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Pediatric Academic Societies 2010 Presentations

A list of presentations to be given at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, May 1st - 4th, 2010 can be found below.

Bone Marrow Transplant

Geyer, M.B., Jacobson, J.S., Harrison, L., Schwartz, J., and Cairo, M.S. CD34⁺ stem cell selection and CD3⁺ addback for matched unrelated donor (MUD) peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) in pediatric recipients.

Geyer, M.B., Jacobson, J.S., Freedman, J., George, D., and Cairo, M.S. Immune reconstitution (IR) and acute GVHD (aGVHD) following myeloablative (MAC) or reduced toxicity conditioning (RTC) prior to unrelated cord blood transplantation (UCBT) in pediatric recipients.

Liao, Y., Baxi, L., Yang, A., Mitchell, K., Ayello, J., van de Ven, C., Vannucci, S.J., and Cairo, M.S. Derivation and expansion of neural stem cell (NSC)-like cells from human umbilical cord blood (HUCB): potential therapy for perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).

Day, N.S., Ayello, J., Waxman, I., van de Ven, C., Lim, M.S., Perkins, S., Sanger, W.G., Harrison, L., Goldman, S., and Cairo, M.S. Comparative genomic signatures in pediatric Burkitt lymphoma (PBL): Identification of unique and targetable signal transduction pathways.

Ayello, J., Hochberg, J., Gold, J., Cairo, E., van de Ven, C., Day, N., Zhao, F., and Cairo, M.S. Significant ex-vivo expansion (EvE) of cord blood (CB) natural killer (NK) cells for potential use in neonatal adoptive cellular immunotherapy (NACI).

Cardiology

Berman Rosenzweig, E. Plenary Session"New Developments in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Childhood Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Therapeutic Approaches to Childhood PAH."

Critical Care Medicine

Kulkarni, P. Sinus Node Dysfunction in Long QT Syndrome: Involvement of HCN Pacemaker Current.

Emergency Medicine

Roskind, C. Specific Radiographic Criteria To Decrease the Likelihood of Intussusception.

Kharbanda, A. Novel Serum and Urinary Markers for Appendicitis.

Chernick, L. Which Adolescents Presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department are at Highest Risk for Pregnancy?

Lee, J. Evaluating Cost-Awareness Education in U.S. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowships.

Schnadower, D. Prevalence of Sterile Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Pleocytosis in a Large Multicenter Sample of Febrile Infants 29-60 Days of Age with Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs).

Kharbanda, A. Temporal Changes in Serum Biomarkers in Children with Appendicitis.

Pusic, M. Coupling of Computer Tutorials to Patient Encounters Increases Medical Student Learning: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Pusic, M. Determining the Optimal Mix of Abnormals to Normals for Learning Radiograph Interpretation: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Residents.

Pusic, M. Does Timing of Presentation Affect Learning from Computer Tutorials in Support of Medical Student Patient Encounters? A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Tunik, M, Mahajan P, Powell E, Schunk J, Jacobs E, Miskin M, Wootton-Gorges S, Atabaki S, Hoyle J, Dayan P, Homes J, Kuppermann N, and the TBI Working Group for the PECARN. Clinical presentations and outcomes of children with basilar skull fractures after blunt head trauma.

Atabaki, S., Hoyle, J., Schunk, J., Monroe, D., Alpern, E., Quayle, K., Glass, T., Badawy, M., Dong, L., Dayan, P., Holmes, J., Kuppermann, N., and the TBI Working Group for the PECARN. Clinician assessment versus a prediction rule for identifying children with clinically-important traumatic brain injuries after blunt head trauma.

B. Badawy, M., Tunik, M., Dayan, P., Nadel, F., Lillis, K., Miskin, M., Borgiall,i D., Bachman, M., Atabaki, S., Hoyle, J., Holmes, J., Kuppermann, N., and the TBI Working Group for the PECARN. Post traumatic seizure (PTS) after blunt head trauma.

Nigrovic, L., Schunk, J., Forester, A., Cooper, A., Miskin, M., Atabaki, S., Hoyle, J., Dayan, P., Holmes, J., Kuppermann, N., and the TBI Working Group for the PECARN. Clinical observation before the decision to obtain a computed tomography (CT) for children with blunt head trauma.

Kadia, P., Kessler, D., Weinberg, E., Strother, C., Lindower, J., Rocker, J., Haubner, L., Arteaga, G., Petrescu, M., Tilt, L., Kamdar, G., Miller, M., Foltin, J., Auerbach, M. New Interns Have Little Training or Confidence in Their Pediatric IV Skills.

Kadia, P., Kessler, D., Weinberg, E., Strother, C., Lindower, J., Rocker, J., Haubner, L., Arteaga, G., Petrescu, M., Tilt, L., Kamdar, G., Arteaga, G., Auerbach, M. A Multi-Center Study of Infant Lumbar Puncture during Medical School.

