Publications
Selected Scholarly Work from the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division
Trends in substance use-related emergency department visits by youth, 2018-2023
Authors: Madeline H. Renny, Yago Stecher, Carmen Vargas-Torres, Alexis M. Zebrowski, Roland C. Merchant
American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025;92:1-9.
This multi-ED study found that youth substance-use emergency visits increased over time, with especially notable rises in cannabis-related presentations and substantial 1-year revisit rates.
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Development of an Implementation Strategy Plan to Improve Care for Pediatric Emergency Department Patients With a Possible Sexually Transmitted Infection
Authors: Roland C. Merchant, Daniela Ramirez-Castillo, Christopher Strother, Rachel Solnick, Patricia Mae Martinez, Brendan Connell, John Steever, Melissa A. Clark
Pediatric Emergency Care. 2026;42(3):246-254.
This implementation-science paper outlines a practical strategy to improve pediatric ED STI care through protocol standardization, EHR tools, staff training, referral systems, and evaluation metrics.
Emergency Department Screening and Interventions for Adolescents With Substance Use: A Narrative Review
Authors: Madeline H. Renny, Jennifer S. Love, Maureen A. Walton, Sharon Levy, Roland C. Merchant
Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024;67(5):e414-e424.
This review highlights the importance of ED-based adolescent substance-use screening and intervention while identifying key gaps in care pathways and linkage to treatment.
Developing a pediatric emergency medicine simulation-based learning curriculum in Nepal
Authors: Morgan Bowling, Samantha Langer, Christine Saracino, Roshana Shrestha, Anish Joshi, Jared Kutzin, Christopher Strother, Darlene R. House
International Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025;18(1):116.
This global health education study showed that a context-specific simulation curriculum improved provider comfort with high-acuity pediatric emergencies in a low-resource setting.
Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Interobserver Agreement of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Detected Mesenteric Adenitis in Nonsurgical Pediatric Abdominal Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors: James W. Tsung, Dana E. Stone, Jennifer E. Sanders
Pediatric Emergency Care. 2024;40(10):722-725.
This pediatric POCUS study showed that mesenteric adenitis can be identified with strong interobserver agreement, supporting bedside ultrasound as a practical diagnostic tool in nonsurgical abdominal pain.
Features of COVID-19 post-infectious cytokine release syndrome in children presenting to the emergency department
Authors: Temima Waltuch, Prakriti Gill, Lauren E. Zinns, Rachel Whitney, Julia Tokarski, James W. Tsung, Jennifer E. Sanders
American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020;38(10):2246.e3-2246.e6.
This early COVID-era report helped define a severe pediatric inflammatory syndrome presenting with shock-like features and overlapping characteristics of Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome.
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Flexible Tip Bougie for Emergency Tracheal Intubation by Paramedics and Emergency Physicians
Authors: Aditya C. Shekhar, Michael Altman-Ezzard, Joshua Kimbrell, Jacob Stebel, Evan Ashley, Avir Mitra, Timothy Friedmann, Ethan E. Abbott, Christopher Strother, Jared Kutzin
Air Medical Journal. 2025;44(1):67-69.
This simulation-based airway study found favorable operator feedback for a flexible tip bougie, with most participants reporting they would consider using it in future intubations despite minimal timing differences versus a standard bougie.