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Submissions from 2024 2024

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in newborns born to SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers at 2 weeks of life, Joanna Beachy MD

Child Health Needs and the Pediatric Endocrinology Workforce: 2020-2040, Charlotte Boney MD

Validation of the PediBIRN-7 clinical prediction rule for pediatric abusive head trauma, Stephen Boos MD

Givosiran for the Treatment of Pediatric Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Kenneth E. Bujold, Nicole Kasher MD, and Christine McKiernan MD

Familial Hypocalciuric hypercalcemia in an infant: diagnosis and management quandaries, Bracha Goldsweig MD

Medication Dosing for Children With Overweight and Obesity, Evan Horton

Rebuttal to "Comment on: Early Post-operative ECG Changes as a Predictor of Post-pericardiotomy Syndrome Following Atrial Septal Defect Repair", Kristen Hyberg MD

Visual Intelligence Education as a Tool for Enhancing Medical Students' Self-Perception of Communication Skills, Chloe Jammes MD

Etiology of hospital mortality in children living in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Carol Pineda MD

Impact of Gift Giving During General Surgery Resident Match Interviewing Since Initiation of Virtual Interviews, Meagan Rosenberg MD, Oswaldo Subillaga MD, Aixa Perez Coulter, David Tashjian MD, Neal Seymour MD, and Michael Tirabassi MD

Short term outcomes of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome: a comparison of two approaches, Robert Rothstein MD and Marcia VanVleet MD

Characterization of Initial Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Descriptive Study, Wael Sayej MD

Finding Healing Together, Lillian Seo MD

Clinical Pathways Programs in Children's Hospitals, Amy Starmer MD

Differences in Pediatricians' Income by Sex Over Time, Amy Starmer MD

Pediatricians' Career Satisfaction and Wellbeing by Sex Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Amy Starmer MD

Consensus Guidance for Monitoring Individuals With Islet Autoantibody-Positive Pre-Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD

Consensus guidance for monitoring individuals with islet autoantibody-positive pre-stage 3 type 1 diabetes, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD

Correction to: Consensus guidance for monitoring individuals with islet autoantibody‑positive pre‑stage 3 type 1 diabetes, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD

Birth Outcomes in Relation to Neighborhood Food Access and Individual Food Insecurity During Pregnancy in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort Study, Ruben Vaidya MD

Health-related quality of life at age 10 years in children born extremely preterm, Ruben Vaidya MD

Neonatal respiratory care practice among level III and IV NICUs in New England, Ruben Vaidya MD

Social determinants of health rather than race impact health-related quality of life in 10-year-old children born extremely preterm, Ruben Vaidya MD

Non epileptiform abnormal neurologic signs in newborns following in-utero psychotropic medication exposure, Ruben Vaidya MD, Nabeel Hashmi, Weijen Chang MD, and Joanna Beachy MD

Submissions from 2023 2023

The Promise, Amy Blake MD

Variation in Hospital Practices Regarding Marijuana Use in Pregnancy and Lactation, Amy Blake MD, Laura Madore MD, and Paul Visintainer

Clinical review: Guide to pharmacological management in pediatric obesity medicine, Rushika Conroy MD

Medication-induced weight gain and advanced therapies for the child with overweight and obesity: An Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Clinical Practice Statement 2022, Rushika Conroy MD

Monoclonal antibody infusion reaction with bamlanivimab and etesevimab in a 5-year-old male with coronavirus disease 2019: a case report, Caroline Dziel, Stephanie Vogel DO, Frank Szczerba PharmD, Weijen Chang MD, and Armando Paez MD

Parental substance use and home visiting programs: Implementation considerations for relationship-based treatment, Peter Friedmann MD and Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD

Cefazolin and Carbapenem Combination to Treat Persistent Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Preterm Infants, Stefan Hagmann, Taylor Hodle, Maura Brennan, Frank Szczerba PharmD, Joanna Beachy MD, and Evan Horton

Severe Necrotizing Pancreatitis in a Pediatric Patient with COVID-19: A Case Report, Lucinda Li, Mojdeh Mostafavi MD, John Miller MD, Barry Hirsch MD, Stephen O'Connor MD, and Wael Sayej MD

Human immunodeficiency virus patients with low CD4 counts are more likely to have precancerous polyps identified during index colonoscopy, Evan Marzouk MD

Pediatric Surgery from the Roads Less Traveled: Challenges, Communication, and Collaboration from a Community Nonteaching Hospital, Kevin Moriarty MD

