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| Rakesh D MistrySummaryAffiliation: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Country: USA Publications
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: consequence of treatment of an emerging pathogenRakesh D Mistry
Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th St and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:519-22. 2009..The potential development of SJS/TEN, a severe life-threatening illness, emphasizes the need for judicious use of TMP-Sx and close monitoring and follow-up for patients who were given TMP-Sx for SSTIs...- Prevalence of Proteus mirabilis in skin abscesses of the axillaRakesh D Mistry
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr 156:850-1. 2010..In this report, we describe a high prevalence of Proteus mirabilis, a Gram-negative bacillus, in skin abscesses of the axilla, which has potential implications for selection of antimicrobial therapy... 
Health-related quality of life for pediatric emergency department febrile illnesses: an evaluation of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core ScalesRakesh D Mistry
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 7:5. 2009..We sought to assess the validity and short-term responsiveness of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL) for febrile illnesses evaluated in the pediatric emergency department (ED)...- Urgency classification methods for emergency department visits: do they measure up?Rakesh D Mistry
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:870-4. 2008.... - Emergency management of pediatric skin and soft tissue infections in the community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus eraRakesh D Mistry
Department of Pediatrics and the Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:187-93. 2010..This study sought to describe current pediatric emergency physician (PEP) management of commonly presenting skin infections... 
Short-term outcomes of pediatric emergency department febrile illnessesRakesh D Mistry
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:617-23. 2007..To describe short-term outcomes relevant to children and their caregivers after evaluation in the emergency department (ED) for febrile illnesses...- Emergency department treatment failures for skin infections in the era of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusRakesh D Mistry
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 27:21-6. 2011..Despite rapidly increasing incidence of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) presenting to emergency departments (EDs), outcome data for these infections are limited... - Categorizing urgency of infant emergency department visits: agreement between criteriaRakesh D Mistry
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:1304-11. 2006..The lack of valid classification methods for emergency department (ED) visit urgency has resulted in large variation in reported rates of nonurgent ED utilization... - Methods of categorizing emergency department visit urgency: a survey of pediatric emergency medicine physiciansDavid C Brousseau
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine and the Children s Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 22:635-9. 2006..Our objectives were to determine the methods thought to be most valid and to understand expert perceptions of nonurgent ED utilization... - Children referred to an emergency department by an after-hours call center: complaint-specific analysisRichard J Scarfone
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 20:507-13. 2004.... - Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency presenting as hepatitisPaul L Aronson
Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 27:527-9. 2011..Recognition of late presentations of this disease is important for survival and neurological outcome... - Patient position during lumbar puncture has no meaningful effect on cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure in childrenRobert A Avery
Division of Neurology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4399, USA
J Child Neurol 25:616-9. 2010.... - Outcomes of children referred to an emergency department by an after-hours call centerRichard J Scarfone
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 20:367-72. 2004.... - A boy with tremor, diaphoresis, and altered behaviorKevin C Osterhoudt
Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:419-21. 2007 - Abscess Volume and Ultrasound Characteristics of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus InfectionRakesh D Mistry
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Pediatr Emerg Care 29:140-4. 2013..Skin abscesses may vary in volume and inflammation based on organism, although this has not been evaluated using emergency ultrasonography (EUS)... - The utility of early lactate testing in undifferentiated pediatric systemic inflammatory response syndromeHalden F Scott
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 19:1276-80. 2012..The hypothesis was that early hyperlactatemia (serum lactate ≥ 4.0 mmol/L) would be associated with increased risk of organ dysfunction... - Cholelithiasis in a toddler with sickle cell diseaseDana Aronson Schinasi
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 27:533-4. 2011..We describe a case of a toddler with sickle cell disease initially presenting with abdominal pain who was found to have symptomatic cholelithiasis... - Blood culture contamination rates after skin antisepsis with chlorhexidine gluconate versus povidone-iodine in a pediatric emergency departmentLauren Marlowe
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:171-6. 2010..To determine blood culture contamination rates after skin antisepsis with chlorhexidine, compared with povidone-iodine... - Late-presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia mimicking bronchiolitisMercedes M Blackstone
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:653-6. 2007..In this case report, we seek to inform emergency physicians about this rare, but serious, disorder... - Association between parental and childhood emergency department utilizationRakesh D Mistry
Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Health Policy Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Pediatrics 115:e147-51. 2005..To examine the association between parental emergency department (ED) utilization and child ED utilization for overall numbers of ED visits, as well as numbers of nonurgent ED visits...