Publications by authors named "Angela Child"
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- The study evaluated the Scleroderma Skin Questionnaire (SSQ) for assessing skin symptoms in systemic sclerosis (SSc) using 799 adult participants' responses.
- The SSQ showed high internal consistency with Cronbach's α at 0.90, indicating it’s a reliable tool, and had moderate correlations with established measures like the modified Rodnan Skin Score (mRSS).
- While the SSQ provides initial support for assessing skin symptoms in SSc patients, the SSQ 6-Month version did not correlate well with changes seen in mRSS over time.
Community Disparities in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Prehospital Antiarrhythmic Practices.
Prehosp Emerg Care
January 2025
Objectives: Antiarrhythmic administration is an important treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with a shockable rhythm, but a minimal amount is known about disparities in such antiarrhythmic practices. We sought to investigate the association between community race/ethnicity and prehospital antiarrhythmic administration for OHCA.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of a national prehospital database, National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS), linked to Census data.
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- The study investigates how changes in pediatric readiness in emergency departments (EDs) at US trauma centers from 2013 to 2021 relate to the mortality rates of injured children.
- It used the weighted Pediatric Readiness Score (wPRS) to categorize EDs into four readiness change groups, allowing for a comparison of outcomes based on their level of readiness.
- Results showed that higher ED pediatric readiness is linked to fewer pediatric deaths, emphasizing the importance of improved emergency care for children in trauma settings.
High emergency department (ED) pediatric readiness is associated with improved survival in children, but the cost is unknown. We evaluated the costs of emergency care for children across quartiles of ED pediatric readiness. This was a retrospective cohort study of children aged 0-17 years receiving emergency services in 747 EDs in 9 states from January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2017.
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