David Gomez

Summary

Affiliation: St. Michael's Hospital
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi The missing dead: the problem of case ascertainment in the assessment of trauma center performance
    David Gomez
    Division of Trauma and the Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    J Trauma 66:1218-24; discussion 1224-5. 2009
  2. ncbi Identifying targets for potential interventions to reduce rural trauma deaths: a population-based analysis
    David Gomez
    Division of Trauma and the Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma 69:633-9. 2010
  3. ncbi Disaster preparedness of Canadian trauma centres: the perspective of medical directors of trauma
    David Gomez
    Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery at St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario
    Can J Surg 54:9-16. 2011
  4. ncbi The mortality benefit of direct trauma center transport in a regional trauma system: a population-based analysis
    Barbara Haas
    Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:1510-5; discussion 1515-7. 2012
  5. ncbi Institutional and provider factors impeding access to trauma center care: an analysis of transfer practices in a regional trauma system
    David Gomez
    Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:1288-93. 2012
  6. ncbi Associated injuries, management, and outcomes of blunt abdominal aortic injury
    Charles de Mestral
    Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Vasc Surg 56:656-60. 2012
  7. ncbi External benchmarking of trauma center performance: have we forgotten our elders?
    Barbara Haas
    Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Surg 253:144-50. 2011
  8. ncbi The impact of distance on triage to trauma center care in an urban trauma system
    Aristithes G Doumouras
    Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Prehosp Emerg Care 16:456-62. 2012
  9. ncbi Prevention of complications and successful rescue of patients with serious complications: characteristics of high-performing trauma centers
    Barbara Haas
    From the Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma 70:575-82. 2011
  10. ncbi Good neighbors? The effect of a level 1 trauma center on the performance of nearby level 2 trauma centers
    Barbara Haas
    Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Ann Surg 253:992-5. 2011

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi The missing dead: the problem of case ascertainment in the assessment of trauma center performance
    David Gomez
    Division of Trauma and the Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    J Trauma 66:1218-24; discussion 1224-5. 2009
    ..We set out to evaluate the effect of variable case ascertainment of dead on arrivals on external benchmarking of risk-adjusted mortality using a form of sensitivity analysis...
  2. ncbi Identifying targets for potential interventions to reduce rural trauma deaths: a population-based analysis
    David Gomez
    Division of Trauma and the Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma 69:633-9. 2010
    ..To test this hypothesis, we set out to examine the relationship between rurality and the setting in which patient death was most likely to occur...
  3. ncbi Disaster preparedness of Canadian trauma centres: the perspective of medical directors of trauma
    David Gomez
    Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery at St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario
    Can J Surg 54:9-16. 2011
    ..Reviews of recent MCIs suggest that trauma centre preparedness has frequently been limited. We set out to evaluate Canadian trauma centre preparedness and the extent of their integration into a regional response to MCIs...
  4. ncbi The mortality benefit of direct trauma center transport in a regional trauma system: a population-based analysis
    Barbara Haas
    Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:1510-5; discussion 1515-7. 2012
    ..Taking a novel, population-based approach, we estimated the potential detrimental impact of undertriage to a non-TC (NTC) within a regional system...
  5. ncbi Institutional and provider factors impeding access to trauma center care: an analysis of transfer practices in a regional trauma system
    David Gomez
    Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:1288-93. 2012
    ..In those who are transferred, significant delays have been described. The availability of specialists, imaging modalities, or critical care resources might significantly affect transfer practices...
  6. ncbi Associated injuries, management, and outcomes of blunt abdominal aortic injury
    Charles de Mestral
    Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Vasc Surg 56:656-60. 2012
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  7. ncbi External benchmarking of trauma center performance: have we forgotten our elders?
    Barbara Haas
    Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Surg 253:144-50. 2011
    ..We sought to determine whether trauma center (TC) performance is consistent across age groups and to assess whether aggregate evaluations of TC performance capture quality of care among the elderly...
  8. ncbi The impact of distance on triage to trauma center care in an urban trauma system
    Aristithes G Doumouras
    Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Prehosp Emerg Care 16:456-62. 2012
    ..In such systems, patients meeting field trauma triage (FTT) criteria should be transported directly to a trauma center, bypassing closer non-trauma centers...
  9. ncbi Prevention of complications and successful rescue of patients with serious complications: characteristics of high-performing trauma centers
    Barbara Haas
    From the Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma 70:575-82. 2011
    ..We assessed the extent to which trauma center mortality was reflected by the center's ability to rescue patients with major complications...
  10. ncbi Good neighbors? The effect of a level 1 trauma center on the performance of nearby level 2 trauma centers
    Barbara Haas
    Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Ann Surg 253:992-5. 2011
    ..In this study, we sought to determine whether the proximity of a level 1 trauma center (TC) might affect the performance of a nearby level 2 TC...
  11. ncbi Comparing Methodologies for Evaluating Emergency Medical Services Ground Transport Access to Time-critical Emergency Services: A Case Study Using Trauma Center Care
    Aristithes G Doumouras
    Keenan Research Center in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital and the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Acad Emerg Med 19:E1099-108. 2012
    ..This study uses two methodologies to calculate EMS ground transport access to trauma center care in a single study area to explore their manifestations and critically evaluate the differences between the methodologies...
  12. ncbi Gender-associated differences in access to trauma center care: A population-based analysis
    David Gomez
    Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario
    Surgery 152:179-85. 2012
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  13. ncbi A population-based analysis of the discrepancy between potential and realized access to trauma center care
    David Gomez
    Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Surg 257:160-5. 2013
    ..To explore whether a discrepancy between the availability of trauma services (potential access) and trauma center utilization rates (realized access) exists, with the aim of informing strategies to improve access...
  14. ncbi Hips can lie: impact of excluding isolated hip fractures on external benchmarking of trauma center performance
    David Gomez
    Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma 69:1037-41. 2010
    ..This inconsistent case ascertainment may have significant implications on the assessment of TC performance and external benchmarking efforts...
  15. ncbi Survival of the fittest: the hidden cost of undertriage of major trauma
    Barbara Haas
    Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Am Coll Surg 211:804-11. 2010
    ..Previous analyses of undertriage focused only on survivors to trauma center care and were potentially subject to survivor bias. Using a novel population-based design, we evaluated the true mortality cost of undertriage...
  16. ncbi Cholecystostomy: a bridge to hospital discharge but not delayed cholecystectomy
    Charles de Mestral
    Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 74:175-9; discussion 179-80. 2013
    ..We present the characteristics and clinical course of a population-based cohort with acute cholecystitis managed with PC...
  17. ncbi Overcoming barriers to population-based injury research: development and validation of an ICD10-to-AIS algorithm
    Barbara Haas
    Department of Surgery, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
    Can J Surg 55:21-6. 2012
    ..We created and validated a crosswalk to derive Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) scores from injury-related diagnostic codes in the tenth revision of the ICD (ICD-10)...
  18. ncbi Benchmarking trauma center performance in traumatic brain injury: the limitations of mortality outcomes
    Sunjay Sharma
    Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 74:890-4. 2013
    ..We postulate that discharge home (DH) as a proxy for functional outcome may be a more useful measure of quality and may have significant implications on the assessment of TC performance and external benchmarking efforts...
  19. ncbi A contemporary analysis of the management of the mangled lower extremity
    Charles de Mestral
    Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg 74:597-603. 2013
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  20. ncbi Controversies in the management of splenic trauma
    David Gomez
    Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery and the Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Injury 43:55-61. 2012
    ..We sought to explore ongoing areas of controversy in the non-operative management of splenic trauma with the aim of further elucidating why these controversies continue to exist...