Patrick Walsh

Trends in Pediatric Firearm Injuries: 2016–2023

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Firearm injuries (FIs) are the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the United States. Prior studies noted increases in pediatric FI emergency department (ED) visits early in the pandemic, but long-term trends are unclear. METHODS: We cond...

A Comparison of Pediatric Hospitalization Data in Cosmos and the Kids’ Inpatient Database

OBJECTIVE: To compare characteristics of pediatric hospitalizations in Epic Cosmos, an electronic health record-based database that aggregates voluntarily submitted data from across the United States, with nationally representative pediatric inpatient data in the Kids' Inpatient...