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Association of intraventricular hemorrhage secondary to prematurity with cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery in the first year following initial shunt placementTamara D Simon
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington Seattle Children s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 9:54-63. 2012..The object of this study was to identify baseline factors at the time of initial CSF shunt placement that are independently associated with subsequent surgery...
Revision surgeries are associated with significant increased risk of subsequent cerebrospinal fluid shunt infectionTamara D Simon
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington Seattle Children s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:551-6. 2012..The object of this study was to determine whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt revision(s) are associated with increased risk of CSF shunt infection, after adjusting for baseline factors that contribute to infection risk...
Children with complex chronic conditions in inpatient hospital settings in the United StatesTamara D Simon
Pediatric Research Enterprise, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Pediatrics 126:647-55. 2010....
Hospital care for children with hydrocephalus in the United States: utilization, charges, comorbidities, and deathsTamara D Simon
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Inpatient Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 1:131-7. 2008....
Center effect and other factors influencing temporization and shunting of cerebrospinal fluid in preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhageJay Riva-Cambrin
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Primary Children s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 9:473-81. 2012....
The Joint Commission Children's Asthma Care quality measures and asthma readmissionsBernhard A Fassl
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Pediatrics 130:482-91. 2012..The objectives of this quality improvement study were to examine changes in provider compliance with CAC 1-3 and associated asthma hospitalization outcomes after full implementation of an asthma care process model (CPM)...
A standardized protocol to reduce cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Quality Improvement InitiativeJohn R W Kestle
Primary Children s Medical Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 8:22-9. 2011..In an effort to reduce the ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection rate, a standardized protocol was developed and implemented at 4 centers of the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (HCRN)...
Infection rates following initial cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement across pediatric hospitals in the United States. Clinical articleTamara D Simon
Divisions of Inpatient Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 4:156-65. 2009..The authors hypothesized that infection rates between hospitals would vary widely even after adjustment for patient, hospital, and surgeon factors...
Hyponatremia with intracranial malignant tumor resection in childrenCydni Williams
Department of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 9:524-9. 2012..In this study, the authors aimed to determine the incidence and risk factors associated with hyponatremia among children undergoing intracranial neoplasm resection...
Reinfection following initial cerebrospinal fluid shunt infectionTamara D Simon
Division of Inpatient Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 6:277-85. 2010....
Treatment and microbiology of repeated cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections in childrenTeresa J Tuan
Department of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:731-5. 2011..A small group of children have second and even more cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infections (SIs). We sought to describe the treatment approaches used for, and the microbiology of, repeated SIs...
Quality of care for children hospitalized with asthmaFlory L Nkoy
Division of Inpatient Medicine, Primary Children s Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113, USA
Pediatrics 122:1055-63. 2008....
Who will care for me next? Transitioning to adulthood with hydrocephalusTamara D Simon
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113, USA
Pediatrics 124:1431-7. 2009....
Latino families report lower child injury rates than white familiesTamara D Simon
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 15:141-50. 2008..Further research is needed to investigate cultural differences in risk exposure, child supervision and seeking of injury care...
Pediatric hospitalist comanagement of spinal fusion surgery patientsTamara D Simon
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Inpatient Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113, USA
J Hosp Med 2:23-30. 2007..There are no published studies of hospitalist comanagement of pediatric surgical patients...
