View a select listing of recent publications from the investigators at the Center for Outcomes & Patient Safety in Surgery (COMPASS).
Published in 2021
- Lissak IA, Locascio JJ, Zafar SF, Schleicher RL, Patel AB, Leslie-Mazwi T, Stapleton CJ, Koch MJ, Kim JA, Anderson K, Rosand J, Westover MB, Kimberly WT, Rosenthal ES. Electroencephalography, Hospital Complications, and Longitudinal Outcomes After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2021 Oct;35(2):397-408. doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-01177-x
- El Hechi MW, Nour Eddine SA, Maurer LR, Kaafarani HMA. Leveraging Interpretable Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict Postoperative Patient Outcomes on Mobile Devices. Surgery. 2021 Apr;169(4):750-754. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.06.049
- Mehta SA, Rana MM, Motter JD, Small CB, Pereira MR, Stosor V, Elias N, Haydel B, Florman S, Odim J, Morsheimer M, Robien M, Massie AB, Brown D, Boyarsky BJ, Garonzik-Wang J, Tobian AAR, Werbel WA, Segev DL, Durand CM; HOPE in Action Investigators. Incidence and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients With HIV: Report From the National HOPE in Action Consortium. 2021 Jan 1;105(1):216-224. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003527
- Alser O, Naar L, Christensen MA, Saillant N, Parks J, Mendoza A, Fagenholz P, King D, Kaafarani HMA, Velmahos GC, Fawley J. Preoperative Frailty Predicts Postoperative Outcomes in Intestinal-Cutaneous Fistula Repair. 2021 May;169(5):1199-1205. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.018
- El Moheb M, Herrera-Escobar JP, Breen K, Orlas C, Haynes AN, Levy-Carrick NC, Nehra D, Sanchez SE, Salim A, Velmahos G, Kaafarani HMA. Long-Term Outcomes of Psychoactive Drug Use in Trauma Patients: A Multicenter Patient-Reported Outcomes Study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Feb 1;90(2):319-324. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003032
- Maurer LR, Bertsimas D, Bouardi HT, El Hechi M, El Moheb M, Giannoutsou K, Zhuo D, Dunn J, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA. Trauma Outcome Predictor: An Artificial Intelligence Interactive Smartphone Tool to Predict Outcomes in Trauma Patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Jul 1;91(1):93-99. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003158
- Alser O, Mokhtari A, Naar L, Langeveld K, Breen KA, El Moheb M, Kapoen C, Gaitanidis A, Christensen MA, Maurer LR, Mashbari H, Bankhead-Kendall B, Parks J, Fawley J, Saillant N, Mendoza A, Paranjape C, Fagenholz P, King D, Lee J, Farhat MR, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA. Multisystem Outcomes and Predictors of Mortality in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19: Demographics and Disease Acuity Matter More than Comorbidities or Treatment Modalities. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 May 1;90(5):880-890. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003085
- Christensen MA, Gaitanidis A, Parks J, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Kaafarani HMA, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Fawley J. Thirty-Day Outcomes in the Operative Management of Intestinal-Cutaneous Fistulas: A NSQIP Analysis. Am J Surg. 2021 May;221(5):1050-1055. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.08.038
- Philp L, Alimena S, Ferris W, Saini A, Bregar AJ, Del Carmen MG, Eisenhauer EL, Growdon WB, Goodman A, Dorney K, Mazina V, Sisodia RC. Patient Reported Outcomes After Risk-Reducing Surgery in Patients at Increased Risk of Ovarian Cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2021 Dec 22:S0090-8258(21)01674-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2021.12.017
- Sridharan V, Mino-Kenudson M, Cleary JM, Rahma OE, Perez K, Clark JW, Clancy TE, Rubinson DA, Goyal L, Bazerbachi F, Visrodia KH, Qadan M, Parikh A, Ferrone CR, Casey BW, Fernandez-Del Castillo C, Ryan DP, Lillemoe KD, Warshaw AL, Krishnan K, Hernandez-Barco YG. Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma: A Multi-Center Series on Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes. Pancreatology. 2021 May 15:S1424-3903(21)00162-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2021.05.011
- El Hechi M, Gebran A, Bouardi HT, Maurer LR, El Moheb M, Zhuo D, Dunn J, Bertsimas D, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA. Validation of the Artificial Intelligence-Based Trauma Outcomes Predictor (TOP) in Patients 65 Years and Older. Surgery. 2021 Dec 23:S0039-6060(21)01154-5. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.11.016
