Katherine A. Auger

Household Food and Nutrition Security Among Publicly Insured Families of Hospitalized Children

OBJECTIVE: To characterize household food and nutrition security among families during hospitalization and examine associations with government benefits and neighborhood conditions. We hypothesized Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) or S...

Increasing Rate of Pott’s Puffy Tumor Hospitalizations Among US Children

BACKGROUND: Pott's puffy tumor is a rare complication of sinusitis characterized by osteomyelitis of the frontal bone with subperiosteal abscess, often with intracranial sequelae. Although complications of sinusitis increased after the pandemic, it is unclear whether rates of Pot...