Search Results - "Phelan, Herb A."

The Parkland grading scale for cholecystitis by Madni, Tarik D, Leshikar, David E, Minshall, Christian T, Nakonezny, Paul A, Cornelius, Canon C, Imran, Jonathan B, Clark, Audra T, Williams, Brian H, Eastman, Alexander L, Minei, Joseph P, Phelan, Herb A, Cripps, Michael W

“…Abstract Background Gallbladders (GBs) with severe inflammation have longer operative times and an increased risk for complications. We propose a grading…”
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Clinical and mechanistic drivers of acute traumatic coagulopathy by Cohen, Mitchell Jay, Kutcher, Matt, Redick, Britt, Nelson, Mary, Call, Mariah, Knudson, M Margaret, Schreiber, Martin A, Bulger, Eileen M, Muskat, Peter, Alarcon, Louis H, Myers, John G, Rahbar, Mohammad H, Brasel, Karen J, Phelan, Herb A, del Junco, Deborah J, Fox, Erin E, Wade, Charles E, Holcomb, John B, Cotton, Bryan A, Matijevic, Nena

“…Acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) occurs after severe injury and shock and is associated with increased bleeding, morbidity, and mortality. The effects of ATC…”
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Assessing Upper-Extremity Motion: An Innovative, Objective Method to Identify Frailty in Older Bed-Bound Trauma Patients by Toosizadeh, Nima, PhD, Joseph, Bellal, MD, FACS, Heusser, Michelle R., BSc, Orouji Jokar, Tahereh, MD, Mohler, Jane, PhD, Phelan, Herb A., MD, FACS, Najafi, Bijan, PhD

“…Background Despite increasing evidence that assessing frailty facilitates medical decision-making, a quick and clinically simple frailty assessment tool is not…”
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Mechanism matters: mortality and endothelial cell damage marker differences between blunt and penetrating traumatic injuries across three prehospital clinical trials by Donohue, Jack K., Gruen, Danielle S., Iyanna, Nidhi, Lorence, John M., Brown, Joshua B., Guyette, Francis X., Daley, Brian J., Eastridge, Brian J., Miller, Richard S., Nirula, Raminder, Harbrecht, Brian G., Claridge, Jeffrey A., Phelan, Herb A., Vercruysse, Gary A., O’Keeffe, Terence, Joseph, Bellal, Neal, Matthew D., Billiar, Timothy R., Sperry, Jason L.

“…Injury mechanism is an important consideration when conducting clinical trials in trauma. Mechanisms of injury may be associated with differences in mortality…”
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Predicting In-Hospital and 1-Year Mortality in Geriatric Trauma Patients Using Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score by Ahl, Rebecka, MA(Cantab), MB BChir, Phelan, Herb A., MD, MSCS, FACS, Dogan, Sinan, MD, Cao, Yang, PhD, Cook, Allyson C., MD, Mohseni, Shahin, MD, PhD

“…Background The Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score (GTOS; [age] + [2.5 × Injury Severity Score] + 22 [if packed RBC transfused within ≤24 hours of admission]), was…”
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Time to first take-back operation predicts successful primary fascial closure in patients undergoing damage control laparotomy by Pommerening, Matthew J., MD, DuBose, Joseph J., MD, Zielinski, Martin D., MD, Phelan, Herb A., MD, Scalea, Thomas M., MD, Inaba, Kenji, MD, Velmahos, George C., MD, Whelan, James F., MD, Wade, Charles E., PhD, Holcomb, John B., MD, Cotton, Bryan A., MD, MPH

“…Background Failure to achieve primary fascial closure (PFC) after damage control laparotomy is costly and carries great morbidity. We hypothesized that time…”
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Do acute-care surgeons follow best practices for breast abscess management? A single-institution analysis of 325 consecutive cases by Barron, Alison Unzeitig, MD, Luk, Stephen, MD, Phelan, Herb A., MD, Williams, Brian H., MD

“…Abstract Background The breast surgery community has adopted needle aspiration as the standard of care for breast abscesses, which have a size less than 5 cm…”
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A comparison of prognosis calculators for geriatric trauma: A Prognostic Assessment of Life and Limitations After Trauma in the Elderly consortium study by Madni, Tarik David, Ekeh, Akpofure Peter, Brakenridge, Scott C, Brasel, Karen J, Joseph, Bellal, Inaba, Kenji, Bruns, Brandon R, Kerby, Jeffrey D, Cuschieri, Joseph, Mohler, M Jane, Nakonezny, Paul A, Clark, Audra, Imran, Jonathan, Wolf, Steven E, Paulk, M Elizabeth, Rhodes, Ramona L, Phelan, 3rd, Herb A

“…The nine-center Prognostic Assessment of Life and Limitations After Trauma in the Elderly consortium has validated the Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score (GTOS) as…”
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Perioperative Use of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and the Risk of Anastomotic Failure in Emergency General Surgery by Haddad, Nadeem N, Bruns, Brandon R, Enniss, Toby M, Turay, David, Sakran, Joseph V, Fathalizadeh, Alisan, Arnold, Kristen, Murry, Jason S, Carrick, Matthew M, Hernandez, Matthew, Lauerman, Margaret H, Zielinski, Martin D

“…Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used analgesic and anti-inflammatory adjuncts. NSAID administration may potentially increase the…”
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Predictors of a Histopathologic Diagnosis of Complicated Appendicitis by Imran, Jonathan B., MD, Madni, Tarik D., MD, Minshall, Christian T., MD, PhD, Mokdad, Ali A., MD, Subramanian, Madhu, MD, Clark, Audra T., MD, Phelan, Herb A., MD, Cripps, Michael W., MD

