Scholarly works by Children's Mercy Kansas City's doctors, nurses, researchers, and other staff.
Affiliation to Children's Mercy Hospital listed as of time of publication.
Works from 2009
Laparoscopic removal of a gastric trichobezoar in a pediatric patient., Jason D. Fraser, Charles M. Leys, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Chromosomal anomalies influence parental treatment decisions in relation to prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease., Sinai C. Zyblewski, Elizabeth G. Hill, Girish S. Shirali, Andrew Atz, Geoffrey Forbus, Javier Gonzalez, and Anthony Hlavacek (Article)
Diminishing role of contrast enema in simple meconium ileus., Daniel R. Copeland, Shawn D. St Peter, Susan W. Sharp, Saleem Islam, Alex Cuenca, Joshua S. Tolleson, Melvin S. Dassinger, Danny C. Little, Richard J. Jackson, Evan R. Kokoska, and Samuel D. Smith (Article)
Home and school environmental assessment and remediation., Thomas A Lupoli, Christina E Ciaccio, and Jay M Portnoy (Article)
Innovation in three-dimensional echocardiography and cardiac computed tomographic angiography., Anthony M. Hlavacek, G Hamilton Baker, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Parent- versus child-reported functional health status after the Fontan procedure., Linda M. Lambert, L LuAnn Minich, Jane W. Newburger, Minmin Lu, Victoria L. Pemberton, Ellen A. McGrath, Andrew M. Atz, Mingfen Xu, Elizabeth Radojewski, Darlene Servedio, Brian W. McCrindle, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Exercise-induced asthma: critical analysis of the protective role of montelukast., Terrence W. Carver (Article)
Adverse reactions to vaccines., John M. Kelso, James T. Li, Richard A. Nicklas, Joann Blessing-Moore, Linda Cox, David M. Lang, John Oppenheimer, Jay M. Portnoy, Christopher Randolph, Diane E. Schuller, Sheldon L. Spector, Stephen Tilles, Dana Wallace, Zuhair K. Ballas, James R. Baker, Joseph A. Bellanti, Daniel Ein, Leslie C. Grammer, Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters, and Joint Task Forcce on Practice Parameters for Allergy & Immunology (Article)
Innate immunity as a key element in host defense against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus., Christopher J. Harrison (Article)
Massive bilateral nephromegaly in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report., Pablo Aguayo, Jason D. Fraser, Shawn D. St Peter, T Spilde, John Gatti, Charles L. Snyder, and D J. Ostlie (Article)
The safety of laparoscopy in pediatric patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunts., Jason D. Fraser, Pablo Aguayo, Susan W. Sharp, G W. Holcomb III, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of reformulated azelastine nasal spray in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis., Jonathan A. Bernstein, Bruce Prenner, Berrylin J. Ferguson, Jay M. Portnoy, William J. Wheeler, and Harry J. Sacks (Article)
The role of laparoscopy in the management of malrotation., Jason D. Fraser, Pablo Aguayo, Susan W. Sharp, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Adrenocortical adenoma expressing glucocorticoid in an 8-month-old female., E Kim, Pablo Aguayo, Shawn D. St Peter, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Atrial tachyarrhythmias in neonatal enterovirus myocarditis., Kathleen E. Simpson, Eddie Hulse, and Karina Carlson (Article)
Comparison of echocardiographic and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging measurements of functional single ventricular volumes, mass, and ejection fraction (from the Pediatric Heart Network Fontan Cross-Sectional Study)., Renee Margossian, Marcy L. Schwartz, Ashwin Prakash, Lisa Wruck, Steven D. Colan, Andrew M. Atz, Timothy J. Bradley, Mark A. Fogel, Lynne M. Hurwitz, Edward Marcus, Andrew J. Powell, Beth F. Printz, Michael D. Puchalski, Jack Rychik, Girish S. Shirali, Richard Williams, Shi-Joon Yoo, Tal Geva, and Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (Article)
Females have fewer complications and lower mortality following trauma than similarly injured males: a risk adjusted analysis of adults in the National Trauma Data Bank., Adil H. Haider, Joseph G. Crompton, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Kent A. Stevens, David T. Efron, Alicia N. Kieninger, David C. Chang, Edward E. Cornwell, and Elliott R. Haut (Article)
