LoginJoin VPS

Abstracts

Abstracts Utilizing VPS Data

VPS is the Only Way to Truly Benchmark Your PICU's Performance as a Fundamental Requirement for Quality Improvement

  • 2025
  • Leopold, Scott1; Hagen, Scott2; Wilhelm, Michael3; Munjal, Neil3; Al-Subu, Awni4. 863: CENTRAL VENOUS LINE COMPLICATIONS AND PRACTICE VARIATION IN PATIENTS FOLLOWING SPSC SURGERY. Critical Care Medicine 53(1):, January 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0001102116.53083.2d \
  • 2024
  • Ennett, S, Burcham, M, Lypka, M, Kampfschulte, A, Das, A, Fitzgerald, R, Boville, B, Rajasekaran, S, Kortz, T, Leimanis-Laurens, M. Linguistic Isolation Correlates with Length of Stay for Pediatric Oncology Patients in California. Critical Care Medicine 52(1):p S116, January 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000999316.30000.5b2024
  • Ettinger, N., Guffey, D., Anum, S., Fasipe, T., Katkin, J., Bhar, S., ... & Tubman, V. (2024). 807: MORTALITY AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE FOR CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE ADMITTED TO US PICUS. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S376.
  • Rogerson, C., White, B., Abu-Sultaneh, S., Hogan, A., Waldo, B., Smith, M., ... & Shein, S. (2024). 673: INSTITUTIONAL VARIABILITY IN RESPIRATORY SUPPORT MODALITIES FOR PEDIATRIC ASTHMA. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S309
  • Havlicek, E., Palumbo, J., Soto-Campos, G., Goldenberg, N., & Sochet, A. (2024). 48: MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM RISK: A MULTICENTER, RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S24.
  • McCrory M, Slain K, Grunwell J, Rogerson C, Zurca A, Winter M, Kennedy C, Woodruff A, Wakeham M, Dziorny A, Xin Huang J, Garg A, Pinto N, Maddux A, Saha A, Sharma M, Stottlemyre M, Barnack K, Akande M. 780: CHILD OPPORTUNITY INDEX AND PICU OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA. Critical Care Medicine 52(1):p S362, January 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0001001288.64079.7c
  • Spradley, Emily1; Brintzenhoff, Rita1; Rocio, Mata1; Brown, Karla1; Spangler, Lacey2; Thompson, Kyle1; Evans, Susan3. 1215: DECREASING TIME TO EXTUBATION WITH A COLLABORATIVE SPONTANEOUS BREATHING TRIAL ALGORITHM. Critical Care Medicine 52(1):p S579, January 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0001003024.76697.7f
  • Roller MD, Panchal A, Duesing L, Mikhailov TA. Incidence of opioid-induced constipation in the pediatric intensive care unit: a descriptive cohort study. J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2024; 48: 354-359. doi:10.1002/jpen.2592
  • Rajzer-Wakeham, K, Andres J, Balakrishnan B, Wakeham M. 1290: A QI PROJECT TO DECREASE CT HEAD IMAGING IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH DKA AND ALTERED MENTAL STATUS. Critical Care Medicine 52(1):p S617, January 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0001003324.85161.d2
  • Sachdeva, R., Soto-Campos, G., Palumbo, J., Rice, T., & Wetzel, R. (2024). 1277: NATIONAL COMPARISON OF PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE OUTCOMES BASED ON LEVEL OF CARE. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S610.
  • Soto-Campos, G., Palumbo, J., Rice, T., & Wetzel, R. (2024). 709: RISK FACTOR SELECTION BY BOOTSTRAP TO DETERMINE VARIABLES FOR A NEW MORBIDITY RISK SCORE. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S327.
  • O’Brien, K., Gunasekera, A., Morphew, T., & Babbitt, C. (2024). 874: WHICH OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENTS ARE MOST ASSOCIATED WITH HFNC FAILURE IN BRONCHIOLITIS?. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S410.
  • Napolitano, N., An, Y., Traynor, D., Kelly, N. A., Emeriaud, G., & Nishisaki, A. (2024). 668: COMPLEX FAILURE OF NIV IN CHILDREN: LOOKING BEYOND INTUBATION TO CLINICALLY MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S307.
  • Glau, C., Conlon, T., Mehta, S., Himebauch, A., Kelly, N. A., Traynor, D., ... & Nishisaki, A. (2024). 900: HEMODYNAMIC POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND IN PEDIATRIC SEPSIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED FLUID OVERLOAD. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S422.
  • Dixon, K., Glau, C., Nishisaki, A., Rosenblatt, S., Traynor, D., Kirchner, V., ... & Keim, G. (2024). 334: ASSOCIATION OF EXTUBATION TIMING AND TREATMENT FAILURE AFTER SUCCESSFUL EXTUBATION READINESS TRIAL. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S142.
  • Dominick, C., Rolfe, A., Oldehoff, L., Griffin, R., Traynor, D., Oxenreiter, A., ... & Nishisaki, A. (2024). 733: IDENTIFYING PATIENTS AT RISK FOR UNPLANNED EXTUBATION. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S339.
