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Lisa Clark Pickett

Lisa Clark Pickett

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery
l.pickett@duke.edu
Box 3688 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Duke University Hospital, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works

Caring for Each Other: An Evaluation of a Peer Support Program for Nurses and Health Care Workers.

Journal article J Nurs Care Qual · April 2025 BACKGROUND: Human errors, workplace violence, and community events can impact nurses and other health care workers' (HCW) overall well-being. Peer support programs have shown a positive impact on care teams by focusing on second victim mitigation and suppo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development of an interactive dashboard for gun violence pattern analysis and intervention design at the local level.

Journal article JAMIA Open · December 2023 INTRODUCTION: Gun violence remains a concerning and persistent issue in our country. Novel dashboards may integrate and summarize important clinical and non-clinical data that can inform targeted interventions to address the underlying causes of gun violen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Palliative Care Consultation Is Underutilized in Critically Ill General Surgery Patients.

Journal article Am J Hosp Palliat Care · February 2020 BACKGROUND: American College of Surgeons recommends palliative care and surgeons collaborate on the care of patients with poor prognoses. These collaborations are done to discuss symptom management and goals of care. However, contemporary practice patterns ... Full text Link to item Cite

Two-Phase Hospital-Associated Outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus: Investigation and Mitigation.

Journal article Clin Infect Dis · April 1, 2017 BACKGROUND: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) commonly colonize municipal water supplies and cause healthcare-associated outbreaks. We investigated a biphasic outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus at a tertiary care hospital. METHODS: Case patients had recen ... Full text Link to item Cite

The utility of the aortic dissection team: outcomes and insights after a decade of experience.

Journal article Ann Cardiothorac Surg · May 2016 BACKGROUND: Mortality rates following acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) repair are reduced when operations are performed by a high-volume acute aortic dissection (AAD) team, leading to efforts to centralize ATAAD care. Here, we describe our experience ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prosthetic Choice in Open Inguinal Hernia Repair

Book section · January 1, 2013 Modern open inguinal hernia repair is generally performed with prosthetic mesh. The quantity of types of mesh available for repair has greatly increased in the past few years, to include porous, nonporous, absorbable, and biologic mesh. Each mesh carries w ... Full text Cite

Continuous intravenous insulin: An evaluation in bariatric patients outside of the intensive care unit

Journal article Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care · December 1, 2012 Introduction: Bariatric surgery is being recommended for select patients with diabetes for improvement in glycemic control or possibly remission of diabetes. Diabetes remission does not happen immediately. In an effort to meet the changing glycemic control ... Full text Cite

Management of esophageal variceal bleeding

Book section · December 1, 2010 Esophageal variceal bleeding is a potentially life-threatening complication of portal hypertension. One-third of cirrhotic patients with documented varices bleed within 2 years from the time of initial diagnosis. Mortality rates from an initial episode of ... Full text Cite

Sporadic gastric carcinoid tumor laparoscopically resected: a case report.

Journal article JSLS · 2004 Sporadic gastric carcinoid tumors are relatively infrequent malignancies of the stomach. Tumors measuring less than 1 cm can sometimes be safely removed endoscopically; however, larger neoplasias require surgical ablation. The present case report represent ... Link to item Cite

Clinical application of porcine small intestinal submucosa in the management of infected or potentially contaminated abdominal defects.

Journal article J Gastrointest Surg · January 2004 The repair of abdominal wall defects in potentially contaminated or grossly infected fields presents a difficult clinical problem. Polypropylene mesh is relatively contraindicated in these settings because of the potential for chronic infection. The altern ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical utility of positron emission tomography in the diagnosis and management of periampullary neoplasms.

Journal article Ann Surg Oncol · October 2002 BACKGROUND: This study examined the effect that 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ((18)FDG-PET) imaging had on the clinical management of patients with suspected periampullary malignancy. METHODS: Fifty-four patients with suspected pancrea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Recurrent ductal carcinoma in situ after total mastectomy.

Journal article J Surg Oncol · July 1999 A case report is presented of a woman with recurrent DCIS occurring several years following a total mastectomy, the diagnosis of which was aided by a subpectoral saline implant. A discussion of factors associated with recurrence and a review of the literat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Laparoscopic biliary and enteric bypass.

Journal article Semin Surg Oncol · June 1999 Very few patients with a periampullary neoplasm present with resectable disease. Consequently, various operative and non-operative techniques have been developed to palliate patients with unresectable periampullary disease. Laparoscopic biliary (cholecysto ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of life-threatening soft-tissue infections.

Journal article Respir Care Clin N Am · June 1999 Necrotizing soft-tissue infections are rapidly spreading bacterial infections that account for a relatively small proportion of infections, but are aggressive in nature and nearly uniformly fatal if left untreated. Prompt recognition, antibiotic therapy, a ... Link to item Cite

Diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma: role of FDG PET.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · December 1998 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in differentiating benign from malignant disease in patients with possible pancreatic malignancy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pentoxifylline in resuscitation of experimental hemorrhagic shock

Journal article Critical Care Medicine · May 1991 Full text Cite