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Interhospital Variability in Perioperative Red Blood Cell Ordering Patterns in United States Pediatric Surgical Patients by Thompson, Rachel M., MD, Thurm, Cary W., PhD, Rothstein, David H., MD, MS

“…Objective To evaluate perioperative red blood cell (RBC) ordering and interhospital variability patterns in pediatric patients undergoing surgical…”
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Prevention of Central Venous Catheter–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Units: A Performance Improvement Collaborative by Jeffries, Howard E., Mason, Wilbert, Brewer, Melanie, Oakes, Katie L., Muñoz, Esther I., Gornick, Wendi, Flowers, Lee D., Mullen, Jodi E., Gilliam, Craig Harris, Fustar, Stana, Thurm, Cary W., Logsdon, Tina, Jarvis, William R.

“…The goal of this effort was to reduce central venous catheter (CVC)-associated bloodstream infections (BSIs) in pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) patients by…”
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Antibiotic Shortages in Pediatrics by Banerjee, Ritu, Thurm, Cary W, Fox, Erin R, Hersh, Adam L

“…Banerjee et al. discuss the shortage of antibiotics in pediatrics. Medication shortages are increasingly common and severe in the US and are a serious health…”
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The Resource Use Inflection Point for Safe NICU Discharge by Goldin, Adam B., Raval, Mehul V., Thurm, Cary W., Hall, Matt, Billimoria, Zeenia, Juul, Sandra, Berman, Loren

“…OBJECTIVES: (1) To identify a resource use inflection point (RU-IP) beyond which patients in the NICU no longer received NICU-level care, (2) to quantify…”
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Clostridioides difficile Infection in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: Comparisons of Epidemiology, Testing, and Treatment from 2013 to 2019 by Edwards, Price T., Thurm, Cary W., Hall, Matthew, Busing, Jordan D., Kahn, Stacy A., Kellermayer, Richard, Kociolek, Larry K., Oliva-Hemker, Maria M., Sammons, Julia S., Weatherly, Madison, Edwards, Kathryn M., Nicholson, Maribeth R.

“…To compare the incidence, epidemiology, testing patterns, treatment, and outcomes of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among hospitalized pediatric…”
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Home Health Nursing Care and Hospital Use for Medically Complex Children by Gay, James C, Thurm, Cary W, Hall, Matthew, Fassino, Michael J, Fowler, Lisa, Palusci, John V, Berry, Jay G

“…Home health nursing care (HH) may be a valuable approach to long-term optimization of health for children, particularly those with medical complexity who are…”
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Major Adverse Kidney Events in Pediatric Sepsis by Weiss, Scott L, Balamuth, Fran, Thurm, Cary W, Downes, Kevin J, Fitzgerald, Julie C, Laskin, Benjamin L

“…Major adverse kidney events, a composite of death, new kidney replacement therapy, or persistent kidney dysfunction, is a potential patient-centered outcome…”
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Impact of institutional routine surveillance endomyocardial biopsy frequency in the first year on rejection and graft survival in pediatric heart transplantation by Duong, Son Q., Zhang, Yulin, Hall, Matt, Hollander, Seth A., Thurm, Cary W., Bernstein, Daniel, Feingold, Brian, Godown, Justin, Almond, Christopher

“…Background Routine surveillance biopsy (RSB) is performed to detect asymptomatic acute rejection (AR) after heart transplantation (HT). Variation in pediatric…”
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Delayed repeat enemas are safe and cost-effective in the management of pediatric intussusception by Lautz, Timothy B, Thurm, Cary W, Rothstein, David H

“…Abstract Background/purpose The purpose of the study is to compare outcomes between delayed repeat enema (DRE) and immediate surgery (IS) in children with…”
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Adverse Events in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Development, Testing, and Findings of an NICU-Focused Trigger Tool to Identify Harm in North American NICUs by Sharek, Paul J, Horbar, Jeffrey D, Mason, Wilbert, Bisarya, Hema, Thurm, Cary W, Suresh, Gautham, Gray, James E, Edwards, William H, Goldmann, Donald, Classen, David

