Publications by authors named "Angela M Renne"
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- Patients undergoing lower limb amputation after trauma have a high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), leading to a debate on the best medication for prevention.
- Researchers analyzed data from over 4,100 trauma patients who received either unfractionated heparin or low-molecular-weight heparin to see which was more effective at preventing VTE.
- The study concluded that low-molecular-weight heparin significantly reduced the rates of VTE compared to unfractionated heparin, making it the better choice for thromboprophylaxis in this patient group.
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- Patients undergoing surgery with perioperative COVID-19 had worse postoperative outcomes compared to those without COVID-19, indicating the potential severity of the virus in surgical settings.
- A study matched 1,054 patients with perioperative COVID-19 to 96,882 patients without it, focusing on demographics and health conditions to ensure comparable results.
- After matching, COVID-19 patients experienced higher mortality (12% vs. 8.1%), longer hospital stays, and more complications such as renal failure and sepsis, while having lower rates of bleeding compared to non-COVID patients.
Introduction: Spontaneous bowel perforation is associated with high morbidity and mortality. This entity remains understudied in the geriatric patient. We sought to use a national surgical sample to uncover independent predictors of mortality in elderly patients undergoing emergent operation for perforated bowel.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: It remains unclear whether the association between balanced blood component transfusion and lower mortality is generalizable to trauma patients receiving varying transfusion volumes. We sought to study the role red blood cell transfusion volume plays in the relationships between red blood cell:platelet and red blood cell:fresh frozen plasma ratios and 4-hour mortality.
Methods: Adult patients in the 2013 to 2018 American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program database receiving ≥6 red blood cell, ≥1 platelet, and ≥1 fresh frozen plasma within 4 hours were included.
Purpose: The role of perioperative anticoagulation in the setting of peripheral arterial injury remains unclear. We hypothesized that early initiation of anticoagulation is associated with a reduced amputation rate without increasing bleeding complications.
Methods: Using the 2016-2019 ACS-TQIP database, adult patients with upper and lower extremity vascular injuries who underwent open arterial repair and received anticoagulation were included.