Selected Publications
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- Measures to evaluate clinician communication in the intensive care unit: A systematic review of measurement properties.. Patient education and counseling. -. 2025
- "What's a Win": A Qualitative Study Exploring Surgeon Perspectives on Operative Intent in Non-curative Cancer Surgery.. Annals of surgery. 2025
- Cholecystitis Treatment and Outcomes Among People Living With Dementia.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 73:2088-2096. 2025
- Perspectives of Older Adults Undergoing Elective Major Surgery: A Qualitative Study of Patients Undergoing Colectomy.. Annals of surgery. 2025
- Palliative care in acute care surgery: research challenges and opportunities.. Trauma surgery & acute care open. 10:-. 2025
- Corrigendum to long-term prescription opioid use following surgery in the US (2017-2022): a population-based study Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Dec 4;40:100948.. Lancet regional health. Americas. -. 2025
- Associations between baseline pain, depressive symptoms, and unpaid caregiving needs and 1-year postdischarge outcomes among seriously ill older adults admitted for trauma.. Trauma surgery & acute care open. 10:-. 2025
- Hospital experience with geriatric trauma impacts long-term survival.. American journal of surgery. -. 2025
- Aging Disparities in Ostomy Surgery.. The Journal of surgical research. 488-495. 2025
- Challenges faced by patients undergoing fecal ostomy surgery: a qualitative study of colorectal cancer patient perspectives.. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 29:-. 2025
- Long-term Changes in Pain, Depression, Function and Informal Caregiving after Major Elective Surgeries Among Seriously Ill Older Adults.. Annals of surgery. 281:806-813. 2024
- Predictors of healthy days at home: Benchmarking long-term outcomes in geriatric trauma.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 98:600-604. 2024
- A scoping review of hospital-based geriatric-centered interventions on trauma surgery services.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 73:1250-1266. 2024
- Long-term prescription opioid use following surgery in the US (2017-2022): a population-based study.. Lancet regional health. Americas. -. 2024
- System-Level Variability in Trauma Center Utilization for Seriously Injured Older Adults.. The Journal of surgical research. 10-18. 2024
- Definition of Palliative Surgery in Cancer Care: A Systematic Review.. Journal of surgical oncology. 131:1439-1454. 2024
- A Video-Based Communication Intervention for Fecal Ostomy Surgery (CI-oSurg): Protocol for Open Pilot Testing to Improve Intervention Acceptability and Feasibility.. JMIR research protocols. -. 2024
- Safety of inpatient care in surgical settings: cohort study.. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). -. 2024
- Risk of Dementia Diagnosis After Injurious Falls in Older Adults.. JAMA network open. 7:-. 2024
- An evaluation of patient experience before and after elective colectomy for diverticulitis between patients older and younger than 65 years: A pilot feasibility study in mobile health use.. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 28:1639-1645. 2024
- Hip Fracture Treatment and Outcomes Among Community-Dwelling People Living With Dementia.. JAMA network open. 7:-. 2024
- An Executive Summary of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP).. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 97:315-322. 2024
- Palliative surgery: state of the science and future directions.. The British journal of surgery. 111. 2024
- Innovative blood transfusion strategies to address global blood deserts: a consensus statement from the Blood Delivery via Emerging Strategies for Emergency Remote Transfusion (Blood DESERT) Coalition.. The Lancet. Global health. 12:e522-e529. 2024
- The Comparative Effectiveness and Provider-induced Demand Collaboration Project: A Pioneering Military-Civilian Academic Partnership to Build Health Services Research Capacity for the Military Health System.. Military medicine. 189:e871-e877. 2024
- Geriatric Assessment in Colorectal Surgery: A Systematic Review.. The Journal of surgical research. 720-734. 2024
- Process of Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation at End of Life in the ICU: Clinician Perceptions.. CHEST critical care. 2. 2024
- Provider Perceptions Regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Surgical Patients With Frailty.. Annals of surgery. 281:438-444. 2024
- Assessing performance of Geriatric Surgery Verification Program preoperative communication standards in spine surgery.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72:1136-1144. 2024
- Changes in Older Adult Trauma Quality When Evaluated Using Longer-Term Outcomes vs In-Hospital Mortality.. JAMA surgery. 158:-. 2023
