Abstracts 2019

Lights Off, Camera On! Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Improves Outcomes in Cirrhotic Patients with Acute Cholecystitis

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Author(s): Tiago Finco, Riverside University Health System; Xiaofei Zhang, Riverside University Health System; Matthew Firek, Riverside University Health System; Megan Brenner, Riverside University Health System; Raul Coimbra, Riverside University Health System

Eligible for the Resident Award and Sawyer Award

Lipopolysaccharide Decreases Expression of the Farnesoid X Receptor and its Downstream Products

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Author(s): Michael Philippe-Auguste, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; Michelle Nguyen, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; Christopher P. Gayer, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Mandatory Brief Operative Wound Classification Alone Does Not Increase Accuracy of Nursing Wound Classification

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Author(s): Samuel Zolin, MetroHealth Medical Center; Joseph Golob Jr M.D., MetroHealth Medical Center; Brian Young, MetroHealth Medical Center; Vanessa Ho, MetroHealth Medical Center; Esther Tseng, MetroHealth Medical Center; Jeffrey Claridge, MetroHealth Medical Center

Eligible for the Resident Award

Mechanisms Behind Impaired Wound Closure in Elderly Burn Patients

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Author(s): Abdikarim Abdullahi, University of Toronto; Marc Jeschke, University of Toronto; Robert Yao, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Nancy Yu, Sunnybrook Research Institute; Saeid Amini-Nik, University of Toronto

Methicillin Resistance Does Not Impact Disease Severity in S. aureus Necrotizing Soft Tissues Infection

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Author(s): Alexis L. Woods , ; Erin C. Howell M.D., Harbor-UCLA; Amy H. Kaji M.D. Ph.D., Harbor-UCLA; Jessica A. Keeley M.D., UCSF East Bay; Dennis KIM, Harbor-UCLA; Angela L. Neville M.D., Harbor-UCLA

Eligible for the New Member Award

Microbial Epidemiology of Acute and Perforated Appendicitis in Adults Treated with Appendectomy or Percutaneous Drain

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Author(s): Sinong Qian, University of Miami; Georgia Vasileiou, University of Miami; Andreas Larentzakis, University of Athens; Rishi Rattan, University of Miami; Tanya Zakrison, University of Miami; Chris Dodgion, Medical College of Wisconsin; Haytham Kaafarani, Massachusetts General Hospital; Martin Zielinski, Mayo Clinic; Nicholas Namias, University of Miami; Daniel Yeh, University of Miami

Eligible for the Resident Award and New Member Award and Sawyer Award

Microbiology and outcomes of hospitalization with intra-abdominal infections in the US: A retrospective cohort study

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Author(s): Marya Zilberberg, EviMed Research Group, LLC; Brian Nathanson, OptiStatim, LLC; Kenneth Lawrence, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals; Kristen Ditch, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals; Melanie Olesky, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals; Andrew Shorr, Washington Hospital Center

Eligible for the Sawyer Award

Multicenter Outcomes of Chlorhexidine Oral Decontamination in Intensive Care Units

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Author(s): Joshua Parreco, University of Miami; Hahn Soe-Lin, University of Miami; Saskya Byerly, University of Miami; Ning Lu, University of Miami; Georgia Vasileiou, University of Miami; D. Yeh, MD, University of Miami; Gabriel Ruiz, University of Miami; Rishi Rattan, University of Miami

Eligible for the Resident Award and New Member Award

Necrotizing Fasciitis: On the Rise

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Author(s): Kelsey Musgrove, West Virginia University; Melissa LoPinto, West Virginia University; Gerald Hobbs, West Virginia University; Brian Hendricks, West Virginia University; Eric Lundstrom, West Virginia University; Kimberly Bailey,

Eligible for the New Member Award

Non-abdominal imaging: a marker of illness severity and outcome in elderly patients needing emergency abdominal surgery

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Author(s): Lavina Malhotra, Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital; Charles Adams, Jr., Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital; Daithi Heffernan, ; Andrew Stephen, Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital; Eric Benoit, Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital

Eligible for the Resident Award