Publications by authors named "B Ridgeway"

Background: Plan of Care of Visits (POCV), including the patient, nurse, and hospital provider were implemented across an integrated health system to improve provider-patient communication during hospitalization and patient outcomes.

Objectives: To assess POCV adoption after implementation, patient characteristics assosites were classified as teachsites were classified as teachsites were classified as teachsites were classified as ciated with POCV completion, and association of POCV with 30-day readmissions.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study utilized electronic medical record (EMR) data of 237,430 adult patients discharged to home from 11 hospitals from January 2020 to December 2022.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: Factors that contribute to reoperation and surgical approaches for the management of recurrent uterovaginal prolapse after vaginal mesh hysteropexy (mesh hysteropexy) are unknown. We aimed to describe surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse recurrence after vaginal mesh hysteropexy, and patient characteristics in those who chose reoperation.

Methods: This is a descriptive analysis of women who experienced treatment failure within 5 years of mesh hysteropexy in a multi-site randomized trial.

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Objective: To investigate the predictors of postoperative mortality in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-positive patients.

Background: COVID-19-positive patients have more postoperative complications. Studies investigating the risk factors for postoperative mortality in COVID-19-positive patients are limited.

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