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Physiologic monitoring practices during pediatric procedural sedation: a report from the Pediatric Sedation Research ConsortiumMelissa L Langhan
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:990-8. 2012..DESIGN This was a prospective, observational study from September 1, 2007, through March 31, 2011...- Improving detection by pediatric residents of endotracheal tube dislodgement with capnography: a randomized controlled trialMelissa L Langhan
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
J Pediatr 160:1009-14.e1. 2012..The authors sought to determine if capnography could improve time to correction of a simulated endotracheal tube (ETT) dislodgement by pediatric residents... 
A randomized controlled trial of capnography in the correction of simulated endotracheal tube dislodgementMelissa L Langhan
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Acad Emerg Med 18:590-6. 2011..The objective of this study was to determine through simulation if capnography decreases time to correction of dislodged ETTs during the transport of intubated patients, in comparison to standard monitoring...
Availability and clinical utilization of capnography in the prehospital settingMelissa Langhan
Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Conn Med 75:197-201. 2011..Prehospital providers are using this monitoring device increasingly in the field for critically ill patients. However, it's use could still be increased in other clinical situations...- Detection of hypoventilation by capnography and its association with hypoxia in children undergoing sedation with ketamineMelissa L Langhan
Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 27:394-7. 2011..Our goal was to determine the frequency of hypopneic hypoventilation and its association with hypoxia in children undergoing sedation with ketamine... - Continuous end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring in pediatric intensive care unitsMelissa Langhan
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06504, USA
J Crit Care 24:227-30. 2009..This study was designed to explore the current availability and utilization patterns for continuous ETCO(2) monitoring in pediatric intensive care units... - Portable spirometry during acute exacerbations of asthma in childrenMelissa L Langhan
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
J Asthma 46:122-5. 2009..This is a pilot study to evaluate whether portable spirometry can be successfully performed by children in the pediatric emergency department for acute exacerbations of asthma... - The 2007-2008 photo competition award winner: Melissa Langhan, MD: A painful scalp rash: cutaneous myiasis secondary to new world screwwormMelissa L Langhan
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:502-4. 2008 - Quantitative end-tidal carbon dioxide in acute exacerbations of asthmaMelissa L Langhan
Yale University School of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
J Pediatr 152:829-32. 2008..We also hypothesize that ETCO(2) can be successfully performed in all groups in the setting of a pediatric emergency department... - Current utilization of continuous end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring in pediatric emergency departmentsMelissa L Langhan
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:211-3. 2008..This study was designed to explore the current availability and utilization patterns for continuous ETCO2 monitoring in pediatric emergency departments... - Clostridial myonecrosis in an adolescent maleMelissa Langhan
Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital, New Haven, CT 06851, USA
Pediatrics 116:e735-7. 2005..It is usually seen in elderly and immunocompromised patients. Here we report a case of clostridial myonecrosis in an adolescent male... - Use of emergency ultrasound in the diagnostic evaluation of an infant with vomitingMichelle J Alletag
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 27:986-9. 2011..Our case describes an infant who presented to the emergency department with vomiting, in whom an emergency ultrasound evaluation led to timely diagnosis and intervention of an unanticipated condition... - Diagnosis of intussusception by physician novice sonographers in the emergency departmentAntonio Riera
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Ann Emerg Med 60:264-8. 2012..We investigate the performance characteristics of bedside emergency department (ED) ultrasonography by nonradiologist physician sonographers in the diagnosis of ileocolic intussusception in children...