Search Results - "SKARDA, David"

Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis in children treated at US children's hospitals by Pruitt, Liese C.C., Skarda, David E., Rollins, Michael D., Bucher, Brian T.

“…The incidence of and risk factors for Hirschsprung's-associated enterocolitis (HAEC) following pull-through have been limited to single institutions studies…”
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Concurrent SARS-COV-19 and acute appendicitis: Management and outcomes across United States children’s hospitals by Iantorno, Stephanie E., Skarda, David E., Bucher, Brian T.

“…Nonoperative management of acute appendicitis is a safe and effective alternative to appendectomy, though rates of treatment failure and disease recurrence are…”
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Prescription vs. consumption: Opioid overprescription to children after common surgical procedures by Pruitt, Liese C.C., Swords, Douglas S., Russell, Katie W., Rollins, Michael D., Skarda, David E.

“…In the setting of a national opioid epidemic there are concerns about routine overprescription of opioids postoperatively in both children and adults, which…”
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Disparities in utilization of treatment for clinical stage I-II pancreatic adenocarcinoma by area socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity by Swords, Douglas S., Mulvihill, Sean J., Brooke, Benjamin S., Skarda, David E., Firpo, Matthew A., Scaife, Courtney L.

“…Utilization of multimodality therapy for clinical stage I-II pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is associated with meaningful prolongation of survival. Although…”
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One hospital, one appendectomy: The cost effectiveness of a standardized doctor's preference card by Skarda, David E, Rollins, Michael, Andrews, Seth, McFadden, Molly, Barnhart, Doug, Meyers, Rebecka, Scaife, Eric

“…Abstract Purpose Appendicitis in children provides a unique opportunity to explore changes that reduce variation, reduce cost, and improve value. In this study…”
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Outcomes After Laparoscopic Gastrostomy Suture Techniques in Children by Mason, Cameron A., Skarda, David E., Bucher, Brian T.

“…There are various suture techniques used during laparoscopic gastrostomy to secure the stomach to the anterior abdominal wall. However, it remains unclear…”
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Cessation of Antibiotics for Complicated Appendicitis at Discharge Does Not Increase Risk of Post-operative Infection by Russell, Katie W., Skarda, David E., Jones, Trahern W., Barnhart, Douglas C., Short, Scott S.

“…The utilization of home antibiotic therapy following surgery for complicated pediatric appendicitis is highly variable. In 2019, we stopped home antibiotic…”
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Decreased incidence of Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis during COVID-19 across United States Children's hospitals by Iantorno, Stephanie E., Short, Scott S., Skarda, David E., Rollins, Michael D., Bucher, Brian T.

“…The Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic provided a natural experiment to study the effect of social distancing on the risk of developing Hirschsprung's…”
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Portable Automated Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections Using Natural Language Processing: Development and Validation by Bucher, Brian T., Shi, Jianlin, Ferraro, Jeffrey P., Skarda, David E., Samore, Matthew H., Hurdle, John F., Gundlapalli, Adi V., Chapman, Wendy W., Finlayson, Samuel R. G.

“…OBJECTIVES:We present the development and validation of a portable NLP approach for automated surveillance of SSIs. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The surveillance…”
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Postdischarge Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pediatric Appendicitis: A Mediation Analysis by Iantorno, Stephanie E., Ulugia, Julius G., Kastenberg, Zachary J., Skarda, David E., Bucher, Brian T.

“…Significant racial and ethnic disparities exist for children presenting with acute appendicitis; however, it is unknown if disparities persist after initial…”
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Opioid Prescribing and Use in Ambulatory Otolaryngology by Pruitt, Liese C. C., Casazza, Geoffrey C., Newberry, C. Ian, Cardon, Ryan, Ramirez, Alexander, Krakovitz, Paul R., Meier, Jeremy D., Skarda, David E.

“…Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate surgeon‐prescribing patterns and opioid use for patients undergoing common otolaryngology surgeries. We…”
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Implementation of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Opioid Prescribing in General Surgery by Pruitt, Liese C.C., Swords, Douglas S., Vijayakumar, Sathya, Ostlund, Barbara, Prochazka, Jeannette, Richards, Nathan G., Bucher, Brian T., Skarda, David E.

“…There is increasing need to avoid excess opioid prescribing after surgery. We prospectively assessed overprescription in our hospital system and used these…”
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Optimizing patient selection for ECMO after pediatric hypothermic cardiac arrest by Scaife, Jack H., Hewes, Hilary A., Iantorno, Stephanie E., Clinker, Christopher E., Fenton, Stephen J., Skarda, David E., Kastenberg, Zachary J., Swendiman, Robert A., Russell, Katie W.

“…•What is already known on this topic?.•A 10 % HOPE score cutoff has been shown to identify adult patients unlikely to benefit from ECMO cardiac arrest…”
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Pediatric Surgeon Perceptions on Operating Room Environmental Stewardship and Current Institutional Climate-Smart Actions by Sullivan, Gwyneth A., Reiter, Audra J., Smith, Charesa, Glick, Richard D., Skarda, David E., Le, Hau D., Gow, Kenneth W., Rich, Barrie S., Raval, Mehul V.

“…Operating rooms generate significant greenhouse gas emissions. Our objective was to assess current institutional climate-smart actions and pediatric surgeon…”
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Natural language processing for the surveillance of postoperative venous thromboembolism by Shi, Jianlin, Hurdle, John F., Johnson, Stacy A., Ferraro, Jeffrey P., Skarda, David E., Finlayson, Samuel R.G., Samore, Matthew H., Bucher, Brian T.

“…The objective of this study was to develop a portal natural language processing approach to aid in the identification of postoperative venous thromboembolism…”
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Hospital-level Variation in Utilization of Surgery for Clinical Stage I-II Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma by Swords, Douglas S, Mulvihill, Sean J, Skarda, David E, Finlayson, Samuel R G, Stoddard, Gregory J, Ott, Mark J, Firpo, Matthew A, Scaife, Courtney L

“…OBJECTIVE:To (1) evaluate rates of surgery for clinical stage I-II pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), (2) identify predictors of not undergoing surgery,…”
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Upper aerodigestive injuries from detergent ingestion in children by Sjogren, Phayvanh P., Skarda, David E., Park, Albert H.

“…Objectives To describe the clinical presentations and management of detergent pod ingestion at a tertiary children's hospital. Study Design Case series…”
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Impact of consolidation of cases on post-operative outcomes for index pediatric surgery cases by Pruitt, Liese C.C., Skarda, David E., Barnhart, Douglas C., Bucher, Brian T.

“…The effect of the consolidation of neonatal pediatric surgical cases to limited surgeons within a hospital is unknown. We elected to model the distribution of…”
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Dollars and Sense: The Business of Pediatric Surgery by Skarda, David E., Danko, Melissa E., Glick, Richard D., Guner, Yigit S., Le, Hau D., Rich, Barrie S., Robertson, Daniel J., Short, Scott S., Weiss, Richard G., Van Arendonk, Kyle J., Raval, Mehul V.

“…This study evaluated North American pediatric surgeons’ opinions and knowledge of business and economics in medicine and their perceptions of trends in their…”
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Paravertebral regional blocks decrease length of stay following surgery for pectus excavatum in children by Loftus, Patrick D, Elder, Craig T, Russell, Katie W, Spanos, Stephen P, Barnhart, Douglas C, Scaife, Eric R, Skarda, David E, Rollins, Michael D, Meyers, Rebecka L

“…Abstract Purpose Management of postoperative pain following repair of pectus excavatum has traditionally included thoracic epidural analgesia, narcotics, and…”
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