- Schnickel GT, Greenstein S, Berumen JA, Elias N, Sudan DL, Conzen KD, Mekeel KL, Foley DP, Hirose R, Parekh JR. Understanding the Impact of Pneumonia and Other Complications in Elderly Liver Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of NSQIP Transplant. Transplant Direct. 2021 Apr 23;7(5):e692. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001151
- Sokas C, Herrera-Escobar JP, Klepp T, Stanek E, Kaafarani H, Salim A, Nehra D, Cooper Z. Impact of Chronic Illness on Functional Outcomes and Quality of Life Among Injured Older Adults. Injury. 2021 Sep;52(9):2638-2644. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.03.052
- AlSowaiegh R, Naar L, El Moheb M, Parks JJ, Fawley J, Mendoza AE, Saillant NN, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA. The Emergency Surgery Score is a Powerful Predictor of Outcomes Across Multiple Surgical Specialties: Results of a Retrospective Nationwide Analysis. Surgery. 2021 Nov;170(5):1501-1507. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.05.040
- El Hechi MW, Maurer LR, Levine J, Zhuo D, El Moheb M, Velmahos GC, Dunn J, Bertsimas D, Kaafarani HM. Validation of the Artificial Intelligence-Based Predictive Optimal Trees in Emergency Surgery Risk (POTTER) Calculator in Emergency General Surgery and Emergency Laparotomy Patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Jun;232(6):912-919.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.02.009
- Spanyer J, Barber LA, Lands H, Brown A, Bouxsein M, Heng M, Yakkanti M. Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Atypical Femur Fractures: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. JBMR Plus. 2021 Sep 30;5(11):e10514. doi: 10.1002/jbm4.10514
- Karhade AV, Bono CM, Schwab JH, Tobert DG. Minimum Clinically Important Difference: A Metric That Matters in the Age of Patient-Reported Outcomes. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2021 Dec 15;103(24):2331-2337. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.21.00773
- El Hechi M, Kongkaewpaisan N, El Moheb M, Aicher B, Diaz J Jr, OʼMeara L, Decker C, Rodriquez J, Schroeppel T, Rattan R, Vasileiou G, Yeh DD, Simonosk U, Turay D, Cullinane D, Emmert C, McCrum M, Wall N, Badach J, Goldenberg-Sanda A, Carmichael H, Velopulos C, Choron R, Sakran J, Bekdache K, Black G, Shoultz T, Chadnick Z, Sim V, Madbak F, Steadman D, Camazine M, Zielinski M, Hardman C, Walusimbi M, Kim M, Rodier S, Papadopoulos V, Tsoulfas G, Perez J, Kaafarani H. The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) and Outcomes in Elderly Patients Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy: A Post-Hoc Analysis of an EAST Multicenter Study. Am J Surg. 2021 May;221(5):1069-1075. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.08.039
- El Moheb M, Sabbagh H, Badin D, Mahmoud T, Karam B, El Hechi MW, Kaafarani HM. Appraising the Quality of Reporting of American College of Surgeons NSQIP Emergency General Surgery Studies. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 May;232(5):671-680. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.01.012
Published in 2020
- Albutt K, Luckhurst C, Alba G, Hechi M, Mokhtari A, Breen K, Wing J, Akeju O, Kalva S, Mullen J, Lillemoe K, Kaafarani H. Design and Impact of a COVID-19 Multidisciplinary Bundled Procedure Team. Annals of Surgery. 2020 Aug. 27. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004089
- Kaafarani H, El Moheb M, Hwabejire J, Naar L, Christensen M, Breen K, Gaitanidis A, Alser O, Mashbari H, Bankhead-Kendall B, Mokhtari A, Maurer L, Kapoen C, Langeveld K, El Hechi M, Lee J, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Parks J, Fawley J, King D, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G. Gastrointestinal Complications in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19. Annals of Surgery. 2020 Aug. 27. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004004
- Kaafarani H, Han K, El Moheb M, Kongkaewpaisan N, Jia Z, El Hechi M, van Wijck S, Breen K, Eid A, Rodriguez G, Kongwibulwut M, Nordestgaard A, Sakran J, Ezzeddine H, Joseph B, Hamidi M, Ortega C, Flores S, Gutierrez-Sougarret B, Qin H, Yang J, Gao R, Wang Z, Gao Z, Prichayudh S, Durmaz S, van der Wilden G, Santin S, Ribeiro MAF Jr, Noppakunsomboom N, Alami R, El-Jamal L, Naamani D, Velmahos G, Lillemoe K. Opioids After Surgery in the United States Versus the Rest of the World: The International Patterns of Opioid Prescribing (iPOP) Multicenter Study. Annals of Surgery. 2020 July 9. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004225
