Recent Highlighted Publications:

(For a complete list of our publications, please see our AAP SOEM webpage)

Hypothermic Infants:

Ramgopal S, Graves C, Aronson PL, Cruz AT, Rogers A; RIsk Stratification for Hypothermic Infants (RISHI) study group. Clinician Management Practices for Infants With Hypothermia in the Emergency Department. Pediatrics. 2023 Dec 1;152(6):e2023063000. PMID: 38009075.

Osteomyelitis:

Stephan AM, Platt S, Levine DA, Qiu Y, Buchhalter L, Lyons TW, Gaines N, Cruz AT, Sudanagunta S, Hardee IJ, Eisenberg JR, Tamas V, McAneney C, Chinta SS, Yeung C, Root JM, Fant C, Dunnick J, Pifko E, Campbell C, Bruce M, Srivastava G, Pruitt CM, Hueschen LA, Ugalde IT, Becker C, Granda E, Klein EJ, Kaplan RL. A Novel Risk Score to Guide the Evaluation of Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in Children. Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 1;153(2):e2023063153. PMID: 38239108.

Low Risk Febrile Infant:

Gutman CK, Lion KC, Aronson P, Fisher C, Bylund C, McFarlane A, Lou X, Patterson MD, Lababidi A, Fernandez R. Disparities and implicit bias in the management of low-risk febrile infants: a mixed methods study protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 Sep 20;12(9):e063611. PMID: 36127098.

Gutman CK, Aronson PL, Singh NV, Pickett ML, Bouvay K, Green RS, Roach B, Kotler H, Chow JL, Hartford EA, Hincapie M, St Pierre-Hetz R, Kelly J, Sartori L, Hoffmann JA, Corboy JB, Bergmann KR, Akinsola B, Ford V, Tedford NJ, Tran TT, Gifford S, Thompson AD, Krack A, Piroutek MJ, Lucrezia S, Chung S, Chowdhury N, Jackson K, Cheng T, Pulcini CD, Kannikeswaran N, Truschel LL, Lin K, Chu J, Molyneaux ND, Duong M, Dingeldein L, Rose JA, Theiler C, Bhalodkar S, Powers E, Waseem M, Lababidi A, Yan X, Lou XY, Fernandez R, Lion KC. Race, Ethnicity, Language, and the Treatment of Low-Risk Febrile Infants. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Nov 13. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37955907.

Singh NV, Gutman CK, Green RS, Thompson AD, Jackson K, Kalari NC, Lucrezia S, Krack A, Corboy JB, Cheng T, Duong M, St Pierre-Hetz R, Akinsola B, Kelly J, Sartori LF, Yan X, Lou XY, Lion KC, Fernandez R, Aronson PL; Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee Febrile Infants and Health Disparities Study Group. Contaminant Organism Growth in Febrile Infants at Low Risk for Invasive Bacterial Infection. J Pediatr. 2024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38218368.

Anaphylaxis:

Dribin TE, Michelson KA, Vyles D, Neuman MI, Brousseau DC, Mistry RD, Dayan PS, Zhang N, Viswanathan S, Witry J, Boyd S, Schnadower D. PEMCRC anaphylaxis study protocol: a multicentre cohort study to derive and validate clinical decision models for the emergency department management of children with anaphylaxis. BMJ Open. 2021;11(1):e037341. PMID: 33402402.

Omphalitis/Mastitis:

Kaplan RL, Cruz AT, Michelson KA, McAneney C, Blackstone MM, Pruitt CM, Shah N, Noorbakhsh KA, Abramo TJ, Marble RD, Middelberg L, Smith K, Kannikeswaran N, Schnadower D, Srivastava G, Thompson AD, Lane RD, Freeman JF, Bergmann KR, Morientes O, Gerard J, Badaki-Makun O, Avva U, Chaudhari PP, Freedman SB, Samuels-Kalow M, Haines E, Strutt J, Khanna K, Vance C, Bajaj L. Neonatal Mastitis and Concurrent Serious Bacterial Infection. Pediatrics. 2021; 148(1):e2021051322. PMID: 34187909.

Kaplan RL, Cruz AT, Freedman SB, Smith K, Freeman J, Lane RD, Michelson KA, Marble RD, Middelberg LK, Bergmann KR, McAneney C, Noorbakhsh KA, Pruitt C, Shah N, Badaki-Makun O, Schnadower D, Thompson AD, Blackstone MM, Abramo TJ, Srivastava G, Avva U, Samuels-Kalow M, Morientes O, Kannikeswaran N, Chaudhari PP, Strutt J, Vance C, Haines E, Khanna K, Gerard J, Bajaj L. Omphalitis and Concurrent Serious Bacterial Infection. Pediatrics. 2022; Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35441224.

