Dagnachew Assefa

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Publications

  1. ncbi Use of decubitus radiographs in the diagnosis of foreign body aspiration in young children
    Dagnachew Assefa
    Respiratory Center for Children, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 23:154-7. 2007
  2. ncbi Attenuated interleukin-8/leukocyte immunoresponse in preterm infants compared with term infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a pilot study
    Dagnachew Assefa
    Respiratory Center for Children, Goryeb Children s Hospital, Atlantic Health, Morristown, NJ 07962, USA
    Hum Immunol 72:708-11. 2011
  3. ncbi Three faces of costal exostoses: case series and review of literature
    Dagnachew Assefa
    Respiratory Center for Children, Goryeb Children s Hospital, Morristown, NJ 07962, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 27:1188-91. 2011

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Publications3

  1. ncbi Use of decubitus radiographs in the diagnosis of foreign body aspiration in young children
    Dagnachew Assefa
    Respiratory Center for Children, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 23:154-7. 2007
    ..Lateral decubitus radiographs are often obtained in young children with suspected foreign body aspiration. Their usefulness has not been well studied...
  2. ncbi Attenuated interleukin-8/leukocyte immunoresponse in preterm infants compared with term infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a pilot study
    Dagnachew Assefa
    Respiratory Center for Children, Goryeb Children s Hospital, Atlantic Health, Morristown, NJ 07962, USA
    Hum Immunol 72:708-11. 2011
    ..05). PT infants hospitalized with RSV bronchiolitis have lower nasal-wash leukocyte counts and a less robust IL-8 response than term infants, and only in term infants did IL-8 levels correlate with clinical disease severity...
  3. ncbi Three faces of costal exostoses: case series and review of literature
    Dagnachew Assefa
    Respiratory Center for Children, Goryeb Children s Hospital, Morristown, NJ 07962, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 27:1188-91. 2011
    ..Two of the cases have hereditary multiple exostoses. All but one of the patients required surgical intervention. Complications of costal exostoses are rare, but hemothorax, pneumothorax, and pericardial effusions can occur...