Anna Esparham

ORCID: 0000-0003-0460-3418
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Research Areas
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
  • Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Medicine, History, and Philosophy
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements

Children's Mercy Hospital
2018-2023

University of Missouri–Kansas City
2018-2021

University of Kansas
2014-2018

University of Kansas Medical Center
2015-2017

University of New Mexico
2007-2015

The American Academy of Pediatrics is dedicated to optimizing the well-being children and advancing family-centered health care. Related this mission, recognizes increasing use complementary integrative therapies for subsequent need provide reliable information high-quality clinical resources support pediatricians. This Clinical Report serves as an update original 2008 statement on medicine. range both extensive diverse. Therefore, in-depth discussion each therapy or product beyond scope...

10.1542/peds.2017-1961 article EN PEDIATRICS 2017-08-28

Intravenous vitamin C (IVC) is used in a variety of disorders with limited supporting pharmacokinetic data. Herein we report study healthy volunteers and cancer participants IVC doses the range 1-100 g.A was conducted 21 12 oncology participants. Healthy received infusions g; 25-100 g. Serial blood complete urine samples were collected pre-infusion for 24 h post-infusion. Pharmacokinetic parameters computed using noncompartmental methods. Adverse events monitored during study.In both...

10.1007/s40262-022-01142-1 article EN cc-by-nc Clinical Pharmacokinetics 2022-06-25

Pediatric integrative medicine (PIM) is of significant interest to patients, with 12% the general pediatric population and up 80% children chronic conditions using PIM approaches. The field has evolved over past 25 years, approaching child health a number guiding principles: preventive, context-centered, relationship-based, personalized, participatory, ecologically sustainable. This manuscript reviews important time points for reports on series meetings leaders, aimed at assessing state...

10.3390/children5080111 article EN cc-by Children 2018-08-20

It is widely recognized that burnout prevalent in medical culture and begins early training. Studies show pediatricians pediatric trainees experience rates comparable to other specialties. Newly developed Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies professionalism personal development recognize the unacceptably high resident present an important opportunity programs improve residents throughout These encourage healthy lifestyle practices cultivation of...

10.3390/children5040054 article EN cc-by Children 2018-04-23

Nearly 10% of children and adolescents in the United States experience migraine. Pharmacologic treatment migraine is limited due to only few US Food Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications, efficacy, or lack tolerability. Remote Electrical Neuromodulation (REN) a nonpharmacologic abortive for migraine, cleared by FDA patients aged 12 years above. This study evaluated real-world efficacy REN 17 years. Real-world data were collected from treated with device (Nerivio) January 1, 2021,...

10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.02.008 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Pediatric Neurology 2023-02-21

Acupuncture is a nonpharmalogical treatment modality that used to treat pain. Prior research demonstrates pediatric patients tolerate acupuncture well and may experience significant pain relief. The objectives of this study were (1) explore the experiences emergency department (ED) physicians as they 2 procedures, Battlefield Four Gates (2) describe factors impacting feasibility implementation in ED setting.This qualitative individual semistructured interviews with medicine who had completed...

10.1097/pec.0000000000002787 article EN Pediatric Emergency Care 2022-06-27

Objective: To determine preliminary outcomes of targeted headache treatments provided at a novel outpatient acute care pediatric treatment center. Background: Limitations exist in management headaches, including inadequate access to specialty therapies and specialists settings, variable success emergency room treatments, omission comfort measures. An clinic (the “Headache Treatment Center”) was strategically initiated Midwestern academic hospital provide for children with active headaches....

10.1177/0883073820952997 article EN Journal of Child Neurology 2020-09-01

To determine the effect of S-albuterol on dose response to levalbuterol in patients with moderate bronchoconstriction induced by a methacholine challenge.Prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study.University-affiliated clinical trial center.Twenty-two adults mild, stable asthma.At screening visit, were switched from their beta2-agonist ipratropium bromide for use as an as-needed rescue therapy. At baseline visit 2-6 days later, provocative concentration induce...

10.1592/phco.27.9.1231 article EN Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy 2007-08-27

BACKGROUND: The opioid crisis catalyzed a national drive to better utilize non-pharmacologic pain management. To our knowledge, no study has examined staff, parent, or patient perspectives on acupuncture implementation in pediatric emergency departments (PED). OBJECTIVE: understand and attitudes barriers related PED acupuncture. METHODS: We conducted 2 studies at PEDs within single children’s health system (125,000 visits/year). In Study 1, English-speaking patients (12-18 years), parents,...

10.1542/peds.147.3_meetingabstract.286-a article EN 2021-02-24

Objective: Acupuncture has been shown to improve pain and other health outcomes in children is well tolerated. However, use of acupuncture by pediatric medical providers rare, part due the cost time associated with formal training. Medical certification requires 300 hours training, costing approximately $11,000 (not including travel costs). Additionally, training 3 weeks on-site learning, requiring physicians be away from their homes practices. We aimed develop an abbreviated basic...

10.1542/peds.147.3_meetingabstract.277-a article EN 2021-02-24
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