Endocrinology

Sopher A.B., Lee E.J., Root J., Castle R.H., Frisse E.A., Gallagher D., Hirsch J., Mao X., Shungu D.C., Hassoun A., McMahon D.J., and Oberfield S.E. Intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) deposition is an early marker of insulin resistance(IR) in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS) and controls(C).

Close SM, Smaldone A, Reame N, and Fennoy I. Observation of early bone mineral density in a cohort of peri-pubertal boys with klinefelter syndrome: preliminary findings.

General Pediatrics

Stockwell MS, Kharbanda E, Andres Martinez R, Lara M, Vawdrey D, Natarajan K, Rickert V. Health: Effectiveness of Immunization Registry-Linked Text Message Reminders on Adolescent Immunization Coverage.

Hofstetter AO, Andres Martinez R, Stockwell MS. Extent and Timeliness of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Coverage in Children from an Underserved Community, 2004-2008.

Stadler, L.P. Bernstein, D.I., Callahan, S.T. , Ferreira, j., Simone, G.A., Edwards, K.M., Stanberry, L.R., Rosenthal, S.L. Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Cytomegalovirus Infections in Adolescent Males.

Rupp, R., Succop, P.A., Rosenthal, S.L . How much does it hurt? Adolescents' Experience with Immunization Pain.

Sirota D, Jenkins-Berger E, Andres Martinez R. The Effect of School Physical Activity on Students' Leisure Activity in a Predominantly Urban Latino Community.

Siljehav, V., Hofstetter, A.O., Lagercrantz, H., Herlenius, E. mPGES-1 and prostaglandin E2 vital role in inflammation, hypoxic response and autoresuscitation.

Hofstetter, A.O., Natarajan,K., Martinez, R., Stockwell. M.S. Extent and timeliness of seasonal influenza vaccine coverage in children from an underserved community, 2004-2008.

Rausch, J. The Relationship between Physical Activity and Depression among US Adolescents in a National Sample.

Rausch, J., Rausch, W., Soren, K. Provider Acceptance of Universal Depression Screening.

Kerman, C., Chu, T., Rausch, J., McCord, M. The Use of Body Image Silhouettes in a Latino Community.

Kerman, C., Chu, T., Rausch, J., McCord, M. Parental Perceptions and Attitudes toward Obesity in a Latino Community.

Jegathesan, M. and Kostacos, C. Improving rates of Cholesterol Screening at an Academic Community-Based Pediatric Health Center.

Infectious Diseases

Randis, T.M., Hooven, T, Kulkarni, R, Aguilar, J.L., Lehrer, R.I. and Ratner, A.J. Vitamin D-Dependent Production Of Antimicrobial Peptides In The Pathogenesis Of Bacterial Vaginosis.

Neonatology

Rosen, T.S., Bansal, R., Zho,u Z., Xu D., Peterson, B. Brain Imaging In Infants Exposed To Marijuana In-Utero.

Matsiukevic, D., Nietsetskaya, Z., Ratner, V., Polin, R., Starkov, A.A. and Ten, V. Post-Ischemic recovery of mitochondrial respiration accelerates generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain.

Ten, V, Ratner, V., Sosunova-Utkina, I., Charlagorla, P., Starkov A.A . and Polin, R. Inhibition of mitochondrial complex I (C-I) attenuates hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury in neonatal mice.

Charlagorla, P., Polin, R., Ten, V. Hypoxemic reperfusion protects hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain against reperfusion injury.

Carey, A.J., Palacios, G., Lipkin, I., Polin, R.. A Novel Method of Pathogen Detection in the Neonatal Population: MassTag Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).

Randis, T.M., Hooven, T., Kulkarni, R., Aguilar, J.L., Lehrer, R.I., Ratner, A.J. Vitamin D-Dependent Production Of Antimicrobial Peptides In The Pathogenesis Of Bacterial Vaginosis.

Ratner, V., Chystsiakova, A., Niatsetskaya, Z., Utkina-Sosunova, I., Polin, .RA., Ten, V.S. Succinate Supplementation Preserves Bioenergetics and Improves Survival in A549 Pneumocytes Subjected to Hyperoxia.

Folsom, B.E., Feldman, J.F., Lorenz, J.M., Whitaker, A.H. Onset of Menarche in Low Birthweight Females.

Guillet, R., Polin, R.A. et al. 7-8 Year Followup of Survivors of the CoolCap Trial.

Jensen, E.A., Bateman, D.A., Saiman, L., Kashyap, S. Effect of early aggressive nutrition on percutaneous central venous catheter (PCVL) associated blood stream infections in infants with birth weight <1250g.

Sahni, R., Petrella, M., Kleinman, C., Krishnamurthy, G. Postoperative differences in regional tissue oxygenation and fractional oxygen extraction in newborn infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and transposition of great arteries.

Orfali, K., Lorenz, J.M., Chiappori, P.A., Lapillonne, A., Funato, M., Hakansson S., Pallas, C., Paterlini, G., Gollier, C. Subjective Risk Assessment and Informed Consent in Neonatal Prognosis: An International Survey.