Publications by authors named "Gary Ritter"
Background: As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, school district administrators in the United States were faced with difficult decisions regarding the implementation of virtual or in-person learning to reduce risk of infection throughout student and staff populations. While a coordinated effort with surrounding districts would be most beneficial when encountering a highly infectious respiratory-based infectious disease, the determinants of type of education delivery is unclear.
Methods: Data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education assessing education delivery method at each school district across the state of Missouri (n = 514) from August 2020 were used.
Background: Body mass index (BMI) has been correlated with complications and outcome in surgical patients at the two extremes of the nutrition spectrum.
Objective: To study the relationship between BMI, outcome, hospital length of stay, and complications in patients admitted to the surgical intensive care unit (SICU).
Design: Review of prospectively acquired data in SICU patients.