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Kell M, You S, Goldberg A, Yu D, Lu X, Beard J, Santora T, Maher Z, Anderson J, Novak C, Jacovides C, Pathak A, Dauer E. False reassurances: Mortality risks in penetrating trauma patients with verbal GCS ≥3. Am J Surg. 2025 Feb;240:115934. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.115934. Epub 2024 Aug 27. PubMed PMID: 39244453.
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Choron RL, Piplani C, Kuzinar J, Teichman AL, Bargoud C, Sciarretta JD, Smith RN, Hanos D, Afif IN, Beard JH, Dhillon NK, Zhang A, Ghneim M, Devasahayam R, Gunter O, Smith AA, Sun B, Cao CS, Reynolds JK, Hilt LA, Holena DN, Chang G, Jonikas M, Echeverria-Rosario K, Fung NS, Anderson A, Fitzgerald CA, Dumas RP, Levin JH, Trankiem CT, Yoon J, Blank J, Hazelton JP, McLaughlin CJ, Al-Aref R, Kirsch JM, Howard DS, Scantling DR, Dellonte K, Vella MA, Hopkins B, Shell C, Udekwu P, Wong EG, Joseph B, Lieberman H, Ramsey WA, Stewart CH, Alvarez C, Berne JD, Nahmias J, Puente I, Patton J, Rakitin I, Perea L, Pulido O, Ahmed H, Keating J, Kodadek LM, Wade J, Reynold H, Schreiber M, Benjamin A, Khan A, Mann LK, Mentzer C, Mousafeiris V, Mulita F, Reid-Gruner S, Sais E, Foote CW, Palacio CH, Argandykov D, Kaafarani H, Bover Manderski MT, Moko L, Narayan M, Seamon M. Pancreaticoduodenectomy in trauma patients with grade IV-V duodenal or pancreatic injuries: a post hoc analysis of an EAST multicenter trial. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024;9(1):e001438. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001438. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 39717488; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11664373.
Beard JH, Eschliman EL, Wamakima A, Morrison CN, MacMillan J, Midberry J. Defining harmful news reporting on community firearm violence: A modified Delphi consensus study. PLoS One. 2024;19(12):e0316026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316026. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 39693332; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11654925.
Thet Lwin ZM, Mansaray AR, Al-Samman S, Keel G, Forsberg BC, Beard JH, van Duinen AJ, Bolkan HA, Ashley T, Palmu J, Kalsi H, Ashley H, Löfgren J. Economic evaluation of expanding inguinal hernia repair among adult males in Sierra Leone. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024;4(12):e0003861. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003861. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 39666633; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11637271.
Beard JH, Ohene-Yeboah M, Kasu ES, Affram N, Tabiri S, Amoako JKA, Abantanga FA, Löfgren J. Long-Term Outcomes Following Inguinal Hernia Repair With Mesh Performed by Medical Doctors and Surgeons in Ghana. Ann Surg Open. 2024 Sep;5(3):e460. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000460. eCollection 2024 Sep. PubMed PMID: 39310350; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11415131.
Beard JH, Raissian R, Roberts L, Partain L, Midberry J, Walker T, Trombley S, MacMillan J, Morrison CN. Systematic disparities in reporting on community firearm violence on local television news in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Prev Med Rep. 2024 Jun;42:102739. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102739. eCollection 2024 Jun. PubMed PMID: 38699078; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11063638.
Choron RL, Rallo M, Piplani C, Youssef S, Teichman AL, Bargoud CG, Sciarretta JD, Smith RN, Hanos DS, Afif IN, Beard JH, Dhillon NK, Zhang A, Ghneim M, Devasahayam RJ, Gunter OL, Smith AA, Sun BL, Cao C, Reynolds JK, Hilt LA, Holena D, Chang G, Jonikas M, Echeverria K, Fung N, Anderson A, Dumas RP, Fitzgerald CA, Levin J, Trankiem C, Yoon JJ, Blank J, Hazelton J, McLaughlin CJ, Al-Aref R, Kirsch JM, Howard DS, Scantling DR, Dellonte K, Vella M, Hopkins B, Shell C, Udekwu PO, Wong EG, Joseph BA, Lieberman H, Ramsey W, Stewart C, Alvarez C, Berne JD, Nahmias J, Puente I, Patton JP, Rakitin I, Perea LL, Pulido OR, Ahmed H, Keating J, Kodadek L, Wade J, Henry R, Schreiber M, Benjamin A, Khan A, Mann LK, Mentzer C, Mousafeiris V, Mulita F, Reid-Gruner S, Sais E, Foote C, Palacio-Lascano C, Argandykov D, Kaafarani H, Bover Manderski M, Narayan M, Seamon MJ. The impact of post-operative enteral nutrition on duodenal injury outcomes: A post hoc analysis of an EAST multicenter trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 May 15;. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004303. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38745354.
