Acute Care Surgery Consultation for Abdominal Complaints are Associated with High Mortality in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients

Presentation Number: P24

Author(s): Melissa Coleman, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Philippe Armand, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Natasha Coleman, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Zara Cooper, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Joaquim Havens, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Ali Salim, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Reza Askari, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Clinical Study

Age and Its Impact on Outcomes with Intraabdominal Infection

Presentation Number: O44

Author(s): Drew Farmer, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas; Jeffrey Tessier, JPS Health Network; James Sanders, JPS Health Network; Billy Moore, JPS Health Network; Therese Duane, JPS Health Network

Clinical Study

Eligible for the New Member Award and Resident Award

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME, CEREBRAL INFARCTION, AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME ARE THE BIGGEST MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS FOR SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS IN BLUNT TRAUMATIC HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK

Presentation Number: O23

Author(s): John Hwabejire, MD, MPH; Christine Nembhard, MD; Tolulope Oyetunji, MD, MPH; Theodros Seyoum, MD; Olumayoma Pitan, MD; Suryanarayana Siram, MD; Edward Cornwell III, MD; Wendy Greene, MD, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC

Clinical Study

Eligible for the Resident Award

Acute appendicitis in children is associated with an abundance of bacteria from the genus Fusobacteria

Presentation Number: O29

Author(s): Matthew Rogers, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America; Rachel Brower-Sinning, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America; Brian Firek, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America; Min Shi, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America; Diana Zhong, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America; Michael Morowitz, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Basic Science Investigation

Eligible for the New Member Award

Advancing the development of a Staphylococcus aureus vaccine to prevent postoperative invasive S. aureus disease by targeting multiple bacterial virulence factors

Presentation Number: P26

Author(s): Ingrid L. Scully, Pfizer Vaccine Research; James Baber, Pfizer Vaccine Research; Paul Liberator, Pfizer Vaccine Research; David Cooper, Pfizer Vaccine Research; Edward Zito, Pfizer Vaccine Research; Joseph Eiden, Pfizer Vaccine Research; William Gruber, Pfizer Vaccine Research; Emilio Emini, Pfizer Vaccine Research; Kathrin Jansen, Pfizer Vaccine Research; Alejandra Gurtman, Pfizer Vaccine Research; Annaliesa Anderson, Pfizer Vaccine Research

Clinical Study

An audit and feedback program can decrease wound classification errors

Presentation Number: P21

Author(s): Sydne Muratore, University of Minnesota; Stacy Carda, RN, BSN, University of Minnesota Health ; Jill Thurston RN, BSN, CPAN, University of Minnesota Health; Alyssia Mills-Hokanson, RN, University of Minnesota Health; Mary Kwaan, MD, MPH, University of Minnesota

Clinical Study

An Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline Adaptation Process on Surgical Site Infection Prevention

Presentation Number: P36

Author(s): ERGIE INOCIAN, KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, RIYADH, KSA ; MOHAMMED ATALLAH, KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, RIYADH, KSA ; YASSER SAMI, KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, RIYADH, KSA

Basic Science Investigation

Eligible for the New Member Award

Are Screening Nasal Swabs To Detect MRSA Clinically Useful In Predicting Outcomes In Adult Burn Centers: A Large Regional Burn Center’s Experience

Presentation Number: P19

Author(s): Shawn Tejiram, 1,2; Laura Johnson, 1,2; Brittany Hamilton, 2; Kimberly Johnson, 2; Jenny Zhang, 2; Lauren Moffatt, 2; Jeffrey Shupp, 1 The Burn Center, Department of Surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 2 Firefighters’ Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC

Clinical Study

Eligible for the Resident Award

Bacteroides fragilis Bacteremia in the Surgical Population: A 7 Year Review at a Large Tertiary Care Center

Presentation Number: P23

Author(s): Albert Hsu, University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine; Casey Allen; Jonathan Meizoso; Juliet Ray, University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine; Carl Schulman, University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine; Kenneth Proctor, University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine; Nicholas Namias, University of Miami School of Medicine

Clinical Study

Benefit of TeamSTEPPS Rounding Improvement Project on Infection-Related Monitoring

Presentation Number: P14

Author(s): Jack C He, MD, Dept of Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Joseph Golob Jr M.D., MetroHealth Medical Center; Kate Clancy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; David Schechtman, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Jeffrey Claridge, MetroHealth Medical Center Case Western Reserve

Clinical Study

Eligible for the Resident Award