Fluid Management in Critically Ill Children: Single-Center Retrospective Comparison of Trauma and Postoperative Patients, 2020-2022.

Objective: Injury and surgery both represent well-defined starting points of a predictable inflammatory response, but the consequent response to IV fluids has not been studied. We aimed to review and compare our single-center fluid management strategies in these two populations.

Design: Retrospective cohort study from January 2020 to July 2022.

Enhanced recovery after surgery improves clinical outcomes in adolescent bariatric surgery.

Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols are evidence-based, multimodal approaches to optimize patient recovery and minimize complications.

Objectives: Our team evaluated clinical outcomes following the implementation of an ERAS protocol for adolescents undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Setting: Academic hospital, New York, NY, USA.

Letters of recommendation for surgical fellowships - Does gender make a difference?

Background: Females comprise 1/3 of general surgery residents, 1/4 of surgical faculty and 10% of full professors. Inadequate sponsorship is one proposed mechanism for this decline. This study evaluated letters of recommendation (LOR) among applicants applying to a complex general surgical oncology (CGSO) fellowship.

The impact of body mass index on severity of cervical spine fracture: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: No study has evaluated the relationship between increasing BMI and severity/type of cervical spine injuries.

Aims And Objectives: The objective of our study was to study the impact of body mass index (BMI) on severity of cervical spine fracture.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients with traumatic cervical spine fractures at a level I trauma center over a 74-year period.