Publications by authors named "Sarah Criddle"
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- * Prone chest compressions were performed immediately during the surgery, allowing the patient to survive without any postoperative issues.
- * The incident highlights the challenges of treating cardiac arrest due to a venous air embolism (VAE) in spinal surgery and suggests that prone chest compressions may be more effective than waiting to switch to supine positioning for CPR.
Electrolyte Disturbances and Repletion in Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery Patients.
J Am Acad Orthop Surg
January 2025
Electrolyte derangement, defined as disorders of clinically impactful physiologic ions such as potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, has a variety of clinical manifestations. These electrolytes have narrow windows of normal in vivo concentration before neurologic, cardiac, renal, or gastrointestinal consequences occur. Perioperative disturbances in electrolyte concentration can lead to increased morbidity and mortality, longer length of stay, and higher rates of short and medium-term readmission in orthopaedic and spine surgery postoperatively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: It is incompletely understood how preoperative resilience affects 1-year postoperative outcomes after lumbar spinal fusion.
Methods: Patients undergoing open lumbar spinal fusion at a single-center institution were identified between November 2019 and September 2022. Preoperative resilience was assessed using the Brief Resilience Scale.
Orthopaedic surgery has not experienced the same increase in diversity as other surgical subspecialties over time. Professional orthopaedic societies across the nation, including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, are now making sincere efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the field. Several national groups provide funding to support DEI -related research as well as scholarships to national meetings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are defined by the American Geriatric Society as medications that should be avoided in the elderly in general, or in specific situations. However, PIM use remains high among aging populations and may result in increased utilization of healthcare resources.
Objective: The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the impact of PIM use on hospital encounters among older adults.
Background: Individual pharmacokinetic variability is a driver of poor tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes. We developed a method for measurement of rifampin concentrations by urine colorimetry and a mobile phone photographic application to predict clinically important serum rifampin pharmacokinetic measurements in children treated for TB.
Methods: Among spiked urine samples, colorimetric assay performance was tested with conventional spectrophotometric and the mobile phone/light box methods under various environmental and biologic conditions.