Scholars@Duke
Veerajalandhar Allareddy

Veerajalandhar Allareddy

Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine

Selected Publications

Noninvasive Ventilation or CPAP in the Initial Treatment Phase of Small Infants With Respiratory Failure.

Journal Article Respir Care · February 2025 Background: Respiratory failure in infants is a common reason for admission to the pediatric ICU (PICU). Although high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is the preferred first-line treatment at our institution, some infants require CPAP or noninvasive ventilation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Textbook Outcome for Superior Cavopulmonary Connection: A Metric for Single Ventricle Heart Surgery.

Journal Article World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg · May 2024 Background: To develop a more holistic measure of congenital heart center performance beyond mortality, we created a composite "textbook outcome" (TO) for the Glenn operation. We hypothesized that meeting TO would have a positive prognostic and financial i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Staged repair of borderline hypoplastic heart disease with early biventricular conversion.

Conference JTCVS Tech · April 2024 OBJECTIVE: In select patients with borderline ventricular hypoplasia, we adopted a strategy of initial single-ventricle palliation followed by staged or direct biventricular conversion by 2 years of age. METHODS: Between 2018 and 2023, 14 newborns with bor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factors Associated With Successful Extubation Readiness Testing in Children With Congenital Heart Disease.

Journal Article Respir Care · March 27, 2024 BACKGROUND: In children with congenital heart disease, extubation readiness testing (ERT) is performed to evaluate the potential for liberation from mechanical ventilation. There is a paucity of data that suggests what mechanical ventilation parameters are ... Full text Link to item Cite

Noninvasive Ventilation or CPAP for Postextubation Support in Small Infants.

Journal Article Respir Care · December 28, 2023 BACKGROUND: Infants with a high risk of extubation failure are often treated with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) or CPAP, but data on the role of these support modalities following extubation are sparse. This report describes our experience using NIV or CPA ... Full text Link to item Cite

Textbook outcome for the Norwood operation-an informative quality metric in congenital heart surgery.

Journal Article JTCVS Open · September 2023 OBJECTIVES: To develop a more holistic measure of center performance than operative mortality, we created a composite "textbook outcome" for the Norwood operation using several postoperative end points. We hypothesized that achieving the textbook outcome w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association Between Pressure Support During Extubation Readiness Testing and Time to First Extubation in Children With Congenital Heart Disease.

Journal Article Respir Care · March 2023 BACKGROUND: Extubation readiness testing (ERT) is often performed in children with congenital heart disease prior to liberation from mechanical ventilation. The ideal ERT method in this population is unknown. We recently changed our ERT method from variabl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sustained Total All-Region Perfusion During the Norwood Operation and Postoperative Recovery.

Journal Article Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · 2023 We developed a technique for the Norwood operation utilizing continuous perfusion of the head, heart, and lower body at mild hypothermia named Sustained Total All-Region (STAR) perfusion. We hypothesized that STAR perfusion would be associated with shorter ... Full text Link to item Cite

Survival After Intervention for Single-Ventricle Heart Disease Over 15 Years at a Single Institution.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · December 2022 BACKGROUND: Children with single-ventricle (SV) heart disease possess a spectrum of heart malformations, yet progress through similar hemodynamic states, suggesting differences in outcomes are related to fundamental morphologic differences, patient charact ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trends in Head Computed Tomography Utilization in Children Presenting to Emergency Departments After Traumatic Head Injury.

Journal Article Pediatr Emerg Care · July 1, 2021 OBJECTIVES: Although closed head injuries occur commonly in children, most do not have a clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI) and do not require neuroimaging. We sought to determine whether the utilization of computed tomography of the head ... Full text Link to item Cite

Extending the radius of family-centered care in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit through virtual rounding.