Beard JH, Trombley S, Walker T, Roberts L, Partain L, MacMillan J, Midberry J. Public health framing of firearm violence on local television news in Philadelphia, PA, USA: a quantitative content analysis. BMC Public Health. 2024 May 3;24(1):1221. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18718-0. PubMed PMID: 38698393; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11067069.
Himmelstein KEW, Afif IN, Beard JH, Tsai AC. Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus-related Disparities in Undergoing Emergency General Surgical Procedures in the United States, 2016-2019. Ann Surg. 2024 Feb 1;279(2):240-245. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005918. Epub 2023 May 25. PubMed PMID: 37226805; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10674045.
Ashley T, Ashley HF, Wladis A, Nordin P, Ohene-Yeboah M, Rukas R, Lipnickas V, Smalle IO, Holm K, Kalsi H, Palmu J, Sahr F, Beard JH, Löfgren J, Bolkan HA, van Duinen AJ. Standardised Competency-Based Training of Medical Doctors and Associate Clinicians in Inguinal Repair with Mesh in Sierra Leone. World J Surg. 2023 Oct;47(10):2330-2337. doi: 10.1007/s00268-023-07095-1. Epub 2023 Jul 14. PubMed PMID: 37452143; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10474210.
Choron RL, Teichman AL, Bargoud CG, Sciarretta JD, Smith RN, Hanos DS, Afif IN, Beard JH, Dhillon NK, Zhang A, Ghneim M, Devasahayam RJ, Gunter OL, Smith AA, Sun BL, Cao CS, Reynolds JK, Hilt LA, Holena DN, Chang G, Jonikas M, Echeverria K, Fung NS, Anderson A, Fitzgerald CA, Dumas RP, Levin JH, Trankiem CT, Yoon JJ, Blank J, Hazelton J, McLaughlin CJ, Al-Aref R, Kirsch JM, Howard DS, Scantling DR, Dellonte K, Vella M, Hopkins B, Shell CH, Udekwu PO, Wong EG, Joseph BA, Lieberman H, Ramsey W, Stewart C, Alvarez C, Berne JD, Nahmias J, Puente I, Patton JH Jr, Rakitin I, Perea LL, Pulido OR, Ahmed H, Keating J, Kodadek LM, Wade J, Henry R, Schreiber MA, Benjamin AJ, Khan A, Mann LK, Mentzer CJ, Mousafeiris V, Mulita F, Reid-Gruner S, Sais E, Marks J, Foote C, Palacio CH, Argandykov D, Kaafarani H, Coyle S, Macor M, Manderski MTB, Narayan M, Seamon MJ. Outcomes among trauma patients with duodenal leak following primary versus complex repair of duodenal injuries: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Jul 1;95(1):151-159. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003972. Epub 2023 Apr 19. PubMed PMID: 37072889.
Gobaud AN, Mehranbod CA, Kaufman E, Jay J, Beard JH, Jacoby SF, Branas CC, Bushover B, Morrison CN. Assessing the Gun Violence Archive as an Epidemiologic Data Source for Community Firearm Violence in 4 US Cities. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2316545. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.16545. PubMed PMID: 37266937; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10238941.
Beard JH, Midberry J, Afif IN, Dauer E, MacMillan J. “Like I’m a nobody:” firearm-injured peoples' perspectives on news media reporting about firearm violence. Social Science & Medicine - Qualitative Research in Health. 2023 January; 3.
Jacoby SF, Smith RN, Beard JH. Rethinking "recidivism" in firearm injury research and prevention. Prev Med. 2022 Dec;165(Pt A):107221. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107221. Epub 2022 Aug 21. PubMed PMID: 36002055.
Beard JH, Thet Lwin ZM, Agarwal S, Ohene-Yeboah M, Tabiri S, Amoako JKA, Maher Z, Sims CA, Harris HW, Löfgren J. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Inguinal Hernia Repair With Mesh Performed by Surgeons and Medical Doctors in Ghana. Value Health Reg Issues. 2022 Nov;32:31-38. doi: 10.1016/j.vhri.2022.07.004. Epub 2022 Aug 29. PubMed PMID: 36049447.
Dauer E, Beard JH, Maher Z, Sjoholm L, Santora T, Pathak A, Anderson J, Goldberg A. Talk and Die: A Descriptive Analysis of Penetrating Trauma Patients. J Surg Res. 2022 Oct;278:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.04.037. Epub 2022 May 16. PubMed PMID: 35588570.
Afif IN, Gobaud AN, Morrison CN, Jacoby SF, Maher Z, Dauer ED, Kaufman EJ, Santora TA, Anderson JH, Pathak A, Sjoholm LO, Goldberg AJ, Beard JH. The changing epidemiology of interpersonal firearm violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia, PA. Prev Med. 2022 May;158:107020. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107020. Epub 2022 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 35301043; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8920109.