Functional state following the Fontan procedure., Ismee A. Williams, Lynn A. Sleeper, Steven D. Colan, Minmin Lu, Elizabeth A. Stephenson, Jane W. Newburger, Welton M. Gersony, Meryl S. Cohen, James F. Cnota, Andrew M. Atz, Richard V. Williams, Renee Margossian, Andrew J. Powell, Mario P. Stylianou, Daphne T. Hsu, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Infarction of an epiploic appendage in a pediatric patient., Jason D. Fraser, Pablo Aguayo, Charles M. Leys, Shawn D. St Peter, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Laparoscopic management of intussusception in pediatric patients., Jason D. Fraser, Pablo Aguayo, Brian Ho, Susan W. Sharp, Daniel J. Ostlie, G W. Holcomb III, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Short-term natural history of the standard approaches for gastrostomy tube placement in the pediatric patient., Jason D. Fraser, Todd A. Ponsky, Pablo Aguayo, Scott Boulanger, Robert Parry, Neil Nixdorf, Jennifer DiLuciano, Patti Smith, Susan W. Sharp, G W. Holcomb III, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Low-cost interventions improve indoor air quality and children's health., Linda Johnson, Christina Ciaccio, Charles S. Barnes, Kevin Kennedy, Erika Forrest, Luke Gard, Freddy Pacheco, Paul Dowling, and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
The influence of ventricular morphology and coronary artery dominance and morphology on early mortality in patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum, Gary K. Lofland, James E. O'Brien, Jennifer A. Swihart, Richard Stroup, and Stephen Kaine (Article)
Urine calcium/citrate ratio in children with hypercalciuric stones., Tarak Srivastava, Mark J. Winston, Ari Auron, and Uri S. Alon (Article)
Complications of hypercalciuria., Andrew Schwaderer and Tarak Srivastava (Article)
Contemporary practice patterns in the surgical management of Hirschsprung's disease., Scott J. Keckler, Jeannie C. Yang, Jason D. Fraser, Pablo Aguayo, Daniel J. Ostlie, G W. Holcomb III, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Penetrating missile-type head injury from a defective badminton racquet., Dante Pappano, Elizabeth Murray, Lynn Babcock Cimpello, and Gregory P. Conners (Article)
Perforated Meckel's diverticulum in a micropremature infant and review of the literature., Pablo Aguayo, Jason D. Fraser, Shawn D. St Peter, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Vomiting and apparent life-threatening event., Brian Wohlwend, Laura Fitzmaurice, and Lisa Lowe (Article)
Associated symptoms in the ten days before diagnosis of Kawasaki disease., Annette L. Baker, Minmin Lu, L LuAnn Minich, Andrew M. Atz, Gloria L. Klein, Rosalind Korsin, Linda Lambert, Jennifer S. Li, Wilbert Mason, Elizabeth Radojewski, Victoria L. Vetter, Jane W. Newburger, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Diagnosis and management of hypercalciuria in children., Tarak Srivastava and Andrew Schwaderer (Article)
Laparoscopic duodenojejunostomy for superior mesenteric artery syndrome., Jason D. Fraser, Shawn D. St Peter, Jenevieve H. Hughes, and James M. Swain (Article)
Laparoscopic fundoplication after previous open abdominal operations in infants and children., Katherine A. Barsness, Shawn D. St Peter, G W. Holcomb III, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Timothy D. Kane (Article)
Laparoscopic treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts in children., Suzanne M. Yoder, Steven Rothenberg, Kuojen Tsao, Mark L. Wulkan, Todd A. Ponsky, Shawn D. St Peter, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Timothy D. Kane (Article)
Thoracoscopy in children: is a chest tube necessary?, Todd A. Ponsky, Steven S. Rothenberg, KuoJen Tsao, Daniel J. Ostlie, Shawn D. St Peter, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Universal screening for extracardiac abnormalities in neonates with congenital heart disease., Javier H. Gonzalez, Girish S. Shirali, Andrew M. Atz, Sarah N. Taylor, Geoffrey A. Forbus, Sinai C. Zyblewski, and Anthony M. Hlavacek (Article)
Usefulness of live three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in a congenital heart disease center., G Hamilton Baker, Girish S. Shirali, Jeremy M. Ringewald, Tain Yen Hsia, and Varsha Bandisode (Article)
Asthma control is enhanced when health plans and providers cooperate., Candace Ramos, Christina Ciaccio, and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
Evaluation of three analyte-specific reagents for detection and typing of herpes simplex virus in cerebrospinal fluid, Suresh B. Selvaraju, Michelle Wurst, Rebecca T. Horvat, and Rangaraj Selvarangan (Article)