- Narueponjirakul N, Hwabejire J, Kongwibulwut M, Lee J, Kongkaewpaisan N, Velmahos G, King D, Fagenholz P, Saillant N, Mendoza A, Rosenthal M, Kaafarani H. No News is Good News? Three-year Postdischarge Mortality of Octogenarian and Nonagenarian Patients Following Emergency General Surgery. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2020 Jul 8. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002696
- Nordestgaard A, Rasmussen L, Sillesen M, Steinmetz J, King D, Saillant N, Kaafarani H, Velmahos G. Smoking and Risk of Surgical Bleeding: Nationwide Analysis of 5,452,411 Surgical Cases. Transfusion. 2020 May 22. doi: 10.1111/trf.15852
- Albutt K, Luckhurst C, Alba G, Hechi M, Mokhtari A, Breen K, Wing J, Akeju O, Kalva S, Mullen J, Lillemoe K, Kaafarani H. Design and Impact of a COVID-19 Multidisciplinary Bundled Procedure Team. Annals of Surgery. 2020 May 20. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004089
- Kaafarani H, Moheb M, Hwabejire J, Naar L, Christensen M, Breen K, Gaitanidis A, Alser O, Mashbari H, Bankhead-Kendall B, Mokhtari A, Maurer L, Kapoen C, Langeveld K, El Hechi M, Lee J, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Parks J, Fawley J, King D, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G. Gastrointestinal Complications in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19. Annals of Surgery. 2020 May 1. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004004
- Kongkaewpaisan N, Hwabejire J, Lee J, Narueponjirakul N, Meier K, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Rosenthal M, King D, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection: Time is Crucial, and the Admitting Service Matters. Surgical Infections. 2020 April 2. doi: 10.1089/sur.2019.262
- Kaafarani H, Kongkaewpaisan N, Aicher B, Diaz JJ Jr, OʼMeara L, Decker C, Rodriquez J, Schroeppel T, Rattan R, Vasileiou G, Yeh D, Simonoski U, Turay D, Cullinane D, Emmert C, McCrum M, Wall N, Badach J, Goldenberg-Sandau A, Carmichael H, Velopulos C, Choron R, Sakran J, Bekdache K, Black G, Shoultz T, Chadnick Z, Sim V, Madbak F, Steadman D, Camazine M, Zielinski M, Hardman C, Walusimbi M, Kim M, Rodier S, Papadopoulos V, Tsoulfas G, Perez J, Velmahos G. Prospective Validation of the Emergency Surgery Score in Emergency General Surgery: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multicenter Study. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2020 July 8. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002658
- Bonde A, Gaitanidis A, Breen K, El Hechi M, Nederpelt C, Christensen M, Kokoroskos N, Mendoza A, Velmahos G, Sillesen M, Farhat M, Kaafarani H. Identification of a New Genetic Variant Associated with Cholecystitis: A Multicenter Genome-wide Association Study. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2020 July 8. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002647
- Naar L, El Hechi M, Kokoroskos N, Parks J, Fawley J, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. Can the Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) Predict Outcomes in Emergency General Surgery Patients with Missing Data Elements? A Nationwide Analysis. American Journal of Surgery. 2020 Feb. 19. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.02.034
- Nederpelt C, El Hechi M, Parks J, Fawley J, Mendoza A, Saillant N, King D, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. The Dose-dependent Relationship Between Blood Transfusions and Infections After Trauma: A Population-based Study. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2020 July 8. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002637
- DePesa C, El Hechi M, McKenzie R, Waak K, Woodis L, Chang Y, Gervasini A, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Decreasing Length of Stay in Acute Care Surgery Patients. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2020 Feb 23. doi: 10.1111/jan.14335
- Gaitanidis A, Mikdad S, Breen K, Kongkaewpaisan N, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Fawley J, Parks J, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) Accurately Predicts Outcomes in Elderly Patients Undergoing Emergency General Surgery. American Journal of Surgery. 2020 Feb. 17. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.02.017
Published in 2019
