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Catherine G. Velopulos
Researcher at University of Colorado Boulder
Publications - 72
Citations - 1795
Catherine G. Velopulos is an academic researcher from University of Colorado Boulder. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 55 publications receiving 1128 citations. Previous affiliations of Catherine G. Velopulos include University of Colorado Denver & University of Florida.
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Racial disparities in surgical care and outcomes in the United States: a comprehensive review of patient, provider, and systemic factors.
Adil H. Haider,Valerie K. Scott,Karim Abdur Rehman,Catherine G. Velopulos,Jessica M. Bentley,Edward E. Cornwell,Waddah B. Al-Refaie +6 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the currently published surgical disparity literature in the United States found that patient factors such as insurance status and socioeconomic status need to be further explored, as studies indicated only a premature understanding of the relationship between racial disparities and SES.
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Screening for blunt cardiac injury: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline.
Keith D. Clancy,Catherine G. Velopulos,Jaroslaw W. Bilaniuk,Bryan R. Collier,William Crowley,Stanley Kurek,Felix Y. Lui,Donna Nayduch,Ayodele Sangosanya,Brian Tucker,Elliott R. Haut +10 more
TL;DR: This Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) practice management guideline (PMG) updates the original from 1998 and recommends obtaining an admission ECG and troponin I from all patients in whom BCI is suspected.
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National estimates of predictors of outcomes for emergency general surgery.
Adil A. Shah,Adil H. Haider,Cheryl K. Zogg,Diane A. Schwartz,Elliott R. Haut,Syed Nabeel Zafar,Eric B. Schneider,Catherine G. Velopulos,Shahid Shafi,Hasnain Zafar,David T. Efron +10 more
TL;DR: Understanding patterns of mortality and complications derived from studies such as this could improve hospital benchmarking for EGS, akin to trauma surgery’s previous success.
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Incremental Cost of Emergency Versus Elective Surgery
Adil H. Haider,Augustine Obirieze,Catherine G. Velopulos,Patrick Richard,Asad Latif,Valerie K. Scott,Cheryl K. Zogg,Elliott R. Haut,David T. Efron,Edward E. Cornwell,Ellen J. MacKenzie,Darrell J. Gaskin +11 more
TL;DR: Even a modest reduction in the proportion of emergent procedures for 3 conditions is estimated to save nearly $1 billion over 10 years, and Preventing emergency surgery through improved care coordination and screening offers a tremendous opportunity to save lives and decrease costs.
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Undertriage of older trauma patients: is this a national phenomenon?
TL;DR: There is substantial undertriage of patients aged ≥55 y nationwide, and over half of significantly injured older patients are not treated at level I or II TCs, suggesting the impact of undertriage should be determined to ensure older patients receive trauma care at the optimal site.