Reversal of hypercalcemic acute kidney injury by treatment with intravenous bisphosphonates., Ari Auron, Leyat Tal, Tarak Srivastava, and Uri S. Alon (Article)
Susceptibilities of Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, including serotype 19A, and Moraxella catarrhalis paediatric isolates from 2005 to 2007 to commonly used antibiotics, Christopher J. Harrison, Charles Woods, Gordon Stout, Brittanie Martin, and Rangaraj Selvarangan (Article)
Atorvastatin may have no effect on acute phase reaction in children after intravenous bisphosphonate infusion., Tarak Srivastava, Connie J. Haney, and Uri S. Alon (Article)
Review of the evidence on the management of blunt renal trauma in pediatric patients., Jason D. Fraser, Pablo Aguayo, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the anterior tibial artery treated with ultrasound-guided thrombin injection in a pediatric patient., Jason D. Fraser, Brent Cully, Douglas C. Rivard, Charles M. Leys, G W. Holcomb III, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Differences between pediatric registered nurses' perception of organizational support, intent to stay, workload, and overall satisfaction, and years employed as a nurse in magnet and non-magnet pediatric hospitals: implications for administrators., Susan R. Lacey, Susan Teasley, and Karen S. Cox (Article)
Efficiency of CYP2C9 genetic test representation for automated pharmacogenetic decision support., Vikrant G Deshmukh, Mark A Hoffman, Catherine Arnoldi, Bruce E Bray, and Joyce A Mitchell (Article)
Impact of standardization of creatinine methodology on the assessment of glomerular filtration rate in children., Tarak Srivastava, Uri S. Alon, Randah Althahabi, and Uttam Garg (Article)
Intussusception in the adult: an unsuspected case of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with review of the literature., Jason D. Fraser, Steven E. Briggs, Shawn D. St Peter, Giovanni De Petris, and Jacques Heppell (Article)
Rationale and design of a trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in infants with single ventricle., Daphne T. Hsu, Seema Mital, Chitra Ravishankar, Renee Margossian, Jennifer S. Li, Lynn A. Sleeper, Richard V. Williams, Jami C. Levine, Brian W. McCrindle, Andrew M. Atz, Darlene Servedio, Lynn Mahony, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Sequential segmental analysis., Robert H. Anderson and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Thoracoscopic decortication vs tube thoracostomy with fibrinolysis for empyema in children: a prospective, randomized trial., Shawn D. St Peter, Kuojen Tsao, Troy L. Spilde, Scott J. Keckler, Christopher J. Harrison, Mary Anne Jackson, Susan W. Sharp, Walter S. Andrews, Douglas C. Rivard, Frank P. Morello, G W. Holcomb III, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Update on the safety of long-acting beta-agonists in combination with inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of asthma., Harold S. Nelson, Warner Carr, Robert Nathan, and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
Works from 2008
An evidence-based definition for perforated appendicitis derived from a prospective randomized trial., Shawn D. St Peter, Susan W. Sharp, G W. Holcomb III, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Assessment and management of the failing heart in children., Beth D. Kaufman, Robert E. Shaddy, Girish S. Shirali, Ronn Tanel, and Jeffrey A. Towbin (Article)
Emergency department waiting room stress: can music or aromatherapy improve anxiety scores?, Lydia Holm and Laura Fitzmaurice (Article)
Natural history of nonoperative management for grade 4 and 5 liver and spleen injuries in children., Jeannie C. Yang, Susan W. Sharp, Daniel J. Ostlie, G W. Holcomb III, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Quality of care for common pediatric respiratory illnesses in United States emergency departments: analysis of 2005 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Data., Jane F. Knapp, Stephen D. Simon, and Vidya Sharma (Article)
New types of immunotherapy in children., Noel Rodríguez-Pérez, Martin Penagos, and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
Pediatric athletic asthmatics., Terrence W. Carver (Article)