  • Nigri, Daniel1; Huang, Ruiqi2; Newth, Christopher2; Ross, Patrick2; Castro, Cristina2; Laksana, Eugene3; Flynn, Alysia2; Aczon, Melissa3; Winter, Meredith4. 878: CONTINUOUS VAPORIZED L-EPINEPHRINE FOR CHILDREN WITH BRONCHIOLITIS. Critical Care Medicine 52(1):p S411, January 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0001001680.11170.4f
  • Sivakumar, M., LaPointe, J., Oelstrom, M., Hooper, E., Fernandez, E., Napa, B., & Fernandes, N. (2024). 792: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF NIV-NAVA UTILIZATION IN CHILDREN WITH BRONCHIOLITIS ADMITTED TO THE PICU. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S368.
  • Ranucci, Alex1; Karpinski, Aryn2; Sciacca, David3; Tedesco, Karen3; Desselle, Bonnie4; Phelps, Kayla4. 302: CLEAN YOUR OWN HOUSE FIRST: A DEEP DIVE INTO ONE PICU’S HEALTH DISPARITIES USING EHR AND VPS DATA. Critical Care Medicine 52(1):p S126, January 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000999396.00851.78
  • Lane, A., Webb, L., Hallman, M., & Hayes, L. (2024). 790: TISS-28 SCORES TO PREDICT PICU OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX CHRONIC CONDITIONS: A PILOT STUDY. Critical Care Medicine, 52(1), S367.
  • 2023
  • Lenz, K. B., Nishisaki, A., Lindell, R. B., Yehya, N., Laverriere, E. K., Bruins, B. B., ... & Fitzgerald, J. C. (2023). Peri-intubation adverse events in the critically ill child after hematopoietic cell transplant. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 24(7), 584-593.
  • 2022
  • Killien EY, Zahlan JM, Lad H, Watson RS, Vavilala MS, Huijsmans RLN, Rivara FP. Epidemiology and Outcomes of Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome following Pediatric Trauma [abstract]. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Apr 1;doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003616. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35358103.
  • Brennan M, Lindell RB, Nishisaki A, Fitzgerald J, Dziorny AC. Application of Machine Learning in a Linked Multi-Center Dataset: Classifying MODS in Septic Shock [abstract]. Society for Critical Care Medicine (Accepted). 2022 Feb; doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000812072.99453.0e.
  • Nagpal A, Akande M, Muisyo T, Cutler J, Anderson M, Allen C. Children's Hospital's are Associated with Improved Outcomes in PICU Patients with Sepsis [abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Jan;50(1):30. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000806704.85710.54.
  • Holton C, Lee B, Bauer P. 49: Admission PaO2 and Mortality Among Pediatric ICU Patients and Critically Ill Subgroups [abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Jan;50(1):25. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000806660.40383.aa.
  • Fink D, Dingeldein M, Rose JA, Slain KN. Differences in Mortality by Race in a Cohort of Traumatically Injured Children Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit [abstract]. Pediatrics. 2022 Feb 23;149:400
  • Lindell RB, Fitzgerald JC, Rowan CM, Flori HR, Di Nardo M, Napolitano N, Traynor DM, Lenz KB, Emeriaud G, Jeyapalan A, Nishisaki A. 510: Duration of Preintubation NIPPV is Associated with PICU Mortality in Immunocompromised Children [Abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Jan;50(1):246. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000808364.71604.3e.
  • Kingdon T*, Ross P, Newth CJL, Bhalla A. Obesity and Severity of Illness in Pediatric Status Asthmaticus. Chest. 2022; 162(4) S: A771.).
  • Gutzeit J, Ruiz J, Pan A, Mikhailov T, Simpson, P. 520: Pediatric intensive care length of stay for asthma: Does institution of origin contribute? [abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2022;50(1), 251.
  • Sachdeva R, Soto-Campos G, Brundage N, Rice T, Wetzel R. 492: Progression of RSV and Influenza Pediatric ICU Admissions by Geographic Regions in the U.S. [abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Jan;50(1):237. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000808292.80046.92.
  • Palumbo J, Soto-Campos G, Rice T, Wetzel R. 515: Determining Risk Factors and Predicting Extubation Failure Using Historical Data [abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2022;50(1):24.
  • Palumbo J, Soto-Campos G, Rice T, Wetzel R. 515: Determining Risk Factors and Predicting Extubation Failure Using Historical Data. Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Jan;50(1):249. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000808384.60486.86.
  • 2021
  • Duga M, Ari JB, Yacou M, Cross C. Outcomes of Children With Diabetic Ketoacidosis Necessitating Tracheal Intubation [abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2021 Jan; 49(1):218. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000727708.56832.a9.
  • Mawby I, Ronith C, Aadi P, Sarisha M, Rupesh R. Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19 Pediatric Patients: Analysis of the Virtual Pediatric System Data [abstract]. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2021;p 625. doi: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.02.192.
  • Palumbo J, Wetzel , Rice T, Soto-Campos G. A Predictive Model for Duration of Invasive Ventilation Using PIM3 and PRISM III Admisison Data [abstract]. Crit Care Med. 2021;49(1):245. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000727916.13712.ad.
  • 2020
  • Tripathi S, Swayampakula AK, Deshpande GG,  Michele A, Wang Y, Welke KF.   Illustration of the Current Practice and Outcome Comparison of Early Versus Late Tracheostomy After Pediatric ECMO [abstract]. Int J Artif Organs. 2020 Mar 31;43(11). [Epub ahead of print] doi:  https://doi.org/10.1177/0391398820913571
  • Moffitt C, Slain K, Deakins K, Speicher R, Shein S. 1177: Negative Pressure Ventilation in Pediatric Critical Care: Historical and Current Role and Implications for Future Study https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Fulltext/2020/01001/1177__EPIDEMIOLOGY_AND_OUTCOMES_OF.1135.aspx  Epidemiology and Outcomes of Negative-pressure Ventilation Use in a Multicenter PICU Dataset  [abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2020 Jan;48(1):566. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000643632.21028.4a.