- El Hechi M, Bohnen J, Westfal M, Han K, Cauley C, Wright C, Schulz J, Mort E, Ferris T, Lillemoe K, Kaafarani H. Design and Impact of a Novel Surgery-Specific Second Victim Peer Support Program. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2020 June. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.10.015
- Nederpelt C, El Hechi M, Kongkaewpaisan N, Kokoroskos N, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Fagenholz P, King D, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. Fresh Frozen Plasma-to-Packed Red Blood Cell Ratio and Mortality in Traumatic Hemorrhage: Nationwide Analysis of 4,427 Patients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2020 June. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.10.012
- Kaafarani H, Eid AI, Antonelli D, Chang D, Elsharkawy A, Elahad J, Lancaster E, Schulz J, Melnitchouk S, Kastrinakis W, Hutter M, Masiakos P, Colwell A, Wright C, Lillemoe K. Description and Impact of a Comprehensive Multispecialty Multidisciplinary Intervention to Decrease Opioid Prescribing in Surgery. Annals of Surgery. 2019 Sept. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003462
- Lee J, Herrera-Escobar J, Apoj M, Al Rafai S, Han K, Nehra D, Salim A, Brasel K, Kasotakis G, Velmahos G, Haider A, Kaafarani H. The Impact of In-hospital Complications on the Long-term Functional Outcome of Trauma Patients: A Multicenter Study. Surgery. 2019 Sept. 1. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.04.026
- Meier K, Nordestgaard A, Eid AI, Kongkaewpaisan N, Lee J, Kongwibulwut M, Han K, Kokoroskos N, Mendoza A, Saillant N, King D, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. Obesity as Protective Against, Rather than a Risk Factor for, Postoperative Clostridium Difficile Infection: A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis of 1,426,807 Surgical Patients. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2019 June. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002249
- Achanta A, Nordestgaard A, Kongkaewpaisan N, Han K, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Rosenthal M, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. Most of the Variation in Length of Stay in Emergency General Surgery is Not Related to Clinical Factors of Patient Care. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2019 Aug. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002279
- Lee J, Bai P Chang J, El Hechi M, Kongkaewpaisan N, Bonde A, Mendoza A, Saillant N, Fagenholz P, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. Hartmann's Procedure vs Primary Anastomosis with Diverting Loop Ileostomy for Acute Diverticulitis: Nationwide Analysis of 2,729 Emergency Surgery Patients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2019 July. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.03.007
- Kongwibulwut M, Chiang K, Lee J, Eid AI, Kongkaewpaisan N, Han K, Nordestgaard A, King D, Saillant N, Mendoza A, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. Life After 90: Predictors of Mortality and Performance of the ACS-NSQIP Risk Calculator in 4,724 Nonagenarian Patients Undergoing Emergency General Surgery. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2019 May. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002219
- Wojcik B, Han K, Peponis T, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. Impact of Intra-Operative Adverse Events on the Risk of Surgical Site Infection in Abdominal Surgery. Surgery Infection. 2019 April. doi: 10.1089/sur.2018.157
- Bohnen J, Lillemoe K, Mort E, Kaafarani H. When Things Go Wrong: The Surgeon as Second Victim. Annals of Surgery. 2019 May. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003138
- Han K, Lee J, Achanta A, Kongkaewpaisan N, Kongwibulwut M, Eid AI, Kokoroskos N, van Wijck S, Meier K, Nordestgaard A, Rodriguez G, Jia Z, Lee J, King D, Fagenholz P, Saillant N, Mendoza A, Rosenthal M, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H Emergency Surgery Score Accurately Predicts the Risk of Post-Operative Infection in Emergency General Surgery. Surgery Infection. 2019 Jan. doi: 10.1089/sur.2018.101
- Kongkaewpaisan N, Lee JM, Eid AI, Kongwibulwut M, Han K, King D, Saillant N, Mendoza A, Velmahos G, Kaafarani H. Can the Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) Be Used as a Triage Tool Predicting the Postoperative Need for an ICU Admission? American Journal of Surgery. 2019 Jan. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.08.002
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