Infant Otitis Media:

McLaren SH, Cruz AT, Yen K, Lipshaw MJ, Bergmann KR, Mistry RD, Gutman CK, Ahmad FA, Pruitt CM, Thompson GC, Steimle MD, Zhao X, Schuh AM, Thompson AD, Hanson HR,Ulrich SL, Meltzer JA, Dunnick J, Schmidt SM, Nigrovic LE, Waseem M, Velasco R, Ali S, Cullen DL, Gomez B, Kaplan RL, Khanna K, Strutt J, Aronson PL, Taneja A, Sheridan DC, Chen CC, Bogie AL, Wang A, Dayan PS. Invasive Bacterial Infections in Afebrile Infants Diagnosed With Acute Otitis Media. Pediatrics. 2021;147(1):e20201571. PMID 33288730.

McLaren SH, Shah N, Schmidt SM, Wang A, Thompson J, Dayan PS, Pruitt CM. Otologic Examination Findings In Afebrile Young Infants Clinically Diagnosed With Acute Otitis Media. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2022;41(7):e290-2. PMID: 35421053.

Herpes Simplex Virus:

Cruz AT, Nigrovic LE, Xie J, Mahajan P, Thomson JE, Okada PJ, Uspal NG, Mistry RD, Garro A, Schnadower D, Kulik DM, Curtis SJ, Miller AS, Fleming AH, Lyons TW, Balamuth F, Arms JL, Louie J, Aronson PL, Thompson AD, Ishimine PT, Schmidt SM, Pruitt CM, Shah SS, Grether-Jones KL, Bradin SA, Freedman SB. Predictors of Invasive Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Young Infants. Pediatrics. 2021;148(3):e2021050052. PMID: 34446535.

Pruitt CM, Nigrovic LE, Freedman SB, Bradin SA, Curtis SJ, Lyons TW, Miller AS, Okada PJ, Schmidt SM, Schnadower D, Thomson JE. Comprehensiveness of Testing Among Herpes Simplex Virus Infected Infants: A Multicenter Cohort Study. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2022;10-1097. PMID: 35797706.

Balamuth F, Cruz AT, Freedman SB, Ishimine PT, Garro A, Curtis S, Grether-Jones KL, Miller AS, Uspal NG, Schmidt SM, Shah SS. Test characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid gram stain to identify bacterial meningitis in infants younger than 60 days. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2021;37(5):e227-9. PMID: 30422943.

Fusobacterium:

Thé T, Curfman A, Burnham CD, Hayes E, Schnadower D; with the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee (PEM-CRC). Pediatric Anaerobic Blood Culture Practices in Industrialized Countries. Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 2019;3(4):553-558. PMID 31639724.

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: 

Lin CY, Xie J, Freedman SB, McKee RS, Schnadower D, Tarr PI, Finkelstein Y, Desai NM, Lane RD, Bergmann KR, Kaplan RL, Hariharan S, Cruz AT, Cohen DM, Dixon A, Ramgopal S, Powell EC, Kilgar J, Michelson KA, Bitzan M, Yen K, Meckler GD, Plint AC, Balamuth F, Bradin S, Gouin S, Kam AJ, Meltzer JA, Hunley TE, Avva U, Porter R, Fein DM, Louie JP, Tarr GAM; Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee (PEMCRC) STEC Study Group. Predicting Adverse Outcomes for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infections in Emergency Departments. Journal of Pediatrics. 2021;232:200-206. PMID 33417918.

McKee RS, Schnadower D, Tarr PI, Xie J, Finkelstein Y, Desai N, Lane RD, Bergmann KR, Kaplan RL, Hariharan S, Cruz AT, Cohen DM, Dixon A, Ramgopal S, Rominger A, Powell EC, Kilgar J, Michelson KA, Beer D, Bitzan M, Pruitt CM, Yen K, Meckler GD, Plint AC, Bradin S, Abramo TJ, Gouin S, Kam AJ, Schuh A, Balamuth F, Hunley TE, Kanegaye JT, Jones NE, Avva U, Porter R, Fein DM, Louie JP, Freedman SB; Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee and Pediatric Emergency Research Canada. Predicting Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Renal Replacement Therapy in Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli-infected Children. Clinical Infectious Disease. 2020;70(8):1643-1651. PMID: 31125419.

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Training:

DesPain AW, Gutman CK, Cruz AT, Aronson PL, Chamberlain JM, Chang TP, Florin TA, Kaplan RL, Nigrovic LE, Pruitt CM, Thompson AD, Gonzalez VM, Mistry RD. Research environment and resources to support pediatric emergency medicine fellow research. Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training. 2021;5(3):e10585. PMID 34124527.