  • Sachdeva R, Rice T, Soto-Campos G, Palumbo J, Brundage N, Reisner B, Wetzel R. 1273: Regional Variations in Pediatric Intensive Care Outcomes and Patterns of Use in the United States [abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2020 Jan;48(1):613. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000645008.03082.ae.
  • 2019
  • Lindell R, Nishisaki A, Weiss S, Traynor D, Fitzgerald J. 1679: Risk of Mortality in Immunocompromised Children With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock [abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2019 Jan;47(1):813. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000552418.70667.98.
  • McCluskey CK, Allareddy V, Rampa S, Allareddy V, Rotta AT. Characterization of Suicide and Deliberate Self-Harm Among Children in the United States [abstract]. Clinical Pediatrics (Phila). 2019 Jan;58(1):66-72. doi: 10.1177/0009922818806313. Epub 2018 Oct 19.
  • Palumbo J, Wetzel R, Soto-Campos G. A Model of New Morbidity in the ICU Based on PIM3 and PRISM III Factors and Functional Status Score [abstract]. Critical Care Medicine. 2019;48(1)245. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000727916.13712.ad.
  • 2018
  • Balakrishnan B, Zhang L, Simpson P, Hanson S. Impact of the Timing of Placement of an Intracranial
    Pressure Monitor on Outcomes in Children with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Pediatr Neurosurg
    2018;53:379–386https://doi.org/10.1159/000494028.
  • Mikhailov T, Gertz S, Kuhn E, Scanlon M, Rice T, Goday P. Early Enteral Nutrition Is Associated with
    Significantly Lower Hospital Charges in Critically Ill Children. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral
    Nutrition. American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2018; 1–6 C DOI: 10.1002/jpen.1025
  • Bigelow A, Flynn-O'Brien K, Simpson P, Dasgupta M, Hanson S. Multicenter Review of Current
    Practices Associated with Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients After Trauma.
    Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018; Jun 15. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001614. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Tran M, Shein S, Ji X, Ahuja S. Identification of a “VTE-rich” population in pediatrics – Critically ill
    children with Central Venous Catheters. Thrombosis Research. 2018;161:73-77.
    doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2017.11.014.
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Shinkawa T, Gossett JM, Brundage N, Jeffries HE, Bertrandt R. Reclassifying by
    highest complexity operation rather than first operation influences mortality after pediatric heart surgery.
  • J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul 18. pii: S0022-5223(18)31780-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.06.035.
    [Epub ahead of print]
  • Peters C, Murthy S, Brant R, Kissoon N, Görges M. Mortality Risk Using a Pediatric Quick Sequential
    (Sepsis-Related) Organ Failure Assessment Varies With Vital Sign Thresholds. Crit Care Med. 2018
    Aug;19(8):e394-e402. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001598.
  • Halvorson E, Case D, Skelton J, McCrory MC Vascular Access in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients With
    Obesity. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2018;19(1):1-8. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000001368.
  • Hill G, Ghanayem N, Hraska V, Jacobsen R, Mitchell M, Woods R, Ginde S. (2018). Variation in the
    use of Fontan fenestration in the current surgical era. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology.
    10.1016/j.ppedcard.2018.08.007.
  • Balkin E, Steurer M, Delagnes E, et al. Multicenter Mortality and Morbidity Associated with Pulmonary
    Hypertension in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Pulmonary Circulation. 2018.
    doi:10.1177/2045893217745785. Epub 2017 Dec 18.
  • Balkin E, Zinter M, Rajagopal S, Keller R, Fineman J, Steurer M. Intensive Care Mortality Prognostic
    Model for Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 June 19. [Epub ahead of
    print]
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Gosset J, Daufeldt J, Rice T, Wetzel R. Development and Validation of an
    Empiric Tool to Predict Favorable Neurologic Outcomes Among PICU Patients. Critical Care Medicine.
    2018;46(1):108-115. doi:0.1097/CCM.0000000000002753. [Epub ahead of print 2017 Oct 6]
  • Reiter PD, Roth J, Wathen B, Lavelle J, Ridall LA. Low-Dose Epinephrine Boluses for Acute
    Hypotension in the PICU*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2018;19(4):281-286.
    doi:10.1097/pcc.0000000000001448.
  • Kolovos N, Gill J, Michelson P, Doctor A, Hartman M. Reduction in Mortality Following Pediatric Rapid
    Response Team Implementation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2018: 19. (1).
    10.1097/PCC.0000000000001519.
  • 2017
  • Edwards J, Boscardin W, Lucas A, Dudley R. Repeated critical illness and unplanned readmissions
    within 1 year to PICUs. Critical Care Medicine. 2017;45(8):1276-1284.
  • Flynn-O'Brien K, Fallat M, Rivera F, et al. Pediatric Trauma Assessment and Management Database:
    Leveraging Existing Data Systems to Predict Mortality and Functional Status after Pediatric Injury.
    Journal of The American College Of Surgeons. 2017;224:933-944.