Concurrent, New-Onset Autoimmune Hepatitis, Celiac Disease, and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Following COVID-19: A Case Report, Mojdeh Mostafavi MD, Annie Abraham MD, James Mueller MD, and Wael Sayej MD

A high-resolution pediatric female whole-body numerical model with comparison to a male model, Georgios Ntolkeras MD

Aluminum Thin Film Nanostructure Traces in Pediatric EEG Net for MRI and CT Artifact Reduction, Georgios Ntolkeras MD

Training home visitors in mentalization-based practice: A qualitative case study of clinical supervision in mothering from the inside out, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD, Maria Carolina Clark, and Michael Moran

Adaptation of an evidence-based parenting intervention for integration into maternal-child home-visiting programs: Challenges and solutions, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD, Michael Moran, Maria Carolina Clark, and Peter Friedmann MD

Prenatal diagnosis of Hartsfield syndrome with a novel genetic variant, Matthew Rich, Bradley Schroeder MD, Courtney Manning, and Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Progression of Enteral Feeding Volumes in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in the "Connection Trial", Robert Rothstein MD

Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry in Clinical Pathways: A Framework for Evaluation, Amy Starmer MD

Invited Commentary: Persistence Pays Off- Pursuing NED Status in Hepatoblastoma Improves Survival: An Observational Study by Fleming A, et al, Michael Tirabassi MD

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Are More Likely to Fail Growth Hormone Stimulation Testing than Children without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Retrospective Chart Review, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD, Obiageli Obi RN, Paul Visintainer, Victoria Cobb MD, Edward Reiter MD, and Holley Allen MD

Submissions from 2022 2022

Heterozygous variants in CTR9, which encodes a major component of the PAF1 complex, are associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Trends in Disease Severity Among Critically Ill Children With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study in the United States, Pallav Bhattarai MD and Christine McKiernan MD

An analysis of physicians' diagnostic reasoning regarding pediatric abusive head trauma, Stephen Boos MD

Extra-axial haemorrhages in young children with skull fractures: abuse or accident?, Stephen Boos MD

Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic With Adolescent and Young Adult Eating Disorder Care Volume, Paula Braverman MD

Erratum to "Menstrual Health and Hygiene among Adolescents in the United States" [Journal of Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology. 2022 Jun;35(3):277-287], Paula Braverman MD

Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Participation, Anisha Contractor DO, Kevin O'Sullivan, Quinn Pack MD, Kyle McAnally, Christene DeJong, Briana Jurkowski, Peter Lindenauer, and Mihaela Stefan MD

Subcutaneous Endoscopic-Assisted Ligation of the Internal Ring for Inguinal Hernia Repair in Neonates Under Spinal Anesthesia, Meagan Derbyshire MD, Heather Grant MD, Antonio Lam DO, Gregory Banever MD, Victoria Pepper MD, David Tashjian MD, Kevin Moriarty MD, and Michael Tirabassi MD

Tissue Rotation of the Xenopus Anterior-Posterior Neural Axis Reveals Profound but Transient Plasticity at the Mid-Gastrula Stage, Janhavi Giribhattanavar MD

Use of letrozole to augment height outcome in pubertal boys: a retrospective chart review, Snigdha Likki, Holley Allen MD, Alex Knee, and Ksenia Tonyushkina MD

Utilization of Core Values and Branding to Recruit the Best Trainees for Your Program, Stewart Mackie MD and Sharon Wretzel MD

Surgeon perceptions of volume threshold and essential practices for pediatric thyroidectomy, Kevin Moriarty MD

Impact of left ventricular ejection fraction on outcomes after left main revascularization: g-LM Registry, Maryam Naser MD, Mina Iskandar MD, and Amir Lotfi

Case report: MELAS and concomitant presumed antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in an adult woman, Sirisha Nouduri, Rajiv Padmanabhan MD, Richard Hicks MD, Mary-Alice Abbott MD, Dennis O'Brien PA, and Gottfried Schlaug MD

Novel User-Friendly Application for MRI Segmentation of Brain Resection following Epilepsy Surgery, Georgios Ntolkeras MD

Length of Stay Among Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Risk of Hospital Readmission, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD

Perinatal Opioid Use Disorder Research, Race, and Racism: A Scoping Review, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD

Reflective functioning in mothers with addictions: Differential relationships involving family history of mental illness and substance use, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD

Relationship-Based Home Visiting Services for Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders: A Qualitative Study, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD, Maria Carolina Clark, and Peter Friedmann MD

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Behavioral Health of People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Rajapillai Pillai

The Burden of Critical Illness in Hospitalized Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Carol Pineda MD