“…Abstract Background Despite its utilization, the intraoperative (IO) assessment of complicated appendicitis (CA) is subjective. The histopathologic (HP)…”
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Future Therapies in Burn Resuscitation by Hodgman, Erica I., MD, Subramanian, Madhu, MD, Arnoldo, Brett D., MD, Phelan, Herb A., MD, Wolf, Steven E., MD

“…Since the 1940s, the resuscitation of burn patients has evolved with dramatic improvements in mortality. The most significant achievement remains the creation…”
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Characterization of adverse events in injured patients at risk of hemorrhagic shock: a secondary analysis of three harmonized prehospital randomized clinical trials by Lorence, John M, Donohue, Jack K, Iyanna, Nidhi, Guyette, Francis X, Gimbel, Elizabeth, Brown, Joshua B, Daley, Brian J, Eastridge, Brian J, Miller, Richard S, Nirula, Raminder, Harbrecht, Brian G, Claridge, Jeffrey A, Phelan, Herb A, Vercruysse, Gary, O'Keeffe, Terence, Joseph, Bellal, Neal, Matthew D, Sperry, Jason L

“…BackgroundThe reporting of adverse events (AEs) is required and well defined in the execution of clinical trials, but is poorly characterized particularly in…”
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An analysis of omitting biliary tract imaging in 668 subjects admitted to an acute care surgery service with biochemical evidence of choledocholithiasis by Riggle, Andrew J., M.D, Cripps, Michael W., M.D, Liu, Laindy, B.A, Subramanian, Madhu, M.D, Nakonezny, Paul A., Ph.D, Wolf, Steven E., M.D, Phelan, Herb A., M.D., M.S.C.S

“…Abstract Background No consensus exists for the timing and utility of biliary imaging in patients with preoperative concern for choledocholithiasis. Methods…”
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Establishing benchmarks for the management of elevated liver enzymes and/or dilated biliary trees in an urban safety net hospital: analysis of 915 subjects by Liu, Laindy, B.A, Cripps, Michael W., M.D, Riggle, Andrew J., M.D, Wolf, Steven E., M.D, Nakonezny, Paul A., Ph.D, Phelan, Herb A., M.D., M.S.C.S

“…Abstract Background The push for public reporting of outcomes necessitates relevant benchmarks for disease states across different settings. This study…”
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Pharmacologic venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after traumatic brain injury: a critical literature review by Phelan, Herb A

“…Despite the frequency and morbidity of venous thromboembolism (VTE) development after traumatic brain injury (TBI), no national standard of care exists to…”
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Age of thawed plasma does not affect clinical outcomes or biomarker expression in patients receiving prehospital thawed plasma: a PAMPer secondary analysis by Reitz, Katherine M, Gruen, Danielle S, Guyette, Frances, Brown, Joshua B, Yazer, Mark H, Vodovotz, Yoram, Johanssen, Pär I, Stensballe, Jakob, Daley, Brian, Miller, Richard S, Harbrecht, Brian G, Claridge, Jeffrey, Phelan, Herb A, Neal, Matthew D, Zuckerbraun, Brian S, Sperry, Jason L

“…BackgroundPrehospital plasma administration during air medical transport reduces the endotheliopathy of trauma, circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines, and…”
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Prehospital Blood Product and Crystalloid Resuscitation in the Severely Injured Patient: A Secondary Analysis of the Prehospital Air Medical Plasma Trial by Guyette, Francis X., Sperry, Jason L., Peitzman, Andrew B., Billiar, Timothy R., Daley, Brian J., Miller, Richard S., Harbrecht, Brian G., Claridge, Jeffrey A., Putnam, Tyler, Duane, Therese M., Phelan, Herb A., Brown, Joshua B.

“…MINIHemorrhage is the primary cause of preventable trauma death. Secondary analyses of scene patients from the PAMPer trial demonstrated that prehospital…”
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Prestorage leukoreduction abrogates the detrimental effect of aging on packed red cells transfused after trauma: a prospective cohort study by Phelan, Herb A., M.D., F.A.C.S, Eastman, Alexander L., M.D, Aldy, Kim, M.S, Carroll, Elizabeth A., B.S, Nakonezny, Paul A., Ph.D, Jan, Tiffany, B.S, Howard, Jessi L., B.S, Chen, Yixiao, B.S, Friese, Randall S., M.D., F.A.C.S, Minei, Joseph P., M.D., F.A.C.S

“…Abstract Background The aim of this study was to prospectively duplicate previous retrospective findings showing that prestorage leukoreduction blunts the…”
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Emergency general surgery specific frailty index: A validation study by Orouji Jokar, Tahereh, Ibraheem, Kareem, Rhee, Peter, Kulavatunyou, Narong, Haider, Ansab, Phelan, Herb A, Fain, Mindy, Mohler, Martha Jane, Joseph, Bellal

“…Assessment of operative risk in geriatric patients undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS) is challenging. Frailty is an established measure for risk…”
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Association of Prehospital Plasma Transfusion With Survival in Trauma Patients With Hemorrhagic Shock When Transport Times Are Longer Than 20 Minutes: A Post Hoc Analysis of the PAMPer and COMBAT Clinical Trials by Pusateri, Anthony E, Moore, Ernest E, Moore, Hunter B, Le, Tuan D, Guyette, Francis X, Chapman, Michael P, Sauaia, Angela, Ghasabyan, Arsen, Chandler, James, McVaney, Kevin, Brown, Joshua B, Daley, Brian J, Miller, Richard S, Harbrecht, Brian G, Claridge, Jeffrey A, Phelan, Herb A, Witham, William R, Putnam, A Tyler, Sperry, Jason L

“…Both military and civilian clinical practice guidelines include early plasma transfusion to achieve a plasma to red cell ratio approaching 1:1 to 1:2. However,…”
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