Title: Rapid Intravenous Rehydration with Dextrose Containing Crystalloid in Mild-Moderately Dehydrated Children with Clinical Gastroenteritis
Description: Determine if Normal saline or Normal saline with dextrose is more effective in successfully rehydrating dehydrated children.
Principal Investigator: Michael Mojica, M.D.
Support: Peds EM internal resources

Title: Decision rule to identify children at risk for Traumatic Brain Injury after mild head trauma
Description: Collect history, physical exam findings, head CT results and outcome of children suffering mild head trauma. Develop a decision rule to predict which children are at low risk for + head CT or serious TBI.
Principal Investigator: Michael Tunik, M.D.
Co Investigator: James Tsung, M.D.
Support: PECARN research network

Title: Impact of steroids v placebo in infants with bronchiolitis
Description: Double blind placebo controlled RCT. Determine the impact of dexamethasone on respiratory score and admission of infants with moderately severe bronchiolitis.
Principal Investigator: Michael Tunik, M.D.
Co Investigator: James Tsung, M.D.
Support: PECARN research network

Title: The Broselow-Luten Medication System Impact on Staff Comfort and Its Utility in the Real-World Setting
Description: Pre post implementation survey of nurses, residents and attendings on items used and satisfaction with medication dosing aids used in an ED
Principal Investigator: Jessica Foltin, M.D.
Co Investigators: Michael Tunik, M.D. Dan Rauch, M.D.
Support: Peds EM internal resources

Title: Referral Patterns and Resource Utilization for Pediatric Emergency Department Patients Preventing with a Psychiatric or Mental Health Problem
Description: Determine the referral patterns, presenting complaints, accompanying adult, resource utilization and diagnoses, time in E ED and disposition of children presenting with psychiatric complaints to pediatric Eds in the PECARN research network. Retrospective chart based review.
Principal Investigator: George Foltin, M.D.
Co Investigator: Michael Tunik, M.D.
Support: PECARN research network

Title: Assessment of SARS infection control knowledge of house staff physicians in an urban medical center
Description: Determine the infection control knowledge and behavior (use of masks, gloves, eye protection and gowns) of house staff before and after an information and practical training session
Principal Investigator: Jessica C. Foltin, M.D.
Co Investigators: Michael Tunik, M.D. George Foltin, M.D. Abigail Freedman, M.D. Henry Pollack, M.D. William Borkowsky, M.D.
Support:Pediatric Dept, Peds EM internal funding

Title: Bio surveillance using the PECARN Network
Description: Create an automated data stream from PECARN hospitals to a data analysis center. Determine if this data can be used for bioterrorism surveillance. Can information routinely collected in the course of clinical care and hospital administration, can effectively be used to detect abnormal patterns of disease in a region.
Principal Investigator: Jim Tsung, M.D.
Co Investigator: Michael Tunik, M.D.
Support: PECARN research network

Title: PECARN Core Data Project (PCDP): Characterizing Patient Populations in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)
Description: Retrospective collection of electronic and chart data including demographics, epidemiology, diagnoses, procedures and outcome.
Principal Investigator: Michael Tunik, M.D.
Co Investigator: George Foltin, M.D.
Support: PECARN research network

Title: Predicting Cervical Spine Injury (CSI) in Children: A Multi-Centered Case-Control Analysis
Description: Retrospective collection of chart data to perform a case control study of injured children to determine historical and physical exam predictors of c spine injury.
Principal Investigator: Michael Tunik, M.D.
Co Investigator: George Foltin, M.D.
Support: PECARN research network

Title: Pediatric PHASE project.
Description: Prospective observational cohort of all pediatric cardiac and respiratory arrests in NYC cared for by EMS in a one year period. Determine the demographics, epidemiology, interventions and outcome, as well as predictors of outcome.
Principal Investigators: George Foltin, M.D. Michael Tunik, M.D.
Support: MCHB Research grant