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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Emergency Medicine Publications

Below are recent publications by faculty members in the Division of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
  1. Hintz LK, Lorenz D, Lipshaw MJ, Miller C, Zorc JJ, Kolaitis IN, Jones JM, Rothstein R, Shehab O, Florin TA  High Flow Nasal Cannula Use in Bronchiolitis: Predicting Need for Early Escalation of Care.  Pediatr Emerg Care  2026 Jan 13;. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000003536
  2. Chen E, Ramgopal S, Lorenz D, Jone PN, Horowitz R  Use of e-point septal separation to screen for left ventricular function in children.  Am J Emerg Med  2026 Jan;99:39-45. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2025.09.013
  3. Alpern ER, Scott HF, Balamuth F, Chamberlain JM, Depinet H, Bajaj L, Simon NE, Carter CP, Elsholz C, Webb M  et al.  Derivation and Validation of Predictive Models for Early Pediatric Sepsis.  JAMA Pediatr  2025 Dec 01;179(12):1318-1325. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.3892
  4. Thompson DM, Schinasi DA  Surgeon Wellness and Cognitive Overload in the Digital Era: Leveraging Electronics-free Intervals and Workflow Adaptation.  Otolaryngol Clin North Am  2025 Dec;58(6):941-946. doi:10.1016/j.otc.2025.07.002
  5. Florin TA, Reeder R, Ambroggio L, Ruddy RM, Shah SS, Cator A, Lipshaw MJ, Capraro GA, Sartori LF, Cheng AY  et al.  Derivation and validation of the Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia Severity (PedCAPS) score: A prospective cohort study.  J Hosp Med  2025 Nov 21;. doi:10.1002/jhm.70220
  6. Chamberlain JM, Simon NE, Bajaj L, Alessandrini E, Grundmeier RW, Gorelick M, Nielsen B, Olsen CS, Ramgopal S, Zorc JJ  et al.  Audit and Feedback on Pediatric Emergency Department Performance Measures: A Stepped-Wedge Trial.  Hosp Pediatr  2025 Nov 01;15(11):901-910. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2025-008440
  7. Hoffmann JA, Florin TA  Response to Comment on "Clinically Significant Neuroimaging Findings Among Pediatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Symptoms of Psychosis: A Multicenter Retrospective Study".  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Oct 24;. doi:10.1111/acem.70180
  8. Hoffmann JA, Parikh TK, Lorenz D, Goldman MP, Powers EM, Patel SJ, Lavina IS, Heyming TW, England JT, Saidinejad M  et al.  Clinically Significant Neuroimaging Findings Among Pediatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Symptoms of Psychosis: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Sep 30;. doi:10.1111/acem.70155
  9. Ramgopal S, Saper JK, Rudloff JR, Geanacopoulos AT, Rivera-Sepulveda A, Timm T, Liu DR, Soung JK, Liu L, Florin TA  Interrater Reliability of Pediatric Respiratory Auscultation Findings.  Hosp Pediatr  2025 Aug 25;. pii:e2025008510
  10. Gupta AG, Trivedi SB, Smith SM, McBride ME, Adler MD  Impact of a Prospective Simulation-Based Mastery Learning With Deliberate Practice Intervention on Neonatal Intubation.  Cureus  2025 Jul;17(7):e87239. pii:e87239
  11. Eisenberg MA, Balamuth F, Alpern ER  The Promise and Pitfalls of Predicting Septic Shock.  Pediatrics  2025 Jul 01;156(1). pii:e2025070987
  12. Florin TA, Tancredi DJ, Ambroggio L, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Eckerle M, Mintegi S, Neuman MI, Plint AC, Simon NJ  et al.  Predicting paediatric pneumonia severity in the emergency department: a multinational prospective cohort study of the Pediatric Emergency Research Network.  Lancet Child Adolesc Health  2025 Jun;9(6):383-392. doi:10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00094-X
  13. Rees CA, Haggie S, Florin TA  Narrative review of clinical prediction models for paediatric community acquired pneumonia.  Paediatr Respir Rev  2025 Jun;54:19-27. doi:10.1016/j.prrv.2025.01.002
  14. VanBuren JM, Banks RK, Kuppermann N, Gerber JS, Ruddy RM, Casper TC, Florin TA,   Evaluating the desirability of outcome ranking and response adjusted for duration of antibiotic risk for clinical trials of antibiotics in pediatric pneumonia.  Am J Epidemiol  2025 Apr 08;194(4):1090-1096. doi:10.1093/aje/kwae237