- Gentrification as a Factor in the Incidence of Firearm Injuries.. JAMA surgery. 158:1152-1158. 2023
- Postdischarge Caregiver Burden Among Family Caregivers of Older Trauma Patients.. JAMA surgery. 158:945-952. 2023
- Detecting Variation in Clinical Practice Patterns for Geriatric Trauma Care Using Social Network Analysis.. Annals of surgery. 279:353-360. 2023
- Frailty and Outcomes Following Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Perioperative Cardiac Arrest.. JAMA network open. 6:-. 2023
- Defining the emergency general surgery patient population in the era of ICD-10 : Evaluating an established crosswalk from ICD-9 to ICD-10 diagnosis codes.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 95:899-904. 2023
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society Consensus Guidelines for Emergency Laparotomy Part 3: Organizational Aspects and General Considerations for Management of the Emergency Laparotomy Patient.. World journal of surgery. 47:1881-1898. 2023
- Preoperative Code Status Discussion Workflows: Targets for Improvement in Multidisciplinary Pathways.. Journal of pain and symptom management. 66:e35-e43. 2023
- Predictors of care discontinuity in geriatric trauma patients.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 94:765-770. 2023
- Prevalence of unpaid caregiving, pain, and depression in older seriously ill patients undergoing elective surgery.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71:2151-2162. 2023
- The burden of pre-admission pain, depression, and caregiving on palliative care needs for seriously ill trauma patients.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71:2229-2238. 2023
- Shared Decision Making in the Geriatric Surgery Verification Program: Assessing Baseline Performance.. Journal of pain and symptom management. 65:510-520.e3. 2023
- Evaluation of interdisciplinary care pathway implementation in older elective surgery patients.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71:1310-1322. 2023
- Promoting Specialty Diversity in Hospice and Palliative Medicine: A Call to Action.. Journal of pain and symptom management. 65:151-154. 2023
- Beyond In-Hospital Mortality: Use of Post-Discharge Quality-Metrics Provides A More Complete Picture of Older Adult Trauma Care.. Annals of surgery. 278:e314-e330. 2022
- Use of Palliative Interventions at End of Life for Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancer.. Annals of surgical oncology. 29:7281-7292. 2022
- Surgeon-reported Factors Influencing Adoption of Quality Standards for Goal-concordant Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Qualitative Study.. Annals of surgery. 277:e1000-e1005. 2022
- Geriatric surgical service interventions in older emergency general surgery patients: Preliminary results.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 70:2404-2414. 2022
- Predicting outcomes after traumatic brain injury: A novel hospital prediction model for a patient reported outcome.. American journal of surgery. 224:1150-1155. 2022
- Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the injury prevention research gap Delphi survey.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 93:367-375. 2022
- Multi-institutional Cohort Study of Elective Diverticulitis Surgery: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database Analysis to Identify Predictors of Non-home Discharge Among Older Adults.. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 26:1899-1908. 2022
- Long-Term Healthcare Expenditures Following Combat-Related Traumatic Brain Injury.. Military medicine. 187:513-517. 2022
- Association between Operative Time and Short-Term Radical Cystectomy Complications.. Urologia internationalis. 107:273-279. 2022
- Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults: Characteristics, Outcomes, and Considerations. Results From the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury (GERI-TBI) Multicenter Trial.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 23:568-575.e1. 2022
- Defining Referral Regions for Inpatient Trauma Care: The Utility of a Novel Geographic Definition.. The Journal of surgical research. 115-128. 2022
- Association of Trauma Center Designation With Postdischarge Survival Among Older Adults With Injuries.. JAMA network open. 5:-. 2022
- Comparison of Mortality Risk With Different Surgeon and Hospital Operative Volumes Among Individuals Undergoing Pancreatectomy by Emulating Target Trials in US Medicare Beneficiaries.. JAMA network open. 5:-. 2022
- Learning From England's Best Practice Tariff: Process Measure Pay-for-Performance Can Improve Hip Fracture Outcomes.. Annals of surgery. 275:506-514. 2022
- Which Geriatric Variables Most Strongly Inform Discharge Disposition After Emergency Surgery?. The Journal of surgical research. 224-231. 2022
- Association between Surgery, Anesthesia, and Obstetric Workforce and Emergent Surgical and Obstetric Mortality among United States Hospital Referral Regions.. Annals of surgery. 277:952-957. 2022