Journal Article J Am Assoc Nurse Pract · May 18, 2021 BACKGROUND: The arrival of COVID-19 brought urgent limitation of visitation in hospitals across the country. Family-centered care and its delivery rapidly changed and left the family behind-unable to actively participate in their loved one's care. LOCAL PR ... Full text Link to item Cite

Catheter related thrombosis in hospitalized infants: A neural network approach to predict risk factors.

Journal Article Thromb Res · April 2021 INTRODUCTION: We sought to investigate the predictors of catheter-related thrombosis (CRT) in a cohort of critically ill hospitalized infants and using a novel approach (the artificial neural network - ANN) in combination with conventional statistics to id ... Full text Link to item Cite

Epidemiology, Clinical and Microbiologic Profile and Risk Factors for Inpatient Mortality in Pediatric Severe Sepsis in the United States From 2003 to 2014: A Large Population Analysis.

Journal Article Pediatr Infect Dis J · September 2020 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the national trends in pediatric severe sepsis in the United States from 2003 to 2014. STUDY DESIGN: For this study, we included nonoverlapping years of Kids Inpatient database and National Inpatient Sample database while including h ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hospital-Based Emergency Department Visits With Pediatric Burns: Characteristics and Outcomes.

Journal Article Pediatr Emerg Care · August 2020 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the characteristics and outcomes in children presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with burn injuries. METHODS: The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) for the years 2008 to 2013 was used. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Epidemiology, Comorbidities, and Outcomes of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Children in the United States.

Journal Article Pediatr Neurol · February 2020 BACKGROUND: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is an increasingly recognized entity with certain identified predisposing factors in children. However, the actual incidence, comorbidities, outcomes, and hospitalization charges among childre ... Full text Link to item Cite

MACHINE LEARNING METHODS IN HEALTHCARE: AN OVERVIEW

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · 2020 Cite

Clinical trials and future directions in pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Journal Article Ann Transl Med · October 2019 The pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS), a description specific for children with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), was proposed in the recent Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference (PALICC, 2015). This recent standard ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes associated with peripherally inserted central catheters in hospitalised children: a retrospective 7-year single-centre experience.

Journal Article BMJ Open · August 22, 2019 OBJECTIVES: The use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are an integral part of caring for hospitalised children. We sought to estimate the incidence of and identify the risk factors for complications associated with PICCs in an advanced reg ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characterization of Suicide and Deliberate Self-Harm Among Children in the United States.

Journal Article Clin Pediatr (Phila) · January 2019 We analyzed data from the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) database for the years 2008 to 2013 to characterize deliberate self-harm among children and adolescents presenting to an emergency department (ED) in the United States. All ED visits f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and associated outcomes in children hospitalized for sepsis in the United States: A large population-based study.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2019 OBJECTIVE: The American College of Critical Care Medicine recommends that children with persistent fluid, catecholamine, and hormone-resistant septic shock be considered for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. Current national estimates of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Conventional Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Chapter · January 1, 2019 Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The development of pediatric-specific criteria by the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference (PALICC) may help with prompt recognition, ... Full text Cite

Opioid Abuse and Dependence in Those Hospitalized Due to Head and Neck Cancer.

Journal Article J Oral Maxillofac Surg · December 2018 PURPOSE: In the United States, 2.1 million people develop substance abuse disorders that are associated with prescribed opioids. The objective of the present study was to identify the factors associated with opioid abuse and dependence (OAD) in those hospi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factors Associated With Early Deaths Following Neonatal Male Circumcision in the United States, 2001 to 2010.

Journal Article Clin Pediatr (Phila) · November 2018 We sought to quantify early deaths following neonatal circumcision (same hospital admission) and to identify factors associated with such mortality. We performed a retrospective analysis of all infants who underwent circumcision in an inpatient hospital se ... Full text Link to item Cite

Opioid abuse/dependence among those hospitalized due to periapical abscess.

