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 2008
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)
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the pediatric population., Shawn D. St Peter, Scott J. Keckler, Abhilash Nair, Walter S. Andrews, Ronald J. Sharp, Charles L. Snyder, Daniel J. Ostlie, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Emergent Cardiopulmonary Support Circuit to Allow Tracheo-bronchial Foreign Body Removal, Shawn D. St Peter, Kuojen Tsao, Carrie L. Whittaker, Adam J. Schow, and Gary Grist (Article)
Is epidural anesthesia truly the best pain management strategy after minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair?, Shawn D. St Peter, Kathryn A. Weesner, Ronald J. Sharp, Susan W. Sharp, Daniel J. Ostlie, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Justification for an abbreviated protocol in the management of blunt spleen and liver injury in children., Shawn D. St Peter, Scott J. Keckler, Troy L. Spilde, G W. Holcomb III, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Role and Type of Chest Tube Drainage Required for Thoracic Procedures, Shawn D. St Peter, Daniel J. Ostlie, and S S. Rothenberg (Article)
Three dimensional echocardiography in congenital heart defects., Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Works from 2007
Why pediatric health care providers are not using homeopathic antidiarrheal agents., Dante Pappano, Gregory P. Conners, Scott McIntosh, Sharon Humiston, and Domenick Roma (Article)
Does routine nasogastric tube placement after an operation for perforated appendicitis make a difference?, Shawn D. St Peter, Patricia A. Valusek, Danny C. Little, Charles L. Snyder, G W. Holcomb III, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Genotype prevalence and risk factors for severe clinical adenovirus infection, United States 2004-2006, Gregory C. Gray, Troy McCarthy, Mark G. Lebeck, David P. Schnurr, Kevin L. Russell, Adriana E. Kajon, Marie L. Landry, Diane S. Leland, Gregory A. Storch, Christine C. Ginocchio, Christine C. Robinson, Gail J. Demmler, Michael A. Saubolle, Sue C. Kehl, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Melissa B. Miller, James D. Chappell, Danielle M. Zerr, Deanna L. Kiska, Diane C. Halstead, Ana W. Capuano, Sharon F. Setterquist, Margaret L. Chorazy, Jeffrey D. Dawson, and Dean D. Erdman (Article)
Tuberculous colitis mimicking Crohn disease, Angela L. Myers, Jennifer Colombo, Mary Anne Jackson, Christopher J. Harrison, and Charles R. Roberts (Article)
Volitional nonadherence in pediatric asthma: parental report of motivating factors., Montserrat M. Graves, Christina D. Adams, Jade A. Bender, Stacey Simon, and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
A straightforward technique for removal of the substernal bar after the Nuss operation., Shawn D. St Peter, Ronald J. Sharp, Prashant Upadhyaya, KuoJen Tsao, Daniel J. Ostlie, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Emergency department drug orders: does drug storage location make a difference?, Gregory P. Conners and Daniel P. Hays (Article)
Pathophysiology of hypercalciuria in children., Tarak Srivastava and Uri S. Alon (Article)
Routine laboratory testing data for surveillance of rotavirus hospitalizations to evaluate the impact of vaccination, Manish M. Patel, Jacqueline E. Tate, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Irini Daskalaki, Mary Anne Jackson, Aaron T. Curns, Susan Coffin, Barbara Watson, Richard Hodinka, Roger I. Glass, and Umesh D. Parashar (Article)
Treatment of bronchopleural fistula with small intestinal mucosa and fibrin glue sealant., Scott J. Keckler, Troy L. Spilde, Shawn D. St Peter, KuoJen Tsao, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
A financial analysis of pediatric laparoscopic versus open fundoplication., Daniel J. Ostlie, Shawn D. St Peter, Charles L. Snyder, Ronald J. Sharp, Walter S. Andrews, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Left ventricular noncompaction mimicking peripartum cardiomyopathy., Chetan Patel, Girish S. Shirali, and Naveen Pereira (Article)
