2020
Readiness for and Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Pediatric Healthcare Providers: The Role of Simulation for Pandemics and Other Disasters*
Wagner M, Jaki C, Löllgen RM, Mileder L, Eibensteiner F, Ritschl V, Steinbauer P, Gottstein M, Abulebda K, Calhoun A, Gross IT. Readiness for and Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Pediatric Healthcare Providers: The Role of Simulation for Pandemics and Other Disasters*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2020, 22: e333-e338. PMID: 33350800, PMCID: PMC8162220, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronavirus disease 2019Disease 2019Healthcare providersCritical care healthcare providersDelphi processNoncoronavirus disease 2019Pediatric healthcare providersPublic health emergencyMulticenter surveyInternational survey studyPercent of institutionsHealth emergencyVirtual reality trainingMedical education programsStandard educationEuropean participantsContent expertsSurvey studyReality trainingProvidersSimulation trainingClosing the Loop
Goldman MP, Query LA, Wong AH, Gross IT, Emerson BL, Auerbach MA, Tiyyagura GK. Closing the Loop. Pediatric Emergency Care 2020, 37: e1535-e1543. PMID: 33009320, PMCID: PMC8012401, DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000002108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneral emergency departmentsPediatric emergency care coordinatorCare coordinationHospital liaisonBarriers to program implementationProgram implementationAnalyzed transcribed dataFacilitators of program implementationEmergency care settingsEmergency medicine providersConstant comparative methodFollow-upCare of childrenMedicolegal exposureCare settingsCare trendsMedicine providersSemistructured interviewsCommunity hospitalSuccessful disseminationEmergency departmentElectronic reportingTime burdenQuality improvementChildren's hospitalPediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department and Its Association With Patient Outcomes in Critical Care: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Balmaks R, Whitfill TM, Ziemele B, Blumberga M, Upenieks R, Vegeris I, Grope I, Pavare J, Auerbach MA, Gross IT. Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department and Its Association With Patient Outcomes in Critical Care: A Prospective Cohort Study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2020, 21: e213-e220. PMID: 32132503, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric readiness scoreProspective cohort studyEmergency departmentPediatric readinessPatient outcomesComposite quality scoreCohort studyReadiness scoresPediatric acute careProcess of carePediatric emergency careHospital lengthPediatric patientsQuality scoresAcute carePediatric mortalityPatient RegistryCritical careMixed-effects regressionPICUEmergency carePatientsMortalityCareOutcomesImproving Pediatric Administrative Disaster Preparedness Through Simulated Disaster Huddles
Gross IT, Goldberg SA, Whitfill T, Liebling S, Garcia A, Alfano A, Hasdianda A, Cicero MX. Improving Pediatric Administrative Disaster Preparedness Through Simulated Disaster Huddles. Disaster Medicine And Public Health Preparedness 2020, 15: 352-357. PMID: 32172716, DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2020.10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric EDMass casualty incidentsEmergency department staffFunctional exercisePatient outcomesDisaster preparedness effortsDisaster preparednessDepartment staffFurther studiesDidactic sessionsCasualty incidentsOverall scoreAppropriate trainingPreparedness effortsHuddlesTraining paradigmPreparedness
2019
Extracranial Internal Carotid Aneurysm in a 10-Year-Old Boy Diagnosed via Ultrasound
Sosa PA, Matar P, Gross IT. Extracranial Internal Carotid Aneurysm in a 10-Year-Old Boy Diagnosed via Ultrasound. Pediatric Emergency Care 2019, 35: e49-e52. PMID: 30768565, DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000001759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarotid aneurysmsNeck massExtracranial Internal Carotid AneurysmRecent upper respiratory infectionPreferred initial testUpper respiratory infectionPulsatile neck massExtracranial carotid aneurysmsInternal carotid arteryInternal carotid aneurysmMagnetic resonance angiographyAirway compressionNeurologic complicationsHemodynamic stabilityNeurologic statusNeurologic symptomsPatient agePharyngeal infectionAirway statusAsymptomatic massPediatric patientsRespiratory infectionsInterposition graftFatal hemorrhageEmergency department
2018
GPS Devices in a Simulated Mass Casualty Event
Gross IT, Coughlin RF, Cone DC, Bogucki S, Auerbach M, Cicero MX. GPS Devices in a Simulated Mass Casualty Event. Prehospital Emergency Care 2018, 23: 290-295. PMID: 30118640, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2018.1489018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentMass casualty eventsED staffPatient tracking toolCasualty eventsGlobal Positioning SystemEmergency medicine departmentPediatric emergency medicine (PEM) fellowsEmergency medical servicesSecondary outcomesPediatric patientsPrimary outcomeMedical evaluationPatient managementMedicine departmentStaff receptionPatient careReal-time trackingGPS devicesFree-text feedbackMedical servicesPatientsPatient actorsHospitalStaff perceptions
2017
Vaginal Foreign Bodies
Gross IT, Riera A. Vaginal Foreign Bodies. Pediatric Emergency Care 2017, 33: 756-759. PMID: 29095775, DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000001304.Peer-Reviewed Original Research