Research/Scholarly Activities: All residents must participate in a scholarly activity during their training. Research projects may involve basic or clinical research, case reviews or epidemiological studies and the interests, needs and capabilities of individual residents regarding research vary widely. Learning to do high quality basic or clinical research is difficult to accomplish within a residency program, however, there are several relevant objectives that every pediatric resident should aspire during their training. These include: development of an appreciation for high quality research and the difficulties in its performance, education in basic concepts of research design and statistics, and to experience in an oral and written presentation of biomedical information.
Children’s Hospital at Sinai - Resident Scholarly Activity Projects - 1997-2004
1998
1. Use of Room Air Oxygen Saturation to Predict Patient Outcome in Children with Acute Exacerbation of Asthma
2. Skeletal Survey in Suspected Congenital Syphilis of Newborns
3. Immunization rates and Missed Opportunities in 2 Year Olds
4. Injuries in Children Ages 0-6 Years
5. Prevalence of Blood Lead Levels in Children at Greenspring Pediatrics Associates
6. Evaluation of Efficacy of Improved Encounter Forms in Improving Billing Performance
7. The Clinician and Passive Smoking---Educational Interventions for the “Non Present” Parent/Close Household Contacts
1999
1. Lumbar Puncture in the Pediatric Population: Should we be advocating opening pressures?
2. The Clinician and Passive Smoking Educational Interventions for the Non-present Parent/Household Contact
3. Clinical Outcome of Children with Nonorganic Recurrent Abdominal Pain
4. Family Demographics of Babies Admitted to Sinai for ALTE
5. Efficacy of NICU Breastfeeding Protocol on Confidence and Ability of Mothers of Premature Infants to Breastfeed
6. Outcome of Sinai ITP Patients
7. Use of IV Furosemide in Pediatric ICU Status Asthmaticus Patients
8. Is oral rehydration of mild to moderately dehydrated patients with AGE practical in our Pediatric Emergency Department?
2000
1. Retrospective Study of Neurologic Complications of Lyme Disease: The Diagnosis, Therapy, and Effect on Outcome.
2. Lactoferrin Prophylaxis in Neutropenic Patients
3. EKG Changes During Magnesium Therapy in Patients with Severe Asthma
4. Injury Prevention: Are we making a difference?
5. Can Pediatric residents successfully manage cardiopulmonary emergencies?
6. Parental Knowledge of Common Childhood Illness and Antibiotics
2001
1. Spatial Orientation of the Growth Plate
2. Obesity at Greenspring Pediatrics: At what age is the BMI most predictive of teenage (and most likely adult) obesity?
3. Incidence of Focal Intestinal Perforations and Related GI Ischemis Events in Premature Babies Since the Institution of Indomethacin.
4. EKG Changes During Magnesium Therapy in Patients with Severe Asthma
5. Use of room air oxygen saturation to predict patient outcome in children with asthma
6. Accuracy of Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Detection of Pneumococcal Bacteremia
7. Use of Pediatric Early Elementary Examination in a Primary Care Setting
2002
1. Effect of an Interventional Internet Web Site on Adolescents’ Health Knowledge and Risk Behaviors
2. Utility of Chest Radiographs in Pediatric Asthmatic patients
3. A Four Year Follow-up of Children Born with IUGR
4. Type II Diabetes:incidence and clinical data
5. What is the common parental knowledge and physician knowledge of alternative medicine in our pediatric population?
6. Diaphragmatic Paralysis in a Neonate with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: Case Report
2003
1. Neonatal Fungal Endocarditis
2. Volume targeted ventilation compared with pressure-limited ventilation in neonates receiving surfactant at birth
3. A study of the prevalence of, and risk factors for, human papillomavirus infection in adolescent patients attending the pediatric outpatient clinic at the Children’s Hospital at Sinai
4. Analgesia and Anesthesia in Newborn Circumcision: Effects on Long-Term Outcomes
5. Diagnostic Lag Time in the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Disease
6. Growth of VLBW Infants in the Sinai NICU
7. The Effects of Inhaled Steroids on Asthma Hospitalizations
8. Invasive group A Streptococcal Disease: Case Presentation
2004
1. DNA Sequencing Analysis of the Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Longus Pilus Biosynthetic Genes
2. Validation Study of the Multiplier Method of Adult Height Prediction
3. Jaundice and Hyperbilirubinemia: The Continued Need for Vigilance
4. Parental Psychosocial Adjustments Following a Child’s Diagnosis of Cancer
5. Case Report of Sternoclaviculer Septic Arthritis
2005
1. Central Line Infections at The Children’s Hospital at Sinai
2. Homework at Sinai
3. Complement Component 6 Deficiency-Case Report and Literature Review
4. Hypertension in the Newborn: Case Report and Review of the Literature
5. Use of the Cyberknife as Part of the Multimodal Therapy for Recurrent Focal, Non-metastatic Pelvic PNET – A case Report and Literature
6. Sickle Cell Nephropathy
7. Do Premature Infants Weighing 1500-2500 grams Develop Osteopenia of Prematurity When fed Unfortified Breast Milk
8. Clonidine Treatment for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
9. Overweight and Obesity Management and Education at the Arrow Project
10. Professional Attitudes and Practice Styles in the Care of Newborns with Chromosomal Anomalies: A National Survey of Training-Program
