Richard G Bachur

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The effect of abdominal pain duration on the accuracy of diagnostic imaging for pediatric appendicitis
    Richard G Bachur
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Electronic address
    Ann Emerg Med 60:582-590.e3. 2012
  2. ncbi Diagnostic imaging and negative appendectomy rates in children: effects of age and gender
    Richard G Bachur
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 129:877-84. 2012
  3. ncbi Use of an automated electronic case log to assess fellowship training: tracking the pediatric emergency medicine experience
    Richard G Bachur
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 24:75-82. 2008
  4. ncbi An automated electronic case log: using electronic information systems to assess training in emergency medicine
    Joshua Nagler
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 13:733-9. 2006
  5. ncbi Prediction of pneumonia in a pediatric emergency department
    Mark I Neuman
    Division of Emergency Medicine, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115
    Pediatrics 128:246-53. 2011
  6. ncbi Comparison of pediatric emergency physicians' and surgeons' evaluation and diagnosis of appendicitis
    Anupam B Kharbanda
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Morgan Stanley Children s Hospital of New York, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 15:119-25. 2008
  7. ncbi Advanced radiologic imaging for pediatric appendicitis, 2005-2009: trends and outcomes
    Richard G Bachur
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    J Pediatr 160:1034-8. 2012
  8. ncbi Ability of pediatric physicians to judge the likelihood of intussusception
    Sarah N Weihmiller
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 28:136-40. 2012
  9. ncbi Simulation in the pediatric emergency department
    Karen E Dull
    Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:711-7. 2012
  10. ncbi Physician assessment of the likelihood of pneumonia in a pediatric emergency department
    Mark I Neuman
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 26:817-22. 2010

