Mark Shen, MD, SFHM
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Peer Benchmarking Network May Reduce Overutilization in Pediatric Bronchiolitis
July 1, 2013
Variation and overuse of common therapies remain despite publication of evidence-based guidelines
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Pediatric Hospitalist Charts Decade-Long Journey in Health Care
June 1, 2013
From would-be vagabond to visionary, Mark Shen, MD, challenges peers to define value in hospital medicine
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Nonurgent Pediatric Admissions on Weekends Bump Up Hospital Costs
June 1, 2013
Hospitalists encouraged to admit failure-to-thrive patients on Mondays to save money, reduce length of stay
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Increased Ordering of Diagnostic Tests Associated with Longer Lengths of Stay in Pediatric Pneumonia
February 1, 2013
A retrospective database review of twenty-nine freestanding children’s hospitals showed that unnecessary testing in children hospitalized with pneumonia may lead to longer length of stay
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Pediatric Hospitalists Trust Their Gut with Serious Infections
January 1, 2013
Timely recognition of serious infections in children is difficult, but critical to improved outcomes
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Interfacility Transfers to Pediatric Academic EDs Often Discharged or Admitted Briefly
December 2, 2012
What are the characteristics of interfacility transfers to pediatric academic EDs?
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Defining a Safe Workload for Pediatric Hospitalists
December 2, 2012
The truth about hospitalists' sleep hygiene, work schedules, and clinical impact
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Relationship Between Red Blood Cells and Protein Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Young Infants Defined
November 1, 2012
What is the association between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) red blood cell (RBC) counts and protein concentrations in infants younger than 57 days of age?
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Evidence-Based Care Process Model for Febrile Infants Saves $2 Million
October 1, 2012
The care of febrile infants is common, but practice variation in managing these infants has been noted, and reports of outcome and cost related to implementing local guidelines are limited.
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Epidemiology of Bacteremia in Young Infants is Changing
August 29, 2012
E. coli, GBS, and S. aureus are the most common causes of bacteremia in infants aged one week to three months.
