Jay Pershad

Girl With Abdominal Pain

Jay Pershad, Dorothy Bulas, Allison Mayhew

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Status Epilepticus with Fever in a Toddler with Pyogenic Meningitis Due to Complicated Acute Sphenoid Sinusitis

Jay Pershad, Lexi M. Crawford, Diego A. Preciado, Dana B. Harrar et autres

We present a toddler with acute sphenoid sinusitis presenting as status epilepticus with fever, intracranial abscess and meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis suggested bacterial meningitis, but polymerase chain reaction test was positive for human herpes virus 6. We highlight diagnosis and treatment of …

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All That Pops Is Not a Toy

Sean Mathis, C. R. Anand Moses, Jay Pershad

Children's National Hospital, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesWashington, DC [email protected]. Disclosures: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Factors Associated With Return Visits at 7 Days After Hospital Discharge

Jay Pershad, Tamekia L. Jones, Camden Harrell, Seun Ajayi et autres

OBJECTIVE: To identify variables associated with return visits to the hospital within 7 days after discharge. METHODS: We performed a retrospective study of 7-day revisits and readmissions between October 2012 and September 2015 using the Pediatric Health Information System database supplemented by …

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Optimal Imaging Strategy for Suspected Acute Cranial Shunt Failure: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Jay Pershad, Andrew Taylor, Kennedy Hall, Paul Klimo

Objective: We compared cost-effectiveness of cranial computed tomography (CT), fast sequence magnetic resonance imaging (fsMRI), and ultra sonographic measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter, for suspected acute shunt failure, from a healthcare organizational perspective. Methods: We modeled 4 diagnostic imaging strategies: 1) …

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Predicting Hospital Return After Discharge from the Pediatric Inpatient Service

Jay Pershad, Cynthia D. Cross, Oluwasean Ajayi, Camden Harrell et autres

Purpose – Patients that re-visit after hospital discharge represent a high-risk population that are considered a surrogate metric for quality of care. They are associated with higher cost, greater resource utilization with potential for claims denials. Since the inception of financial disincentives …

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Contributors

Ayesha Abid, Spencer A. Adoff, Tabassum F. Ali, Siraj Amanullah et autres

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Imaging Strategies for Suspected Acute Cranial Shunt Failure: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Jay Pershad, Andrew Taylor, Michael Kennedy Hall, Paul D. Klimo

OBJECTIVES: We compared cost-effectiveness of cranial computed tomography (CT), fast sequence magnetic resonance imaging (fsMRI), and ultrasonography measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) for suspected acute shunt failure from the perspective of a health care organization. METHODS: We modeled 4 diagnostic …

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Management of Pediatric Trauma

Joan E. Shook, Thomas H. Chun, Gregory P. Conners, Edward E. Conway et autres

Injury is still the number 1 killer of children ages 1 to 18 years in the United States (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/children.htm). Children who sustain injuries with resulting disabilities incur significant costs not only for their health care but also for productivity lost to the …

The therapeutic value of hypertonic saline in acute bronchiolitis remains unclear

Jay Pershad, 李论, 黄克武

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Combined clinical and ultrasound assessment enhance appendicitis diagnostic accuracy

Jay Pershad

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Intravenous Ketamine Bolus: Not So Fast!

Jay Pershad

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