Research Projects & Grants

Internal

  • An adverse event reporting tool to standardize the reporting and tracking of adverse events during procedural sedation, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (03/2016 - 03/2017) Status: Completed
  • Stoma dilation for gastrostomy tube replacement in children seen in the pediatric emergency department, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (01/2016 - 01/2017) Status: Completed
  • Simple as counting fingers: an easily remembered method for estimating pediatric weights, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (06/2014 - 06/2015) Status: Completed
  • Should hypoxic patients be admitted to emergency department observation units?, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (12/2012 - 12/2013) Status: Completed
  • Efficacy of leukocytosis as a predictor of bacteremia in children with sickle cell disease presenting in the post-pneumococcal and HiB vaccine era, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (09/2011 - 09/2012) Status: Completed
  • Emergency Department patient safety initiative using simulation, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (08/2010 - 08/2011) Status: Completed
  • Observational study of non-invasive doppler ultrasound hemodynamic monitoring in the shock patient in the emergency department, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Emergency Medicine, (01/2007 - 01/2008) Status: Completed
  • Parents prediction of ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, (03/2005 - 03/2006) Status: Completed

Non-Profit Organization

  • Bronchiolitis in the ED: Low risk discharges and high-risk admission-virology sub-study, Role: Investigator, Emergency Medicine Foundation, (12/2005 - 12/2006) Status: Completed
  • Bronchiolitis in the ED: Low-risk discharges and high-risk admission, Role: Investigator, Emergency Medicine Foundation, (12/2005 - 12/2006) Status: Completed

Other Research

  • Cargil A, Barcega B, Kim TY.  Risk factors for central line infections in the pediatric emergency department    (2012 - 2014)