Journal Article J Investig Clin Dent · November 2018 AIM: Opioid abuse/dependence (OAD) is an emerging public health crisis in the USA. The aim of the present study was to estimate the nationwide prevalence of OAD in those hospitalized due to periapical abscess in the USA. METHODS: The Nationwide Inpatient S ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interpretable Patient Mortality Prediction with Multi-value Rule Sets

Journal Article · July 6, 2018 We propose a Multi-vAlue Rule Set (MRS) model for in-hospital predicting patient mortality. Compared to rule sets built from single-valued rules, MRS adopts a more generalized form of association rules that allows multiple values in a condition. Rules of t ... Link to item Cite

Successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a child with obstructive shock due to massive bilateral pulmonary embolism.

Journal Article Perfusion · May 2018 BACKGROUND: Acute massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is a very rare condition in children. We report the successful use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) as a lifesaving modality in a child with acute massive PE. CASE PRESENTATION ... Full text Link to item Cite

iPhone in the Management of the Berlin Heart EXCOR Ventricular Assist Device.

Journal Article ASAIO J · 2018 Berlin Heart Inc. EXCOR is an extracorporeal pneumatically pulsatile ventricular assist device approved for use in pediatric age group since 2011 in the United States. It is a well-established life-saving therapy for the bridge to heart transplant or to pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Retrospective study of haemophagocytic syndrome hospitalisations in children in the USA.

Journal Article BMJ Paediatr Open · 2018 INTRODUCTION: The haemophagocytic syndrome (HS) is a rare condition that presents with uncontrolled inflammation leading to multiorgan failure and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Current national estimates of children hospitalised d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adverse clinical events reported during Invisalign treatment: Analysis of the MAUDE database.

Journal Article Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop · November 2017 INTRODUCTION: The objectives of this study were to examine adverse clinical events after the use of the Invisalign system and to provide an overview of the actions taken by the manufacturer to address these events. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Early career investigator highlight-October.

Journal Article Pediatr Res · October 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

Facial Fractures in Patients With Firearm Injuries: Profile and Outcomes.

Journal Article J Oral Maxillofac Surg · October 2017 PURPOSE: Firearm injuries (FAIs) are a major public health issue in the United States. The objective of this study was to examine characteristics and outcomes of patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with facial fractures attributed to FAIs. M ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pulsus alternans: a visual clue to a grave disorder!

Journal Article BMJ Case Rep · September 12, 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Periapical Abscess on Infectious Complications in Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Circulation Auxiliary to Open-Heart Surgical Procedures.

Journal Article J Evid Based Dent Pract · March 2017 OBJECTIVE: Extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open-heart surgeries (ECAOHS) may exert nonphysiological stresses on periapical abscessed tissues leading to hematogenous spread of microbes. The aim of this report was to estimate risk of postoperative in ... Full text Link to item Cite

The impact of septicemia occurring during hospitalization for renal transplantation procedures on outcomes in adults in United States.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2017 INTRODUCTION: Immediate success rates of renal transplantation (RT) procedures are generally very high. National estimates of the impact of post-operative complications, specifically, septicemia occurring during hospitalization for RT's on outcomes is uncl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tuberculosis management continues to utilize a large amount of hospital resources in the United States.

Journal Article Clin Respir J · January 2017 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The objective of this study is to examine longitudinal trends in hospital admissions attributed to tuberculosis and resulting hospitalization outcomes in the United States for the years 2000-2010. METHODS: We used the Nationwide Inpati ... Full text Link to item Cite

MULTIPLE CPR EVENTS IN HOSPITALIZED ADULTS AND IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY

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HOSPITALIZATION OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH END OF-LIFE CARE MEASURES

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THE RISE OF THE MACHINES: INFECTIONS ARE THE ACHILLES' HEEL!

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · December 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

IS IT TIME FOR CODE GSW (GUNSHOT WOUND)? 194 ADULT ED VISITS A DAY!

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · December 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BURN INJURIES IN ADULTS: A BURNING PROBLEM!

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Obesity and its association with comorbidities and hospital charges among patients hospitalized for dental conditions.