Predictors of emesis and time to goal intake after pyloromyotomy: analysis from a prospective trial., Shawn D. St Peter, Kuojen Tsao, Susan W. Sharp, G W. Holcomb III, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Sources of knowledge transfer among primary care pediatric health care providers., Dante Pappano, Gregory P. Conners, Scott McIntosh, Sharon Humiston, and Domenick Roma (Article)
Strategies for primary prevention of atopy in children., Christina E. Ciaccio and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
Comparison of BD Directigen™ EZ RSV and Binax NOW® RSV tests for rapid detection of respiratory syncytial virus from nasopharyngeal aspirates in a pediatric population, Rangaraj Selvarangan, David Abel, and Marilyn Hamilton (Article)
Design and rationale of a randomized trial comparing the Blalock-Taussig and right ventricle-pulmonary artery shunts in the Norwood procedure., Richard G. Ohye, J William Gaynor, Nancy S. Ghanayem, Caren S. Goldberg, Peter C. Laussen, Peter C. Frommelt, Jane W. Newburger, Gail D. Pearson, Sarah Tabbutt, Gil Wernovsky, Lisa M. Wruck, Andrew M. Atz, Steve D. Colan, James Jaggers, Brian W. McCrindle, Ashwin Prakash, Michael D. Puchalski, Lynn A. Sleeper, Mario P. Stylianou, Lynn Mahony, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Laparoscopic intragastric stapled cystgastrostomy of pancreatic pseudocyst in a child., Konstantinos I. Makris, Shawn D. St Peter, Kuo-Jen Tsao, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Management of allergic rhinitis., Jay M. Portnoy and Hugh Sampson (Response or Comment)
Assessment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk and management of dyslipidemia in obese children, Geetha Raghuveer (Article)
Bilateral lower extremity edema, Nirav Shastri and Becky Nicholas Lowry (Article)
A novel bioresorbable film reduces postoperative adhesions after infant cardiac surgery., Andrew J. Lodge, Winfield J. Wells, Carl L. Backer, James E. O'Brien, Erle H. Austin, Emile A. Bacha, Thomas Yeh, William M. Decampli, Philip T. Lavin, and Samuel Weinstein (Article)
Cephalosporins: a review., Christopher J. Harrison and Denise Bratcher (Article)
The diagnosis and management of rhinitis: an updated practice parameter., Dana V. Wallace; Mark S. Dykewicz; David I. Bernstein; Joann Blessing-Moore; Linda Cox; David A. Khan; David M. Lang; Richard A. Nicklas; John Oppenheimer; Jay M. Portnoy; Christopher C. Randolph; Diane Schuller; Sheldon L. Spector; Stephen A. Tilles; Joint Task Force on Practice; American Academy of Allergy; Asthma & Immunology; American College of Allergy; Asthma and Immunology; and Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (Article)
The influence of trisomy 21 on the incidence and severity of congenital heart defects in patients with duodenal atresia., Scott J. Keckler, Shawn D. St Peter, Troy L. Spilde, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Charles L. Snyder (Article)
Enhancing the work environment of staff nurses using targeted interventions of support., Susan R. Lacey, Susan Teasley, Julia S. Henion, Karen S. Cox, Amanda Bonura, and Judith Brown (Article)
Functional status, heart rate, and rhythm abnormalities in 521 Fontan patients 6 to 18 years of age., Andrew D. Blaufox, Lynn A. Sleeper, David J. Bradley, Roger E. Breitbart, Allan Hordof, Ronald J. Kanter, Elizabeth A. Stephenson, Mario Stylianou, Victoria L. Vetter, J Philip Saul, and Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (Article)
Flying the murky skies. The roles nurses can play in solving 'never events'., Susan Lacey, Karen Cox, and Randall O'Donnell (Article)
Blood utilization in children managed non-operatively for blunt solid organ injury., Scott J. Keckler, Kuojen Tsao, Susan W. Sharp, G W. Holcomb III, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Management of pediatric acute appendicitis in the computed tomographic era., Kuojen Tsao, Shawn D. St Peter, Patricia A. Valusek, Troy L. Spilde, Scott J. Keckler, Abhilash Nair, Daniel J. Ostlie, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Financial impact of in-house attending surgeon: a prospective study., Shawn D. St Peter, Casey M. Calkins, G W. Holcomb III, Charles L. Snyder, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Occlusion of a recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula with surgisis., Scott J. Keckler, Shawn D. St Peter, Casey M. Calkins, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Open vs laparoscopic repair of congenital duodenal obstructions: a concurrent