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The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network and Knowledge Translation
This journal article describes the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), a group that studies how to improve emergency care for children. It explains …
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Association of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness With Mortality to 1 Year Among Injured Children Treated at Trauma Centers
2022
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· Stanford University,
· University of Pittsburgh,
· University of Utah,
· University of Iowa,
· Brown University
This journal article describes how emergency departments that are better prepared to care for children can help lower the risk of death for injured kids, …
Assessing proximity effect of high-acuity pediatric emergency departments on the pediatric readiness scores in neighboring general emergency departments
2022
· University of Colorado Anschutz,
· University of Utah,
· Emergency Medical Services Agency Los Angeles County,
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of Texas at Austin
This journal article describes how being close to a high-level children’s emergency department affects the readiness of nearby general emergency rooms to care for kids. …
Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness Among US Trauma Centers: A Machine Learning Analysis of Components Associated with Survival
2023
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· University of Texas at Austin,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of Utah,
· University of Toronto,
· Indiana University
This journal article describes how emergency rooms in US trauma centers are prepared to care for children. Using machine learning, the study looked at which …
Pediatric Readiness and Trauma Centers: History, Relevance, and Practical Application
2023
· UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital,
· University of Florida,
· University of Texas at Austin,
· UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital,
· Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
This journal article describes how trauma centers can better care for injured children by being more prepared for their needs. It explains the history of …
Impact of individual components of emergency department pediatric readiness on pediatric mortality in US trauma centers
2023
· University of Texas at Austin,
· University of Utah,
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital,
· University of California San Francisco,
· Rutgers University
This journal article describes how different parts of emergency department readiness can affect the survival rates of children in US trauma centers. The study looks …
Timing and causes of death to 1 year among children presenting to emergency departments
2024
· University of Utah,
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· Indiana University,
· Orlando Regional Medical Center
This journal article describes when and why children die within one year after going to emergency departments. The study looks at the timing of deaths …
Changes in Pediatric Inpatient Capabilities and Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness
2025
· University of California San Francisco,
· University of Texas at Austin,
· University of Utah
This research article describes how many hospitals in the US have lost special units for children between 2013 and 2021. Hospitals that lost these pediatric …
Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator Workforce: A Survey Study
2023
· University of California San Francisco,
· Boston Children's Hospital,
· University of Texas at Austin,
· University of Utah,
· Emergency Medical Services Agency Los Angeles County,
· University of California, Los Angeles
The study looks at the role of Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators (PECCs) in hospitals. It describes how PECCs help improve emergency care for children by …
Weather-Related Pediatric Fatalities in the United States: 2001 to 2021
2025
· University of California San Francisco,
· University of Louisville,
· Norton Children's Hospital,
· University of Utah
This study analyzes pediatric fatalities related to weather events in the US over the past 21 years. It found that weather events were associated with …