Andrew W. Dick

TL;DR: Nurse working conditions were associated with all outcomes measured and will most likely promote patient safety, and future researchers and policymakers should consider a broad set of working condition variables.

TL;DR: Thirty-day mortality after noncardiac surgery can be accurately predicted using a simple and accurate risk score based on information readily available at the bedside, and this risk index may play a useful role in facilitating shared decision making, developing and implementing risk-reduction strategies, and guiding quality improvement efforts.

TL;DR: In NHSN hospitals across the US, the CL Bundle is associated with lower infection rates only when compliance is high, and hospitals must target improving bundle implementation and compliance as opposed to simply instituting policies.

TL;DR: Trauma patients with HAIs are at increased risk for mortality, have longer lengths of stay, and incur higher inpatient costs, and policies aiming to decrease the incidence of HAIs may have a potentially large impact on outcomes in injured patients.

TL;DR: Patients with the modified metabolic syndrome undergoing noncardiac surgery are at substantially higher risk of complications compared with patients of normal weight.