Survival after bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis: analysis of preoperative risk factors., Mark A. Scheurer, Elizabeth G Hill, Nagavardhan Vasuki, Scott Maurer, Eric M. Graham, Varsha Bandisode, Girish S. Shirali, Andrew M. Atz, and Scott M. Bradley (Article)
The use of biosynthetic mesh to enhance hiatal repair at the time of redo Nissen fundoplication., Shawn D. St Peter, Daniel J. Ostlie, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Abdominal complications related to type of repair for congenital diaphragmatic hernia., Shawn D. St Peter, Patricia A. Valusek, KuoJen Tsao, G W. Holcomb III, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Charles L. Snyder (Article)
Adhesive small bowel obstruction after appendectomy in children: comparison between the laparoscopic and open approach., Kuo Jen Tsao, Shawn D. St Peter, Patricia A. Valusek, Scott J. Keckler, Susan Sharp, G W. Holcomb III, Charles L. Snyder, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Laparoscopic duodenal atresia repair using surgical U-clips: a novel technique., Patricia A. Valusek, Troy L. Spilde, KuoJen Tsao, Shawn D. St Peter, G W. Holcomb III, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Outcome measures for asthma disease management., Julie D K McNairn, Candace Ramos, and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
The use of biosynthetic mesh to separate the anastomoses during the thoracoscopic repair of esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula., Shawn D. St Peter, Casey M. Calkins, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
The use of fundoplication for prevention of apparent life-threatening events., Patricia A. Valusek, Shawn D. St Peter, Kuojen Tsao, Troy L. Spilde, Daniel J. Ostlie, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
A comparison of chest tubes versus bulb-suction drains in pediatric thoracic surgery., Patricia A. Valusek, Kuojen Tsao, Shawn D. St Peter, Ronald J. Sharp, Walter S. Andrews, Charles L. Snyder, Daniel J. Ostlie, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Controversies regarding dampness and mold growth in homes., Jay M. Portnoy, Kevin Kennedy, and Charles S. Barnes (Article)
Laparoscopic splenopexy and cystectomy for an enlarged wandering spleen and splenic cyst., Prashant Upadhyaya, Shawn D. St Peter, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Use of the multipurpose drainage catheter for the provision of acute peritoneal dialysis in infants and children., Ari Auron, Bradley A. Warady, Steve Simon, Douglas Blowey, Tarak Srivastava, Gulam Musharaf, and Uri S. Alon (Article)
Does a ventriculotomy have deleterious effects following palliation in the Norwood procedure using a shunt placed from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries?, Eric M. Graham, Andrew M. Atz, Scott M. Bradley, Mark A. Scheurer, Varsha M. Bandisode, Antonio Laudito, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Impact of Suture Choice on Stricture Formation Following Repair of Esophageal Atresia, Shawn D. St Peter, Patricia A. Valusek, Charles L. Snyder, G W. Holcomb III, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Late abscess formation following indirect hernia repair utilizing silk suture., Casey M. Calkins, Shawn D. St Peter, Anthony Balcom, and J Patrick Murphy (Article)
The initial experience of antithrombin III in the management of neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis., Shawn D. St Peter, Danny C. Little, Casey M. Calkins, G W. Holcomb III, Charles L. Snyder, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
VACTERL anomalies in patients with esophageal atresia: an updated delineation of the spectrum and review of the literature., Scott J. Keckler, Shawn D. St Peter, Patricia A. Valusek, Kuojen Tsao, Charles L. Snyder, G W. Holcomb III, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Comparison of indoor fungal spore levels before and after professional home remediation., Charles S. Barnes, Paul Dowling, Tom Van Osdol, and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
