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Increasing Awareness Is Needed Among Pediatric Hospitalists About Prenatal Substance Exposure: Policy, Advocacy, and Clinical Care.
Ostfeld-Johns S, Schiff D. Increasing Awareness Is Needed Among Pediatric Hospitalists About Prenatal Substance Exposure: Policy, Advocacy, and Clinical Care. Hospital Pediatrics 2022, 12: e374-e376. PMID: 36093626, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2022-006837.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2024
A Comparison of Two Statewide Datasets to Understand Population Prevalence of Substance Use in Pregnancy: Findings and Considerations for Policy & Research
Sieger M, Morin J, Budris L, Sienna M, Ostfeld-Johns S, Hart L, Morosky C. A Comparison of Two Statewide Datasets to Understand Population Prevalence of Substance Use in Pregnancy: Findings and Considerations for Policy & Research. Maternal And Child Health Journal 2024, 28: 1121-1131. PMID: 38539033, PMCID: PMC11060901, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-024-03914-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersSubstance useBlack mothersPregnancy-related deathsFederal Child Abuse PreventionMental health conditionsPublic health aimSelf-reported drug useMaternal self-reportDrug usePrevalence of substance useChild protective services involvementProtective services involvementMothers self-reportedChild abuse preventionSelf-reported dataStatistically similar ratesPrenatal substance exposureSelf-report ratingsHealth aimRate of whitesHispanic mothersHealth conditionsHospital personnelSelf-reportDiagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care
Auerbach A, Lee T, Hubbard C, Ranji S, Raffel K, Valdes G, Boscardin J, Dalal A, Harris A, Flynn E, Schnipper J, Feinbloom D, Roy B, Herzig S, Wazir M, Gershanik E, Goyal A, Chitneni P, Burney S, Galinsky J, Rastegar S, Moore D, Berdahl C, Seferian E, Suri K, Ramishvili T, Vedamurthy D, Hunt D, Mehta A, Katakam H, Field S, Karatasakis B, Beeler K, Himmel A, Eid S, Gandhi S, Pena I, Ranta Z, Lipten S, Lucier D, Walker-Corkery B, Kleinman Sween J, Kirchoff R, Rieck K, Kolar G, Parikh R, Burton C, Dugani C, Dapaah-Afriyie K, Finn A, Raju S, Surani A, Segon A, Bhandari S, Astik G, O’Leary K, Helminski A, Anstey J, Zhou M, Alday A, Halvorson S, Esmaili A, Barish P, Fenton C, Kantor M, Choi K, Schram A, Ruhnke G, Patel H, Virapongse A, Burden M, Ngov L, Keniston A, Talari P, Romond J, Vick S, Williams M, Marr R, Gupta A, Rohde J, Mao F, Fang M, Greysen S, Shah P, Kim C, Narayanan M, Wolpaw B, Ellingson S, Kaiksow F, Kenik J, Sterken D, Lewis M, Manwani B, Ledford R, Webber C, Vasilevskis E, Buckley R, Kripalani S, Sankey C, Ostfeld-Johns S, Gielissen K, Wijesekera T, Jordan E, Karwa A, Churnet B, Chia D, Brooks K. Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care. JAMA Internal Medicine 2024, 184: 164-173. PMID: 38190122, PMCID: PMC10775080, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.7347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient harmIntensive care unitHospitalized adultsDiagnostic errorsAssociated with patient harmCohort studyMultivariate modelRandom sample of adultsAcademic medical centerSample of adultsDiagnostic error reductionTemporary harmGeneral medical conditionsAttributable fractionRetrospective cohort studyMain OutcomesMedical inpatientsTest orderingPermanent harmTrained cliniciansImprovement effortsMedical conditionsClinician assessmentMedical CenterPatient records