Growth and Growth Hormone through the Ages: Art and Science, Edward Reiter MD

Are We Making Progress in the Hunt for Biomarkers that Could Differentiate Proton Pump Inhibitor-Responsive Eosinophilic Esophagitis?, Wael Sayej MD

A Centennial Review of Discoveries and Advances in Diabetes: Children and Youth, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD

Non-reimbursable Workload in Pediatric Diabetes Care – the Providers’ Perspective, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD and Nicholas Koran

Long-Term Outcome of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation, Ruben Vaidya MD

The Effects of COVID-19 Hospital Practices on Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Postdischarge, Ruben Vaidya MD

Utilizing near infra-red spectroscopy to identify physiologic variations during digital retinal imaging in preterm infants, Ruben Vaidya MD, Edward Zitnik DO, Timothy Kita, Kathryn Wagner, Peter St. Marie, Paul Visintainer, and Rachana Singh MD

Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome: A Comparison of As-Needed Pharmacotherapy, Marcia Van Vleet MD and Robert Rothstein MD

Association of autism with lead poisoning in an environmental health clinic, Paul Visintainer and Hillary Branch MD

Submissions from 2021 2021

Bi-allelic variants in SPATA5L1 lead to intellectual disability, spastic-dystonic cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and hearing loss, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

EIF3F-related neurodevelopmental disorder: refining the phenotypic and expanding the molecular spectrum, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Expanding the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum in a diverse cohort of 104 individuals with Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Expanding the phenotypic spectrum of BCS1L-related mitochondrial disease, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Impaired glucose-1,6-biphosphate production due to bi-allelic PGM2L1 mutations is associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Massachusetts' Findings from Statewide Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Rejecting Gargoylism: Reflections on the term and its relationship to Hurler syndrome, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

The broader phenotypic spectrum of congenital caudal abnormalities associated with mutations in the Caudal Type Homeobox 2 gene, Mary-Alice Abbott MD and Courtney Manning

Prolonged outbreak of clonal, mupirocin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit: association with personnel and a possible environmental reservoir, analyzed using whole genome sequencing, Joanna Beachy MD

Use of MASCC score in the inpatient management of febrile neutropenia: a single-center retrospective study, Prarthna Bhardwaj MD, Alex Knee, Fatima Ali MD, Ritika Walia MD, Prithwijit Roychowdhury, and Jackson Clark MD

Unmasking of Addison's disease in COVID-19, Pallav Bhattarai MD, Holley Allen MD, Abhimanyu Aggarwal MD, Daniel Madden MD, and Kristen Dalton MD

Pediatric Chair Turnover and Demographics, Charlotte Boney MD

The Incidence of Erosive Esophagitis as a Complication of Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Charlotte Boney MD

Traumatic Head Injury and the Diagnosis of Abuse: A Cluster Analysis, Stephen Boos MD

Mother-Infant Dyads with COVID-19 at an Urban, Safety-Net Hospital: Clinical Manifestations and Birth Outcomes, Ingrid Camelo

Pediatric Endocrinology in the Time of COVID-19: Considerations for the Rapid Implementation of Telemedicine and Management of Pediatric Endocrine Conditions, Rushika Conroy MD

A Quality Improvement Approach to Decreasing Postdischarge Acute Care Reuse Among Children With Asthma, Jacqueline Fable MD

Ten Years of Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in Massachusetts, Donna Fisher MD

Ten Years of Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in Massachusetts, Donna Fisher MD

Return of the Banana Knife: An Alternative Instrument for Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy, Heather Grant MD, Gregory Banever MD, Kevin Moriarty MD, Victoria Pepper MD, David Tashjian MD, and Michael Tirabassi MD

Metabolic and bariatric surgery is likely safe, but underutilized in adolescents aged 13-17 years, Heather Grant MD and Aixa Perez-Caraballo MD

Impact of maternal medication for opioid use disorder on neurodevelopmental outcomes of infants treated for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, R King, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD, Donna M. Wilson, Sheila Foss, Paul Visintainer, and Rachana Singh MD

The Role of Breast Milk in Infectious Disease, Laura Madore MD and Donna Fisher MD

Incidence of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among US Persons Infected With SARS-CoV-2, Kimberly Marohn MD

Implementation of a Standardized Approach To Improve the Pediatric Discharge Medication Process, Christine Marrese

Incidental Hepatic Granulomata as the Initial Presentation of Crohn's Disease in a Pediatric Patient, Mojdeh Mostafavi MD, Wael Sayej MD, Blake Hansen MD, Anthony Cretara MD, James Mueller MD, and Barry Hirsch MD