Journal Article J Investig Clin Dent · August 2016 AIM: The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of obesity on hospitalization charges and comorbid burden following hospitalization due to dental conditions. METHODS: The Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 2004-2010 was used. All hospitalizations ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of Complications of Tonsillectomy With or Without Adenoidectomy in Hospitalized Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2001-2010: A Population-Based Study.

Journal Article Clin Pediatr (Phila) · June 2016 Outcomes of tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy [w/woA]) in hospitalized children are unclear. We sought, to describe the characteristics of hospitalized children who underwent tonsillectomy (w/woA), to estimate the prevalence of complications and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and predictors of complications following facial reconstruction procedures.

Journal Article Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg · June 2016 Facial reconstruction procedures are immensely challenging and are done for a multitude of reasons. The purpose of this report is to provide nationally representative estimates of different types of facial reconstructive procedures and to examine prevalenc ... Full text Link to item Cite

OUTCOMES FOLLOWING APPENDECTOMY IN THE OLDER POPULATION IN THE USA

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · December 1, 2015 Link to item Cite

PERCEPTIONS REGARDING FUTILITY OF CARE IN PEDIATRICS

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Immediate Effects of Use of Recombinant Bone Morphogenetic Protein in Children Having Spinal Fusion and Refusion Procedures in United States.

Journal Article Spine (Phila Pa 1976) · November 2015 STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study of Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS). OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of complications in children who had insertion of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP) at the time ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and Predictors of Adverse Events during Procedural Sedation Anesthesia-Outside the Operating Room for Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and Colonoscopy in Children: Age Is an Independent Predictor of Outcomes.

Journal Article Pediatr Crit Care Med · October 2015 OBJECTIVES: Procedural sedation/anesthesia outside the operating room for a variety of procedures is well described with an overall low adverse event rate in certain settings. Adverse event associated with procedural sedation/anesthesia outside the operati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hospital-based emergency department visits in children with motor vehicle traffic accidents: estimates from the nationwide emergency department sample.

Journal Article World J Pediatr · August 2015 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to provide nationally representative estimates of children visiting hospital-based emergency departments (ED) for motor vechicle traffic accidents (MVTA) in the United States during the year of 2008. METHODS: Nation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in patients undergoing major surgical procedures in the United States: a population-based study.

Journal Article Am J Surg · July 2015 BACKGROUND: National estimates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rates in hospitalized surgical patients and outcomes are lacking. We sought to estimate the prevalence, identify the predictors, and describe the outcomes of MRS ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes of invasive mechanical ventilation in children and adolescents hospitalized due to status asthmaticus in United States: a population based study.

Journal Article J Asthma · May 2015 OBJECTIVE: Current national estimates of and outcomes of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation (MV) in status asthmaticus (SA) are unclear. The objective of this study is to estimate the incidence and outcomes of MV in hospitalized SA children and adolescents. M ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bacterial meningitis in the USA.

Journal Article Lancet Infect Dis · May 2015 Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and Predictors of Gastrostomy Tube and Tracheostomy Placement in Anoxic/Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathic Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the United States.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2015 INTRODUCTION: Current prevalence estimates of gastrostomy tube (GT)/tracheostomy placement in hospitalized patients with anoxic/hypoxic ischemic encephalopathic injury (AHIE) post cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are unknown. We sought, to estimate the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Poor Oral Health Linked with Increased Risk of Infectious Complications in Adults with Leukemia.

Journal Article J Mass Dent Soc · 2015 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to examine the impact of the presence of gingivitis/periodontitis on the occurrence of infectious complications (including septicemia, bacterial infections, and mycoses) in hospitalized leukemic adults in the Unite ... Link to item Cite

Presence of gingivitis and periodontitis significantly increases hospital charges in patients undergoing heart valve surgery.

Journal Article J Mass Dent Soc · 2015 OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and impact of gingivitis and periodontitis in patients having heart valve surgical procedures. METHODS: Nationwide Inpatient Sample for the years 2004-2010 was used. All patients who had heart valve surgical procedures ... Link to item Cite

INJURIES DUE TO LEGAL INTERVENTION AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS.