  • Geneslaw A, Jia J, Lucas R, Agus M. Pediatric intermediate care and pediatric intensive care units:
    PICU Metrics and an Analysis of Patients that use both. Journal of Critical Care. 2017;41:268-274.
    doi:DOI:
  • Ortmann L, Manimtim W, Lachica C. Outcomes of Tracheostomy in Children Requiring Surgery for
    Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric Cardiology. 2017;38(2):296-301. doi:10.1007/s00246-016-1512-6.
    Original Article First Online: 21 November 2016
  • McCrory M, Spaeder M, Gower E, Nakagawa T, et al. Time of Admission to the PICU and Mortality.
    Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2017;18(10):915-923. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000001268 Feature
    Article.
  • Patel M, Travers C, Stockwell J, Geller R, Kamat P, Grunwell J. Analysis of Interventions Required in
    12,021 Children with Acute Intoxications Admitted to PICUs. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
    2017;18(7):e281-e289. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000001187.
  • Russell R, Rettiganti M, Brundage N, Jeffries H, Gupta P. Performance of Pediatric Risk of Mortality
    Score Among Critically Ill Children with Heart Disease. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart
    Surgery . 2017;8(4):427-434. doi:10.1177/2150135117704656.
  • Doctor A, Zimmerman J, Agus M, et al. Pediatric Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome: Promising
    Therapies. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2017;18(3):S67-S82.
    doi:10.1097/pcc.0000000000001053.
  • Shein S, Slain K, Clayton J, McKee B, Rotta A, Wilson-Costello D. Neurologic and Functional Morbidity
    in Critically Ill Children with Bronchiolitis*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2017;18(12):1106-1113.doi: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000001337.
  • Edwards J, Lucas A, Boscardin W, Dudley R. Repeated Critical Illness and Unplanned Readmissions
    Within 1 Year to PICUs*. Critical Care Medicine. 2017;45(8):1276-1284.
    doi:10.1097/ccm.0000000000002439.
  • Leroue M, Good R, Skillman H, Czaja A. Enteral Nutrition Practices in Critically Ill Children Requiring
    Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2017;18(12):1093-1098.
    doi:10.1097/pcc.0000000000001302.
  • 2016
  • Edwards JD, Houtrow AJ, Lucas AR, et al. Children and young adults who received tracheostomies or
    were initiated on long-term ventilation in pediatric ICUs. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
    2016;17(8):e324-334.
  • Gall C, Wetzel R, Kolker A, Kanter R. Pediatric Triage in a Severe Pandemic: Maximizing Survival by
    Establishing Triage Thresholds. Critical Care Medicine. 2016;44(9):1762-1768.
    doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001759.
  • Flynn-O'Brien K, Fallat M, Rice T, Rivera R. Improving Risk-Adjusted Mortality Modeling in Pediatric
    Trauma with a Novel Dataset. Pediatrics. 2016;137:270A. doi:10.1542/peds.137.Supplement_3.270A .
  • Coro M, Spaeder M, Penk J, Levin A, Futterman C. Unscheduled Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
    Admissions in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Features and Outcomes. World Journal
    for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. 2016; 7(4): 454-459. doi: 10.1177/2150135116648308.
  • Meyer M, Mikhailov T, Kuhn E, Collins M, Scanlon M. Pediatric Specialty Transport Teams are not
    Associated with Decreased 48-Hour Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Mortality: A Propensity Analysis of
    the VPS, LLC Database. Air Medical Journal. 2016;35(2): 73-78. doi:
  • Field-Ridley A, Dharmar M, Steinhorn D, McDonald C, Marcin J. ICU-Acquired Weakness is
    Associated with Differences in Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Children. Pediatr Crit Care Med.
    2016;17(1):53-7. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000538.
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Rice T, Wetzel R. Impact of 24/7 In-Hospital Intensivist Coverage on Outcomes
    in Pediatric Intensive Care: A Multi-Center Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Jul 1. [Epub ahead
    of print]. doi:10.1164/rccm.201512-2456OC.
  • McCrory M, Lee K, Scanlon M, Wakeham M. Predictors of need for mechanical ventilation at discharge
    after Tracheostomy in the PICU. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2016;51(1):53-59. doi:10.1002/ppul.23195.
    Epub 2015 Mar 30.
  • Heneghan J, Lansell A, Domowicz D, Shein S. Intensive Care Unit Readmissions Among Children with
    Tracheostomies Placed Following Cardiac Arrest. Pediatrics. 2016;137:258A-258A.
    doi:10.1542/peds.137.Supplement_3.258A.
  • Edwards J, Houtrow A, Vasilevskis E, et al. Children and Young Adults who Receive Tracheostomies or
    were Intubated on Long Term Ventilation in the Pediatric ICU. PCCM. 2016; 17(8): e324-34. doi:
    10.1097/PCC.0000000000000844.
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Gossett J, Yeh J. Risk factors for mechanical ventilation and reintubation after
    Pediatric Heart Surgery. Journal Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016;151(2):451-458.
    doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.09.080. Epub 2015 Sep 28
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Jeffries H, Rice T. Epidemiology of Reintubation Among Children Undergoing
    Heart Operations of Varying Complexity. Critical Care Medicine. 2016;44(12):126.
    doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000508876.60312.35.
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Jeffries H, et al. Association of 24/7 In-house ICU Attending Coverage with
    Outcomes in Children Undergoing Heart Operations. Ann Thorac Surg. (Accepted for Publication, In
    Press). Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jun 18. [Epub ahead of print]. doi:
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Rice T, Wetzel R. Impact of 24/7 In-Hospital Intensivist Coverage on Outcomes
    in Pediatric Intensive Care. A Multicenter Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care
    Medicine. 2016;194(12). doi:10.1164/rccm.201512-2456OC .
