2018
Emergency Care for Children in the United States: Epidemiology and Trends Over Time
Whitfill T, Auerbach M, Scherzer DJ, Shi J, Xiang H, Stanley RM. Emergency Care for Children in the United States: Epidemiology and Trends Over Time. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 55: 423-434. PMID: 29793812, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.04.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower-volume EDsPediatric ED visitsED visitsPediatric visitsEmergency careInterhospital transferPediatric volumeUtilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department SampleNationwide Emergency Department SampleSelf-pay insuranceEmergency Department SampleHigh-volume EDsEmergency care systemLower mortality rateMajority of childrenEmergency department volumeMedicaid insuranceHospital characteristicsGastrointestinal diseasesPediatric careEpidemiological trendsRespiratory diseaseCommon reasonMortality rateTotal visits
2015
Disparities in Adherence to Pediatric Sepsis Guidelines across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Observational In Situ Simulation Study
Kessler DO, Walsh B, Whitfill T, Dudas RA, Gangadharan S, Gawel M, Brown L, Auerbach M. Disparities in Adherence to Pediatric Sepsis Guidelines across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Observational In Situ Simulation Study. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 50: 403-415.e3. PMID: 26499775, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric sepsis guidelinesEmergency departmentSepsis guidelinesPediatric EDGeneral EDsSeptic shockProviders' perceptionsGreater adherenceMulti-center observational studyImproved guideline adherenceGeneral emergency departmentsMultivariable logistic regressionPediatric emergency departmentCross-sectional observationalMultivariable regression modelsEmergency medical servicesSepsis scoreGuideline adherencePediatric patientsPrimary outcomeOverall adherenceObservational studyLogistic regressionInterprofessional teamAdherence