sample.
(Transfusion, 2022-02)<h4>Background</h4>Although therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is associated with hemostatic abnormalities, its impact on bleeding outcomes is unknown. Therefore, the main study objective was to determine bleeding outcomes ... -
Comparison of Outcomes Following Anterior vs Posterior Fusion Surgery for Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An Analysis From Quality Outcomes Database.
(Neurosurgery, 2019-04)BACKGROUND:The choice of anterior vs posterior approach for degenerative cervical myelopathy that spans multiple segments remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcomes following the 2 approaches using multicenter ... -
Contemporary trends and predictors of postacute service use and routine discharge home after stroke.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2015-02-23)BACKGROUND: Returning home after the hospital is a primary aim for healthcare; however, additional postacute care (PAC) services are sometimes necessary for returning stroke patients to their pre-event status. Recent trends ... -
Developing nonlinear k-nearest neighbors classification algorithms to identify patients at high risk of increased length of hospital stay following spine surgery.
(Neurosurgical focus, 2023-06)<h4>Objective</h4>Spondylolisthesis is a common operative disease in the United States, but robust predictive models for patient outcomes remain limited. The development of models that accurately predict postoperative outcomes ... -
Does improved access to diagnostic imaging results reduce hospital length of stay? A retrospective study.
(BMC Health Serv Res, 2010-09-06)BACKGROUND: One year after the introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to support diagnostic imaging at our hospital, clinicians had faster and better access to radiology reports and images; direct ... -
Dysphagia following combined anterior-posterior cervical spine surgeries.
(Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2013-09)<h4>Object</h4>This study was undertaken to evaluate the incidence of and risk factors associated with the development of dysphagia following same-day combined anterior-posterior cervical spine surgeries.<h4>Methods</h4>The ... -
Effect of Resident and Fellow Involvement in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.
(World neurosurgery, 2019-02)<h4>Background</h4>Adult spinal deformity (ASD) operations are complex and often require a multisurgeon team. Simultaneously, it is the responsibility of academic spine surgeons to train future complex spine surgeons. Our ... -
Effective Implementation of Enhanced Recovery Pathway Programs: The Key to Disseminating Evidence into Practice.
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External Validation of the Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Frailty Index (ASD-FI) in the Scoli-RISK-1 Patient Database.
(Spine, 2018-10)<h4>Study design</h4>Analysis of a prospective multicenter database.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the ability of the recently created Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Frailty Index (ASD-FI) to predict odds of major complications ... -
Fluid management and goal-directed therapy as an adjunct to Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
(Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 2016-01-01)Optimal perioperative fluid management is an important component of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways. Fluid management within ERAS should be viewed as a continuum through the preoperative, intraoperative, ... -
Global patient outcomes after elective surgery: prospective cohort study in 27 low-, middle- and high-income countries.
(British journal of anaesthesia, 2016-10)<h4>Background</h4>As global initiatives increase patient access to surgical treatments, there remains a need to understand the adverse effects of surgery and define appropriate levels of perioperative care.<h4>Methods</h4>We ... -
Grading of Complications After Cervical Deformity-corrective Surgery: Are Existing Classification Systems Applicable?
(Clinical spine surgery, 2019-07)<h4>Study design</h4>This is a retrospective review of prospective multicenter cervical deformity (CD) database.<h4>Objective</h4>Assess the impact of complication type and Clavien complication (Cc) grade on clinical outcomes ... -
Hospital mortality of patients aged 80 and older after surgical repair for type A acute aortic dissection in Japan.
(Medicine, 2016-08)To evaluate whether patients aged 80 and older have higher risk of hospital mortality after repair of type A acute aortic dissection (TAAAD).Emergency surgery for TAAAD in patients aged 80 and older remains a controversial ... -
Impact of case type, length of stay, institution type, and comorbidities on Medicare diagnosis-related group reimbursement for adult spinal deformity surgery.
(Neurosurgical focus, 2017-12)OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to educate medical professionals about potential financial impacts of improper diagnosis-related group (DRG) coding in adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery. METHODS Medicare's Inpatient ...
