Pediatrics: Emergency Medicine

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Faculty Research Interests

Kathleen R. Beckmann, DO
- Adolescent medicine 
- HIV Testing in the PED 
- Sexual History Taking in the PED
David C. Brousseau, MD, MS

- Sickle cell disease
- Asthma
- ED Utilization
- Resident/student/fellow education

Amy L. Drendel, DO, MS
- Outpatient pain management
- Pharmacogenomics
Marc H. Gorelick, MD, MSCE
- Outcomes of emergency care
- Development of clinical predictive models
- Health services research/resource utilization
- Decision analysis
- Meta-analysis
- Asthma
Halim Hennes, MD, MS
- Biochemical markers in predicting outcome in Pediatric head trauma
- Prehospital pain management
Michael K. Kim, MD
- Acute pain management
- Procedural sedative & Analgesia
Marlene D. Melzer, MD
- Adolescents in the ED
- Youth Violence
- Pediatric gynecology
Ernest Stremski, MD, MBA
- Poison control center operations and management
Martha Stevens, MD, MS
- Quality of life in children
- Outcome after ED care
Kenneth Yen, MD
- Discrpencies in care
- Child Maltreatment
- New Technology in the Emergency Department
- Ultrasound
-Vascular Access

 

Original Contributions Published by Section Members

2006

Brousseau DC, Mistry RD, Alessandrini EA. Methods of categorizing emergency department urgency: a survey of pediatric emergency medicine physicians. Pediatr Emerg Care 2006;22:635-639.

Drendel AL, Brousseau DC, Gorelick MH. Pain assessment for pediatric patients in the emergency department. Pediatrics 2006;117:1511-8.

Drendel AL, Lyon R, Bergholte J, Kim MK. Outpatient pediatric pain management practices for fractures. Pediatr Emerg Care 2006;22:94-99.

Fein JA, Gorelick MH. The decision to use topical anesthetic for IV insertion in the pediatric ED. Acad Emerg Med 2006;13:264-268.

Gorelick MH, Yen K. The kappa statistic was representative of empirically-observed inter-rater agreement for physical findings. J Clin Epidemiol 2006;59:859-861.

Gorelick MH. Missing data leads to bias in predictive models. J Clin Epidemiol 2006 59:1115-23.

Gorelick MH, Meurer J, Walsh-Kelly C, Brousseau DC, Cohn J, Kuhn E, Grabowski L, Kelly K. Controlled trial of two emergency department-based follow-up interventions to improve asthma outcomes in children. Pediatrics 2006;117:S127-S134.

Kwok M, Gorelick MH, Walsh-Kelly C, Grabowski L, Kelly K. NAEPP severity classification as a measure of disease burden in children with acute asthma. Pediatrics 2006;117:S71-S77.

Kwok M, Gorelick MH, Walsh-Kelly C, Grabowski L, Kelly K. National Asthma Education and Prevention Program severity classification as a measure of disease burden in children with acute asthma. Pediatrics 2006;117:S71-S77.

Kelly KJ, Walsh-Kelly C, Christenson P, Rogalinski S, Gorelick MH, Barthell EN, Grabowski L. Emergency Department Allies: a Web-based multihospital pediatric asthma tracking system. Pediatrics 2006;117:S63-S70.

McCart MR, Davies WH, Phelps LF, Heuermann W, Melzer-Lange MD. Psychosocial needs of African-American youth presenting to a pediatric emergency department with assault-related injuries. Pediatr Emerg Care 2006;22:154-159.

Phelps LF, Davies WH, McCart MR, Klein-Tasman BP, Melzer-Lange MD, Heuermann W. Concerns and coping of African-American mothers after youth assault requiring emergency medical treatment. J Pediatr Psychol 2006;31:388-396.


2005

Bandyopadhyay S, Hennes H, Gorelick MH, Wells RG, Walsh-Kelly CM. Serum neuron-specific enolase as a predictor of short-term outcome in children with closed traumatic brain injury. Acad Emerg Med 2005;12:732-738.

Gorelick MH, Yen K, Yun HJ. Effect of an in-room registration system on emergency department length of stay. Ann Emerg Med 2005;45:128-133.

Gorelick MH, Alpern ER, Alessandrini EA. A system for grouping presenting complaints: the Pediatric Emergency Reason for Visit Clusters (PERC). Acad Emerg Med 2005; 12:723-731.

Gorelick MH, Alpern ER, Singh T, Snowdon D, Holubkov R, Dean JM, for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Availability of pediatric emergency visit data from existing data sources. Acad Emerg Med 2005; 12: 1195-1200.

