The use of ondansetron for nausea and vomiting after head injury and its effect on return rates from the pediatric EDJesse J Sturm
Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
Am J Emerg Med 31:166-72. 2013
..The use of ondansetron in children with vomiting after a head injury has not been well studied. Concern about masking serious injury is a potential barrier to its use...
Access to outpatient follow-up orthopedic care after pediatric emergency department visits: impact of implementation of a managed Medicaid programJesse J Sturm
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:659-63. 2008
..The purpose of this study was to determine whether the implementation of an MMC program has affected access to timely orthopedic follow-up care...
Ondansetron use in the pediatric emergency department and effects on hospitalization and return rates: are we masking alternative diagnoses?Jesse J Sturm
Department of Emergency Medicine, Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 55:415-22. 2010
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Practice characteristics that influence nonurgent pediatric emergency department utilizationJesse J Sturm
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Acad Pediatr 10:70-4. 2010
..The goal of this study was to determine what characteristics of a primary care pediatric practice are associated with nonurgent use of the pediatric emergency department (PED)...
Ondansetron use in the pediatric emergency room for diagnoses other than acute gastroenteritisJesse J Sturm
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emory University, Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 28:247-50. 2012
..Ondansetron is widely used in the pediatric emergency department (PED) for vomiting and acute gastroenteritis (GE). Little is known about the spectrum of its use in diagnoses other than acute GE...
Trends in computed tomography utilization in the pediatric emergency departmentMargaret J A Menoch
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 129:e690-7. 2012
..The purpose of this study was to determine the overall trend of computed tomography (CT) utilization in the pediatric emergency department (PED) from 2003 to 2010 and to determine trends categorized by common chief complaints...
Effects of a system-wide fracture care program to enhance access and follow-up for orthopedicsMichael W Sauer
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 28:680-3. 2012
..Because of these barriers, a "Fracture Care Program" was implemented at the study hospital's network. This study aimed to determine implementation of a Fracture Care Program would lead to reduced PED utilization...
Pediatric abscess characteristics associated with hospital admission from the EDMichael W Sauer
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Am J Emerg Med 29:1013-8. 2011
..To determine the characteristics of pediatric soft tissue abscesses that result in hospital admission...
Cardiac disease in pediatric patients presenting to a pediatric ED with chest painDavid M Drossner
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Sibley Heart Center at Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Am J Emerg Med 29:632-8. 2011
..Chest pain is a frequent chief complaint among the pediatric population. To date, limited data exist on the full spectrum of emergent cardiac disease among such patients; and existing data have been limited to relatively small cohorts...