2024
Pediatric critical care nursing empowerment through distance education and simulation in Accra, Ghana
Nader M, Silvers R, Phatak U, White L, Jaeger M, Whitfill T, Owusu-Sekyere F, Boateng G, Lano G, Canarie M, Gross I. Pediatric critical care nursing empowerment through distance education and simulation in Accra, Ghana. Clinical Simulation In Nursing 2024, 96: 101616. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2024.101616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNurse empowermentKorle Bu Teaching HospitalNursing curriculumPediatric intensive care unitClinical Teamwork ScaleSimulation Effectiveness ToolSimulated case scenariosFree-text feedbackPediatric critical careQualitative content analysisTeamwork ScaleNursing staffDistance simulationEducational interventionCritical careTeaching hospitalIntensive care unitContent analysisPilot studyCare unitInternational partnershipsEmpowermentCase scenariosMixing methodEducational content
2012
Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis in Children
Raizner A, Phatak UP, Baker K, Patel MG, Husain SZ, Pashankar DS. Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis in Children. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2012, 162: 788-792. PMID: 23102790, PMCID: PMC4370212, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.09.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital stayLate complicationsMedical therapyEtiologic factorsPediatric intensive care unitYale-New Haven Children's HospitalSupportive medical therapyIntensive medical therapyAcute necrotizing pancreatitisCT severity indexSeverity IndexComputed tomography (CT) criteriaRisk of complicationsIntensive care unitPancreatic exocrine insufficiencyAssessment of severityHospital dischargeCare unitExocrine insufficiencyNecrotizing pancreatitisChildren's HospitalRetrospective studyTransient hyperglycemiaVariable etiologyTomography criteria