2019
Improving Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis Management in Community Emergency Departments Using a Simulation-Based Collaborative Improvement Program
Abulebda K, Whitfill T, Montgomery EE, Kirby ML, Ahmed RA, Cooper DD, Nitu ME, Auerbach MA, Lutfi R, Abu-Sultaneh S. Improving Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis Management in Community Emergency Departments Using a Simulation-Based Collaborative Improvement Program. Pediatric Emergency Care 2019, 37: 543-549. PMID: 30870337, DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000001751.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity emergency departmentsAcademic medical centerEmergency departmentCollaborative improvement programDiabetic ketoacidosisPediatric patientsPediatric volumePediatric resourcesComposite adherence scoreDiabetic ketoacidosis managementLow pediatric volumePediatric DKA patientsProspective interventional studyMixed linear regression modelsQuality of careDKA guidelinesPatients preimplementationDKA patientsInterventional studyOverall adherenceAdherence scoreIll childrenMedical CenterCritical action checklistMultiprofessional team
2018
Adherence to Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Guidelines Across a Spectrum of Fifty Emergency Departments: A Prospective, In Situ, Simulation‐based Study
Auerbach M, Brown L, Whitfill T, Baird J, Abulebda K, Bhatnagar A, Lutfi R, Gawel M, Walsh B, Tay KY, Lavoie M, Nadkarni V, Dudas R, Kessler D, Katznelson J, Ganghadaran S, Hamilton MF. Adherence to Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Guidelines Across a Spectrum of Fifty Emergency Departments: A Prospective, In Situ, Simulation‐based Study. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 25: 1396-1408. PMID: 30194902, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulseless electrical activityCardiac arrest guidelinesBasic life supportLower-volume EDsPediatric patient volumePatient volumeCardiac arrestPediatric volumeAdherence scoreVentricular fibrillationVolume groupHospital cardiac arrest survival outcomesProvider experiencePediatric Advanced Life Support trainingAdvanced life support trainingBetter guideline adherenceLow pediatric volumeTotal adherence scoreHigh-volume hospitalsHospital-level characteristicsTrauma center designationMore providersLower mortality rateHospital-level dataCare of children