2018
An Initiative to Reduce Routine Viral Diagnostic Testing in Pediatric Patients Admitted with Bronchiolitis
Emerson BL, Tenore C, Grossman M. An Initiative to Reduce Routine Viral Diagnostic Testing in Pediatric Patients Admitted with Bronchiolitis. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2018, 44: 751-756. PMID: 30197306, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.05.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric emergency departmentViral diagnostic testingViral lower respiratory tract infectionsDiagnostic testingLower respiratory tract infectionsNon-ICU patientsRespiratory tract infectionsSpecific viral pathogensQuality improvement projectLow-cost interventionAsthma exacerbationsTract infectionsPediatric patientsPediatric populationSignificant morbidityChildren's HospitalEmergency departmentOutpatient careCurrent guidelinesUnit settingBronchiolitisStaff educationPatientsVDT useNational ratesProviders' Perceptions of Caring for Pediatric Patients in Community Hospital Emergency Departments: A Mixed‐methods Analysis
Goldman MP, Wong AH, Bhatnagar A, Emerson BL, Brown LL, Auerbach MA. Providers' Perceptions of Caring for Pediatric Patients in Community Hospital Emergency Departments: A Mixed‐methods Analysis. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 25: 1385-1395. PMID: 29947453, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity emergency departmentsPediatric readinessProviders' perceptionsProviders' perceptions of careEmergency departmentEmotional tollSick childrenCommunity hospital emergency departmentChildren's hospitalPerceptions of carePediatric emergency careQuality improvement workCommunity hospital providersSafety deficitsHospital emergency departmentSelf-reported comfortActual clinical eventsLocal children's hospitalInterprofessional teamPediatric QualityEmergency carePediatric resuscitationPediatric simulationHospital providersPediatric careEnd-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Use for Tracheal Intubation
Langhan ML, Emerson BL, Nett S, Pinto M, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Rehder KJ, Krawiec C, Meyer K, Giuliano JS, Owen EB, Tarquinio KM, Sanders RC, Shepherd M, Bysani GK, Shenoi AN, Napolitano N, Gangadharan S, Parsons SJ, Simon DW, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A. End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Use for Tracheal Intubation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2018, 19: 98-105. PMID: 29140968, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000001372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCapnography useTracheal intubationCardiac arrestEmergency departmentEsophageal intubationOxygen desaturationWaveform capnographyAdverse tracheal intubation-associated eventsMulticenter retrospective cohort studyNational Emergency Airway RegistryTracheal intubation-associated eventsEnd-tidal carbon dioxide measurementPrimary tracheal intubationsRetrospective cohort studyUse of capnographyTracheal intubation procedureQuality improvement initiativesAirway RegistryCohort studyProvider characteristicsSafety outcomesIntubationIntubation procedureCapnographyImprovement initiatives
2013
Paediatric community-acquired septic shock: results from the REPEM network study
Van de Voorde P, Emerson B, Gomez B, Willems J, Yildizdas D, Iglowstein I, Kerkhof E, Mullen N, Pinto CR, Detaille T, Qureshi N, Naud J, De Dooy J, Van Lancker R, Dupont A, Boelsma N, Mor M, Walker D, Sabbe M, Hachimi-Idrissi S, Da Dalt L, Waisman H, Biarent D, Maconochie I, Moll H, Benito J. Paediatric community-acquired septic shock: results from the REPEM network study. European Journal Of Pediatrics 2013, 172: 667-674. PMID: 23354787, PMCID: PMC3631515, DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-1930-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric Overall Performance CategoryMechanical ventilationEmergency departmentEarly goal-directed therapyOverall Performance CategorySubsequent intensive careUse of dobutamineFuture prospective trialsGoal-directed therapyIntensive care admissionProspective observational trialLower base excessVasoactive medicationsCare admissionSevere sepsisSignificant comorbiditiesVasoactive supportProspective trialDisease courseOrgan dysfunctionOverall mortalitySeptic shockED consultationsObservational trialConcomitant treatment