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| Murray M PollackSummaryAffiliation: Phoenix Children's Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Review of the acuity scoring systems for the pediatric intensive care unit and their use in quality improvementJames P Marcin
University of California, Davis Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, University of California Davis Children s Hospital, Sacramento, CA 35817, USA
J Intensive Care Med 22:131-40. 2007....
Functional Status Scale: new pediatric outcome measureMurray M Pollack
Phoenix Children s Hospital, 1919 E Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016
Pediatrics 124:e18-28. 2009....- Pediatric intensive care quality factorsMurray M Pollack
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Children s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Trauma 63:S143-5. 2007..Other studies have demonstrated that the experience of the bedside caregiver is important in patient outcomes... - Association of emergency department care factors with admission and discharge decisions for pediatric patientsJames M Chamberlain
Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Children s National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA
J Pediatr 149:644-649. 2006.... - The Pediatric Risk of Hospital Admission score: a second-generation severity-of-illness score for pediatric emergency patientsJames M Chamberlain
Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA
Pediatrics 115:388-95. 2005..This study was performed to develop and validate a score in a larger sample of diverse hospitals... - Physician team management affects goal achievement in the intensive care unitDavid C Stockwell
Children s National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 8:540-5. 2007..Our objective was to determine whether there were perceived differences in management and leadership performance within a group of intensivists and to correlate these differences with processes of care outcomes... - Differences in severity-adjusted pediatric hospitalization rates are associated with race/ethnicityJames M Chamberlain
Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
Pediatrics 119:e1319-24. 2007..The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that severity-adjusted emergency department pediatric admission rates are associated with race/ethnicity... - Pediatric red blood cell transfusions increase resource useAllyson M Goodman
Divisions of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Research Institute, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20010, USA
J Pediatr 142:123-7. 2003..75 +/- 2.36 days, respectively). CONCLUSION: Red blood cell transfusions are associated with an increase in resource utilization in critically ill children. The decision to transfuse patients should incorporate this potential morbidity... - Leadership and management training of pediatric intensivists: how do we gain our skills?David C Stockwell
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children s National Medical Center, Washington DC, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:665-70. 2005..Intensivists manage a diverse team of health care professionals. For decades, business literature has recognized the value of leadership and management skills, yet this is relatively unexplored in critical care... - MultiCenter outcome of pediatric oncology patients requiring intensive careHeidi J Dalton
Critical Care Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 20:643-9. 2003..Additionally, resource use in terms of lengths of stay in the PICU is not different between cancer and noncancer patients... - Integrating the Institute of Medicine's six quality aims into pediatric critical care: relevance and applicationsAnthony D Slonim
Children's National Medical Center and The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:264-9. 2005..The Institute of Medicine's six aims provide a useful framework to advance the quality of care in this pediatric subspecialty and perhaps others... - Need for shift in focus in research into quality of intensive careMurray M Pollack
George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, Critical Care Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA
Lancet 359:95-6. 2002 - Recalibration of the pediatric risk of admission score using a multi-institutional sampleJames M Chamberlain
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Research Institute and Children s Hospital, Children s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20010, USA
Ann Emerg Med 43:461-8. 2004..We provide a multi-institutional recalibration and validation of the PRISA score and test its performance in 4 additional EDs, including patients with minor injuries and illnesses... - Association of outcomes with organizational characteristics of neonatal intensive care unitsMurray M Pollack
Critical Care Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Crit Care Med 31:1620-9. 2003..We did not identify specific processes or practices that accounted for our results... - Level II pediatric intensive care unitsMurray M Pollack
Pediatr Crit Care Med 7:606-7. 2006 - Pediatric hospitalists improve critical care outcomesMary C Ottolini MD
Crit Care Med 31:986-7. 2003 - Long-stay patients: are there any long-term solutions?Anthony D Slonim
Crit Care Med 31:313-4. 2003 - Triage scoring systems, severity of illness measures, and mortality prediction models in pediatric traumaJames P Marcin
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care, University of California-Davis Children's Hospital, Sacramento, CA, USA
Crit Care Med 30:S457-67. 2002..As clinicians and researchers, it is imperative that we be knowledgeable of the methodologies and applications of these scoring and risk prediction systems to ensure their quality and appropriate utilization... - Easy access to pediatric intensive care unit care: an urban legend?Jeanette R M White
Crit Care Med 30:256-7. 2002 - The volume-outcome relationship in pediatric intensive care units: a conceptual advance or a statistical novelty?Murray M Pollack
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:227-8. 2005