series., Troy L. Spilde, Shawn D. St Peter, Scott J. Keckler, G W. Holcomb III, Charles L. Snyder, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Pyloric stenosis: from a retrospective analysis to a prospective clinical trial - the impact on surgical outcomes., Shawn D. St Peter and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Resource utilization and outcomes from percutaneous drainage and interval appendectomy for perforated appendicitis with abscess., Scott J. Keckler, Kuojen Tsao, Susan W. Sharp, Daniel J. Ostlie, G W. Holcomb III, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Secondary analysis of merged American Hospital Association data and U.S. Census data: beginning to understand the supply-demand chain in pediatric inpatient care., Susan R. Lacey, Meredith Kilgore, Huifeng Yun, Ronda Hughes, Jeroan Allison, and Karen S. Cox (Article)
Single daily dosing ceftriaxone and metronidazole vs standard triple antibiotic regimen for perforated appendicitis in children: a prospective randomized trial., Shawn D. St Peter, Kuojen Tsao, Troy L. Spilde, G W. Holcomb III, Susan W. Sharp, J Patrick Murphy, Charles L. Snyder, Ronald J. Sharp, Walter S. Andrews, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
The progressive development of pyloric stenosis: a role for repeat ultrasound., S J. Keckler, D J. Ostlie, G W. Holcomb III, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
An intensive interactive course for 3D echocardiography: is 'crop till you drop' an effective learning strategy?, Carly Jenkins, Mark Monaghan, Girish S. Shirali, Raj Guraraja, and Thomas H. Marwick (Article)
Chest radiograph after central line placement under fluoroscopy: utility or futility?, Scott J. Keckler, Troy L. Spilde, Brian Ho, KuoJen Tsao, Daniel J. Ostlie, G W. Holcomb III, and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Current significance of meconium plug syndrome., Scott J. Keckler, Shawn D. St Peter, Troy L. Spilde, KuoJen Tsao, Daniel J. Ostlie, G W. Holcomb III, and Charles L. Snyder (Article)
Transseptal left heart catheterization for a patient with a prosthetic mitral valve using live three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography., G H. Baker, Girish S. Shirali, and V Bandisode (Article)
Treatment outcomes for nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children based on the type of surgical intervention, Julie L. Wei, Justin Bond, Kevin J. Sykes, Rangaraj Selvarangan, and Mary Anne Jackson (Article)
Periumbilical swelling in an infant, Nirav Shastri and Lisa Gilmer (Article)
Esophageal coin ingestion: going low tech., Gregory P. Conners (Article)
Fat embolism syndrome., Renu Saigal, M Mittal, A Kansal, Y Singh, P R. Kolar, and Shobhit Jain (Article)
Pediatric Safety and Quality, Susan R. Lacey, Janis B. Smith, and Karen Cox (Book)
Allergy diagnostic testing: an updated practice parameter., I Leonard Bernstein; James T. Li; David I. Bernstein; Robert Hamilton; Sheldon L. Spector; Ricardo Tan; Scott Sicherer; David B K Golden; David A. Khan; Richard A. Nicklas; Jay M. Portnoy; Joann Blessing-Moore; Linda Cox; David M. Lang; John Oppenheimer; Christopher C. Randolph; Diane E. Schuller; Stephen A. Tilles; Dana V. Wallace; Estelle Levetin; Richard Weber; American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; and American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (Article)
Differentiating the workplace needs of nurses by academic preparation and years in nursing., Kathleen A. Sexton, Cheri Hunt, Karen S. Cox, Susan Teasley, and Cathryn A. Carroll (Article)
Importance of mold allergy in asthma., Jay M. Portnoy, Charles S. Barnes, and Kevin Kennedy (Article)
Left ventricular dysfunction is associated with intraventricular dyssynchrony by 3-dimensional echocardiography in children., G Hamilton Baker, Anthony M. Hlavacek, Karen S. Chessa, Dawn M. Fleming, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
The impact of home cleaning on quality of life for homes with asthmatic children., Charles S. Barnes, Kevin Kennedy, Luke Gard, Erika Forrest, Linda Johnson, Freddy Pacheco, Frank Hu, Children's Mercy Hospital, and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
Current application of thoracoscopy in children., Kuojen Tsao, Shawn D. St Peter, Susan W. Sharp, Abhilash Nair, Walter S. Andrews, Ronald J. Sharp, Charles L. Snyder, Daniel J. Ostlie, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