“…Currently there are few practical methods to identify and measure harm to hospitalized children. Patients in NICUs are at high risk and warrant a detailed…”
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The impact of psychiatric disorders on outcomes following heart transplantation in children by Quinlan, Kia, Auerbach, Scott, Bearl, David W., Dodd, Debra A., Thurm, Cary W., Hall, Matt, Fuchs, Dickey Catherine, Lambert, Andrea Nicole, Godown, Justin

“…Psychiatric disorders are common in pediatric HTx recipients. However, the impact of psychiatric comorbidities on patient outcomes is unknown. We aimed to…”
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Indirect Standardization as a Case Mix Adjustment Method to Improve Comparison of Children’s Hospitals’ Antimicrobial Use by Wattier, Rachel L, Thurm, Cary W, Parker, Sarah K, Banerjee, Ritu, Hersh, Adam L

“…Abstract Antimicrobial use (AU) in days of therapy per 1000 patient-days (DOT/1000 pd) varies widely among children’s hospitals. We evaluated indirect…”
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Ribavirin Use in Hospitalized Children by Otto, William R, Lee, Giyoung, Thurm, Cary W, Hersh, Adam L, Gerber, Jeffrey S

“…We describe ribavirin administration in hospitalized children over an 11-year period. Most patients were immunocompromised; there was variability in ribavirin…”
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Respiratory virus testing and clinical outcomes among children hospitalized with pneumonia by Shapiro, Daniel J., Thurm, Cary W., Hall, Matthew, Lipsett, Susan C., Hersh, Adam L., Ambroggio, Lilliam, Shah, Samir S., Brogan, Thomas V., Gerber, Jeffrey S., Grijalva, Carlos G., Blaschke, Anne J., Cogen, Jonathan D., Neuman, Mark I.

“…Background Despite the increased availability of diagnostic tests for respiratory viruses, their clinical utility for children with community‐acquired…”
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Prevalence and predictors of return visits to pediatric emergency departments by Akenroye, Ayobami T., Thurm, Cary W., Neuman, Mark I., Alpern, Elizabeth R., Srivastava, Geetanjali, Spencer, Sandra P., Simon, Harold K., Tejedor-Sojo, Javier, Gosdin, Craig H., Brennan, Elizabeth, Gottlieb, Laura M., Gay, James C., McClead, Richard E., Shah, Samir S., Stack, Anne M.

“…OBJECTIVE To determine the rate of return visits to pediatric emergency departments (EDs) and identify patient‐ and visit‐level factors associated with return…”
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Variation in Early Inflammatory Marker Testing for Infection-Related Hospitalizations in Children by Markham, Jessica L, Thurm, Cary W, Hall, Matt, Shah, Samir S, Quinonez, Ricardo, Tchou, Michael J, Antoon, James W, Genies, Marquita C, Parlar-Chun, Raymond, Johnson, David P, Shah, Snehal P, Ittel, Molli, Brady, Patrick W

“…Inflammatory marker testing in children has been identified as a potential area of overuse. We sought to describe variation in early inflammatory marker…”
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Assessing Structural Quality Elements of Pediatric Emergency Care by Schroeder, Lisa L, Alpern, Elizabeth R, Blecher, Shuntel M, Peska, Patty A, White, Marjorie L, Shaw, Julie A, Hronek, Carla, Thurm, Cary W, Alessandrini, Evaline A

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVEEmergency departments must have appropriate resources and equipment available to meet the unique needs of children. We assessed the…”
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Hospital‐Level Factors Associated with Pediatric Emergency Department Return Visits by Pittsenbarger, Zachary E., Thurm, Cary W., Neuman, Mark I., Spencer, Sandra P., Simon, Harold K., Gosdin, Craig H., Shah, Samir S., McClead, Richard E., Stack, Anne M., Alpern, Elizabeth R.

“…BACKGROUND Return visits (RVs) and RVs with admission (RVAs) are commonly used emergency department quality measures. Visit‐ and patient‐level factors,…”
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Measurement of cytokine production using whole blood by Thurm, Cary W, Halsey, John F

“…Whole blood (WB) ex vivo stimulation assays are useful for measuring cytokine responses due to the easy access of samples from healthy donors and patients and…”
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Readmission After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: A Multicenter Cohort Study: PO1969 by Benz, Eric, Godown, Justin, Schaubel, Douglas E., Thurm, Cary W., Hall, Matthew, Amaral, Sandra

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