Publications by authors named "Jessica E Hawkins"
Background: Intraoperative handoffs have been implicated as a contributing factor in many perioperative adverse events. Despite conflicting data around their impact on perioperative outcomes, they remain a vulnerable point in the perioperative system with significant attention focused on improving them. This study aimed to understand the processes in place surrounding the point of information transfer in intraoperative handoffs.
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- A systematic review was conducted following COSMIN guidelines to identify the best patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for postpartum pain, analyzing studies and their psychometric properties.
- Out of 19 studies on seven PROMs involving over 3,500 women, the Short Form-BPI (SF-BPI) was deemed the best instrument due to its adequate content validity and internal consistency, receiving a Class A recommendation.
- Despite its strengths, the SF-BPI does not address all relevant pain domains, indicating the need for future research to develop a more comprehensive PROM for postpartum pain assessment.
Purpose: Congenital hand differences are infrequent phenomena, and their treatment represents a relatively small fraction of cases performed by hand surgeons. Little is known about the incidence of wound complications and acute postoperative problems given the relative rarity of these procedures. This study sought to characterize the incidence of complications within 30 days of surgery for congenital hand differences.
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