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · December 1, 2014 Link to item Cite

Longitudinal discharge trends and outcomes after hospitalization for mouth cellulitis and Ludwig angina.

Journal Article Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol · November 2014 OBJECTIVE: Objective is to provide longitudinal discharge trends and hospitalization outcomes in patients hospitalized because of mouth cellulitis or Ludwig angina. METHODS: Nationwide Inpatient Sample for years 2004 to 2010 was used. All hospitalizations ... Full text Link to item Cite

Overview of registered studies in orthodontics: Evaluation of the ClinicalTrials.gov registry.

Journal Article Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop · November 2014 INTRODUCTION: The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 made it mandatory for all phase II through IV trials regulated by this Act to be registered. After this, the National Institutes of Health created ClinicalTrials.gov, which is a regis ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes of stem cell transplant patients with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation in the United States.

Journal Article Bone Marrow Transplant · October 2014 SCT indications and procedures are increasing worldwide. We sought to estimate the prevalence of acute respiratory failure (ARF) of any cause in hospitalized SCT patients, and assess the impact of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) on outcomes. We hypot ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fatalities above 30,000 feet: characterizing pediatric deaths on commercial airline flights worldwide.

Journal Article Pediatr Crit Care Med · October 2014 OBJECTIVES: We conducted this study to characterize in-flight pediatric fatalities onboard commercial airline flights worldwide and identify patterns that would have been unnoticed through single case analysis of these relative rare events. DESIGN: Retrosp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Emergency department visits with facial fractures among children and adolescents: an analysis of profile and predictors of causes of injuries.

Journal Article J Oral Maxillofac Surg · September 2014 PURPOSE: The objectives of this study were to provide nationally representative estimates of hospital-based emergency department (ED) visits for facial fractures in children and adolescents, examine the burden associated with such visits, identify common t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence estimates and outcomes of mental health conditions in those hospitalized owing to dental conditions.

Journal Article Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol · September 2014 OBJECTIVE: Identify characteristics of individuals with mental health conditions who use hospital resources to manage dental conditions. STUDY DESIGN: Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for the years 2007 to 2010 were used. All hospitalizations with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Incidence and impact of adverse effects of medical care on complications in patients who underwent excision of cervical lymph nodes.

Journal Article Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol · September 2014 OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and impact of adverse effects of medical care in patients who underwent excision of cervical lymph nodes. STUDY DESIGN: Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for the years 2009 and 2010 were used. The outcome vari ... Full text Link to item Cite

Epidemiology of hospital-based emergency department visits due to sports injuries.

Journal Article Pediatr Emerg Care · August 2014 BACKGROUND: Sports-related injuries in adolescents incur a significant amount of hospital resources. Sports-related injuries are not an uncommon cause of ED visit; however, national estimates of such injuries in teenagers are unknown. OBJECTIVES: The aim o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Children in the United States make close to 200,000 emergency department visits due to poisoning each year.

Journal Article Pediatr Emerg Care · July 2014 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to provide nationally representative hospital-based emergency department (ED) estimate visits in children (aged ≤ 18 y) attributed to poisoning in the United States in 2008. METHODS: Nationwide Emergency Department Samp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Authors' response.

Journal Article J Am Dent Assoc · July 2014 Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of facial fractures and intracranial injuries on hospitalization outcomes following firearm injuries.

Journal Article JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · April 2014 IMPORTANCE: Firearm injuries (FAIs) play a major role in unintentional injuries, suicides, and homicides. It is important that policy makers, public health authorities, physicians, and the public are kept abreast of current trends in FAIs so that preventiv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hospital-based emergency department visits involving dental conditions: profile and predictors of poor outcomes and resource utilization.

