Browsing by Author "Cooper, Zara"
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Evaluation of the Perceived Association Between Resident Turnover and the Outcomes of Patients Who Undergo Emergency General Surgery
Shah, Adil A.; Zogg, Cheryl K.; Nitzschke, Stephanie; Changoor, Navin R.; Havens, Joaquim Michael; Salim, Ali; Cooper, Zara R; Haider, Adil (American Medical Association (AMA), 2016)IMPORTANCE: Inpatient palliative care improves symptom management and patient satisfaction with care and reduces hospital costs in seriously ill patients. However, the role of palliative care in the treatment of patients ... -
It’s Big Surgery: Preoperative Expressions of Risk, Responsibility, and Commitment to Treatment after High-risk Operations
Pecanac, Kristen E.; Kehler, Jacqueline M.; Brasel, Karen J.; Cooper, Zara R; Steffens, Nicole M.; McKneally, Martin F.; Schwarze, Margaret L. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2014)Objective To identify the processes surgeons use to establish patient buy-in to postoperative treatments. Background Surgeons generally believe they confirm the patient's commitment to an operation and all ensuing ... -
The Language of Delirium: Keywords for Identifying Delirium from Medical Records
Puelle, Margaret R.; Kosar, Cyrus M.; Xu, Guoquan; Schmitt, Eva; Jones, Richard N.; Marcantonio, Edward Ralph; Cooper, Zara R; Inouye, Sharon K.; Saczynski, Jane S. (SLACK, Inc., 2015)Electronic medical records (EMRs) offer the opportunity to streamline the search for patients with possible delirium. The purpose of the current study was to identify words and phrases commonly noted in charts of patients ... -
Mortality and Readmission After Cervical Fracture from a Fall in Older Adults: Comparison with Hip Fracture Using National Medicare Data
Cooper, Zara R; Mitchell, Susan Lisa; Lipsitz, Stuart Roger; Harris, Mitchel B; Ayanian, John; Bernacki, Rachelle Emily; Jha, Ashish Kumar (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)Background Cervical fractures from falls are a potentially lethal injury in older patients. Little is known about their epidemiology and outcomes. Objectives To examine the prevalence of cervical spine fractures ... -
Outcomes after emergency abdominal surgery in patients with advanced cancer
Cauley, Christy Elaine; Panizales, Maria T.; Reznor, Gally; Haynes, Alex Bernard; Havens, Joaquim Michael; Kelley, Edward; Mosenthal, Anne C.; Cooper, Zara R (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2015)BACKGROUND: There is increasing emphasis on the appropriateness and quality of acute surgical care for patients with serious illness and at the end of life. However, there is a lack of evidence regarding outcomes after ... -
Predictors of Mortality Up to 1 Year After Emergency Major Abdominal Surgery in Older Adults
Cooper, Zara R; Mitchell, Susan Lisa; Gorges, Rebecca J.; Rosenthal, Ronnie A.; Lipsitz, Stuart Roger; Kelley, Amy P (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)ackground The number of older patients who undergo emergent major abdominal procedures is expected to increase yet little is known about mortality beyond 30 days after surgery. Objective Identify factors associated ... -
Racial variation in the use of life-sustaining treatments among patients who die after major elective surgery
Hernandez, Roland A.; Hevelone, Nathanael D.; Lopez, Lenny; Finlayson, Samuel Gregory; Chittenden, Eva H; Cooper, Zara R (Elsevier BV, 2015) -
The Successful Aging After Elective Surgery Study: Cohort Description and Data Quality Procedures
Schmitt, Eva M.; Saczynski, Jane S.; Kosar, Cyrus M.; Jones, Richard N.; Alsop, David C.; Fong, Tamara G.; Metzger, Eran; Cooper, Zara R; Marcantonio, Edward Ralph; Travison, Thomas G; Inouye, Sharon K. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)Background/Objectives Delirium is the most common complication of major elective surgery in older patients. The Successful Aging after Elective Surgery (SAGES) study was designed to examine novel risk factors and long-term ... -
Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy in Injured Patients: Variations Between Trauma Centers and Nontrauma Centers
Cooper, Zara R; Rivara, Frederick P.; Wang, Jin; MacKenzie, Ellen J.; Jurkovich, Gregory J. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2009)Background—We sought to identify patient and institutional variables predictive of a withdrawal of care order (WOCO) in trauma patients. We hypothesized that the frequency of WOCO would be higher at trauma centers. ...