Thet Lwin ZM, Forsberg B, Keel G, Beard JH, Amoako J, Ohene-Yeboah M, Tabiri S, Löfgren J. Economic evaluation of expanding inguinal hernia repair among adult males in Ghana. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022;2(4):e0000270. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000270. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 36962172; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10022161.
Maher Z, Beard JH, Dauer E, Carroll M, Forman S, Topper GV, Pathak A, Santora TA, Sjoholm LO, Zhao H, Goldberg AJ. Police transport of firearm-injured patients-more often and more injured. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Jul 1;91(1):164-170. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003225. PubMed PMID: 34108420.
Beard JH, Jacoby SF, Maher Z, Dong B, Kaufman EJ, Goldberg AJ, Morrison CN. Changes in Shooting Incidence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Between March and November 2020. JAMA. 2021 Apr 6;325(13):1327-1328. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.1534. PubMed PMID: 33566087; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7876621.
Ashley T, Ashley H, Wladis A, Bolkan HA, van Duinen AJ, Beard JH, Kalsi H, Palmu J, Nordin P, Holm K, Ohene-Yeboah M, Löfgren J. Outcomes After Elective Inguinal Hernia Repair Performed by Associate Clinicians vs Medical Doctors in Sierra Leone: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jan 4;4(1):e2032681. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.32681. PubMed PMID: 33427884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7801936.
Kaufman EJ, Passman JE, Jacoby SF, Holena DN, Seamon MJ, MacMillan J, Beard JH. Making the news: Victim characteristics associated with media reporting on firearm injury. Prev Med. 2020 Dec;141:106275. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106275. Epub 2020 Oct 4. PubMed PMID: 33027614; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7533055.
Beard JH, Ohene-Yeboah M, Löfgren J. International Consensus and External Validity in Global Surgery Research and Task Shifting-Reply. JAMA Surg. 2020 Feb 1;155(2):171-172. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.4088. PubMed PMID: 31642883.
Harfouche M, Beard J, Mason L, Maher Z, Dauer E, Santora T, Goldberg A, Pathak A. Outcomes in Trauma Patients With Behavioral Health Disorders. J Surg Res. 2019 Dec;244:425-429. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.06.061. Epub 2019 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 31326708.
Beard JH, Jacoby SF, James R, Dong B, Seamon MJ, Maher Z, Goldberg AJ, Morrison CN. Examining mass shootings from a neighborhood perspective: An analysis of multiple-casualty events and media reporting in Philadelphia, United States. Prev Med. 2019 Dec;129:105856. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105856. PubMed PMID: 31739909.
Kim R, Moore R, Schmidt L, Martin K, Sjoholm LO, Mason L, Beard J. Volvulus caused by a free intraperitoneal staple after laparoscopic appendectomy: A case report. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2019;65:259-261. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.10.072. Epub 2019 Nov 2. PubMed PMID: 31743842; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6864125.
Passman J, Oresanya LB, Akoko L, Mwanga A, Mkony CA, O'Sullivan P, Dicker RA, Löfgren J, Beard JH. Survey of surgical training and experience of associate clinicians compared with medical officers to understand task-shifting in a low-income country. BJS Open. 2019 Oct;3(5):704-712. doi: 10.1002/bjs5.50184. eCollection 2019 Oct. PubMed PMID: 31592089; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6773640.
Beard JH, Resnick S, Maher Z, Seamon MJ, Morrison CN, Sims CA, Smith RN, Sjoholm LO, Goldberg AJ. Clustered Arrivals of Firearm-Injured Patients in an Urban Trauma System: A Silent Epidemic. J Am Coll Surg. 2019 Sep;229(3):236-243. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.03.020. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PubMed PMID: 30978395.
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Kaufman E, Holena DN, Yang WP, Morrison CN, Jacoby SF, Seamon M, Sims C, Wiebe DJ, Beard JH. Firearm assault in Philadelphia, 2005-2014: a comparison of police and trauma registry data. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2019;4(1):e000316. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2019-000316. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31467983; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6699718.
Beard JH, Ajiko MM, Löfgren J. From Measuring Disease Burden to Designing and Evaluating Solutions-Global Surgery Research in Evolution. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Jan 4;2(1):e186840. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.6840. PubMed PMID: 30646200.
Löfgren J, Beard J, Ashley T. Groin Hernia Surgery in Low-Resource Settings - A Problem Still Unsolved. N Engl J Med. 2018 Apr 5;378(14):1357-1358. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1800621. PubMed PMID: 29617581.
Beard JH, Martin ND, Reilly PM, Seamon MJ. Nighttime Trauma Fellow Care Is Associated with Improved Outcomes after Injury. Am Surg. 2018 Mar 1;84(3):365-370. PubMed PMID: 29559050.
Jacoby SF, Dong B, Beard JH, Wiebe DJ, Morrison CN. The enduring impact of historical and structural racism on urban violence in Philadelphia. Soc Sci Med. 2018 Feb;199:87-95. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.038. Epub 2017 May 19. PubMed PMID: 28579093; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7437144.
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