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Jeffries H, et al. Risk Factors and Outcomes of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
    Following Pediatric Heart Operations of Varying Complexity. Resuscitation. 2016 May 13;105:1-7.
    [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.04.022.
  • Gupta P, Tang X, Rettiganti M, et al. Association of House Staff Training with Mortality in Children with
    Critical Illness. Acta Paediatrica. 2016;105(2): e60–e66, doi: 10.1111/apa.13223.
  • Ross P, Newth C, Leung D, Wetzel R, Khemani R. Obesity and Mortality Risk in Critically Ill Children.
    Pediatrics. 2016;137(3):e20152035. Epub 2016 Feb 16. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-2035.
  • Gupta P, Richardson T, Hall M, et al. Effect of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Outcomes in Children with Acute
    Lung Injury: Propensity Matched Analysis from a Linked Database. Crit Care Med. 2016 May 9. [Epub
    ahead of print]. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001837.
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Fisher P, Chang A, Rice T, Wetzel R. Association of Freestanding Children's
    Hospitals with Outcomes in Children with Critical Illness. Crit Care Med. 2016 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of
    print]. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001961.
  • Markovitz B, Kukuyeva I, Soto-Campos G, Khemani R. PICU Volume and Outcome: A SeverityAdjusted Analysis. PCCM. 2016;17(6):483-9. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000697.
  • Gupta P, Tang X, Rettiganti M, et al. Association of House Staff Training with Mortality in Children with
    Critical Illness. Acta Paediatrica. 2016;105(2): e60–e66, doi: 10.1111/apa.13223.
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Fisher P, Chang A, Rice T, Wetzel R. Association of Freestanding Children's
    Hospitals with Outcomes in Children with Critical Illness. Crit Care Med. 2016 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of
    print]. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001961.
  • Coro M, Spaeder M, Penk J, Levin A, Futterman C. Unscheduled Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
    Admissions in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Features and Outcomes. World Journal
    for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. 2016; 7(4): 454-459. doi: 10.1177/2150135116648308.
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Rice T, Wetzel R. Impact of 24/7 In-Hospital Intensivist Coverage on Outcomes
    in Pediatric Intensive Care: A Multi-Center Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Jul 1. [Epub ahead
    of print]. doi:10.1164/rccm.201512-2456OC.
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Jeffries H, et al. Association of 24/7 In-house ICU Attending Coverage with
    Outcomes in Children Undergoing Heart Operations. Ann Thorac Surg. (Accepted for Publication, In
    Press). Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jun 18. [Epub ahead of print].
    doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.042.
  • Edwards J, Houtrow A, Vasilevskis E, et al. Children and Young Adults who receive tracheostomies or
    were intubated on Long Term Ventilation in the Pediatric ICU. PCCM. 2016; 17(8): e324-34. doi:
    10.1097/PCC.0000000000000844.
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Jeffries H, et al. Risk Factors and Outcomes of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
    Following Pediatric Heart Operations of Varying Complexity. Resuscitation. 2016 May 13;105:1-7.
    [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.04.022.
  • Gupta P, Richardson T, Hall M, et al. Effect of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Outcomes in Children with Acute
    Lung Injury: Propensity Matched Analysis from a Linked Database. Crit Care Med. 2016 May 9. [Epub
    ahead of print]. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001837.
  • Markovitz B, Kukuyeva I, Soto-Campos G, Khemani R. PICU Volume and Outcome: A SeverityAdjusted Analysis. PCCM. 2016;17(6):483-9. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000697.
  • Meyer M, Mikhailov T, Kuhn E, Collins M, Scanlon M. Pediatric Specialty Transport Teams are not
    Associated with Decreased 48-Hour Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Mortality: A Propensity Analysis of
    the VPS, LLC Database. Air Medical Journal. 2016;35(2): 73-78.
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2015.12.003.
  • Ross P, Newth C, Leung D, Wetzel R, Khemani R. Obesity and Mortality Risk in Critically Ill
    Children. Pediatrics. 2016;137(3):e20152035. Epub 2016 Feb 16. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-2035.
  • Gupta P, Tang X, Rettiganti M, et al. Association of House Staff Training with Mortality in Children with
    Critical Illness. Acta Paediatrica. 2016;105(2): e60–e66, doi: 10.1111/apa.13223.
  • Gupta P, Rettiganti M, Gossett J, et al. Risk factors for Mechanical Ventilation and Reintubation After
    Pediatric Heart Surgery. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016;151(2):451 -
    458.e3 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.09.080.
  • Field-Ridley A, Dharmar M, Steinhorn D, McDonald C, Marcin J. ICU-Acquired Weakness is
    Associated with Differences in Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Children. Pediatr Crit Care
    Med. 2016;17(1):53-7. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000538.
  • 2015
  • Jeffries H, Soto-Campos G, Katch A, Gall C, Rice T, Wetzel R. A Pediatric Index of Cardiac Surgical
    Intensive Care Mortality Risk Score for Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care. Pediatr Crit Care
    Med. 2015;16(9):846–852. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000489.