- Health-Care Utilization and Expenditures Associated with Long-Term Treatment After Combat and Non-Combat-Related Orthopaedic Trauma.. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume. 104:864-871. 2022
- Demographic Disparity in Use of Telemedicine for Ambulatory General Surgical Consultation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of the Initial Public Health Emergency and Second Phase Periods.. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 234:191-202. 2022
- Geospatial Analysis of Access to Emergency Cesarean Delivery for Military and Civilian Populations in the US.. JAMA network open. 5:-. 2022
- Analysis of Surgical Volume in Military Medical Treatment Facilities and Clinical Combat Readiness of US Military Surgeons.. JAMA surgery. 157:43-50. 2022
- Improving Serious Illness Care for Surgical Patients: Quality Indicators for Surgical Palliative Care.. Annals of surgery. 275:196-202. 2022
- The Long Road to Parenthood: Assisted Reproduction, Surrogacy, and Adoption Among US Surgeons.. Annals of surgery. 275:106-114. 2022
- In defense of Direct Care: Limiting access to military hospitals could worsen quality and safety.. Health services research. 57:723-733. 2021
- Beyond the Do-not-resuscitate Order: An Expanded Approach to Decision-making Regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Older Surgical Patients.. Anesthesiology. 135:781-787. 2021
- Incidence of Infertility and Pregnancy Complications in US Female Surgeons.. JAMA surgery. 156:905-915. 2021
- Long-term Mental Health Trajectories of Injured Military Servicemembers: Comparing Combat to Noncombat Related Injuries.. Annals of surgery. 277:506-511. 2021
- Long-term prescription opioid use among US military service members injured in combat.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 91:S213-S220. 2021
- Making your geriatric and palliative programs a strength: TQIP guideline implementation and the VRC perspective.. Trauma surgery & acute care open. 6:-. 2021
- Management of Pneumoperitoneum: Role and Limits of Nonoperative Treatment.. Annals of surgery. 274:146-154. 2021
- Perioperative Symptoms: A New Frontier for Surgical Palliative Care.. Annals of surgery. 274:e80-e81. 2021
- Empowering Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, and Obstetricians to Incorporate Environmental Sustainability in the Operating Room.. Annals of surgery. 273:1108-1114. 2021
- Patterns and Trends of Gun Violence Against Women in the United States.. Annals of surgery. 273:1115-1119. 2021
- The impact of delayed management of fall-related hip fracture management on health outcomes for African American older adults.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 90:942-950. 2021
- Is Medicaid expansion associated with increases in palliative treatments for metastatic cancer?. Journal of comparative effectiveness research. 10:733-741. 2021
- Older adults' perspectives 3 months after emergency general surgery highlight opportunities to improve care.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 69:2023-2025. 2021
- Identification of Plasma Proteome Signatures Associated With Surgery Using SOMAscan.. Annals of surgery. 273:732-742. 2021
- Leaning in Is Just the Beginning.. Annals of surgery. 273:623-624. 2021
- Quantifying lives lost due to variability in emergency general surgery outcomes: Why we need a national emergency general surgery quality improvement program.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 90:685-693. 2021
- The Relationship Between Surgeon Gender and Stress During the Covid-19 Pandemic.. Annals of surgery. 273:625-629. 2021
- Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Emergency Laparotomy Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: Part 1-Preoperative: Diagnosis, Rapid Assessment and Optimization.. World journal of surgery. 45:1272-1290. 2021
- The Hidden Costs of War: Healthcare Utilization Among Individuals Sustaining Combat-related Trauma (2007-2018).. Annals of surgery. 277:159-164. 2021
- Exploring the Experience of the Surgical Workforce During the Covid-19 Pandemic.. Annals of surgery. 273:e91-e96. 2021
- Clinical Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Boston.. Journal of general internal medicine. 36:1285-1291. 2021
- Strategies for spinal surgery reimbursement: bundling in the working-age population.. BMC health services research. 21:-. 2021
- In Response.. Anesthesia and analgesia. 132:e26-e27. 2021
- An Honest Look in the Mirror - Cultivating a Culture of Equity in Surgery.. Annals of surgery. 273:e1-e2. 2021
- Association of Frailty With Morbidity and Mortality in Emergency General Surgery by Procedural Risk Level.. JAMA surgery. 156:68-74. 2021
- Frailty Interdisciplinary Pathway: Compliance and Sustainability in a Level I Trauma Center.. Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses. 28:59-66. 2021
