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

Obesity Paradox in patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections: A Validation Study

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Author(s): Ricardo Fonseca, Washington University in St. Louis; Jose Aldana, Washington University in St. Louis; Rohit Rasane, Washington University in St. Louis; Christina X Zhang, Washington University in St. Louis; Javier Rincon, Washington University in St. Louis; Adrian Coleoglou Centeno, University of Texas Medical Branch; Qiao Zhang, Washington University in St. Louis; Kelly Marie Bochicchio, Washington University in St. Louis; Obeid Ilahi, Washington University in St. Louis; Grant Bochicchio, Washington University in St. Louis

Eligible for the New Member Award

Oncologic colorectal surgery and concomitant inflammatory bowel disease: NSQIP analysis of C. Diff infection.

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Author(s): Jason Sciarretta, ; John Davis, Palisades Medical Center; Georgina Alizo, University of South Carolina

Eligible for the Resident Award

Penicillin allergy in pancreatoduodenectomy leads to a negative impact on surgical site infection and fistula formation

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Author(s): Essa M. Aleassa, Cleveland Clinic; Nancy Anzolvar, Cleveland Clinic; Gareth Morris-Stiff,

Pneumonia Mortality in General Surgery Patients Vs Solid Organ Transplant Patients

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Author(s): Jose Lopez-Vera, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine; Robert Sawyer, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine

Predictors of and Mortality from Resistant Infections in ICU Patients

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Author(s): Laura Stearns, ; Robert Sawyer, Western Michigan University

Eligible for the Resident Award and Sawyer Award