2022
Do Cultures From Percutaneously Drained Intra-abdominal Abscesses Change Treatment? A Retrospective Review
Esposito A, Zhang Y, Nagarkatti N, Laird W, Coppersmith N, Reddy V, Leeds I, Mongiu A, Longo W, Hao R, Pantel H. Do Cultures From Percutaneously Drained Intra-abdominal Abscesses Change Treatment? A Retrospective Review. Diseases Of The Colon & Rectum 2022, 66: 451-457. PMID: 36538708, DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0000000000002644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntra-abdominal abscessPercutaneous drainAntimicrobial therapyLos pacientesAbdominal abscessSingle university-affiliated institutionRetrospective medical record reviewEmpiric antibiotic regimensSolid organ transplantsMedical record reviewUniversity-affiliated institutionCulture dataAntibiotic coursesAbdominal infectionAntibiotic regimensActive smokersMedian ageActive chemotherapyRecord reviewEvidence-based practiceMedian lengthUtility of cultureFemale sexIntraoperative culturesInclusion criteria
2018
Cost Effectiveness of Meningococcal Serogroup B Vaccination in College-Aged Young Adults
Leeds IL, Namasivayam V, Bamogo A, Sankhla P, Thayer WM. Cost Effectiveness of Meningococcal Serogroup B Vaccination in College-Aged Young Adults. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine 2018, 56: 196-204. PMID: 30573332, PMCID: PMC6340776, DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.09.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality-adjusted life yearsMultivariable probabilistic sensitivity analysesUniversal vaccinationProbabilistic sensitivity analysesLife yearsSerogroup BSocietal perspectiveYoung adultsHealth sector perspectiveUniversal vaccination strategyNeisseria meningitidis serogroup BN. meningitidis serogroup BCost effectivenessU.S. vaccineB vaccinationMeningococcal infectionVaccination strategiesSpecific vaccinesVaccinationSensitivity analysisIncremental costOutbreak responseSector perspectiveCollege entryCommon formMalnutrition increases the risk of 30-day complications after surgery in pediatric patients with Crohn disease
Ladd MR, Garcia AV, Leeds IL, Haney C, Oliva-Hemker MM, Alaish S, Boss E, Rhee DS. Malnutrition increases the risk of 30-day complications after surgery in pediatric patients with Crohn disease. Journal Of Pediatric Surgery 2018, 53: 2336-2345. PMID: 29843908, PMCID: PMC8841062, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.04.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrohn's diseaseAge z-scoreBowel surgeryPediatric patientsACS NSQIP-Pediatric databaseZ-scoreMajor bowel surgeryNSQIP-Pediatric databaseOdds of complicationsOverall complication ratePediatric CD patientsDegree of malnutritionSeverity of malnutritionEffects of malnutritionCDC growth chartsEffects of malnourishmentASA classImportant screening toolMalnutrition effectsPostoperative complicationsCD patientsComplication rateElective surgeryMultivariable analysisSevere malnutrition