- Variation in Patient-Reported Advance Care Preferences in the Preoperative Setting.. Anesthesia and analgesia. 132:210-216. 2021
- Prevalence, Management, and Outcomes Related to Preoperative Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) in an Adult Surgical Population: Preoperative MOLST and Code Status Discussions.. Annals of surgery. 277:109-115. 2020
- Identifying Patient Characteristics Associated With Deficits in Surgical Decision Making.. Journal of patient safety. 16:284-288. 2020
- Preoperative Frailty Status and Intensity of End-of-Life Care Among Older Adults After Emergency Surgery.. Journal of pain and symptom management. 62:66-74.e3. 2020
- The Frailty Syndrome: A Critical Issue in Geriatric Oncology.. Critical care clinics. 37:151-174. 2020
- Association Between Patient-Reported Frailty and Non-Home Discharge Among Older Adults Undergoing Surgery.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68:2909-2913. 2020
- Older Adult Perspectives on Medical Decision Making and Emergency General Surgery: "It had to be Done.". Journal of pain and symptom management. 61:948-954. 2020
- Preoperative Depressive Symptoms Associated with Poor Functional Recovery after Surgery.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68:2814-2821. 2020
- The Surgical Health Services Research Agenda for the COVID-19 Pandemic.. Annals of surgery. 272:e226-e229. 2020
- Association of Billed Advance Care Planning with End-of-Life Care Intensity for 2017 Medicare Decedents.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68:1947-1953. 2020
- To Face Coronavirus Disease 2019, Surgeons Must Embrace Palliative Care.. JAMA surgery. 155:681-682. 2020
- Using Medicare Data to Identify Serious Illness in Older Surgical Patients.. Journal of pain and symptom management. 60:e101-e103. 2020
- Use of 90-day mortality does not change assessment of hospital quality after coronary artery bypass grafting in New York State.. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 163:676-682.e1. 2020
- Mortality and Health Care Utilization Among Medicare Patients Undergoing Emergency General Surgery vs Those With Acute Medical Conditions.. JAMA surgery. 155:216-223. 2020
- Care Discontinuity in Emergency General Surgery: Does Hospital Quality Matter?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 230:863-871. 2020
- The Impact of Frailty on Long-Term Patient-Oriented Outcomes after Emergency General Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68:1037-1043. 2020
- Effectiveness of a Question Prompt List Intervention for Older Patients Considering Major Surgery: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial.. JAMA surgery. 155:6-13. 2020
- National Study of Triage and Access to Trauma Centers for Older Adults.. Annals of emergency medicine. 75:125-135. 2019
- Variation in Serious Illness Communication among Surgical Patients Receiving Palliative Care.. Journal of palliative medicine. 23:411-414. 2019
- Natural Language Processing Accurately Measures Adherence to Best Practice Guidelines for Palliative Care in Trauma.. Journal of pain and symptom management. 59:225-232.e2. 2019
- Outcomes of a low-osmolar water-soluble contrast pathway in small bowel obstruction.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 87:630-635. 2019
- Postoperative Delirium and Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Overlap and Divergence.. Anesthesiology. 131:477-491. 2019
- Deficits in the Palliative Care Process Measures in Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Undergoing Operative and Invasive Nonoperative Palliative Procedures.. Annals of surgical oncology. 26:4204-4212. 2019
- Defining Serious Illness Among Adult Surgical Patients.. Journal of pain and symptom management. 58:844-850.e2. 2019
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Prevention Committee topical update: Impact of community violence exposure, intimate partner violence, hospital-based violence intervention, building community coalitions and injury prevention program evaluation.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 87:456-462. 2019
- Frailty Identification and Care Pathway: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Care for Older Trauma Patients.. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 228:852-859.e1. 2019
- Evidence-based review of trauma center care and routine palliative care processes for geriatric trauma patients; A collaboration from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Patient Assessment Committee, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Geriatric Trauma Committee, and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Guidelines Committee.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 86:737-743. 2019