  • Nguyen T, Bhalla A, Leung D, Khemani R, Ross P. PICU Mortality and Body Habitus in Patients with
    Septicemia or Septic Shock. Critical Care Medicine.2015;43(12):253–254. doi:
    10.1097/01.ccm.0000474839.78529.93
  • Zinter M, Dvorak C, Spicer A, Cowan M, Sapru A. New Insights into Multicenter PICU Mortality Among
    Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Crit Care Med. 2015;43(9):1986-94. doi:
    10.1097/CCM.0000000000001085.
  • Toltzis P, Soto-Campus G, Kuhn E, Hahn R, Kanter R, Wetzel R. Evidence-Based Pediatric Outcome
    Predictors to Guide the Allocation of Critical Care Resources in a Mass Casualty Event. Pediatr Crit
    Care Med. 2015;16(7):e207–e216. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000481
  • Gupta P, Tang X, Gossett J, et al. Variation of Ventilation
    Practices with center volume after pediatric heart surgery. Clin Cardiol. 2015 Mar;38(3):178-84. doi:
    10.1002/clc.22374. Epub 2015 Feb 23.
  • 2014
  • Edwards J, Vasilevskis E, Yoo E, et al. Adults with childhood-onset chronic conditions admitted to US
    pediatric and adult intensive care units. J Crit Care. 2015 Feb;30(1):201-6. doi:
    10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.10.016. Epub 2014 Oct 25.
  • McCrory M, Gower E, Simpson S, Nakagawa T, Mou S, Morris P. Off-Hours Admission to Pediatric
    Intensive Care and Mortality.Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2014 Nov;134(5):e1345-53. doi:
    10.1542/peds.2014-1071. Epub 2014 Oct 6.
  • Panchal AK, Manzi J, Connolly S, Christensen M, Wakeham M, Goday PS, Mikhailov
    TA. Safety of Enteral Feedings in Critically Ill Children Receiving Vasoactive Agents. JPEN J
    Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2014 Aug 28. pii: 0148607114546533.
  • Gupta P, Tang X, Gall C, et al. Epidemiology and outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest in critically ill
    children across hospitals of varied center volume: a multi-center analysis. Resuscitation. 2014
    Nov;85(11):1473-9. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.07.016. Epub 2014 Aug 7.
  • Zinter M, DuBois S, Spicer A, et al. Pediatric cancer type predicts infection rate, need for critical care
    intervention, and mortality in the pediatric intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med. 2014
    Oct;40(10):1536-44. doi: 10.1007/s00134-014-3389-2. Epub 2014 Jul 15.
  • Bone, M, Feinglass, J, Goodman, D. Risk Factors for Acquiring Functional and Cognitive Disabilities
    During Admission to a PICU. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014 Sep;15(7):640-8. doi:
    10.1097/PCC.0000000000000199
  • Panchal A, Manzi J, Connolly S, et al., Safety of Enteral Feedings in Critical Ill Children on Vasoactive
    Agents. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2014 Aug 28. pii: 0148607114546533. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Gaies M, Jeffries H, Niebler R, et al. Vasoactive-Inotropic Score Is Associated with Outcome After
    Infant Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis From the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium and Virtual
    PICU System Registries. PCCM 2014. 15 (6). pp529-537. DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000153
  • Gupta P, Tang X, Gossett J, et al. Association of center volume with outcomes in critically ill children
    with acute asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014 Jul;113(1):42-7. doi:
    10.1016/j.anai.2014.04.020. Epub 2014 May 14.
  • Wakeham M, Kuhn E, Lee J, McCrory M, Scanlon M, Use of Tracheostomy in the Pediatric Intensive
    Care Unit among Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation.Intensive Care Med 2014
    Jun;40(6)863-70.doi: 10.1007/s00134-014-3298-4. Epub 2014 May 1.
  • Mikhailov, T, Kuhn, E, Manzi,, J, et al. Early enteral nutrition is associated with lower mortality in
    critically ill children. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2014 May;38(4):459-66. doi:
    10.1177/0148607113517903. Epub 2014 Jan 8.
  • Gupta P, Kacmarek RM, Wetzel RC. It is Too Eartly to declare Early or Late Rescue High-Frequency
    Oscillatory Ventilation Dead- Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2014; 168(9): 863. doi:
  • Gupta P, Green J, Tang X, et al. Comparison of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation and conventional
    mechanical ventilation in pediatric respiratory failure. JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Mar;168(3):243-9, doi:
    10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.4463.
  • Iannucci G, Oster M, Chanani N, et al. The Relationship between In-House Attending Coverage and
    Duration of Mechanical Ventilation Following Congenital Heart Surgery, Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014
    Mar;15(3):258-63. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000068.
  • Russell, R, Ghanayem, N, Kuhn, E, Jeffries, H, Scanlon, M, & Rice, T. Relationship between riskadjustment. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, World J Pediatr Congenit Heart
    Surg. 2014 Jan 1;5(1):16-21. doi: 10.1177/2150135113510008.
  • 2013
  • Edwards J, Lucas A, Stone P, Boscardin W, Dudley R, Frequency, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of
    Early Unplanned Readmissions to PICUs. Crit Care Med. 2013 Dec;41(12):2773-83. doi:
    10.1097/CCM.0b013e31829eb970.
