2024
Phlebotomy‐free days in children hospitalized with common infections and their association with clinical outcomes
Collins M, Hall M, Shah S, Molloy M, Aronson P, Cotter J, Steiner M, McCoy E, Tchou M, Stephens J, Markham J. Phlebotomy‐free days in children hospitalized with common infections and their association with clinical outcomes. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2024, 19: 251-258. PMID: 38348499, PMCID: PMC11155307, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare of hospitalized childrenHospital quality measuresCross-sectional study of childrenPatient Refined Diagnosis Related GroupsPediatric Health Information System databaseHealth Information System databaseCross-sectional studyClinical outcomesDiagnosis Related GroupsInformation System databaseInterhospital transferIn-hospital mortalityMedical complexityStudy of childrenLaboratory blood testsTotal hospital LOSAssociated with outcomeAdjustment outcomesBlood testsOsteoarticular infectionsHospitalSystem databaseHospital LOSQuality measuresRelated groups
2022
Variation in bacterial pneumonia diagnoses and outcomes among children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections
Cotter J, Hall M, Shah S, Molloy M, Markham J, Aronson P, Stephens J, Steiner M, McCoy E, Collins M, Tchou M. Variation in bacterial pneumonia diagnoses and outcomes among children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2022, 17: 872-879. PMID: 35946482, PMCID: PMC11366396, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.12940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacterial community-acquired pneumoniaLower respiratory tract infectionsCommunity-acquired pneumoniaRespiratory tract infectionsProportion of childrenTract infectionsDiagnosis groupsMulticenter cross-sectional studyLength of stayCross-sectional studyCause revisitsClinical outcomesBlood testsChildren's HospitalViral causeCaP diagnosisChest radiographsMAIN OUTCOMEMultivariable regressionPneumonia diagnosisHospitalDiagnosisOutcomesReadmissionSignificant differences
2015
Association between Clinical Outcomes and Hospital Guidelines for Cerebrospinal Fluid Testing in Febrile Infants Aged 29-56 Days
Chua KP, Neuman MI, McWilliams JM, Aronson PL, Collaborative F, Thurm C, Williams D, Browning W, Nigrovic L, Alpern E, Tieder J, Feldman E, Shah S, Schondelmeyer A, Alessandrini E, McCulloh R, Myers A, Balamuth F, Hayes K. Association between Clinical Outcomes and Hospital Guidelines for Cerebrospinal Fluid Testing in Febrile Infants Aged 29-56 Days. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2015, 167: 1340-1346.e9. PMID: 26477870, PMCID: PMC5535778, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.09.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical practice guidelinesOlder febrile infantsFebrile infantsCerebrospinal fluid testingClinical outcomesCSF testingAdverse eventsFluid testingYoung febrile infantsCentral venous cathetersUS children's hospitalsSignificant differencesMedian annual household incomeRace/ethnicityAnnual household incomeHospital mortalityVenous cathetersBacterial meningitisMembrane oxygenationPrimary outcomeHospital guidelinesMechanical ventilationChildren's HospitalEmergency departmentPractice guidelines