M D Dowd

Summary

Affiliation: Children's Mercy Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Motor vehicle injury prevention: current recommendations for child passenger safety
    M Denise Dowd
    University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 20:778-82; quiz 783-5. 2004
  2. ncbi Maximizing the sensitivity and specificity of pediatric trauma team activation criteria
    M D Dowd
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 7:1119-25. 2000
  3. ncbi Teenagers' perceptions of personal safety and the role of the emergency health care provider
    M D Dowd
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 36:346-50. 2000
  4. ncbi Resident efficiency in a pediatric emergency department
    M Denise Dowd
    Division of Emergency Medical Services, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 12:1240-4. 2005
  5. ncbi Mothers' and health care providers' perspectives on screening for intimate partner violence in a pediatric emergency department
    M Denise Dowd
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:794-9. 2002
  6. ncbi Pediatric acetaminophen overdose: risk factors associated with hepatocellular injury
    S W Alander
    Department of Pediatrics, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 154:346-50. 2000
  7. ncbi Relationship between socioeconomic factors and severe childhood injuries
    W J Pomerantz
    Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
    J Urban Health 78:141-51. 2001
  8. ncbi Removing the pediatric cervical collar: current practice patterns
    H A Omran
    Division of Emergency Medicine, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Erie Avenue at Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 155:162-6. 2001
  9. ncbi Child and provider restraints in ambulances: knowledge, opinions, and behaviors of emergency medical services providers
    Timothy D Johnson
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 13:886-92. 2006
  10. ncbi Evaluation of a curriculum for intimate partner violence screening in a pediatric emergency department
    Jane F Knapp
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children s Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
    Pediatrics 117:110-6. 2006

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi Motor vehicle injury prevention: current recommendations for child passenger safety
    M Denise Dowd
    University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 20:778-82; quiz 783-5. 2004
  2. ncbi Maximizing the sensitivity and specificity of pediatric trauma team activation criteria
    M D Dowd
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 7:1119-25. 2000
    ..Trauma team activation criteria, which are highly sensitive and maximally specific for identifying the child who requires resuscitation, are necessary to provide rapid care to all who need it, while using resources efficiently...
  3. ncbi Teenagers' perceptions of personal safety and the role of the emergency health care provider
    M D Dowd
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 36:346-50. 2000
    ..We designed this study to determine the experiences, attitudes, and beliefs of teenagers regarding violence in their lives and to gain an understanding of the perceived role of the emergency health care professional...
  4. ncbi Resident efficiency in a pediatric emergency department
    M Denise Dowd
    Division of Emergency Medical Services, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 12:1240-4. 2005
    ..To measure the hourly rate of patients evaluated and treated by resident physicians in an academic pediatric emergency department (PED) and examine differences in the rate by subspecialty and year of training...
  5. ncbi Mothers' and health care providers' perspectives on screening for intimate partner violence in a pediatric emergency department
    M Denise Dowd
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:794-9. 2002
    ..To determine the attitudes, feelings, and beliefs of mothers and pediatric emergency department health care providers toward routine intimate partner violence screening...
  6. ncbi Pediatric acetaminophen overdose: risk factors associated with hepatocellular injury
    S W Alander
    Department of Pediatrics, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 154:346-50. 2000
    ..To characterize demographic and clinical factors associated with pediatric acetaminophen overdose and identify risk factors for hepatocellular injury...
  7. ncbi Relationship between socioeconomic factors and severe childhood injuries
    W J Pomerantz
    Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
    J Urban Health 78:141-51. 2001
    ..Interventions to reduce injuries should target socioeconomically disadvantaged children living below the poverty level and those in areas with fewer high school graduates and more unemployment...
  8. ncbi Removing the pediatric cervical collar: current practice patterns
    H A Omran
    Division of Emergency Medicine, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Erie Avenue at Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 155:162-6. 2001
    ..To identify the current practice patterns of emergency medicine practitioners and the typical criteria used in discontinuing cervical spine immobilization (CSI) in the pediatric patient...
  9. ncbi Child and provider restraints in ambulances: knowledge, opinions, and behaviors of emergency medical services providers
    Timothy D Johnson
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 13:886-92. 2006
    ..Information about emergency medical services (EMS) provider knowledge, opinions, and behaviors regarding occupant restraint is lacking...
  10. ncbi Evaluation of a curriculum for intimate partner violence screening in a pediatric emergency department
    Jane F Knapp
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children s Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
    Pediatrics 117:110-6. 2006
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  11. ncbi Emergency department management and short-term outcome of children with constipation
    Melissa K Miller
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 23:1-4. 2007
    ..Constipation is a common diagnosis made in the pediatric emergency department (ED). Specific evidence-based standards for evaluation and treatment are lacking...
  12. ncbi Parenting behaviors and attitudes about supervision among parents of acutely poisoned children
    Kelly A Sinclair
    Division of Emergency Medical Services, The Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri 64113, USA
    Ambul Pediatr 8:135-8. 2008
    ..This study describes the supervision beliefs of parents of children with unintentional poisonings and examines the relationship between supervision beliefs, household composition, and parental age...
  13. ncbi Effect of rapid diagnosis of influenza virus type a on the emergency department management of febrile infants and toddlers
    Vidya Sharma
    Department of Pediatrics, Children s Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gilham Rd, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:41-3. 2002
    ..To our knowledge, the effect on other diagnostic testing in an emergency department (ED) has not been examined...
  14. ncbi Influence of the news media on diagnostic testing in the emergency department
    Vidya Sharma
    Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital and University of Missouri School of Medicine at Kansas City, 64108, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:257-60. 2003
    ..The peak in GAS tests and the peak in media events were concomitant. CONCLUSION: A surge in news stories regarding GAS disease was associated with an increase in testing for GAS in a pediatric ED...
  15. ncbi Epidemiology and prevention of childhood injuries
    M Denise Dowd
    Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA
    Crit Care Med 30:S385-92. 2002
    ..Critical care providers can actively engage in both prevention efforts and improved acute care of the severely injured child...
  16. ncbi Handgun safety: what do consumers learn from gun dealers?
    Sandra M Sanguino
    Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Ill 60614, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:777-80. 2002
    ..To explore the type and quality of handgun safety information a typical consumer would obtain from a licensed gun dealer...
  17. ncbi Questioning dogma: is this test needed?
    M Denise Dowd
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:1157-8. 2003
  18. ncbi Effect of emergency department care on outcomes in pediatric trauma: what approaches make a difference in quality of care?
    M Denise Dowd
    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medical Services, Children s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
    J Trauma 63:S136-9. 2007
    ..Although great advances have been made in the trauma care delivered to children, scientific proof is lacking and much more needs to be done to establish the evidence-based need to deliver the highest quality of pediatric trauma care...
  19. ncbi Impact of rapid influenza testing at triage on management of febrile infants and young children
    Juan Carlos Abanses
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, AL, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 22:145-9. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: A triage protocol for rapid influenza testing for febrile infants and children appears to significantly decrease additional testing, time in the ED, and charges in children testing positive for influenza...
  20. ncbi Firearm injury prevention: reasons for optimism
    M Denise Dowd
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:1081-2. 2005
  21. ncbi Gun storage practices and risk of youth suicide and unintentional firearm injuries
    David C Grossman
    Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    JAMA 293:707-14. 2005
    ..The association of these firearm storage practices with the reduction of firearm injury risk is unclear...
  22. ncbi Firearm injury prevention: failure of gun-safety education
    M Denise Dowd
    Pediatrics 113:1847-8; author reply 1847-8. 2004