2021
Preparedness for Pediatric Office Emergencies: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Study
Abulebda K, Yuknis ML, Whitfill T, Montgomery EE, Pearson KJ, Rousseau R, Diaz MCG, Brown LL, Wing R, Tay KY, Good GL, Malik RN, Garrow AL, Zaveri PP, Thomas E, Makharashvili A, Burns RA, Lavoie M, Auerbach MA. Preparedness for Pediatric Office Emergencies: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Study. Pediatrics 2021, 148: e2020038463. PMID: 34433688, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-038463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency medical servicesEmergency carePreparedness scorePediatric primary care officePrimary care officesPediatric office settingCase performance scoresMulticenter cohortMultivariable analysisRespiratory distressMulticenter studyPediatric guidelinesPercentage adherenceCare officesIndependent practiceNational cohortOffice preparednessPediatric emergenciesPediatric officesOffice emergenciesAmerican AcademyOffice settingEmergency preparednessUnweighted percentagesMedical services
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
2016
Differences in the Quality of Pediatric Resuscitative Care Across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments
Auerbach M, Whitfill T, Gawel M, Kessler D, Walsh B, Gangadharan S, Hamilton MF, Schultz B, Nishisaki A, Tay KY, Lavoie M, Katznelson J, Dudas R, Baird J, Nadkarni V, Brown L. Differences in the Quality of Pediatric Resuscitative Care Across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments. JAMA Pediatrics 2016, 170: 987-994. PMID: 27570926, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher composite quality scorePediatric patient volumeEmergency departmentComposite quality scoreResuscitative carePatient volumePED statusProspective multicenter cohort studyCardiac arrest guidelinesMulticenter cohort studyPRS scoresIndividual domain scoresSepsis guidelinesCohort studyPediatric patientsIll patientsMulticenter studyCardiac arrestReal patient careMultivariable modelResuscitation bayMAIN OUTCOMEDomain scoresPatient careSurvey scores
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