Hennes H, Kim M, Pirrallo . Prehospital pain management: A comparison of providers' perception and practice. Prehosp Emerg Care 2005;9:32-39

Jensen DM, Brousseau DC, Tumpach EA, Gorelick MH. Intervention to improve interobserver agreement in the assessment of children with pharyngitis. Pediatr Emerg Care 2005;21:238-241.

Kwok MY, Scanlon MC, Slyper AH. Atypical Presentation of Shock From Acute Adrenal Insufficiency in an Adolescent Male. Pediatr Emerg Care 2005. 21(6):380-383.

Melzer-Lange, MD, Cohen RW, Grossberg PM, Matthews CKB, Heuermann W, Kocs, KJ, Hale LJ, Gilmore C. Bullying Prevention: Wisconsin takes a stand. WMJ 2005;103:57-61.

Mistry RD, Hoffmann, RG, Yauck JS, Brousseau DC. Association Between Parental and Childhood Emergency Department Utilization. Pediatrics. Feb 2005; 115 (2): e147-e151.

Panepinto JA, Brousseau DC, Hillery CA, Scott JP. Variation In Hospitalizations and Hospital Length of Stay In Children With Vaso-Occlusive Crises In Sickle Cell Disease. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2005 44:182-6.

Uherick LA, Melzer-Lange MD. Pierce SE. Give Wisconsin children a boost. WMJ 2005;104(1):37-40.

White N, Kim MK, Brousseau D, Bergholte J, Hennes HM. The Anesthetic Effectiveness of Lidocaine-Adrenaline-Tetracaine Gel on Finger Lacerations. Pediatr Emerg Care 2004;20(12):812-815.

Yen K, Karpas A, Pinkerton HJ, Gorelick MH. Inter-Examiner Reliability in Physical Examination of Pediatric Patients with Abdominal Pain. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:373-376.


2004

Beckmann KR, Melzer-Lange MD. Sexual-history taking in the pediatric emergency department. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2004; 4(1):41-42.

Beckmann KR, Melzer-Lange MD, Gorelick MH. Emergency department management of sexually transmitted infections in US adolescents: results from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Ann Emerg Med 2004; 43(3):333-338.

Brousseau DC, Meurer JR, Isenberg ML, Kuhn EM, Gorelick MH. Association between infant continuity of care and pediatric emergency department utilization. Pediatrics 2004; 113(4):738-741.

Brousseau DC, Duffy SJ, Anderson AC, Linakis JG. Treatment of pediatric migraine headaches: a randomized, double-blind trial of prochlorperazine versus ketorolac. Ann Emerg Med 2004; 43(2):256-262.

Brousseau DC, Bergholte J, Gorelick MH. The effect of prior interactions with a primary care provider on nonurgent pediatric emergency department use. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2004; 158(1):78-82.

Brousseau DC, Scott JP, Hillery CA, Panepinto JA. The Effect of Magnesium on Length of Stay for Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain Crisis. Acad Emerg Med 2004: 11(9): 968-72.

Gorelick MH, Stevens MW, Schultz TR, Scribano PV. Performance of a novel clinical score, the Pediatric Asthma Severity Score (PASS), in the evaluation of acute asthma. Acad Emerg Med 2004; 11(1):10-18.

Gorelick MH, Brousseau DC, Stevens MW. Validity and responsiveness of a brief, asthma-specific quality-of-life instrument in children with acute asthma. Ann Allerg Asthma Immunol 2004; 92(1):47-51.

Gorelick MH, Stevens MW, Schultz T, Scribano PV. Difficulty in obtaining peak expiratory flow measurements in children with acute asthma. Pediatr Emerg Care 2004; 20(1):22-26.

Kwok MY, Kim MK, Gorelick MH. Evidence-based approach to the diagnosis of appendicitis in children. Pediatr Emerg Care 2004; 20(10):690-698.

Melzer-Lange MD, Walsh-Kelly CM, Lea G, Hillery CA, Scott JP. Patient-controlled analgesia for sickle cell pain crisis in a pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care 2004; 20(1):2-4.

Walsh-Kelly CM, Bergholte J, Ersche MJ, Melzer-Lange MD. Office preparedness for pediatric emergencies: baseline preparedness and the impact of guideline distribution. Pediatr Emerg Care 2004; 20(5):289-294.


2003

Galustyan SG, Walsh-Kelly CM, Szewczuga D, Bergholte J, Hennes H. The short-term outcome of seizure management by prehospital personnel: a comparison of two protocols. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003; 19(4):221-5.

Gorelick MH. Severity of Illness Measures of Pediatric Emergency Care: Are we there yet? Ann Emerg Med, 41(5): 639-43, May 2003.

