Publications by authors named "Kerri McKie"
Importance: A standardized severity assessment approach is needed in children with appendicitis for postoperative adverse event estimation and severity adjustment for hospital-level comparative performance reporting.
Objective: To examine the association between the presence and number of National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Pediatric-defined intraoperative criteria for complicated appendicitis and outcomes in a population-based sample of children.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This cohort study used data from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Pediatric Appendectomy Procedure Targeted Participant Use Data File and General Participant Use Data File for children younger than 18 years who underwent appendectomy from January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2022, at 148 hospitals participating in NSQIP Pediatric.
Introduction: The Best Endovascular versus Best Surgical Therapy in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia (BEST-CLI) trial results suggest that in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) and adequate single-segment great saphenous vein (SSGSV) by preoperative duplex ultrasonography, a surgical-first treatment strategy is superior to an endovascular-first strategy. However, the utilization of vein mapping prior to endovascular-first revascularization for CLTI in actual clinical practice is not known.
Methods: Data from a multicenter clinical data warehouse (2008-2019) were linked to Medicare claims data for patients undergoing endovascular-first treatment of infra-inguinal CLTI.
Purpose: We examined the impact of comorbidities on length of stay and total hospital charges for children and young adults with Crohn's Disease (CD) undergoing surgery.
Methods: Patients (<21 years) were identified with a diagnosis of CD and an intraabdominal surgery in the Kids' Inpatient Database for the years 2006, 2009 and 2012. Length of stay (LOS) and total hospital charges (THC; USD$) were stratified by anemia, anxiety, depression and nutritional deficiency.
Background: Both adult and pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) when compared with those without IBD. The risk factors for VTE in pediatric IBD patients, including those undergoing major surgery, have not been previously determined.
Materials And Methods: Patients (aged <21 y) were identified with an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), diagnosis of IBD (555.
Background: Little is understood regarding the inter-relation between economic, marital, and racial/ethnic differences in presentation and survival of surgically resected lung cancer patients. Our investigation will assess these differences in addition to known therapeutic, patient, and histopathologic factors.
Methods: A retrospective review of the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Reporting database was conducted through the years 2007-2012.