Institution
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
Recent research
- Health & Medicine
Antibiotic Choice for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children With Medical Complexity
BACKGROUND There are no guideline recommendations for antibiotic choice for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children with medical complexity (CMC). We compared broad- vs narrow-spectrum antibiotics in CMC hospitalized with nonsevere CAP. METHODS This cohort study was conduc...
- Health & Medicine
Pediatricians’ Perspectives on Routine Hospital Discharge Follow-Ups: A Qualitative Study
BACKGROUND: There is considerable practice variation among pediatric hospitalists in how they recommend hospital discharge follow-up visits for pediatric patients hospitalized with common, self-limiting, acute illnesses. Literature lacks evaluation of the preferences of primary c...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) are at elevated risk for cardiovascular disease due to cardiotoxic cancer therapies. Different international guidelines and recommendations for follow-up were published. However, global practices surrounding cardiovascular risk assessment, screeni...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Congenital cardiac anesthesia has evolved substantially over recent decades, contributing to improving outcomes and survival for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). BMC Anesthesiology has initiated a new Collection, Recent Advances in Anesthesia for Congenital Cardiac D...
- Biology
Abstract Converging evidence implicates dysregulation of serotonin in emotion-related psychiatric disorders. Leading pharmacotherapies for such disorders, including general anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorders, target the serotonin transporter (SERT); yet, selective seroton...