- Quality Measures in Surgical Palliative Care: Adapting Existing Palliative Care Measures to Improve Care for Seriously Ill Surgical Patients.. Annals of surgery. 269:607-609. 2019
- Clinician-to-Clinician Communication of Patient Goals of Care Within a Surgical Intensive Care Unit.. The Journal of surgical research. 80-88. 2019
- Emergency general surgery procedures in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.. American journal of surgery. 218:972-977. 2019
- Implementation of Routine Cognitive Screening in the Preoperative Assessment Clinic.. A&A practice. 12:125-127. 2019
- Association of Care at Minority-Serving vs Non-Minority-Serving Hospitals With Use of Palliative Care Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities With Metastatic Cancer in the United States.. JAMA network open. 2:-. 2019
- Emergency general surgery in geriatric patients: How should we evaluate hospital experience?. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 86:189-195. 2019
- Sarcopenia as a tool for preoperative decision-making.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 86:377-379. 2019
- Prolonged ICU stay and its association with 1-year trauma mortality: An analysis of 19,000 American patients.. American journal of surgery. 218:21-26. 2019
- Do outcomes in emergency general surgery vary for minority patients based on surgeons' racial/ethnic case mix?. American journal of surgery. 218:42-46. 2019
- Dying Patient and Family Contributions to Nurse Distress in the ICU.. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 15:1459-1464. 2018
- Ethical considerations about emergent surgical hospitalizations in patients with advanced cancer.. Cancer. 124:4432-4434. 2018
- The impact of inpatient palliative care on end-of-life care among older trauma patients who die after hospital discharge.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 85:992-998. 2018
- Natural Language Processing to Assess End-of-Life Quality Indicators in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Surgery.. Journal of palliative medicine. 22:183-187. 2018
- Geriatric traumatic brain injury-What we know and what we don't.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 85:788-798. 2018
- High Burden of Palliative Care Needs of Older Adults During Emergency Major Abdominal Surgery.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 66:2072-2078. 2018
- Indicated But Not Always Appropriate: Surgery in Terminally Ill Patients With Abdominal Catastrophe.. Annals of surgery. 268:-. 2018
- Measuring Processes of Care in Palliative Surgery: A Novel Approach Using Natural Language Processing.. Annals of surgery. 267:823-825. 2018
- The impact of individual physicians on outcomes after trauma: is it the system or the surgeon?. The Journal of surgical research. 51-57. 2018
- Survival, Healthcare Utilization, and End-of-life Care Among Older Adults With Malignancy-associated Bowel Obstruction: Comparative Study of Surgery, Venting Gastrostomy, or Medical Management.. Annals of surgery. 267:692-699. 2018
- Increased hospice enrollment and decreased neurosurgical interventions without changes in mortality for older Medicare patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.. American journal of surgery. 215:1016-1019. 2018
- Beyond Pain: Nurses' Assessment of Patient Suffering, Dignity, and Dying in the Intensive Care Unit.. Journal of pain and symptom management. 55:1591-1598.e1. 2018
- End-of-Life Care in Older Patients After Serious or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Low-Mortality Hospitals Compared With All Other Hospitals.. JAMA surgery. 153:44-50. 2018
- Palliative Care in Surgery: Defining the Research Priorities.. Annals of surgery. 267:66-72. 2018
- The "mortality ascent": Hourly risk of death for hemodynamically unstable trauma patients at Level II versus Level I trauma centers.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 84:139-145. 2018
- Impact of Public Reporting of 30-day Mortality on Timing of Death after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.. Anesthesiology. 127:953-960. 2017
- Sarcopenia increases risk of long-term mortality in elderly patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 83:1179-1186. 2017
- Do Transferred Patients Increase the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Trauma Centers?. The American surgeon. 83:1241-1245. 2017
- Training Surgeons and Anesthesiologists to Facilitate End-of-Life Conversations With Patients and Families: A Systematic Review of Existing Educational Models.. Journal of surgical education. 75:702-721. 2017
- Preoperative Counseling in Salvage Total Laryngectomy: Content Analysis of Electronic Medical Records.. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 157:641-647. 2017
- Association Between Race and Postoperative Outcomes in a Universally Insured Population Versus Patients in the State of California.. Annals of surgery. 266:267-273. 2017