Measurement of urea nitrogen and creatinine concentrations in peritoneal dialysate and other body fluids using the Vitros analyzer., Tarak Srivastava, Randah Althahabi, and Uttam Garg (Article)
The future of emergency care of children: mind the gaps., Jane F. Knapp (Article)
United States operating room nurses: work environment perceptions., Kathleen A. Sexton, Susan Teasley, Karen S. Cox, and Cathryn A. Carroll (Article)
Essentials of laboratory medicine for the nephrology clinician., Tarak Srivastava, Uttam Garg, Y Raymond Chan, and Uri S. Alon (Article)
Sustained beneficial effect of intravenous bisphosphonates after their discontinuation in children., Kim M. Waterhouse, Ari Auron, Tarak Srivastava, Connie J. Haney, and Uri S. Alon (Article)
The genome-enabled electronic medical record., M A Hoffman (Article)
Work environment perceptions of pediatric nurses., Karen S. Cox, Susan Teasley, Susan R. Lacey, Cathryn A. Carroll, and Kathleen A. Sexton (Article)
A review of vascular surgery in the pediatric population., Shawn D. St Peter and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Fundoplication in Infants and Children, Shawn D. St Peter and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
HIV genotypic resistance testing to optimize antiretroviral prescribing: is there room for improvement?, Jonathan Uy, John T Brooks, Rose Baker, Mark Hoffman, Anne Moorman, and Richard Novak (Article)
Improving work environment perceptions for nurses employed in a rural setting., Susan Teasley, Kathleen A. Sexton, Cathryn A. Carroll, Karen S. Cox, Michele Riley, and Kathleen Ferriell (Article)
Pancreatic Operations in Children, an Institutional Experience and Review of Literature, Varun Puri, Lisa Martin, Shawn D. St Peter, G W. Holcomb III, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Use of esophagocrural sutures and minimal esophageal dissection reduces the incidence of postoperative transmigration of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication wrap., Shawn D. St Peter, Patricia A. Valusek, Casey M. Calkins, Steven B. Shew, Daniel J. Ostlie, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Works from 2006
Bovine immune response to shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O157:H7., Mark A Hoffman, Christian Menge, Thomas A Casey, William Laegreid, Brad T Bosworth, and Evelyn A Dean-Nystrom (Article)
Guidelines and standards for performance of a pediatric echocardiogram: a report from the Task Force of the Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography., Wyman W. Lai, Tal Geva, Girish S. Shirali, Peter C. Frommelt, Richard A. Humes, Michael M. Brook, Ricardo H. Pignatelli, Jack Rychik, and Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography (Article)
Laparoscopic evaluation for contralateral patent processus vaginalis in children with unilateral inguinal hernia., Patricia A. Valusek, Troy L. Spilde, Daniel J. Ostlie, Shawn D. St Peter, Walter M. Morgan, John W. Brock, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Evidence-based allergy diagnostic tests., Jay M. Portnoy and Mercedes Amado (Article)
Feasibility and utility of three-dimensional color flow echocardiography of the aortic arch: The "echocardiographic angiogram"., Anthony Hlavacek, Jon Lucas, Hamilton Baker, Karen Chessa, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Variability and resource utilization of bedside three-dimensional echocardiographic quantitative measurements of left ventricular volume in congenital heart disease., George Baker, English Flack, Anthony Hlavacek, Karen Chessa, Dawn Fleming, Mark Scheurer, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in sickle cell anemia patients, Emily A. Thorell, Mukta Sharma, Mary Anne Jackson, Rangaraj Selvarangan, and Gerald M. Woods (Article)
