2021
Improving the Quality of Clinical Care of Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in General Emergency Departments Following a Collaborative Improvement Program with an Academic Medical Center
Alsaedi H, Lutfi R, Abu-Sultaneh S, Montgomery EE, Pearson KJ, Weinstein E, Whitfill T, Auerbach MA, Abulebda K. Improving the Quality of Clinical Care of Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in General Emergency Departments Following a Collaborative Improvement Program with an Academic Medical Center. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2021, 240: 235-240.e1. PMID: 34481806, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.08.081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneral emergency departmentsAcademic medical centerDiabetic ketoacidosisPatients' clinical outcomesEmergency departmentClinical outcomesMedical CenterClinical carePediatric intensive care unitPediatric diabetic ketoacidosisRetrospective cohort studyIntensive care unitProcess of carePediatric emergency careCollaborative improvement programSignificant improvementCohort studyPediatric patientsCare unitMultifaceted interventionsEmergency carePatientsCareAdherenceKetoacidosis
2020
National preparedness survey of pediatric intensive care units with simulation centers during the coronavirus pandemic
Abulebda K, Ahmed RA, Auerbach MA, Bona AM, Falvo LE, Hughes PG, Gross IT, Sarmiento EJ, Barach PR. National preparedness survey of pediatric intensive care units with simulation centers during the coronavirus pandemic. World Journal Of Critical Care Medicine 2020, 9: 74-87. PMID: 33384950, PMCID: PMC7754533, DOI: 10.5492/wjccm.v9.i5.74.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPersonal protective equipmentCOVID-19 patientsChildren's HospitalClinical practiceCOVID-19 dedicated unitsAdult COVID-19 patientsPediatric intensive care unitHealth worker protectionPediatric healthcare systemIntensive care unitPediatric critical careTraining modalitiesStaffing modelsPreferred training modalitiesCoronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemicPICU unitPediatric patientsCare unitPICU careAirway managementPediatric hospitalCritical careCOVID-19 practicesCurrent modalitiesPatients