- Intraoperative cholangiography during cholecystectomy among hospitalized medicare beneficiaries with non-neoplastic biliary disease.. American journal of surgery. 214:682-686. 2017
- Occupational Variation in End-of-Life Care Intensity.. The American journal of hospice & palliative care. 35:377-383. 2017
- Navigating high-risk surgery: protocol for a multisite, stepped wedge, cluster-randomised trial of a question prompt list intervention to empower older adults to ask questions that inform treatment decisions.. BMJ open. 7:-. 2017
- "Taking over somebody's life": Experiences of surrogate decision-makers in the surgical intensive care unit.. Surgery. 162:453-460. 2017
- The Cambia Sojourns Scholars Leadership Program: Conversations with Emerging Leaders in Palliative Care.. Journal of palliative medicine. 20:804-812. 2017
- Erratum to "Postdischarge complications following nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury" [Am J Surg 211 (4) (2016) 744-749].. American journal of surgery. 216:186-187. 2017
- Major trauma in the older patient: Evolving trauma care beyond management of bumps and bruises.. Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA. 29:450-455. 2017
- Inferring Palliative Intent From Administrative Data: Validation of a Claims-Based Case Definition for Venting Gastrostomy Tube.. Journal of pain and symptom management. 53:e3-e5. 2017
- Trajectory of Functional Recovery After Postoperative Delirium in Elective Surgery.. Annals of surgery. 265:647-653. 2017
- Palliative Care in Surgery: Defining the Research Priorities.. Journal of palliative medicine. 20:702-709. 2017
- Hospital Factors Associated With Care Discontinuity Following Emergency General Surgery.. JAMA surgery. 152:242-249. 2017
- A position paper: The convergence of aging and injury and the need for a Geriatric Trauma Coalition (GeriTraC).. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 82:419-422. 2017
- Patient-reported Limitations to Surgical Buy-in: A Qualitative Study of Patients Facing High-risk Surgery.. Annals of surgery. 265:97-102. 2017
- Comparison of Frailty Measures as Predictors of Outcomes After Orthopedic Surgery.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 64:2464-2471. 2016
- Utility of the "Surprise" Question in Predicting Survival among Older Patients with Acute Surgical Conditions.. Journal of palliative medicine. 20:420-423. 2016
- Preoperative assessment of surgical risk: creation of a scoring tool to estimate 1-year mortality after emergency abdominal surgery in the elderly patient.. American journal of surgery. 213:771-777.e1. 2016
- Elder abuse: Paucity of data hampers evidence-based injury prevention.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 81:603-5. 2016
- Using a Palliative Care Framework for Seriously Ill Surgical Patients: The Example of Malignant Bowel Obstruction.. JAMA surgery. 151:695-6. 2016
- Leveraging the Preoperative Clinic to Engage Older Patients in Shared Decision Making About Complex Surgery: An Illustrative Case.. A & A case reports. 7:30-2. 2016
- The obesity paradox in patients with severe soft tissue infections.. American journal of surgery. 214:385-389. 2016
- Response to mass casualty events: from the battlefield to the Stop the Bleed campaign.. Trauma surgery & acute care open. 1:-. 2016
- How long should we fear? Long-term risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with traumatic brain injury.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 81:71-8. 2016
- An Agenda for Improving Perioperative Code Status Discussion.. A & A case reports. 6:411-5. 2016
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma statement on firearm injuries.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 80:-. 2016
- Intensity of treatment, end-of-life care, and mortality for older patients with severe traumatic brain injury.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 80:998-1004. 2016
- Racial disparities in emergency general surgery: Do differences in outcomes persist among universally insured military patients?. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 80:764-75; discussion 775-7. 2016
- Surgeons' Perspectives on Avoiding Nonbeneficial Treatments in Seriously Ill Older Patients with Surgical Emergencies: A Qualitative Study.. Journal of palliative medicine. 19:529-37. 2016
- A Model for Better Leveraging the Point of Preoperative Assessment: Patients and Providers Look Beyond Operative Indications When Making Decisions.. A & A case reports. 6:241-8. 2016
- Defining Rates and Risk Factors for Readmissions Following Emergency General Surgery.. JAMA surgery. 151:330-6. 2016
- Never giving up: outcomes and presentation of emergency general surgery in geriatric octogenarian and nonagenarian patients.. American journal of surgery. 212:211-220.e3. 2016
- The High Burden of Palliative Care Needs among Older Emergency General Surgery Patients.. Journal of palliative medicine. 19:352-3. 2016
