Publications by authors named "Ashley Benner"
Introduction: Difficult or failed intubation significantly increases the risk of morbidity and mortality. Documentation of a prior difficult or failed tracheal intubation is a strong predictor of future difficult intubation.
Methods: We undertook a quality improvement project to create a redesigned difficult intubation alert with increased visibility in our electronic health record.
Background: Patients taking beta-blockers (BBs) commonly experience weight gain. There is limited research exploring how BBs impact weight loss after bariatric surgery.
Objectives: We examined how BBs impact 12-month weight loss in patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy (SG) or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB).
Objective: The objective of this study is to assess whether vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) increases the incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), esophagitis and Barrett esophagus (BE) relative to patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in patients with and without preoperative GERD.
Summary Of Background Data: Concerns for potentiation of GERD, supported by multiple high-quality retrospective studies, have hindered greater adoption of the VSG.
Methods: From the OptumLabs Data Warehouse, VSG and RYGB patients with ≥2 years enrollment were identified and matched by follow-up time.
Objectives: This study aimed to quantify the prevalence of venous thromboembolic (VTE) events in patients with pancreatitis requiring hospitalization and its impact on outcomes.
Methods: Adult patients admitted from 2011 to 2018 for pancreatitis were identified. Every admission for pancreatitis in the first year after diagnosis was evaluated for a VTE (pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, or mesenteric vessel thrombosis) within 30 days of discharge.
Background: Preoperative optimization is increasingly emphasized for high-risk surgical patients. One critical component of this includes preoperative advanced care planning to promote goal-concordant care. We aimed to define a subset of patients that might benefit from preoperative palliative care consult for advanced care planning.
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- Genotype-guided prescribing
- in pediatrics can reduce adverse drug reactions and enhance treatment effectiveness, with guidelines available for many frequently prescribed medications.
- - The study aimed to identify opportunities for implementing genotype-guided prescribing by analyzing the prevalence of prescribed drugs supported by strong clinical evidence across multiple health systems.
- - Data from about
- 2.9 million pediatric patients
- were analyzed to assess how often these medications were prescribed, revealing a significant opportunity for improving medication safety and efficacy through pharmacogenetic approaches.
Objective: This study sought to compare trends in the development of cirrhosis between patients with NAFLD who underwent bariatric surgery and a well-matched group of nonsurgical controls.
Summary Of Background Data: Patients with NAFLD who undergo bariatric surgery generally have improvements in liver histology. However, the long-term effect of bariatric surgery on clinically relevant liver outcomes has not been investigated.