Gorelick MH, Hoberman A, Kearney D, Wald EW, Shaw KN. Validation of a decision rule identifying febrile young girls at high risk for urinary tract infection. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:162-164.

Kim MK, Galustyan S, Sato TT, Bergholte J, Hennes HM. Analgesia for children with acute abdominal pain: A survey for pediatric emergency physicians and pediatric surgeons. Pediatrics 2003; 112(5):1122-6.

Gorelick MH, Scribano PV, Stevens MW, Schultz TR Construct validity and responsiveness Child Health Questionnaire in children with acute asthma. Ann Asthma Allerg Immunol 2003;90:622-628.

Shaw KN, Ruddy RM, Gorelick MH. Pediatric emergency department directors' benchmarking survey: fiscal year 2001. Pediatr Emerg Care 2003;19:143-147.

Stevens MW, Gorelick MH, Schultz TL. Interrater agreement in the clinical evaluation of acute pediatric asthma. J Asthma. 2003; 40: 311-15.

Yen K, Flanary V, Estel C, Farber N, Hennes H: Traumatic epiglottitis: A case report and literature review. Pediatr Emerg Care, 19(1): 27-8, 2003.

Yen K, Kim MK, Stremski E, Gorelick MH. The effect of ethnicity and race on the use of pain medications in children with long bone fractures in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 2003;42:41-47.
 

2002

Bandyopadhyay S, Yen K. Non-accidental fractures in child maltreatment syndrome. Clin Ped Emerg Med 2002;3:145-152.

Bandyopadhyay S, Bergholte J, Blackwell CD, Friedlander JR, Hennes HM.
Risk of serious bacterial infection in children with fever without a source in the post-Haemophilus influenzae era when antibiotics are reserved for culture-proven bacteremia. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2002 May;156(5):512-7.
- Erratum in Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2002 Aug;156(8):749 [Abstract]

Brousseau DC, Dansereau LM, Linakis JG, Leddy T, Vivier PM. Pediatric emergency department utilization within a statewide medicaid managed care system. Acad Emerg Med 2002 Apr;9(4):296-9 [Abstract]

Gorelick MH, Stevens MW. Schultz TR. Comparability of acute asthma severity assessments by parents and respiratory therapists. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002; 156(12):1199-202. [Abstract]

Gorelick MH, Lee C, Cronan K, Kost K, Palmer K. Pediatric emergency assessment tool (PEAT) : a risk-adjustment measure for pediatric emergency patients. Acad Emerg Med 2002;9(2):130-3.

Karpas A. Hennes H. Walsh-Kelly CM. Utilization of the Ottawa ankle rules by nurses in a pediatric emergency department. Acad Emerg Med 2002;9(2):130-3. [Abstract]

Kim MK, Karpas A. The Limping Child. Clin Ped Emerg Med.2002; 3:129-137.

Kim MK, Strait RT, Sato TT, Hennes HM. A randomized clinical trial of analgesia in children with acute abdominal pain. Acad Emerg Med 2002 Apr;9(4):281-7. [Abstract]

Walsh-Kelly CM, Hennes HM. Do clinical variables predict pathologic radiographs in the first episode of wheezing? Pediatr Emerg Care 2002 Feb;18(1):8-11. [Abstract]

White N, Sty J. Radiological evaluation  and classification of pediatric fractures. Clin Ped Emerg Med;2002 3:94-105.

Yen K., Gorelick MH. Ultrasound applications for the pediatric emergency department: A review of the current literature.Pediatr Emerg Care 2002 Jun;18(3):226-34 [Abstract]

2001

Beckmann KR, Hennes H, Sty JR, Walsh-Kelly CM. Accuracy of clinical variables in the identification of radiographically proven constipation in children. WMJ 2001;100(1):33-6 [Abstract]

Gorelick MH, Lee C, Cronan K, Kost K, Palmer K.  Pediatric emergency assessment tool (PEAT): a risk-adjustment measure for pediatric emergency patients. Acad Emerg Med 2001;8:156-162.

Hennnes HM, Kini N, Palusci VJ, The epidmiology, clinical characteristics and public health implications in shaken baby syndrome in The Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Haworth Press Inc: New York, 2001, pp 19-40.

Karpas A, Yen K, Sell LL, Frommelt PC.Severe blunt cardiac injury in an infant: a case of child abuse.J Trauma 2002 Apr;52(4):759-64[Abstract]

Stevens MW, Gorelick MH, Short-term outcomes after acute treatment of pediatric asthma. Pediatrics 2001; 107(6):1357-1362. [Abstract]

Yen K, Walsh-Kelly CM, Hennes HM, Feasibility survey for a study on selective antibiotic management of acute otitis media. Wis Med J 2001; 100(8): 53-57.
 

