Published in Pediatrics on October 01, 2002
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Identifying children at very low risk of clinically important blunt abdominal injuries. Ann Emerg Med (2013) 2.19
Mechanism of cerebral edema in children with diabetic ketoacidosis. J Pediatr (2004) 2.15
Identification of children with intra-abdominal injuries after blunt trauma. Ann Emerg Med (2002) 2.07
Are anticapsular antibodies the primary mechanism of protection against invasive pneumococcal disease? PLoS Med (2005) 1.97
A clinical decision rule for identifying children with thoracic injuries after blunt torso trauma. Ann Emerg Med (2002) 1.92
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Frequency of sub-clinical cerebral edema in children with diabetic ketoacidosis. Pediatr Diabetes (2006) 1.86
Pediatric head trauma: changes in use of computed tomography in emergency departments in the United States over time. Ann Emerg Med (2006) 1.80
Effect of antibiotic pretreatment on cerebrospinal fluid profiles of children with bacterial meningitis. Pediatrics (2008) 1.78
Factors associated with adverse outcomes in children with diabetic ketoacidosis-related cerebral edema. J Pediatr (2002) 1.75
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Do children with blunt head trauma and normal cranial computed tomography scan results require hospitalization for neurologic observation? Ann Emerg Med (2011) 1.67
Patient choice in the selection of hospitals by 9-1-1 emergency medical services providers in trauma systems. Acad Emerg Med (2013) 1.64
Cellular activation, phagocytosis, and bactericidal activity against group B streptococcus involve parallel myeloid differentiation factor 88-dependent and independent signaling pathways. J Immunol (2002) 1.63
Risk of serious bacterial infection in young febrile infants with respiratory syncytial virus infections. Pediatrics (2004) 1.62
Clinical and demographic factors associated with urinary tract infection in young febrile infants. Pediatrics (2005) 1.62
Impact of critical care telemedicine consultations on children in rural emergency departments. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.61
Epidemiology of a pediatric emergency medicine research network: the PECARN Core Data Project. Pediatr Emerg Care (2006) 1.59
Spinal cord injury without radiologic abnormality in children imaged with magnetic resonance imaging. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.53
Elevated serum amylase and lipase in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2008) 1.53
Association of the pneumococcal pilus with certain capsular serotypes but not with increased virulence. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.51
SpxB is a suicide gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae and confers a selective advantage in an in vivo competitive colonization model. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.48
Quality of care of children in the emergency department: association with hospital setting and physician training. J Pediatr (2008) 1.48
The evaluation and management of children with diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care (2004) 1.46
Antibody-independent, CD4+ T-cell-dependent protection against pneumococcal colonization elicited by intranasal immunization with purified pneumococcal proteins. Infect Immun (2007) 1.45
Clinical prediction rules for identifying adults at very low risk for intra-abdominal injuries after blunt trauma. Ann Emerg Med (2009) 1.42
Protection against nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae is mediated by antigen-specific CD4+ T cells. Infect Immun (2008) 1.39
Impaired innate and adaptive immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae and its effect on colonization in an infant mouse model. Infect Immun (2009) 1.35
Antibodies to conserved pneumococcal antigens correlate with, but are not required for, protection against pneumococcal colonization induced by prior exposure in a mouse model. Infect Immun (2005) 1.35
Next generation pneumococcal vaccines. Curr Opin Immunol (2011) 1.34
Prevalence of clinically important traumatic brain injuries in children with minor blunt head trauma and isolated severe injury mechanisms. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2011) 1.28
B cell-intrinsic deficiency of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) causes severe abnormalities of the peripheral B-cell compartment in mice. Blood (2012) 1.27
Options for inactivation, adjuvant, and route of topical administration of a killed, unencapsulated pneumococcal whole-cell vaccine. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2010) 1.25
Validation of a prediction rule for the identification of children with intra-abdominal injuries after blunt torso trauma. Ann Emerg Med (2009) 1.25
Evaluating the use of existing data sources, probabilistic linkage, and multiple imputation to build population-based injury databases across phases of trauma care. Acad Emerg Med (2012) 1.24
The pneumococcal pilus predicts the absence of Staphylococcus aureus co-colonization in pneumococcal carriers. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.23
Lack of agreement in pediatric emergency department discharge diagnoses from clinical and administrative data sources. Acad Emerg Med (2007) 1.21
Evaluating age in the field triage of injured persons. Ann Emerg Med (2012) 1.18
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Correlation of clinical and biochemical findings with diabetic ketoacidosis-related cerebral edema in children using magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging. J Pediatr (2008) 1.14
Characterisation of regulatory T cells in nasal associated lymphoid tissue in children: relationships with pneumococcal colonization. PLoS Pathog (2011) 1.14
Summary of NIH Medical-Surgical Emergency Research Roundtable held on April 30 to May 1, 2009. Ann Emerg Med (2010) 1.14
Protection against Pneumococcal colonization and fatal pneumonia by a trivalent conjugate of a fusion protein with the cell wall polysaccharide. Infect Immun (2009) 1.13
The effect of observation on cranial computed tomography utilization for children after blunt head trauma. Pediatrics (2011) 1.12