- Integrating Geriatric Consults into Routine Care of Older Trauma Patients: One-Year Experience of a Level I Trauma Center.. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 222:1029-35. 2016
- Evaluation of the Perceived Association Between Resident Turnover and the Outcomes of Patients Who Undergo Emergency General Surgery: Questioning the July Phenomenon.. JAMA surgery. 151:217-24. 2016
- Does Hospital Experience Rather than Volume Improve Outcomes in Geriatric Trauma Patients?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 223:32-40.e1. 2016
- Comparing Readmissions and Infectious Complications of Blunt Splenic Injuries Using a Statewide Database.. Surgical infections. 17:191-7. 2016
- Palliative Care Interventions for Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review.. JAMA surgery. 151:172-83. 2016
- Are appendectomy outcomes in level I trauma centers as good as we think?. The Journal of surgical research. 202:239-45. 2016
- End-of-Life Care Intensity for Physicians, Lawyers, and the General Population.. JAMA. 315:303-5. 2016
- Explaining the excess morbidity of emergency general surgery: packed red blood cell and fresh frozen plasma transfusion practices are associated with major complications in nonmassively transfused patients.. American journal of surgery. 211:656-663.e4. 2016
- Postdischarge complications following nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury.. American journal of surgery. 211:744-749.e1. 2016
- Recommendations for Best Communication Practices to Facilitate Goal-concordant Care for Seriously Ill Older Patients With Emergency Surgical Conditions.. Annals of surgery. 263:1-6. 2016
- The truth about trauma readmissions.. American journal of surgery. 211:649-55. 2015
- Whatever happens to trauma patients who leave against medical advice?. American journal of surgery. 211:677-83. 2015
- The elderly patient with spinal injury: treat or transfer?. The Journal of surgical research. 202:58-65. 2015
- The Successful Aging after Elective Surgery (SAGES) Study: Cohort Description and Data Quality Procedures.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63:2463-2471. 2015
- Predictors of Mortality Up to 1 Year After Emergency Major Abdominal Surgery in Older Adults.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63:2572-2579. 2015
- A Conceptual Framework for Appropriateness in Surgical Care: Reviewing Past Approaches and Looking Ahead to Patient-centered Shared Decision Making.. Anesthesiology. 123:1450-4. 2015
- Controversies in anaesthesia for noncardiac surgery in older adults.. British journal of anaesthesia. 115 Suppl 2:ii15-25. 2015
- Effect of Delirium and Other Major Complications on Outcomes After Elective Surgery in Older Adults.. JAMA surgery. 150:1134-40. 2015
- How Many Midnights?: Admission Status for Elders With Small Bowel Obstruction.. Annals of surgery. 262:904-6. 2015
- Emergency Major Abdominal Surgical Procedures in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Mortality and Functional Outcomes.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63:2563-2571. 2015
- Thirty-Day Mortality After Lobectomy in Elderly Patients Eligible for Lung Cancer Screening.. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 101:541-6. 2015
- Mortality and Readmission After Cervical Fracture from a Fall in Older Adults: Comparison with Hip Fracture Using National Medicare Data.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63:2036-42. 2015
- Mortality after emergency surgery continues to rise after discharge in the elderly: Predictors of 1-year mortality.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 79:349-58. 2015
- Outcomes after emergency abdominal surgery in patients with advanced cancer: Opportunities to reduce complications and improve palliative care.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 79:399-406. 2015
- The effect of cirrhosis on the risk for failure of nonoperative management of blunt liver injuries.. Surgery. 158:1676-85. 2015
- The Language of Delirium: Keywords for Identifying Delirium from Medical Records.. Journal of gerontological nursing. 41:34-42. 2015
- Injury in the aged: Geriatric trauma care at the crossroads.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. 78:1197-209. 2015
- BWH emergency radiology-surgical correlation: intraperitoneal urinary bladder rupture.. Emergency radiology. 22:713-6. 2015
- Training surgical residents for a career in academic global surgery: a novel training model.. Journal of surgical education. 72:e104-10. 2015
- Trauma systems are associated with increased level 3 trauma centers.. The Journal of surgical research. 198:489-93. 2015
- "And I think that we can fix it": mental models used in high-risk surgical decision making.. Annals of surgery. 261:678-84. 2015
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