
Ann O'Rourke
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Ann O'Rourke
@aporourke
University of Wisconsin trauma and acute care surgeon, general surgery PD, and public health advocate. RPCV. crazy aunt. views are my own.










Hourly Neurologic Examinations for longer than 24 hours are associated with a 3-fold increase in delirium in geriatric trauma patients with mild or moderate TBI. No emergent procedures were performed as a result of changes on hourly NE. @fonsecaric journals.lww.com/jtrauma/abstra…




Honored to present @SAGES_Updates on the multimodal, multidisciplinary comprehensive approach to necrotizing pancreatitis with a great panel lead by @amyliepert & @KevinElHayekMD - rationale for “STEP-UP” non-op, endoscopic, IR, MIS, EGS-VARD and open approaches given. #SAGES2024

Welcome our newest general surgery preliminary interns! #Match2024

Welcome our newest general surgery residents! #Match2024



Welcome our newest general surgery residents! #Match2024


Welcome our newest general surgery residents! #Match2024

Name a movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with just a GIF


Doja Cat in new photo for #Demons.

For those outside of Radiology who don't know, contrast induced nephropathy for yrs now,felt to be somewhere between a questionable entity, possibly non-existing entity. if a pt w renal failure needs an exam, dangers of missing a dx are often> than CIN risk



Nearly one-third of patients who suffer from non-neurologic #injury after Motor Vehicle Crash are at risk for Catastrophic Health Expenditure #MVC #FinancialHardship #CHE @realtalkmadhuri @benzarzaur @jmcollinswisc @WiscSurgery #JoTACS #SurgTwitter journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Fullte…





