Research Spotlight
Each quarter VPS hosts a Principal Investigator to present one of their recently published projects emphasizing pediatric critical care. These events are free and open to all clinicians regardless of their affiliation with VPS.
May 2025
Join us as Dr. Francis Kim discusses:
Extubation Failure in the PICU: A Virtual Pediatric Systems Database Study, 2017-2021
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
1pPT / 3pCT / 4pET
August 2025
Join us as Dr.Kim Aldy discusses:
Medical Toxicology Consultations and Mortality Among Patients With Poisonings in the PICU
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
1pPT / 3pCT / 4pET
November 2025
Speaker TBA
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
1pPT / 3pCT / 4pET
Past Research Spotlight Sessions
February 2025
Dr. Colin Rogerson discussed:
Institutional Variability in Respiratory Support use for Pediatric Critical Asthma:
A Multicenter Retrospective Study
November 2024
Dr. Brian Flaherty discussed:
Probabilistic Linkage Creates a Novel Database to Study Bronchiolitis Care in the PICU
August 2024
Dr. Krawiec discussed his findings:
Characteristics and Outcomes of Intrahospital Transfers from
Neonatal Intensive Care to Pediatric Intensive Care Units
May 2024
Dr. Javier Lasa discussed his findings:
Critical Care Unit Characteristics and Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation Survival in the Pediatric Cardiac Population:
Retrospective Analysis of the Virtual Pediatric System Database
February 2024
Dr. Michael McCrory discussed his findings:
Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network Social Determinants of Health Subgroup
Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Intensive Care Outcomes: A Multicenter Retrospective Study in the United States
November 2023
Dr. Snooks & Dr. Scanlon discussed:
Characteristics and Outcomes of Critically Ill Children With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
August 2023
Dr. Heneghan discussed:
Variable Identification of Children With Medical Complexity in United States PICUs
May 2023
Dr. Lindell discussed:
The Use and Duration of Preintubation Respiratory Support Is Associated With Increased Mortality in Immunocompromised Children With Acute Respiratory Failure
February 2023
Dr. Epstein & Dr. Shein discussed:
Trends in Time to Extubation for Pediatric Postoperative Cardiac Patients and Its Correlation With
Changes in Clinical Outcomes: A Virtual PICU Database Study
November 2022
Dr. DeSanti discussed:
The Utilization of Critical Care Resources in Pediatric Neurocritical Care Patients
August 2022
Dr. Rogerson discussed:
School Closures in the U.S. and Severe Respiratory Illnesses in Children: A Normalized Nationwide Sample
June 2022
Dr. Bagdure discussed:
Outcomes of Children with Firearm Injuries Admitted to the PICU in the US
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