Hernia uterus inguinale: a proposed algorithm using the laparoscopic approach., Kiran K. Turaga, Shawn D. St Peter, Casey M. Calkins, G W. Holcomb III, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Charles L. Snyder (Article)
Comparison of enzyme immunoassay-based assays for environmental Alternaria alternata., Charles Barnes, Jay M. Portnoy, Michelle Sever, Samuel Arbes, Ben Vaughn, and Darryl C. Zeldin (Article)
Echo-morphological correlates in patients with atrioventricular septal defect and common atrioventricular junction., William T. Mahle, Girish S. Shirali, and Robert H. Anderson (Article)
Open versus laparoscopic pyloromyotomy for pyloric stenosis: a prospective, randomized trial., Shawn D. St Peter, G W. Holcomb III, Casey M. Calkins, J Patrick Murphy, Walter S. Andrews, Ronald J. Sharp, Charles L. Snyder, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Cell-cycle regulatory proteins in the podocyte in collapsing glomerulopathy in children., Tarak Srivastava, Robert E. Garola, and H K. Singh (Article)
Differences in diagnosis and treatment using telemedicine versus in-person evaluation of acute illness., Kenneth M. McConnochie, Gregory P. Conners, Anne F. Brayer, Julius Goepp, Neil E. Herendeen, Nancy E. Wood, Andrew Thomas, Danielle S. Ahn, and Klaus J. Roghmann (Article)
Minimally invasive management of thoracoabdominal penetrating trauma in a child., Nitin Garg, Shawn D. St Peter, KuoJen Tsao, and G W. Holcomb III (Article)
Transthoracic real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis and description of noncompaction of ventricular myocardium., G Hamilton Baker, Naveen L. Pereira, Anthony M. Hlavacek, Karen Chessa, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Utilization patterns in an asthma intervention., Jay M. Portnoy and Donna Jennings (Article)
Effectiveness of telemedicine in replacing in-person evaluation for acute childhood illness in office settings., Kenneth M. McConnochie, Gregory P. Conners, Anne F. Brayer, Julius Goepp, Neil E. Herendeen, Nancy E. Wood, Andrew Thomas, Danielle S. Ahn, and Klaus J. Roghmann (Article)
A simple and more cost-effective antibiotic regimen for perforated appendicitis., Shawn D. St Peter, Danny C. Little, Casey M. Calkins, J Patrick Murphy, Walter S. Andrews, G W. Holcomb III, Ronald J. Sharp, Charles L. Snyder, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Esophageal foreign bodies in the pediatric population: our first 500 cases., Danny C. Little, Sohail R. Shah, Shawn D. St Peter, Casey M. Calkins, Stephen E. Morrow, J Patrick Murphy, Ron J. Sharp, Walter S. Andrews, G W. Holcomb III, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Charles L. Snyder (Article)
Incidence and outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with shunted single ventricle: advantage of right ventricle to pulmonary artery shunt., Eric M. Graham, Geoffrey A. Forbus, Scott M. Bradley, Girish S. Shirali, and Andrew M. Atz (Article)
Recurrence of proteinuria following renal transplantation in congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish type., Tarak Srivastava, Robert E. Garola, Marjo Kestila, Karl Tryggvason, Vesa Ruotsalainen, Mukut Sharma, Virginia J. Savin, Hannu Jalanko, and Bradley A. Warady (Article)
Adherence in young children with asthma., Montserrat M. Graves, Christina D. Adams, and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
Diagnosing asthma in young children., Mercedes C. Amado and Jay M. Portnoy (Article)
Nondiabetic consequences of obesity on kidney., Tarak Srivastava (Article)
Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography is useful in the evaluation of patients with atrioventricular septal defects., Anthony M. Hlavacek, Fred A. Crawford, Karen S. Chessa, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
The medical effects of mold exposure., Robert K. Bush, Jay M. Portnoy, Andrew Saxon, Abba I. Terr, and Robert A. Wood (Article)
