2020
Improving Pediatric Readiness in General Emergency Departments: A Prospective Interventional Study
Abulebda K, Whitfill T, Montgomery EE, Thomas A, Dudas RA, Leung JS, Scherzer DJ, Aebersold M, Van Ittersum WL, Kant S, Walls TA, Sessa AK, Janofsky S, Fenster DB, Kessler DO, Chatfield J, Okada P, Arteaga GM, Berg MD, Knight LJ, Keilman A, Makharashvili A, Good G, Bingham L, Mathias EJ, Nagy K, Hamilton MF, Vora S, Mathias K, Auerbach MA, Simulation I, Lutfi R, Abu-Sultaneh S, Berrens Z, Burns B, Reid J, Fenstermacher S, Lavoie M, Tay K. Improving Pediatric Readiness in General Emergency Departments: A Prospective Interventional Study. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2020, 230: 230-237.e1. PMID: 33137316, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.10.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneral emergency departmentsAcademic medical centerEmergency departmentPediatric readinessMedical CenterInterventional studyPediatric readiness scoreProspective interventional studyPediatric academic medical centerProcess of careQuality improvement initiativesStudy protocolMean improvementCollaborative intervention modelsImprovement interventionsIntervention phaseImprovement initiativesResource ToolkitCareReadiness scoresBaselineInterventionIntervention modelSignificant improvementReadiness interventions
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