Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Research

The Loma Linda University School of Medicine Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) actively supports the research interests of its faculty and fellows. With more than 25,000 visits per year to the pediatric emergency division, our patient population is a rich source of the diverse challenges facing PEM physicians today. The Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital Institutional Review Board works closely with physician investigators to encourage effective study designs that demonstrate the highest standards for ethics in human subject research. The Department of Emergency Medicine provides research staff dedicated to supporting the academic endeavors of its physicians. Coupled with access to powerful data retrieval capabilities and the most advanced data analysis tools, the Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital mission to "achieve a leading position in health care, education, and research" is realized in the PEM division. A selection of recent peer-reviewed publications by Loma Linda University pediatric emergency medicine physicians is as follows:

Babl FE, Lewena S. Brown L: Vaccination related adverse events.  Pediatr Emerg Care 2006; 22: 514-519

Brown L: Mandating automated external defibrillators in schools: fire, ready, aim!  Can J Emerg Med 2004; 6: 431-433

Brown L: Yo Yo Injuries. Pediatr Emerg Care 2004; 20: 379-381

Brown L, Dannenberg B: Pulse oximetry in discharge decision making: A survey of Emergency Physicians.  Can J Emerg Med 2002; 4(6): 388-393

Brown L, Denmark TK, Wittlake WA, Vargas EJ, Watson T, Crabb JW: Procedural sedation use in the emergency department management of pediatric ear and nose foreign bodies. Am J Emerg Med 2004; 22:  310-314.

Brown L, Moynihan J, Denmark TK: Blunt pediatric head trauma requiring neurosurgical intervention: How subtle can it be? Am J Emerg Med 2003; 21: 467-472.

Brown L, Shaw T, Moynihan JA, Denmark TK, Mody A, Wittlake WA:  Investigation of afebrile neonates with a history of fever.  Can J Emerg Med 2004; 6: 343-348

Brown L, Shaw T, Wittlake WA:  Does leukocytosis identify bacterial infections in febrile neonates presenting to the emergency department?  Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 256-259

Brown L, Tomasi A, Salcedo G:  An attractive approach to magnets adherent across the nasal septum.  Can J emerg Med 2003; 5: 356-358

Checchia PA, Moynihan JA, Brown L:  Cardiac troponim I as a predictor of mortality for pediatric submersion injuries requiring out of hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  Pediatr Emerg Care 2006:  Apr 22(4): 222-225

Denmark TK, Brown L: Inborn errors of metabolism: An emergency department approach. Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine 2003; 18: 11-18.

Denmark TK, Crane HA, Brown L: Ketamine to avoid mechanical ventilation in severe pediatric astham.  J Emerg Med 2006; 30: 163-166

Denmark TK, Hargrove JR, Brown L: Intramuscular Ketamine to Facilitate Pediatric Central Vascular Acceess.  Can J Emerg Med 2004; 6(4) 259-262

Kim TY, Denmark TK.  Intraabdominal abscess masquerading as a properly placed gastrostomy tube.  Clin Pediatr 2005; 44(6): 539-542

Kim TY, Stewart G, Moynihan JA, Voth M, Brown L:  Sign and Symptoms of cerebrospinal fluid shunt malfunction in the pediatric emergency department.  Pediatr Emerg Care 2006; 22: 28-34

Moynihan JA, Brown L, Sehra R, Checchia PA: Cardiac troponin I as a predictor of respiratory failure in children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections: A pilot study. Am J Emerg Med 2003; 21: 479-482.

Moynihan JA, Kim TY, Young T, Checchia PA:  Rate of palivizumab administration in accordance with current recommendations among hospitalized children. J Pediatric Health Care 2004; 18: 224-227.

Rivera ML, Kim TY, Stewart GM, Minayan L, Brown L:  Albuterol nebulized in Heliox in the initial emergency department treatment of pediatric asthama: A blinded, randomized controlled trial.  Am J Emerg Med 2006; 24: 38-42

Vargas EJ, Mody AP, Kim TY, Denmark TK, Moynihan JA, Barcega BB, Khan A, Clark RT, Brown L:  Pediatric esophageal coin removal by emergency physicians:  A pilot study.  Can J Emerg Med 2004; 6: 434-440