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Species | Amy Storfer-IsserSummaryAffiliation: Case Western Reserve University Country: USA Publications
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Pediatricians' role in providing mental health care for children and adolescents: do pediatricians and child and adolescent psychiatrists agree?Amy Heneghan
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 29:262-9. 2008..Perceptions of pediatricians and mental health specialists regarding the role that pediatricians should have in diagnosing and managing children's mental health problems have not been studied...
Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors by pediatricians: comparing attitudes of primary care pediatricians and child and adolescent psychiatristsAmy Heneghan
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 47:148-54. 2008..Strategies that enhance communication and endorse support for defined roles of primary care pediatricians and child and adolescent psychiatrists will ensure that children with mental health needs are treated safely and appropriately...- Factors associated with identification and management of maternal depression by pediatriciansAmy M Heneghan
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 119:444-54. 2007..We sought to identify characteristics of pediatricians that were associated with identification or management (referral and/or treatment) of mothers with depression... - Sleep-disordered breathing is associated with asthma severity in childrenKristie R Ross
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
J Pediatr 160:736-42. 2012..We hypothesized that obesity and SDB are associated with severe asthma at a 1- year follow-up... 
Association between metabolic syndrome and sleep-disordered breathing in adolescentsSusan Redline
Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 6003, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:401-8. 2007..Risk factors include overweight, male sex, and Hispanic ethnicity. Although sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been implicated as a risk factor for MetS in adults, its association with SDB in adolescents is unknown...- Effects of the home environment on school-aged children's sleepJames C Spilsbury
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106 6038, USA
Sleep 28:1419-27. 2005..Examine the relationship between the sleep behavior of elementary school-aged children and characteristics of the home environment... - Variation of C-reactive protein levels in adolescents: association with sleep-disordered breathing and sleep durationEmma K Larkin
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Triangle Building Suite 260, 10400 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Circulation 111:1978-84. 2005..The goal of this study was to quantify the associations of SDB, sleep duration, and CRP in adolescents to better understand the role of SDB in CVD risk... - Sleep behavior in an urban US sample of school-aged childrenJames C Spilsbury
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology, Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 6038, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:988-94. 2004..To describe sleep behavior of elementary school-aged children and to assess variations by age, sex, and ethnicity... - Barriers to the identification and management of psychosocial issues in children and maternal depressionSarah McCue Horwitz
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Room W G 72, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 4945, USA
Pediatrics 119:e208-18. 2007..Child psychosocial issues and maternal depression are underidentified and undertreated, but we know surprisingly little about the barriers to identification and treatment of these problems by primary care pediatricians... - Does education influence pediatricians' perceptions of physician-specific barriers for maternal depression?Julia G Head
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 47:670-8. 2008..Current residents with training in adult mental techniques reported fewer barriers to the care of maternal depression. However, in spite of residency reforms, 81% of current residents reported no training in adult mental health issues... - Do pediatricians think they are responsible for identification and management of child mental health problems? Results of the AAP periodic surveyRuth E K Stein
Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Children s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx 10467, NY, USA
Ambul Pediatr 8:11-7. 2008.... - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: how much responsibility are pediatricians taking?Ruth E K Stein
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Children s Hospital at Montefiore, Department of Pediatrics, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Pediatrics 123:248-55. 2009..Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, the most common childhood behavioral condition, is one that pediatricians think they should identify and treat/manage... - Associations of obesity, sleep-disordered breathing, and wheezing in childrenLoreto G Sulit
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 6003, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 171:659-64. 2005..We conclude that SDB and obesity each are associated with asthma and wheeze. The relationship between obesity and wheeze may be partly mediated by factors associated with SDB... - Soluble interleukin 6 receptor: A novel marker of moderate to severe sleep-related breathing disorderReena Mehra
Department of Medicine, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1725-31. 2006..The objectives were to explore the relationship between moderate to severe sleep apnea with IL-6 and sIL-6R levels and to examine morning and evening variability for each cytokine... - Increased behavioral morbidity in school-aged children with sleep-disordered breathingCarol L Rosen
Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Ave, RB and C 790 Mail Stop 6003, Cleveland, OH 44106 6003, USA
Pediatrics 114:1640-8. 2004..To assess whether sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), ranging from primary snoring to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), is associated with increased behavioral morbidity... - Sleep estimation using wrist actigraphy in adolescents with and without sleep disordered breathing: a comparison of three data modesNathan L Johnson