 2000

Allen SE, Walsh-Kelly CM, Hennes HM, The Need for a second dose of ceftriaxone in febrile infants age 4-8 weeks. Wis Med J 2000; 60.   [Abstract] 

Beckmann KR, Norzicka CA, Small bowel perforation: an unusual presentation for child abuse. J Am Osteopath Assoc August 2000;100(8):496-7. [Abstract]

Beckmann KR, Brueggemann WM. Heliox treatment for severe croup. Amer J Emerg Med 2000;18(6):735-736.

Ciarallo L, Brousseau D, Reinert S. Higher-dose intravenous magnesium therapy for children with moderate to severe acute asthma. Arch pediatr Adolesc Med  2000;154(10):979-983.  [Abstract]

Fridriksson T, Kini NM, Walsh-Kelly CM, Hennes HM, Serum Neuron-specific Enolase as a Predictor of Intracranial Lesions in Children with Head Trauma: A Pilot Study. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7(7):816-20. [Abstract]

Frisbee SJ, Hennes HM, Adult-worn child carriers: a potential risk for injury. Inj Prev 2000; 6:56-8. [Abstract]

Givens TG, Paul RI, Bothner JP, Hardwick WE Jr, Walsh-Kelly CM, Cerebrospinal fluid glucose and protein in disposition and treatment decisions. Acad Emerg Med  March 2000;7(3):298-302. [Full Text]

Gorelick MH, Shaw KN, Clinical decision rule to identify febrile young girls at risk for urinary tract infection. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 2000; 154(4):386-90. [Abstract]

Kost S, Cronan K, Gorelick M, Arruda J. Ambulance use by high-acuity patients in a pediatric ED. Am J Emerg Med 2000; 18(6):679-682.

Macartney KK, Gorelick MH, Manning M.L., Hodinka R.L., Bell L.M., Nococomial respiratory syncytial virus infections: the cost-effectiveness and benefit of infection control. Pediatrics 2000; 106:520-6. [Abstract]

Shaw KN, Gorelick MH, Urinary tract infection in the pediatric patient. [Review] [88 refs]. Pediatr Clin North Am 2000; 46(6):1111-24. [Abstract]

Stremski E, Hennes HM, Accidental isopropanol ingestion in children. Pediatr Emerg Care 2000; 16(4):238-40.[Abstract]

1999

Bandyopadhyay S, Teach SJ, Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis in a 51/2 year Old Obese Male. Pediatr Emerg Care 1999; 15(2):104-5.

Beckmann KR, Nozicka CA, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia With Gastric Volvulus Presenting as an Acute tension Gasthrothorax. Am J Emerg Med 1999; 17(1):35-37. [Abstract]

Fein JA, Callahan JM, Boardman CR, Gorelick MH, Predicting the need for topical anesthetic in the pediatric emergency department. Pediatrics 1999; 104(2):e19. [Full Text]

Gorelick MH, Shaw KN, Screening tests for urinary tract infection in children: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics 1999; 104(5):e54. [Full Text]

Havel CJ, Jr., Strait RT, Hennes HM, A clinical trial of propofol vs midazolam for procedural sedation in a pediatric emergency department [see comments]. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6(10):989-97. [Abstract]

Hennes HM, Frisbee SJ, Paddon KJ, Walsh-Kelly CM, Current income profile for academic pediatric emergency medicine faculty. Pediatr Emerg Care 1999; 15(5):350-4. [Abstract]

Kim MK, Kini NM, Troshynski TJ, Hennes HM, A randomized clinical trial of dermal anesthesia by iontophoresis for peripheral intravenous catheter placement in children. Ann Emerg Med 1999; 33(4):395-9. [Abstract]

Nozicka CA, Hanly JG, Beste DJ, Conley SF, Hennes HM, Otitis media in infants aged 0-8 weeks: frequency of associated serious bacterial disease. Pediatr Emerg Care 1999; 15(4):252-4. [Abstract]

Rosenberg NM, Gorelick MH, Scribano PV, Teach SJ, What you see is not always what you get (or want). Pediatr Emerg Care 1999; 15(4):294-7. 

Silver JM, Beckmann KR, Traumatic Bilateral Eye Enucleation as a Cause of Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus. Surgical Rounds 1999; 22(9):499-504. 

Stremski E, Accidental pediatric ingestion: hospital charges and failure to utilize a poison control center. Wis Med J; 1999; 3. [Abstract]

Walsh-Kelly CM, Lang KR, Chevako J, Blank EL, Korom N, Kirk K, Gray A, Advance Directives in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatrics 1999; 103:826-30. [Abstract]
 

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