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| Clarissa ValimSummaryAffiliation: Harvard University Country: USA Publications
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Estimation of vaccine efficacy in a repeated measures study under heterogeneity of exposure or susceptibility to infectionClarissa Valim
Clinical Research Program, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave Boston, MA 02115, USA
Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci 366:2347-60. 2008..Through simulation studies, we compare the properties of this estimator with proportional hazards estimation under the heterogeneity of exposure. The methods are applied to a reanalysis of a malaria vaccine trial in Brazil...
Improved survival in a multidisciplinary short bowel syndrome programBiren P Modi
Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation CAIR, Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Pediatr Surg 43:20-4. 2008..In 1999, we initiated a multidisciplinary pediatric intestinal rehabilitation program. The purpose of this study was to determine if the multidisciplinary approach was associated with improved survival in this patient population...
The value of patient self-report for disease surveillanceFlorence T Bourgeois
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:765-71. 2007..To determine the accuracy of self-reported information from patients and families for use in a disease surveillance system...
Growth and nutritional status in infants with short-bowel syndrome after the serial transverse enteroplasty procedureChristopher Duggan
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 4:1237-41. 2006..The aim of this study was to describe the long-term nutritional outcomes of 4 patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS) who underwent a newly described bowel-lengthening procedure, the serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) procedure...
Influenza and other respiratory virus-related emergency department visits among young childrenFlorence T Bourgeois
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Pediatrics 118:e1-8. 2006..This study provides city- and statewide population estimates of the burden of illness attributable to respiratory viruses for children receiving emergency department-based care for respiratory infections during the winter months...
Percutaneous liver biopsy practice patterns among pediatric gastroenterologists in North AmericaSanjoy Banerjee
Pediatric and Adolescent Gastroenterology, ProMedica Physician Group, Toledo, OH, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 45:84-9. 2007..To document current percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) practices among pediatric gastroenterologists...
Standardized data collection for multi-center clinical studies of severe malaria in African children: establishing the SMAC networkTerrie Taylor
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, E Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:615-22. 2006..Networks are required to recruit enough patients for mortality-based studies and to encompass the epidemiological diversity of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. SMAC represents the first effort to develop this capacity...
Safety and efficacy of a fish-oil-based fat emulsion in the treatment of parenteral nutrition-associated liver diseaseKathleen M Gura
Department of Pharmacy, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 121:e678-86. 2008..Parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease can be a progressive and fatal entity in children with short-bowel syndrome. Soybean-fat emulsions provided as part of standard parenteral nutrition may contribute to its pathophysiology...
Efficiency of propofol versus midazolam and fentanyl sedation at a pediatric teaching hospital: a prospective studyJenifer R Lightdale
Division of Gastroenterology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 67:1067-75. 2008..Many pediatric endoscopists are adopting propofol in their practices, with the expectation that propofol will increase their overall efficiency...
The prognostic value of measures of acid/base balance in pediatric falciparum malaria, compared with other clinical and laboratory parametersCharles R J C Newton
Institute of Child Health, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
Clin Infect Dis 41:948-57. 2005..In this large, prospective study, we examined the prognostic value of acidosis and hyperlactatemia and compared these markers to clinically assessed variables...
