Kirsten Bechtel

Summary

Affiliation: Yale University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Impact of an educational intervention on caregivers' beliefs about infant crying and knowledge of shaken baby syndrome
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Acad Pediatr 11:481-6. 2011
  2. ncbi Sudden unexpected infant death: differentiating natural from abusive causes in the emergency department
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Yale School of Medicine, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 28:1085-9; quiz 1090-1. 2012
  3. ncbi Arm pain and fever as an unusual presentation of lobar pneumonia in a 3-year-old girl: case report
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 27:420-1. 2011
  4. ncbi Hepatosplenomegaly and reticulocytopenia as prominent features of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Yale University School of Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Department, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 26:510-1. 2010
  5. ncbi Sexual abuse and sexually transmitted infections in children and adolescents
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, 840 Howard Avenue, First Floor, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Curr Opin Pediatr 22:94-9. 2010
  6. ncbi Relationship of serum S100B levels and intracranial injury in children with closed head trauma
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 840 Howard Ave, First Floor, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatrics 124:e697-704. 2009
  7. ncbi Traumatic bone cyst of the mandible in a 10-year-old boy
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 25:96-7. 2009
  8. ncbi Impact of sexual assault nurse examiners on the evaluation of sexual assault in a pediatric emergency department
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, and Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 24:442-7. 2008
  9. ncbi Hematoma of the labia majora in an adolescent girl
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 23:407-8. 2007
  10. ncbi Duodenal hematoma after upper endoscopy and biopsy in a 4-year-old girl
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 22:653-4. 2006

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Impact of an educational intervention on caregivers' beliefs about infant crying and knowledge of shaken baby syndrome
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Acad Pediatr 11:481-6. 2011
    ....
  2. ncbi Sudden unexpected infant death: differentiating natural from abusive causes in the emergency department
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Yale School of Medicine, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 28:1085-9; quiz 1090-1. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi Arm pain and fever as an unusual presentation of lobar pneumonia in a 3-year-old girl: case report
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 27:420-1. 2011
    ..Children with pneumonia presenting with extrathoracic pain, such as abdominal pain, have been previously described. In this report, we describe a 3-year-old girl with fever and right arm pain who was found to have an apical lobar pneumonia...
  4. ncbi Hepatosplenomegaly and reticulocytopenia as prominent features of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Yale University School of Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Department, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 26:510-1. 2010
    ..Atypical HUS must be part of the differential diagnosis of children who present with clinical characteristics suggestive of a hematologic malignancy with associated renal injury...
  5. ncbi Sexual abuse and sexually transmitted infections in children and adolescents
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, 840 Howard Avenue, First Floor, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Curr Opin Pediatr 22:94-9. 2010
    ..Sexual abuse is unfortunately common in the United States. The presence of a sexually transmitted infection in a child or adolescent should prompt an evaluation to exclude sexual abuse...
  6. ncbi Relationship of serum S100B levels and intracranial injury in children with closed head trauma
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 840 Howard Ave, First Floor, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatrics 124:e697-704. 2009
    ..To determine if serum levels of S100B are higher in children with CHT and ICI as detected by cranial CT and if long bone fractures affect the level of S100B in children with CHT and skeletal injury...
  7. ncbi Traumatic bone cyst of the mandible in a 10-year-old boy
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 25:96-7. 2009
    ..A review of the literature regarding the presentation and management of cystic lesions of the mandible in children is presented...
  8. ncbi Impact of sexual assault nurse examiners on the evaluation of sexual assault in a pediatric emergency department
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, and Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 24:442-7. 2008
    ..To date, the effectiveness of sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) on the evaluation and management of pediatric and adolescent sexual assault victims in a pediatric emergency department (PED) has not been evaluated...
  9. ncbi Hematoma of the labia majora in an adolescent girl
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 23:407-8. 2007
    ..To our knowledge, this is the first case report of such an entity. The following is a summary of the patient's clinical presentation and management, as well as a review of the literature regarding genital injuries in adolescent girls...
  10. ncbi Duodenal hematoma after upper endoscopy and biopsy in a 4-year-old girl
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 22:653-4. 2006
    ..A thorough evaluation for other medical causes, such as a coagulopathy, should be performed simultaneously...
  11. ncbi Characteristics that distinguish accidental from abusive injury in hospitalized young children with head trauma
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Pediatrics 114:165-8. 2004
    ..To describe the clinical features that distinguish accidental from abusive head injury in hospitalized children <24 months of age...
  12. ncbi Acute mental status change due to acute confusional migraine
    Kirsten Bechtel
    Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 20:238-41. 2004
  13. ncbi Accidental and abusive head injury in young children
    David A Listman
    Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06504, USA
    Curr Opin Pediatr 15:299-303. 2003
    ..The following article discusses the evaluation of children with head injury and how to make the distinction between accidental and abusive head injury...
  14. ncbi Abuse or not abuse: that is the question
    Daniel J Isaacman
    Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 18:203-8. 2002