Examining the myth of the “July Phenomenon” in surgical patients

Diabetes Confers Little to No Increased Risk of Postoperative Complications After Hip Fracture Surgery in Geriatric Patients

“…Of particular interest is the finding that there was no increased risk of any type of infection. Although it often is considered that diabetes is associated with poor wound healing and greater risk of infection, two analyses showed no increased risk of infection in patients with diabetes undergoing surgery for hip fracture [8,9], which is consistent with our findings.…”

“…The Charlson comorbidity index had to be modified to fit the data available in the ACS-NSQIP 1 . This sort of modification has been used before with the database [3,9] and is similar in efficacy to the original Charlson comorbidity index [7,26]. The methods used for establishing the modified Charlson comorbidity index are well established (Appendix 1.…”

General Compared with Spinal Anesthesia for Total Hip Arthroplasty

“…Based on the available comorbidity data, a modified Charlson Comorbidity Index 11 was generated for each patient. Such modified Charlson Comorbidity Indexes have been shown to be similar in efficacy to the original Charlson Comorbidity Index 12,13 , and the modified Charlson Comorbidity Index employed in this study has been previously used with the ACS-NSQIP 14 .…”

Definitional Differences of ‘Outpatient’ Versus ‘Inpatient’ THA and TKA Can Affect Study Outcomes

“…For each patient, a modified version of the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) [8] that has been adapted to the NSQIP database was calculated [12]. Modified CCIs have been shown to predict similar prognoses as the original CCI and have also been previously used with NSQIP data [6,31,49].…”