Methodist Health System

This study looks at whether having an emergency department pharmacist review positive blood culture results helps patients get notified faster after they've been sent home from the ER. Researchers will compare two hospitals—one where pharmacists handle these results and one where…

This study is creating a data registry to analyze how different surgical treatments affect survival for patients with an acute subdural hematoma, a serious brain bleed caused by head trauma. Researchers will look back at the medical records of about 100 adult trauma patients trea…

This study looks back at medical records to see if patients with esophageal cancer have different outcomes depending on where they get surgery. Researchers are comparing hospitals that perform many of these surgeries each year to those that perform fewer. The goal is to understan…

This study is creating a data registry to analyze how the order of emergency treatments given before hospital arrival affects survival for patients who suffer cardiac arrest from trauma. Researchers will collect information from about 100 adult patients treated at Methodist Dalla…

This study is a survey for senior general surgery residents in the U.S. It aims to understand who is teaching them complex gastrointestinal (GI) surgical procedures during their training and to gauge their interest in pursuing an advanced GI surgery fellowship. The goal is to ide…

This study aims to compare two types of surgery for pancreatic and liver tumors: traditional open surgery and newer minimally invasive techniques. Researchers will look at the medical records of over 400 patients who had these surgeries between 2006 and 2020. They want to see whi…

This study aims to better understand how patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) respond to a treatment called Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT). Researchers will collect detailed information from about 50 patients receiving this standard treatment to learn…

This study is creating a registry to collect information on patients who have a common digestive system test called an ERCP. The goal is to understand which patients are at higher risk for developing pancreatitis after the procedure. By tracking this data, researchers hope to fin…

This study aims to collect and analyze past medical records to understand which surgical approaches work best for traumatic colon injuries. Researchers will review cases from a Dallas hospital trauma registry to compare outcomes of different surgical techniques. The goal is to id…

This study aims to collect information to help doctors better predict which older patients are at higher risk of complications after hip fracture surgery. It will compare two different assessment tools: a standard heart health check and a newer 'frailty score' designed for hip fr…

This study aims to improve how hospitals decide which injured patients need the full trauma team's immediate attention. Researchers are comparing old and new sets of rules (called activation criteria) used by emergency responders to make this call. They will measure how often the…