  • Wakeham M, Christensen M, Manzi J, Kuhn EM, Scanlon M, Goday PS, Mikhailov
    TA. Registered dietitians making a difference: early medical record documentation of estimated energy
    requirement in critically ill children is associated with higher daily energy intake and with use of
    the enteral route. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2013 Oct;113(10):1311-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.04.025. Epub
    2013 Jun 28.
  • Ghuman, A, Newth, C, Khemani, R. Impact of Gender on Sepsis Mortality and Severity of Illness for
    Prepubertal and Postpubertal Children. The Journal of Pediatrics Sept 2013.163(3),pgs 835-840.e1
  • Czaja, A, Hosokawa, P, & Henderson, W. Unscheduled readmissions to the picu: epidemiology, risk
    factors, and variation among centers. Pediatr Crit Care Med., 2013 Jul;14(6):571-9. doi:
    10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182917a68.
  • Cassidy, L, Lambropoulos, D, Enters, J, Farahzad, M, Gourlay, D, Lal, D, Health Disparities Analysis of
    Critically Ill Pediatric Trauma Patients in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Aug;217(2):233-
    9. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.02.032. Epub 2013 May 8
  • Edwards J, Houtrow A, Vasilevskis E, Dudley R, Okumura M; A multi-institutional profile of adults
    admitted to pediatric intensive care units, JAMA Pediatr. 2013 May;167(5):436-43. doi:
    10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1316
  • Shibata, S, Khemani, R, Markovitz, B. Patient Origin Is Associated With Duration of Endotracheal
    Intubation and PICU Length of Stay for Children With Status Asthmaticus. J Intensive Care Med. 2014
    May-Jun;29(3):154-9. doi: 10.1177/0885066613476446. Epub 2013 Feb 11
  • 2012
  • Sala, K, Karamessinis L, Zucker A, Carroll C. Respiratory Failure in Children with Status Asthmaticus: A Review of the VPS Database. Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology. December 2012, 25(4):
    226-230. doi:10.1089/ped.2012.0188.
  • Edwards J, Houtrow (A, Vasilevskis E, et al, Chronic conditions among children admitted to U.S.
    pediatric intensive care units: their prevalence and impact on risk for mortality and prolonged length of
    stay. Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul;40(7):2196-203.
  • Weiss, S, Parker, B, Bullock, M, et al, Defining pediatric sepsis by different criteria: Discrepancies in
    populations and implications for clinical practice, Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul;13(4):e219-26. doi:
    10.1097/PCC.0b013e31823c98da.
  • Ingaramo, O., Khemani, R., Markovitz, B, Epstein, D, Effect of race on the timing of the Glenn and
    Fontan procedures for single-ventricle congenital heart disease, Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012
    Mar;13(2):174-7. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182231862.
  • 2011
  • Higgerson, R, Laswon, K, Christie, L, et al, Incidence and Risk Factors Associated with Venous
    Thrombotic Events in Pediatric ICU Patients. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Nov;12(6):628-34.
    doi:10.1097/PCC.0b013e318207124a
  • Hanson, S, Lawson, K, Brown A, et al, Current Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Children
    Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Paediatr Anaesth. 2011 Oct;21(10):1052-7. doi:
    10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.03653.x. Epub 2011 Jul 18
  • Wetzel, R, Sachdeva, R, Rice, T, Are all ICUs the same?. Paediatr Anaesth. 2011 Jul;21(7):787-93.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.03595.x. Epub 2011 May 9
  • Faustino, E, Lawson, K, Northrup V, Higgerson R, Mortality-adjusted Duration of Mechanical Ventilation
    in Critically Ill Children with Symptomatic Central Venous Line-Related Deep Venous Thrombosis. Crit
    Care Med. 2011 May;39(5):1151-6. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31820eb8a1
  • Deeter K, King M, Ridling D, Irby G, Lynn A, Zimmerman J. Successful Implementation of a Pediatric
    Sedation Protocol For Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Crit Care Med. 2011 Apr;39(4):683-8. doi:
    10.1097/CCM.0b013e318206cebf
  • Epstein D, Wong C, Khemani R, et al. Race/Ethnicity is not associated with mortality in the PICU.
    Pediatrics. Pediatrics: 2011 Mar;127(3):e588-97. Doi: 10.1542/peds. 2010-0394 Epub 2011 Feb 28.
  • Schindler C, Mikhailov T, Kuhn E, et al . Protecting Fragile Skin: Nursing Interventions to Decrease
    Development of Pressure Ulcers in Pediatric Intensive Care. Am J Crit Care. 2011 Jan;20(1):26-35.
  • 24/7 PICU attending coverage not associated with improved outcomes Crit Care Med. 2012 Feb: 40(2)
    Czaja, A, Scanlon, M, Kuhn, E, & Jeffries, H. Performance of the pediatric index of mortality 2
    for pediatric cardiac surgery patients. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 2011; 12(2), 184-9. doi:
    10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181e89694
  • 2010
  • Lee K, Tieves K, Scanlon M. Alterations in end-of-life support in the pediatric intensive care unit.
    Pediatrics. 2010 Oct; 126(4):e859-64. Epub 2010 Sep 6. Doi: 101542/pedS2010-2014.
  • Does in-house attending coverage in PICU setting impact patients come Outcomes? Crit Care Med 2010, Sept:39(9)
  • 2009
  • Typpo K, Petersen N, Hallman D, Markovitz B, Mariscalco M, Day 1 multiple organ dysfunction
    syndrome is associated with poor functional outcome and mortality in the pediatric intensive care unit,
    Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009 Sep;10(5):562-70.
