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IT in the ED: a new section of pediatric emergency careJoseph J Zorc
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 28:1399-401. 2012..Innovative approaches and articles by physicians in training are particularly encouraged to develop new expertise in informatics within this and related specialties...- Bronchiolitis: recent evidence on diagnosis and managementJoseph J Zorc
MSCE, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Emergency Medicine, Main AS01, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
Pediatrics 125:342-9. 2010..Preliminary evidence suggests a potential future role for a combination of these therapies and other novel treatments such as nebulized hypertonic saline... 
Beliefs and barriers to follow-up after an emergency department asthma visit: a randomized trialJoseph J Zorc
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Emergency Medicine, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
Pediatrics 124:1135-42. 2009..Studies in urban emergency departments (EDs) have found poor quality of chronic asthma care and identified beliefs and barriers associated with low rates of follow-up with a primary care provider (PCP)...
Prevention of asthma morbidity: recent advancesJ J Zorc
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 19104, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 12:438-43. 2000..Control of environmental allergens and irritants is essential. New evidence suggests an increasingly important role for allergen immunotherapy...- Development and validation of an instrument to measure asthma symptom control in childrenJoseph J Zorc
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Asthma 43:753-8. 2006..Few instruments exist to measure control of asthma symptoms in children. A brief instrument administered at healthcare visits could provide a more consistent approach to symptom recognition for patients and providers... - Predictors of primary care follow-up after a pediatric emergency visit for asthmaJoseph J Zorc
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4399, USA
J Asthma 42:571-6. 2005..Prior studies have reported low rates of follow-up with a primary care provider (PCP) after emergency department (ED) treatment for asthma. We sought to identify predictors associated with PCP follow-up... - Clinical and demographic factors associated with urinary tract infection in young febrile infantsJoseph J Zorc
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatrics 116:644-8. 2005..The objective of this study was to identify clinical and demographic factors associated with UTI in febrile infants who are < or =60 days of age using a prospective multicenter cohort... - Diagnosis and management of pediatric urinary tract infectionsJoseph J Zorc
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
Clin Microbiol Rev 18:417-22. 2005..The goal of this review is to provide an up-to-date summary of the literature with particular attention to practical questions about diagnosis and management for the clinician... - Scheduled follow-up after a pediatric emergency department visit for asthma: a randomized trialJoseph J Zorc
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
Pediatrics 111:495-502. 2003..A secondary goal was to assess the effect of this intervention on short-term health outcomes and the use of recommended preventive controller medications... - Radiographic evaluation for suspected cerebrospinal fluid shunt obstructionJoseph J Zorc
Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104 4399, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 18:337-40. 2002..To measure the predictive value of plain radiographs (shunt series) and computed tomography (CT) scans in a group of children undergoing evaluation for suspected shunt obstruction in a tertiary care pediatric emergency department (ED)... - Risk of serious bacterial infection in young febrile infants with respiratory syncytial virus infectionsDeborah A Levine
Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
Pediatrics 113:1728-34. 2004..Specifically, it remains unclear whether the risk of SBI is altered in a meaningful way in the presence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections... - Cerebrospinal fluid enterovirus testing in infants 56 days or youngerMaya Dewan
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:824-30. 2010..To determine whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) enterovirus polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of febrile neonates is associated with a shorter hospital length of stay (LOS)... - Defining cerebrospinal fluid white blood cell count reference values in neonates and young infantsLori A Kestenbaum
MSCE, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Infectious Diseases, Room 1526 North Campus, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatrics 125:257-64. 2010..The objective of this study was to determine accurate, age-specific reference values for CSF WBC counts in a large population of neonates and young infants... - Make an M-PACT on asthma: rapid identification of persistent asthma symptoms in a pediatric emergency departmentEsther Maria Sampayo
Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:1-5. 2010..To develop and validate a brief assessment instrument for persistent asthma symptoms in a pediatric emergency department (ED) population... - Herpes simplex virus testing and hospital length of stay in neonates and young infantsSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr 156:738-43. 2010.... - Management of acute asthmaKyle A Nelson
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Adolesc Med State Art Rev 21:21-33, vii. 2010..These factors may contribute to disparities in outcomes for minority populations and are important considerations during acute care visits... - Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in young infants with urinary tract infectionsSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr 153:290-2. 2008..Among patients with urinary tract infections and without traumatic lumbar punctures, sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis was uncommon (0%-8%, depending on the definition) in contrast to earlier studies reporting this association... - Age-specific reference values for cerebrospinal fluid protein concentration in neonates and young infantsSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Hosp Med 6:22-7. 2011..Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein values decline over the first few months of life as the infant's blood-CSF barrier matures. However, published studies differ in the reported rate, timing, and magnitude of this decline... - Demonstrated use of metered-dose inhalers and peak flow meters by children and adolescents with acute asthma exacerbationsRichard J Scarfone
Department of Pedeatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:378-83. 2002..A greater emphasis must be placed on teaching methods to optimize drug delivery and to instruct patients about the importance of self-monitoring of disease severity... - Lyme disease masquerading as brown recluse spider biteKevin C Osterhoudt
Poison Control Center, The Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Ann Emerg Med 39:558-61. 2002..Brown recluse spider bites may be overdiagnosed in some geographic regions. Tick bite and infection with Borrelia burgdorferi should be considered in the differential diagnosis of necrotic arachnidism in regions endemic for Lyme disease... - Emergency physicians' prescribing of asthma controller medicationsRichard J Scarfone
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatrics 117:821-7. 2006.... - Lack of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in young infants with enterovirus infections of the central nervous systemJeffrey A Seiden
Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:77-81. 2010..To identify factors associated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis among infants aged 90 days or younger with enterovirus (EV) infections of the central nervous system (CNS)... - Contemporary approach to the emergency department management of pediatric asthmaJill M Baren
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 20:115-38. 2002.... - Patient self-management of acute asthma: adherence to national guidelines a decade laterR J Scarfone
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Pediatrics 108:1332-8. 2001.... - High-dose continuous nebulized levalbuterol for pediatric status asthmaticus: a randomized trialTimothy Andrews
The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4399, USA
J Pediatr 155:205-10.e1. 2009..To assess the use of high-dose continuous levalbuterol (LEV), the single active (R)-enantiomer of racemic albuterol (RAC), in the treatment of status asthmaticus... - Family presence during pediatric trauma team activation: an assessment of a structured programKaren J O'Connell
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatrics 120:e565-74. 2007.... - Bronchiolitis trial and tribulationJoseph J Zorc
Acad Emerg Med 15:375-6. 2008 - A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of dexamethasone for bronchiolitisHoward M Corneli
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
N Engl J Med 357:331-9. 2007..Corticosteroids are commonly used to treat bronchiolitis, but evidence of their effectiveness is limited...
Research Grants
- Improving Follow-up After an Emergency Visit for AsthmaJoseph Zorc; Fiscal Year: 2007..The expected goal of the project will be to develop an intervention that can subsequently be tested in a newly developed, federally-funded research network of pediatric EDs. ..