Publications by authors named "Kimberly Evans-Labok"
Background: Prescription opioids are responsible for a significant proportion of opioid-related deaths in the United States. Approximately 6% of opioid-naïve patients who receive opioid prescriptions after surgery become chronic opioid users. However, chronic opioid use after bariatric surgery may be twice as common.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) is one of the most important outcomes to metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) patients but was not measured by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). A patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) program pilot started in 2016 with MBSAQIP implementation in 2019.
Objectives: To measure how MBS impacts patient HRQoL 1 and 2 years after primary laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (bypass) or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (sleeve).
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the agreement between patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and clinical registry data one year after bariatric surgery.
- Ninety-five percent of patients' reported weights were within 13 pounds of registry records, indicating that patient reports were generally reliable, particularly for diabetes and hypertension.
- The findings suggest that using patient reports can reduce the data-collection burden while providing accurate information for postoperative follow-up.
Background: To date, there have been no large-scale enhanced recovery projects in bariatric surgery in the United States.
Objective: The aim of this project was to implement an enhanced recovery protocol for selected Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program centers and determine its impact on length of stay, bleeding, readmissions, and reoperation rates.
Setting: University and private practice programs, United States.