  15. Ramgopal S, Fant C, Marin JR, Alpern ER  Application of the Diagnosis Grouping System to Pediatric Emergency Department Encounters.  Hosp Pediatr  2025 Feb 01;15(2):e47-e53. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2024-008083
  16. Ramgopal S, Rosenman M, Zhang L, Cotter JM, Sartori LF, Lipshaw MJ, Banks AR, Schroeder AR, Lales G, Alexander KA  et al.  Alternative Antibiotic Selections During the 2022 Amoxicillin Shortage in the United States.  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc  2025 Jan 20;14(1). pii:piae122
  17. Ramgopal S, Neveu M, Lorenz D, Benedetti J, Lavey J, Florin TA  External Validation of Two Clinical Prediction Models for Pediatric Pneumonia.  Acad Pediatr  2025;25(1):102564. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2024.08.009
  18. Ramgopal S, Belanger T, Lorenz D, Lipsett SC, Neuman MI, Liebovitz D, Florin TA  Preferences for Management of Pediatric Pneumonia: A Clinician Survey of Artificially Generated Patient Cases.  Pediatr Emerg Care  2025 Jan 01;41(1):41-49. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000003231
  19. Geanacopoulos AT, Rudloff JR, Ramgopal S, Neuman MI, Monuteaux MC, Lipsett SC, Florin TA  Testing and Treatment Thresholds for Pediatric Pneumonia in the Emergency Department.  Hosp Pediatr  2024 Dec 01;14(12):992-1000. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2024-007848
  20. Berger RP, Pierce MC  Does Routine Screening for Child Abuse Decrease Subsequent Abuse? One Big Step Forward, Two Small Steps Back.  Ann Emerg Med  2024 Dec;84(6):639-641. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.07.001
  21. Ramgopal S, Lorenz D, Neveu M, Krauss J, Papan C, Tenenbaum T, Esposito S, Florin TA  The Association of the MeMed BV Test With Radiographic Pneumonia in Children.  Hosp Pediatr  2024 Nov 01;14(11):881-889. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2024-007880
  22. Shapiro DJ, Hall M, Neuman MI, Hersh AL, Cotter JM, Cogen JD, Brogan TV, Ambroggio L, Blaschke AJ, Lipsett SC  et al.  Outpatient Antibiotic Use and Treatment Failure Among Children With Pneumonia.  JAMA Netw Open  2024 Oct 01;7(10):e2441821. pii:e2441821
  23. Hoffmann JA, Carter CP, Olsen CS, Ashby D, Bouvay KL, Duffy SJ, Chamberlain JM, Chaudhary SS, Glomb NW, Grupp-Phelan J  et al.  Pediatric mental health emergency department visits from 2017 to 2022: A multicenter study.  Acad Emerg Med  2024 Aug;31(8):739-754. doi:10.1111/acem.14910
  24. Florin TA, Lorenz D, Ramgopal S, Burns R, Rainwater D, Benedetti J, Ruddy RM, Gerber JS, Kuppermann N  Feasibility and reliability of telemedicine examinations for respiratory distress in children: A pilot study.  J Telemed Telecare  2024 Aug;30(7):1149-1154. doi:10.1177/1357633X221125833
  25. Raut A, Pierce MC  Cranial Imaging in the Youngest Infants: Worth the Risk.  Pediatrics  2024 Jun 01;153(6). pii:e2023065511
  26. Ramgopal S, Cotter JM, Navanandan N, Ambroggio L, Michelson KA, Florin TA  Radiographic uncertainty and outcomes of children with lower respiratory tract infections.  Pediatr Pulmonol  2024 Jun;59(6):1798-1802. doi:10.1002/ppul.26943
  27. Field MR, Ambroggio L, Lorenz D, Shah SS, Ruddy RM, Florin TA  Time to Clinical Stability in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia.  Pediatrics  2024 May 01;153(5). pii:e2023063480
  28. Hoffmann JA, Corboy JB, Liu L, Cieslak K, Pergjika A, Patel TR, Bardach NS, Alpern ER  Use of Electronic Health Record-Based Measures to Assess Quality of Care for Pediatric Agitation.  Hosp Pediatr  2024 May 01;14(5):319-327. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2023-007532
  29. Florin TA, Freedman SB, Xie J, Funk AL, Tancredi DJ, Kim K, Neuman MI, Yock-Corrales A, Bergmann KR, Breslin KA  et al.  Features Associated With Radiographic Pneumonia in Children with SARS-CoV-2.  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc  2024 Apr 24;13(4):257-259. doi:10.1093/jpids/piae015
  30. Szymczak JE, Hayes AA, Labellarte P, Zighelboim J, Toor A, Becker AB, Gerber JS, Kuppermann N, Florin TA  Parent and Clinician Views on Not Using Antibiotics for Mild Community-Acquired Pneumonia.  Pediatrics  2024 Jan 01;153(2). pii:e2023063782

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