Detail Information

Publications26

  1. ncbi The effect of abdominal pain duration on the accuracy of diagnostic imaging for pediatric appendicitis
    Richard G Bachur
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Electronic address
    Ann Emerg Med 60:582-590.e3. 2012
    ..Here, we investigate the influence of the duration of pain on the diagnostic accuracy of advanced imaging in children being evaluated for acute appendicitis...
  2. ncbi Diagnostic imaging and negative appendectomy rates in children: effects of age and gender
    Richard G Bachur
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 129:877-84. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi Use of an automated electronic case log to assess fellowship training: tracking the pediatric emergency medicine experience
    Richard G Bachur
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 24:75-82. 2008
    ..We used an automated case log to assess clinical exposure in our pediatric emergency medicine fellowship...
  4. ncbi An automated electronic case log: using electronic information systems to assess training in emergency medicine
    Joshua Nagler
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 13:733-9. 2006
    ..In addition, the authors discuss how additional information technologies might be incorporated to further these evaluative efforts in the future...
  5. ncbi Prediction of pneumonia in a pediatric emergency department
    Mark I Neuman
    Division of Emergency Medicine, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115
    Pediatrics 128:246-53. 2011
    ....
  6. ncbi Comparison of pediatric emergency physicians' and surgeons' evaluation and diagnosis of appendicitis
    Anupam B Kharbanda
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Morgan Stanley Children s Hospital of New York, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 15:119-25. 2008
    ..To compare the interexaminer reliability and ability to predict appendicitis between pediatric emergency physicians (EPs) and senior surgical residents...
  7. ncbi Advanced radiologic imaging for pediatric appendicitis, 2005-2009: trends and outcomes
    Richard G Bachur
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    J Pediatr 160:1034-8. 2012
    ....
  8. ncbi Ability of pediatric physicians to judge the likelihood of intussusception
    Sarah N Weihmiller
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 28:136-40. 2012
    ..Intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infants and children. To date, no study has evaluated the ability of physicians to predict the likelihood of intussusception...
  9. ncbi Simulation in the pediatric emergency department
    Karen E Dull
    Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:711-7. 2012
    ..And finally, simulation provides the ability to construct training to match the current educational efforts related to individual physicians or system-level improvements in communication and patient safety...
  10. ncbi Physician assessment of the likelihood of pneumonia in a pediatric emergency department
    Mark I Neuman
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 26:817-22. 2010
    ..The value of physical examination findings in the diagnosis of pneumonia in children may be limited, and the accuracy of physicians in predicting pneumonia is not known...
  11. ncbi Clinical predictors of pneumonia among children with wheezing
    Bonnie Mathews
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 124:e29-36. 2009
    ..The goal was to identify factors associated with radiographically confirmed pneumonia among children with wheezing in the emergency department (ED) setting...
  12. ncbi Adherence to guidelines for managing the well-appearing febrile infant: assessment using a case-based, interactive survey
    William Paul Meehan
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 26:875-80. 2010
    ..The objectives of the study were (1) to determine the relative use of strategies for managing the well-appearing febrile infant and (2) to determine clinician adherence to protocol recommendations...
  13. ncbi Clinical deterioration among patients with fever and erythroderma
    Robyn L Byer
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 118:2450-60. 2006
    ..Our secondary objective was to describe the clinical presentation, course, and outcome of children with fever and erythroderma...
  14. ncbi Intravenous dextrose during outpatient rehydration in pediatric gastroenteritis
    Jason A Levy
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 14:324-30. 2007
    ..Rapid intravenous (IV) rehydration in the emergency department (ED) is required for certain children with acute gastroenteritis (AGE)...
  15. ncbi Suspected appendicitis in children: rectal and intravenous contrast-enhanced versus intravenous contrast-enhanced CT
    Anupam B Kharbanda
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
    Radiology 243:520-6. 2007
    ....
  16. ncbi Interfacility transfers of noncritically ill children to academic pediatric emergency departments
    Joyce Li
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 130:83-92. 2012
    ..We aimed to characterize the demographics, diagnoses, and management of transferred patients who were directly discharged from the emergency department (ED) or admitted less than 24 hours...
  17. ncbi Application of the world health organization criteria to predict radiographic pneumonia in a US-based pediatric emergency department
    Sarah L Wingerter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:561-4. 2012
    ..Our objective was to evaluate the test characteristics of the WHO criteria for the diagnosis of radiographic pneumonia in the emergency department setting...
  18. ncbi Bedside ultrasound in the pediatric emergency department
    Jason A Levy
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Curr Opin Pediatr 20:235-42. 2008
    ..As this technology develops and becomes more available pediatricians should understand its uses and limitations...
  19. ncbi Computed tomography for minor head injury: variation and trends in major United States pediatric emergency departments
    Rebekah Mannix
    Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
    J Pediatr 160:136-9.e1. 2012
    ..To investigate the variation and trends in neuroimaging in children examined for minor head injury at major US pediatric emergency departments...
  20. ncbi A clinical decision rule to identify children at low risk for appendicitis
    Anupam B Kharbanda
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Pediatrics 116:709-16. 2005
    ..Other means of diagnosing appendicitis, such as clinical scores, are lacking in children. We sought to develop a clinical decision rule to predict which children with acute abdominal pain do not have appendicitis...
  21. ncbi Pediatric emergency department crowding is associated with a lower likelihood of hospital admission
    Kenneth A Michelson
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 19:816-20. 2012
    ..Emergency department (ED) crowding may affect disposition decision-making. The objective was to measure the effect of ED crowding on probability of admission and return visit to the ED after discharge...
  22. ncbi Stridor in an infant with myelomeningocele
    Joshua Nagler
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 23:478-81. 2007
    ..We report a case of an infant with known myelomeningocele who presented to the emergency department with stridor and the use of ultrasound to diagnose Chiari crisis as the etiology of her symptoms...
  23. ncbi Clinical predictors of occult pneumonia in the febrile child
    Charles G Murphy
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 14:243-9. 2007
    ....
  24. ncbi Predictors of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in febrile infants aged 0 to 90 days
    William P Meehan
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
    Pediatr Emerg Care 24:287-93. 2008
    ..The ability to predict which febrile infants have a CSF pleocytosis would assist in the decision to perform LP in febrile infants...
  25. ncbi Advanced airway management
    Joshua Nagler
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Curr Opin Pediatr 21:299-305. 2009
    ..Advanced airway management in children can be challenging, and the potential for morbidity following failed attempts is high...
  26. ncbi Sport-related concussion
    William P Meehan
    Children s Hospital Boston, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 123:114-23. 2009
    ..Proper assessment and management of a sport-related concussion is crucial, because repeat concussions can result in decreased neurocognitive functioning, increased symptomatology, and, at times, catastrophic outcomes...