  • Gorman M, Sachdeva R, Rice T, Wetzel R., Support for PICUs and the PRISM scoring algorithms,
    Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009 Jan;10(1):143-4. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181937bf4
  • Markovitz B, Khemani R. Impact of PICU volume on severity of illness adjusted mortality. Critical Care
    Medicine (supp) (2009) Dec;37(12) A356(729). http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/toc/2009/12001
  • Gall CM, Jeffries HE, Lee JY, Kuhn E, Wetzel RC, Rice TB, Gorman M, Sachdeva RC. Development of
    a new method to risk adjust outcomes for cardiac critical care patients [abstract]. Crit Care Med.
    2009;37(12 suppl):A291 http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/toc/2009/12001
  • Goday P, Vermilyea S, Kuhn E, Otto M, Mikhailov T. Admission anthropometric measures and
    outcomes in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) [abstract]. Presented as a poster at Clinical
    Nutrition Week 2009. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 33(2):237-8, 2009
  • Sachdeva R, Kuhn E, Gall C, Rice T, Gorman M, Wetzel R. A need for development of diagnosisspecific severity of illness tools for risk adjustment [abstract 338]. In: Critical Care Medicine, 2009;
    36(suppl 12):A83. http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/toc/2009/12001
  • Wetzel R, Kuhn E, Gall C, Rice T, Sachdeva R, Gorman M. Demonstrating time-dependent drift in a
    validated risk adjustment tool [abstract 27]. In: Critical Care Medicine, 2009; 36(suppl
    12):A8. http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/toc/2009/12001
  • 2008
  • LaRovere J, Jeffries H, Sachdeva R, et al, Databases for assessing the outcomes of the treatment of
    patients with congenital and paediatric cardiac disease--the perspective of critical care, Cardiol Young.
    2008 Dec;18 Suppl 2:130-6. Doi: 10.1017/S1047951108002886.
  • Odetola F, Rosenberg A, Davis M, Clark S, Dechert R, Shanley T., Do outcomes vary according to the
    source of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit? Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 Jan;9(1):20-5.
    Doi: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000298642.11872:29.
  • Goday P, Kuhn E, Sachdeva R Mikhailov T. Does admission weight influence mortality and morbidity in
    the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)? Oral presentation at Clinical Nutrition Week 2008. JPEN J
    Parenter Enteral Nutr 32:316-7,
    2008 https://www.abbott.ch/fileadmin/docs/nutrition/Newsletter_ASPEN_2008.pdf
  • 2007
  • Schindler C, Mikhailov T, Fischer K, Lukasiewicz G, Kuhn E, Duncan L., Skin integrity in critically ill and
    injured children. Am J Crit Care. 2007 Nov;16(6):568-74.
  • Odetola F, Clark S, Dechert R, Shanley T.,Going back for more: an evaluation of clinical outcomes and
    characteristics of readmissions to a pediatric intensive care unit., Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007
    Jul;8(4):343-7; CEU quiz 357.
  • 2006
  • Odetola F, Shanley T, Gurney J, et al. Characteristics and outcomes of interhospital transfers from level
    II to level I pediatric intensive care units., Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006 Nov;7(6):536-40.
  • Sachdeva RC, Rice TB, Implementation of a validated Pediatric Critical Care Database for Quality and
    Outcomes Assessment., Pediatric Critical Care Medicine September 2006.
  • Sachdeva R, Wetzel R, Gorman M, Rice T. Public reporting of Outcomes, Medical Malpractice Trends
    and Pediatric Intensive Care in the U.S. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, September 2006, Volume 7
    Issue 5: 515
  • Sachdeva R, Wetzel R, Gorman M, Rice T. Implementation of a validated pediatric critical care
    database for quality and outcomes assessment. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006;7(5):515
  • Sachdeva R; Wetzel R; Gorman M; Rice, T. Public Reporting of Outcomes, Medical Malpractice
    Trends, and Pediatric Intensive Care in the U.S. [abstract]. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006;7(5):515.
  • Sachdeva RC., Rice TB., Enhancing Transparency and Communication to Improve Quality. NACHRI
    2006 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 2006.
  • 2005
  • Scanlon M, Wetzel R, Rice T. Application of pediatric critical care quality indicators using a picu clinical
    database [abstract]. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005;6(1):A7.
  • Tieves K, Scanlon M, Rice T, Havens P. Outcome of pediatric patients with head injury: center
    differences in mortality and functional outcome at picu discharge [abstract]. Pediatr Crit Care Med.
    2005;6(1):A58.
  • Tieves, K, Scanlon, M, Rice, T, Havens, P, Outcome of Pediatric Patients with Head Injury: Center
    differences in mortality and functional outcome at PICU Discharge. Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium,
  • Scanlon, M. C., Tieves, K. S., Wetzel, R., Rice, T. B. Application of Pediatric Critical Care Quality
    Indicators to a PICU Clinical Database. Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium, New York, New York,
    September 2004. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2005; 6 (1) p. 104.New York, New York, September 2004. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2005; 6 (1) p.118.
  • Kane J, Tieves K, Scanlon M, Klem S, Rice T. Admission Time and Mortality in Patients Admitted to
    the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit [abstract]. Poster Presentation Society of Critical Care Medicine 34th
    Critical Care Conference, Phoenix, AZ. USA. Jan 115-19, 2005. Poster Presentation:
    Epdemiology/Outcomes Pediatrics 1. Crit Care Med 2004; 32(12) Supplement: A85.
  • 2003
  • Kurachek S, Newth C, Quasney M, et al. Extubation failure in pediatric intensive care: a multiple-centerstudy of risk factors and outcomes., Crit Care Med. 2003 Nov;31(11):2657-64.