Journal Article J Am Dent Assoc · April 2014 BACKGROUND: Untreated dental conditions may progress to lesions that are severe enough to necessitate emergency visits to hospitals. The authors conducted a study to investigate nationally representative trends in U.S. hospital-based emergency department ( ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dentists in the US should be integrated into the hospital team.

Journal Article Br Dent J · April 2014 Few dentists play integrated roles within hospital settings and few hospital emergency rooms have dentists. Existing research shows that only 67% of ER visits for dental problems are managed appropriately. Every year Americans die in hospital after being a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes of acute chest syndrome in adult patients with sickle cell disease: predictors of mortality.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2014 UNLABELLED: Adults with sickle cell disease(SCD) are a growing population. Recent national estimates of outcomes in acute chest syndrome(ACS) among adults with SCD are lacking. We describe the incidence, outcomes and predictors of mortality in ACS in adult ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hospital based emergency department visits attributed to child physical abuse in United States: predictors of in-hospital mortality.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2014 OBJECTIVES: To describe nationally representative outcomes of physical abuse injuries in children necessitating Emergency Department (ED) visits in United States. The impact of various injuries on mortality is examined. We hypothesize that physical abuse r ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Infection related never events in pediatric patients undergoing spinal fusion procedures in United States: prevalence and predictors.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2013 OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and predictors of infection related never events (NE) associated with spinal fusion procedures (SFP) in children (age < = 18 years) in the United States. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of the Nationwide ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self Inflicted Injuries among Children in United States - estimates from a nationwide emergency department sample.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2013 OBJECTIVE: The objectives of the current study are to provide nationally representative estimates of hospital based emergency department visits (ED) attributed to self inflicted injuries and attempted suicides among children in United States; and to identi ... Full text Link to item Cite

METHEMOGLOBINEMIA: ANOTHER "GREAT MASQUER-ADER?"

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · December 1, 2012 Link to item Cite

Firearm related injuries amongst children: estimates from the nationwide emergency department sample.

Journal Article Injury · December 2012 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to provide estimates of firearm related injuries in children seeking care in hospital based emergency departments. METHODS: The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) for the year 2008 was used for the curre ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hospital charges and length of stay associated with septicemia among children hospitalized for leukemia treatment in the United States.

Journal Article World J Pediatr · August 2012 BACKGROUND: This study examines hospital charges and length of stay (LOS) associated with septicemia during hospitalization for leukemia treatment among children aged ≤18 years. METHODS: Nationwide Inpatient Sample (year 2008) was used. All hospitalization ... Full text Link to item Cite

Epidemiology of facial fracture injuries.

Journal Article J Oral Maxillofac Surg · October 2011 PURPOSE: Injuries resulting from accidents are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. The objective of this study was to present epidemiologic estimates of hospital-based emergency department (ED) visits for facial fractures in the United States. MATE ... Full text Link to item Cite

SUICIDE AND SELF INFLICTED INJURIES AMONG KIDS IN UNITED STATES

Conference CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · December 1, 2010 Link to item Cite

Effect of meeting Leapfrog volume thresholds on complication rates following complex surgical procedures.

Journal Article Ann Surg · February 2010 BACKGROUND: There is limited published data on the relationship between hospital volume and postoperative complications. The objectives of the current study are to examine the association between hospital volume and complications and also to examine the as ... Full text Link to item Cite

Specificity of procedure volume and in-hospital mortality association.

Journal Article Ann Surg · July 2007 OBJECTIVE: Several studies have examined the association between procedure-specific volume and in-hospital mortality and concluded that high-volume hospitals have lower mortality rates when compared with low-volume hospitals. There is a paucity of studies ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of complications on outcomes following aortic and mitral valve replacements in the United States.

Journal Article J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) · June 2007 AIM: Heart valve replacement surgeries account for 20% of all cardiac procedures. In-hospital mortality rates are approximately 6% for aortic valve replacements and 10% for mitral valve replacements. The objectives of the study are to provide nationally re ... Link to item Cite