Scholars@Duke
Emily Sterrett

Emily Sterrett

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine

Scholarly Works

Better at home: A quality improvement initiative to increase same day discharge after minimally invasive hysterectomies in gynecologic oncology.

Journal article Gynecol Oncol Rep · August 2026 OBJECTIVE: To increase the rate of same-day discharge after minimally invasive hysterectomy. METHODS: A quality improvement initiative was implemented at a large academic medical center for patients undergoing minimally invasive hysterectomy by a gynecolog ... Full text Link to item Cite

Closed reduction in the emergency room following traumatic C1-C2 rotary subluxation: a paediatric perspective.

Journal article BMJ Case Rep · April 20, 2026 Atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation (AARS) represents a significant cause of acute torticollis in children involving rotational displacement of C1 on C2. Unlike common idiopathic torticollis, AARS represents a true subluxation that frequently necessitates re ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

"TRAQ STARS": IMPROVING TRANSITIONS OF CARE FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH DIABETES

Conference HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS · November 6, 2025 Link to item Cite

Site-Level Variation in Tracheal Intubation in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Report From the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM).

Journal article Pediatr Emerg Care · November 1, 2025 OBJECTIVES: To describe site-level variation in the performance and outcomes of tracheal intubation (TI) in pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) using the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM). METHODS: A multicen ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Process mapping as a framework to define critical care delivery steps in massive transfusion in trauma.

Journal article CJEM · June 2025 PURPOSE: The purpose of this quality improvement initiative was to use process mapping to identify the critical process steps for executing massive transfusion in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock in an academic emergency department. Understanding the ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Ensuring safe and equitable discharge: a quality improvement initiative for individuals with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Journal article BMJ Qual Saf · May 17, 2024 OBJECTIVE: To improve timely and equitable access to postpartum blood pressure (BP) monitoring in individuals with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). METHODS: A quality improvement initiative was implemented at a large academic medical centre in th ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Improving the Documentation of Penicillin Allergy Labels Among Pediatric Inpatients.

Journal article Hosp Pediatr · September 1, 2023 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Penicillin allergy is the most common medication allergy, and the penicillin allergy label is commonly over-applied without adequate reaction history inquiry or documentation. Because penicillin allergy labels are often applied i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Causal Association of Physician-in-Triage with Improved Pediatric Sepsis Care: A Single-Center, Emergency Department Experience.

Journal article Pediatr Qual Saf · 2023 UNLABELLED: Approximately 75,000 children are hospitalized for sepsis yearly in the United States, with 5%-20% mortality estimates. Outcomes are closely related to the timeliness of sepsis recognition and antibiotic administration. METHODS: A multidiscipli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and Validation of ML-DQA - a Machine Learning Data Quality Assurance Framework for Healthcare

Conference Proceedings of Machine Learning Research · January 1, 2022 The approaches by which the machine learning and clinical research communities utilize real world data (RWD), including data captured in the electronic health record (EHR), vary dramatically. While clinical researchers cautiously use RWD for clinical inves ... Cite

Increasing Naloxone Prescribing in the Emergency Department Through Education and Electronic Medical Record Work-Aids.

Journal article Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf · June 2021 BACKGROUND: Emergency department (ED) visits for opioid overdose continue to rise. Evidence-based harm reduction strategies for opioid use disorder (OUD), such as providing home naloxone, can save lives, but ED implementation remains challenging. METHODS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Institutional Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus Protocol Decreases Time to First and Second Line Anti-Seizure Medication Administration.

Journal article Seizure · October 2020 PURPOSE: Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) is a medical emergency associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Although guidelines for CSE management recommend rapid treatment of seizures, prior studies show that compliance with these guideline ... Full text Link to item Cite

Critical Airway Team: A Retrospective Study of an Airway Response System in a Pediatric Hospital.

Journal article Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · December 2017 Objective Study the performance of a pediatric critical airway response team. Study Design Case series with chart review. Setting Freestanding academic children's hospital. Subjects and Methods A structured review of the electronic medical record was condu ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Long-Term Sustainability of Timely Emergency Department Analgesia for Fractures: A Time Series Study

Journal article Pediatric Quality & Safety · May 2017 Objectives:To determine the long-term sustainability and unintended consequences of a quality improvement project to improve the timeliness of intravenous (IV) opioid administration to pa ... Full text Open Access Cite

ARE IMPROVEMENT OUTCOMES SUSTAINABLE WITHIN A DYNAMIC CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT?

Conference BMJ Quality & Safety · November 2015 BackgroundSystematic literature reviews show a paucity of publications describing the sustainability of quality improvement (QI) outcomes beyond one year. Hence, sustainabilit ... Full text Cite