An Evidence-Based Care Protocol Decreases Length of Stay and Cost in Pediatric Appendicitis

Presentation Number: O42

Author(s): Vei Shaun Siow, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Gabriella Butler, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Anthony Lewis, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Srinivasan Suresh, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Andrew Buchert, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Marissa Narr, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Michael Morowitz, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Kevin Mollen, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Clinical Study

Eligible for the Resident Award

Antibiotic management of surgical patients with peritonitis at a tertiary referral hospital in Rwanda

Presentation Number: O27

Author(s): Jennifer Rickard; Christian Ngarambe; Leonard Ndayizeye; Blair Smart; Robert Riviello; Jean Paul Majyambere; Stephen Rulisa; Rahel Ghebre

Clinical Study

Eligible for the New Member Award

Ileal Neobladder Operation Versus Simple Fistulas Resection in Patients with Enterovesical Fistula after Radiotherapy

Presentation Number: P68

Author(s): Yuan Li, Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University; Jianan Ren, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing; Gefei Wang, Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University; Gusheng Gu, Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University; Xiuwen Wu, Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University; Song Liu, Drum Tower Hospital, Medical school of Nanjing University; Jieshou Li, Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University

Clinical Study

15 Years of Surgical Wound Infection Surveillance at a Tertiary Care Center: Emerging Trends from an Analysis of 54,949 wounds

Presentation Number: P63

Author(s): Michele Loor, University of Minnesota Medical Center; JJ Glover, University of Minnesota Medical Center; Catherine Statz, University of Minnesota Medical Center; Rachel Ott, University of Minnesota Medical Center; Jean Dominique Morancy, University of Minnesota Medical Center; Gregory Beilman, University of Minnesota

Clinical Study

Eligible for the New Member Award

A Meta Analysis of Polyester versus Polypropylene Mesh Ventral Hernia Repairs

Presentation Number: P56

Author(s): Crystal Totten, University of Kentucky; Patrice Becker, Medtronic; Mathilde Lourd, Medtronic; John Roth, University of Kentucky

Clinical Study

Eligible for the Resident Award

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Antibiotic Stewardship Limits Development of Antibiotic Resistance

Presentation Number: P09

Author(s): Thomas Schroeppel, UTHSC; John Sharpe, UTHSC; L Paige Clement, UTHSC; Louis Jude Magnotti, UTHSC; Jordan A Weinberg, UTHSC; Martin Croce, UTHSC; Timothy Fabian, UTHSC

Clinical Study

A Pooled, Post-hoc Evaluation of the Length of Antibiotic Therapy from IGNITE1: A Phase 3 Study of Eravacycline (ERV) and Ertapenem (ETP) for Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections (cIAI)

Presentation Number: P05

Author(s): Holly Hoffman-Roberts, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals; Patrick Scoble, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals; Andrew Marsh, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals; Philip Barie, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Patrick Horn, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals

Clinical Study

A role for Programmed cell death receptor-1 (PD-1) in regulating iNKT-cell modulation of neonatal sepsis

Presentation Number: O40

Author(s): Eleanor Fallon, Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital; Daithi Heffernan; Tristen Chun, Rhode Island Hospital – Brown University; Christopher Muratore, Brown University; William Cioffi, Rhode Island Hospital; Alfred Ayala, RI Hospital

Basic Science Investigation

Eligible for the Resident Award

A series of Haemophilus parainfluenzae surgical infections

Presentation Number: P46

Author(s): Hugo Bonatti, University of Maryland Shore Health; Rosa Mateo, University of Maryland Shorehealth

Clinical Study

Acid Suppressive Therapy and C. difficile Infection: Beyond Gastric pH Effects

Presentation Number: O32

Author(s): Samantha Tarras, Wayne State University; Lawrence Diebel, Wayne State University Health Center; David Liberati, Wayne State University

Basic Science Investigation

Eligible for the New Member Award