Re-emergence of the type 1 pilus among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Massachusetts, USA. Vaccine (2010) 1.12
Revisiting the emergency medicine services for children research agenda: priorities for multicenter research in pediatric emergency care. Acad Emerg Med (2008) 1.10
Characterization of Th17 responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae in humans: comparisons between adults and children in a developed and a developing country. Vaccine (2012) 1.07
Predictors of bacteremia in febrile children with sickle cell disease. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol (2002) 1.07
Micro-geographic risk factors for malarial infection. Malar J (2009) 1.06
Factors associated with cervical spine injury in children after blunt trauma. Ann Emerg Med (2010) 1.06
Risk factors for traumatic or unsuccessful lumbar punctures in children. Ann Emerg Med (2007) 1.04
Donor immunization with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and early protective antibody responses following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood (2002) 1.04
A novel role for IkappaB kinase (IKK) alpha and IKKbeta in ERK-dependent up-regulation of MUC5AC mucin transcription by Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Immunol (2007) 1.04
GMP-grade pneumococcal whole-cell vaccine injected subcutaneously protects mice from nasopharyngeal colonization and fatal aspiration-sepsis. Vaccine (2010) 1.03
Does an isolated history of loss of consciousness or amnesia predict brain injuries in children after blunt head trauma? Pediatrics (2004) 1.02
Febrile infants with urinary tract infections at very low risk for adverse events and bacteremia. Pediatrics (2010) 1.02
Multiple antigen-presenting system (MAPS) to induce comprehensive B- and T-cell immunity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.01
Effectiveness of the head CT choice decision aid in parents of children with minor head trauma: study protocol for a multicenter randomized trial. Trials (2014) 1.01
Expression of the type 1 pneumococcal pilus is bistable and negatively regulated by the structural component RrgA. Infect Immun (2011) 1.00
Parental Staphylococcus aureus carriage is associated with staphylococcal carriage in young children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2009) 0.99
Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 mediates inflammatory responses to oligomerized RrgA pneumococcal pilus type 1 protein. J Biol Chem (2012) 0.99
Recombinant bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein rBPI21 protects against pneumococcal disease. Infect Immun (2006) 0.98
Ultrasound-assisted peripheral venous access in young children: a randomized controlled trial and pilot feasibility study. West J Emerg Med (2008) 0.97
Distinct effects on diversifying selection by two mechanisms of immunity against Streptococcus pneumoniae. PLoS Pathog (2012) 0.97
Does pneumococcal conjugate vaccine influence Staphylococcus aureus carriage in children? Clin Infect Dis (2008) 0.96
Guardian availability in children evaluated in the emergency department for blunt head trauma. Acad Emerg Med (2008) 0.96
Development of the capacity necessary to perform and promote knowledge translation research in emergency medicine. Acad Emerg Med (2007) 0.95
Performance of the pediatric glasgow coma scale in children with blunt head trauma. Acad Emerg Med (2005) 0.95
In vitro bactericidal activity of Streptococcus pneumoniae and bactericidal susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from cocolonized versus noncocolonized children. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 0.95
Children with bacterial meningitis presenting to the emergency department during the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era. Acad Emerg Med (2008) 0.94
Interobserver agreement in assessment of clinical variables in children with blunt head trauma. Acad Emerg Med (2008) 0.94
The trade-offs in field trauma triage: a multiregion assessment of accuracy metrics and volume shifts associated with different triage strategies. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.93
Detection of cerebral {beta}-hydroxy butyrate, acetoacetate, and lactate on proton MR spectroscopy in children with diabetic ketoacidosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (2005) 0.93
Low risk of bacterial meningitis in children with a positive enteroviral polymerase chain reaction test result. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 0.92
c-Jun kinase is a critical signaling molecule in a neonatal model of group B streptococcal sepsis. J Immunol (2006) 0.92
Association between the "seat belt sign" and intra-abdominal injury in children with blunt torso trauma. Acad Emerg Med (2005) 0.92
Subclinical cerebral edema in children with diabetic ketoacidosis randomized to 2 different rehydration protocols. Pediatrics (2012) 0.91
The fast is positive, now what? Derivation of a clinical decision rule to determine the need for therapeutic laparotomy in adults with blunt torso trauma and a positive trauma ultrasound. J Emerg Med (2005) 0.90
Deciphering the use and predictive value of "emergency medical services provider judgment" in out-of-hospital trauma triage: a multisite, mixed methods assessment. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2012) 0.88
Pharmacological sedation for cranial computed tomography in children after minor blunt head trauma. Pediatr Emerg Care (2014) 0.88
Young men were at risk of becoming lost to follow-up in a cohort of head-injured adults. J Clin Epidemiol (2007) 0.87
Identification of protective pneumococcal T(H)17 antigens from the soluble fraction of a killed whole cell vaccine. PLoS One (2012) 0.87
Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in young infants with urinary tract infections. J Pediatr (2008) 0.87
Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in the Gaza strip. PLoS One (2012) 0.87
Comparison of prediction models for adverse outcome in pediatric meningococcal disease using artificial neural network and logistic regression analyses. J Clin Epidemiol (2002) 0.87