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 6083, USA
Sleep 30:899-905. 2007..This analysis investigated which actigraphy data mode is optimal for data collection in adolescents and explored the level of agreement between actigraphy and polysomnography (PSG) in population subgroups... - Association between short sleeping hours and overweight in adolescents: results from a US Suburban High School surveyAndreea Seicean
Department of Public Health, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
Sleep Breath 11:285-93. 2007..These results confirm a high prevalence of short sleep among suburban high school students and provide additional support suggesting significant association between short sleeping hours and overweight... - Neighborhood disadvantage as a risk factor for pediatric obstructive sleep apneaJames C Spilsbury
Mental Health Services Inc, 3740 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
J Pediatr 149:342-7. 2006..Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with a range of health outcomes. Our objective was to study the relationship between residence in a neighborhood of severe socioeconomic disadvantage and childhood obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)... - Prevalence, correlates, and persistence of maternal depressionSarah McCue Horwitz
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 4945, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:678-91. 2007.... - Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with increased urinary albumin excretionMichael D Faulx
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
Sleep 30:923-9. 2007..Urinary albumin excretion is a surrogate for endothelial dysfunction and a potent cardiovascular disease risk predictor. We sought to determine whether urinary albumin excretion is increased in subjects with OSA... - Sleep quality and elevated blood pressure in adolescentsSogol Javaheri
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 6003, USA
Circulation 118:1034-40. 2008..We assessed whether insufficient sleep is associated with prehypertension in healthy adolescents... - Prenatal and neonatal risk factors for sleep disordered breathing in school-aged children born pretermAnna Maria Hibbs
Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 6010, USA
J Pediatr 153:176-82. 2008..In this analysis, we aimed to identify the components of the neonatal medical history associated with childhood SDB among children born prematurely... - Sleep duration and biomarkers of inflammationSanjay R Patel
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University Hospital Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Sleep 32:200-4. 2009..Extremes of sleep duration have been associated with adverse health outcomes. The mechanism is unclear but may be related to increased inflammation. We sought to assess the association between sleep duration and inflammatory biomarkers... - Obesity and obesity related co-morbidities in a referral population of children with asthmaKristie R Ross
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 44:877-84. 2009..We hypothesized that children with asthma and obesity would have distinct risk factors and co-morbidities, particularly with respect to metabolic and sleep abnormalities... - Variation in childhood asthma among former preterm infantsJonathan Grischkan
Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J Pediatr 144:321-6. 2004..Differential susceptibility to asthma among preterm children may relate to exposures that operate in the in utero and early postnatal environment to accelerate lung development, alter innate immunity, or both... - Relationship of sleep parameters, child psychological functioning, and parenting stress to obesity status among preadolescent childrenCarolyn E Ievers-Landis
Division of Developmental, Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Case Center for Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics and Cancer, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 6038, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 29:243-52. 2008..Previous research has been based on large survey studies with consideration of demographics and lifestyle factors (e.g., snacking and TV watching) but not of child psychological/behavioral functioning and parenting factors... - Differences in polysomnography predictors for hypertension and impaired glucose toleranceLoreto Sulit
Department of Medicine, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
Sleep 29:777-83. 2006..One single index from polysomnography may not be adequate to fully predict the myriad health outcomes associated with sleep apnea... - Associations of executive function with sleepiness and sleep duration in adolescentsBasil Anderson
Center for Clinical Investigation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 6003, USA
Pediatrics 123:e701-7. 2009..Sleep deprivation and sleepiness are associated with poorer school performance, impaired neurobehavioral functioning, and behavioral problems... - Adverse events associated with neonatal exchange transfusion in the 1990sKousiki Patra
Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital and Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
J Pediatr 144:626-31. 2004..To determine the rates of adverse events associated with neonatal exchange transfusions performed for hyperbilirubinemia... - Variation of cognition and achievement with sleep-disordered breathing in full-term and preterm childrenJudy L Emancipator
Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106-6003, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:203-10. 2006..Stronger associations in preterm children suggest the importance of screening for snoring, a good predictor of cognitive function in this population... - The effects of reality television on weight bias: an examination of The Biggest LoserSarah E Domoff
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:993-8. 2012..These results indicate that anti-fat attitudes increase after brief exposure to weight-loss reality television... - In the moment: attitudinal measure of pediatrician management of maternal depressionElyse R Park
Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Ambul Pediatr 7:239-46. 2007..We sought to develop a measure of pediatricians' attitudes about managing maternal depression and to identify characteristics associated with pediatricians' attitudes about managing maternal depression...