Early experience with real-time three-dimensional echocardiographic guidance of right ventricular biopsy in children., Mark Scheurer, Varsha Bandisode, Pamela Ruff, Andrew Atz, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Evaluation of a curriculum for intimate partner violence screening in a pediatric emergency department., Jane F. Knapp, M Denise Dowd, Christopher S. Kennedy, Jennifer Stallbaumer-Rouyer, and Deborah P. Henderson (Article)
Know staff's "intent to stay"., Karen S. Cox, Susan Teasley, Richard A. Zeller, Susan R. Lacey, Lynn Parsons, Cathryn A. Carroll, and Peggy Ward-Smith (Article)
Relative value units correlate with pediatric surgeons' operating time: when perceived myth becomes reality., Danny C. Little, Shawn D. St Peter, Casey M. Calkins, Sohail R. Shah, J Patrick Murphy, John M. Gatti, George K. Gittes, Ron J. Sharp, Walter S. Andrews, G W. Holcomb III, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Charles L. Snyder (Article)
Works from 2005
Are the Ottawa ankle rules helpful in ruling out the need for x ray examination in children?, Angela L. Myers, Kristi Canty, and Tabby Nelson (Article)
Past, present, and future: an overview of the microbiology of acute otitis media., Christopher J. Harrison (Article)
Resident efficiency in a pediatric emergency department., M Denise Dowd, Celeste Tarantino, Theodore M. Barnett, Laura Fitzmaurice, and Jane F. Knapp (Article)
Urachal anomalies in children: the vanishing relevance of the preoperative voiding cystourethrogram., Danny C. Little, Sohail R. Shah, Shawn D. St Peter, Casey M. Calkins, John P. Murphy, John M. Gatti, George K. Gittes, Ron J. Sharp, Walter S. Andrews, G W. Holcomb III, Daniel J. Ostlie, and Charles L. Snyder (Article)
Biobrane versus duoderm for the treatment of intermediate thickness burns in children: a prospective, randomized trial., Christi Cassidy, Shawn D. St Peter, Stephanie Lacey, Margie Beery, Paggy Ward-Smith, Ronald J. Sharp, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Characteristics of the interatrial communication in patients undergoing transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects for cryptogenic stroke., Jon F. Lucas, Wolfgang A K Radtke, Varsha M. Bandisode, David L. Fairbrother, and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Does public education reduce ice storm-related carbon monoxide exposure?, George Lin and Gregory P. Conners (Article)
Dra/AfaE adhesin of uropathogenic Dr/Afa+ Escherichia coli mediates mortality in pregnant rats, K. Wroblewska-Seniuk, Rangaraj Selvarangan, A. Hart, R. Pladzyk, P. Goluszko, A. Jafari, L. Du Merle, S. Nowicki, C. Yallampalli, C. Le Bouguénec, and B. Nowicki (Article)
Vaccines in the pipeline, Mary Anne Jackson and Angela Myers (Article)
Cardiac transplant following failed Fontan or Glenn procedures., Naveen L. Pereira and Girish S. Shirali (Article)
Esophageal coin with an unusual radiographic appearance., Gregory P. Conners and James A. Hadley (Article)
Trends in mode of delivery for gastroschisis infants., Charles L. Snyder and Shawn D. St Peter (Article)
Bilateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia with absent pleura and pericardium., Shawn D. St Peter, Sohail R. Shah, Danny C. Little, Casey M. Calkins, Ronald J. Sharp, and Daniel J. Ostlie (Article)
Management of asymptomatic coin ingestion., Gregory P Conners (Article)
Achieving Magnet status: demonstrating nursing excellence., Karen S. Cox, Cathryn Carroll, and Kathleen Sexton (Article)
Diagnostic uses of metal detectors: a review., Gregory P. Conners (Article)
Nurses' work environment perceptions when employed in states with and without mandatory staffing ratios and/or mandatory staffing plans., Karen S. Cox, Shelly C. Anderson, Susan Teasley, Kathleen A. Sexton, and Cathryn A. Carroll (Article)
Gene expression in pediatric heart disease with emphasis on conotruncal defects., Douglas C. Bittel, Nataliya Kibiryeva, James E. O'Brien, Gary K. Lofland, and Merlin G. Butler (Article)
