A5023569425- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
2025
Boston Medical Center
2021-2023
Boston Children's Hospital
2021-2023
Toowoomba Hospital
2021
Boston University
2021
Harvard University
2021
The University of Queensland
2021
University of Miami
2018
To characterize the socioeconomic and racial and/or ethnic disparities impacting diagnosis outcomes of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).This multicenter retrospective case-control study was conducted at 3 academic centers from January 1 to September 1, 2020. Children with MIS-C were compared 5 control groups: coronavirus disease 2019, evaluated for who did not meet case patient criteria, hospitalized febrile illness, Kawasaki disease, Massachusetts based on US census...
Importance Safety net hospitals (SNH) provide many community services. The cost of providing these services is unknown. Objective To determine what safety criteria are associated with differences in hospital operating margin. Design, Setting, and Participants This cross-sectional study US acute care from 2017 to 2019 included eligible identified Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Cost Reports. Exposures Five domains SNH: undercompensated measured using the Disproportionate...
BACKGROUND Emergency department visits for anaphylaxis have increased considerably over the past few decades, especially among children. Despite this, management remains highly variable and contributes to significant health care spending. On basis of emerging evidence, in this quality improvement project we aimed safely decrease hospitalization rates, increase use cetirizine, corticosteroids children with by December 31, 2019. METHODS A multipronged intervention strategy including a revised...
Objective: Pediatric patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have coexisting feeding disorders. We hope to emphasize the significant implications that these disorders can on this patient population through a unique case of hypokalemia-induced rhabdomyolysis. Method: present 3-year-old boy ASD and longstanding history food selectivity whose routine was disrupted during COVID-19 pandemic resulting in avoidant/restrictive intake severe undernutrition, who presented profound...
Background: In 2011, the Colombian government started a nationwide program, Hábitos y Estilos de Vida Saludable (HEVS; Healthy Life Habits), providing free, community-based physical activity classes for individuals across Colombia. This study describes HEVS participant characteristics, and changes in anthropomorphic health measures following program. Methods: this observational study, demographic information, current status, lifestyle habits, were collected from adult participants at...
Structural racism and both explicit implicit bias lead to poor individual population health outcomes.1, 2 The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted further exacerbated existing racial, ethnic, socioeconomic inequities within care other sectors.3, 4 Simultaneously, the maltreatment, brutality, murders of Black people disproportionately affected by our criminal justice system have heightened national focus conversation on racism. Amidst these crises, we as residents felt an augmented...
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most severe and frequent gastrointestinal disease seen in neonatal intensive care units. The purpose of this study was to characterize correlate severity survival NEC patients with bloodstream infections (BSI). An institutional database retrospectively reviewed for all infants (Bell’s stage II or III) between April 1, 2016 November 2, 2017. Standard statistical methods were utilized analyze demographics, need surgery, survival, blood culture results....
170 million people worldwide are infected with chronic hepatitis c virus (HCV) [1]. There an estimated 226700 in Australia and it is the most common indication for liver transplantation this country [2]. Despite this, overall treatment uptake remains low at <2% of patients undergoing per year [3]. Rates admission to hospital decompensated cirrhosis expected increase by 190% 2030 [4]. Cure HCV infection requires complex regimens several months.10.31579/2641-5194/021