2020
F-Actin is associated with a worsening qSOFA score and intensive care unit admission in emergency department patients at risk for sepsis
Belsky JB, Filbin MR, Rivers EP, Bobbitt KR, Jaehne AK, Wisnik CA, Maciejewski KR, Li F, Morris DC. F-Actin is associated with a worsening qSOFA score and intensive care unit admission in emergency department patients at risk for sepsis. Biomarkers 2020, 25: 391-396. PMID: 32421363, DOI: 10.1080/1354750x.2020.1771419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitEmergency departmentQSOFA scoreIllness severityPlasma levelsThymosin beta 4Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) scoreSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreIntensive care unit admissionOrgan Failure Assessment scoreCare unit admissionPositive urine cultureSymptoms of sepsisSystemic inflammatory syndromeDiagnosis of sepsisEmergency department patientsSignificant outcome measureBeta 4Unit admissionICU admissionInflammatory syndromeDepartment patientsSeptic shockCare unitED patients
2019
Challenges encountered and lessons learned during a trial of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system
Boyce JM, Cooper T, Yin J, Li FY, Arbogast JW. Challenges encountered and lessons learned during a trial of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system. American Journal Of Infection Control 2019, 47: 1443-1448. PMID: 31324492, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.05.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical intensive care unitGeneral medical wardsHH complianceHand hygiene monitoring systemsIntervention periodHand hygieneCompliance rateOverall HH complianceBaseline periodIntensive care unitElectronic hand hygiene monitoring systemsMedical wardsCare unitPostintervention periodHH eventsTransient dropSignificant improvementCompliance
2017
The impact of capnography monitoring among children and adolescents in the postanesthesia care unit: a randomized controlled trial
Langhan ML, Li F, Lichtor JL. The impact of capnography monitoring among children and adolescents in the postanesthesia care unit: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatric Anesthesia 2017, 27: 385-393. PMID: 28177565, DOI: 10.1111/pan.13077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostanesthesia care unitPulse oximetryRespiratory depressionAdverse eventsCare unitRespiratory eventsControl groupPediatric postanesthesia care unitAddition of capnographyRates of hypoxemiaAdverse respiratory eventsStaff interventionsPACU staffOxygen desaturationCapnography monitoringElective surgerySupplemental oxygenGeneral anesthesiaHealthy childrenIntervention groupPatient interventionsAbsence of interventionCapnography monitorStandard monitoringVital signs
2016
Respiratory depression detected by capnography among children in the postanesthesia care unit: a cross‐sectional study
Langhan ML, Li FY, Lichtor JL. Respiratory depression detected by capnography among children in the postanesthesia care unit: a cross‐sectional study. Pediatric Anesthesia 2016, 26: 1010-1017. PMID: 27396979, DOI: 10.1111/pan.12965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostanesthesia care unitCross-sectional studyRespiratory depressionPulse oximetryOxygen desaturationCare unitSupplemental oxygenTertiary care hospitalNarcotic medicationsCapnography monitoringCare hospitalRoutine careHealthy childrenMedication administrationPatient interventionsOutcome measuresHypoventilationApneaCapnography monitorPatientsVital signsCapnographyPatient safetyOximetryIntervention
2013
Temporal quantification of oxygen saturation ranges: an effort to reduce hyperoxia in the neonatal intensive care unit
Bizzarro MJ, Li FY, Katz K, Shabanova V, Ehrenkranz RA, Bhandari V. Temporal quantification of oxygen saturation ranges: an effort to reduce hyperoxia in the neonatal intensive care unit. Journal Of Perinatology 2013, 34: 33-38. PMID: 24071904, DOI: 10.1038/jp.2013.122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere ROPRetinopathy of prematurityNeonatal intensive care unitIntensive care unitCare unitMultivariate analysisBronchopulmonary dysplasia/deathTarget saturation rangePost-intervention evaluationPreterm neonatesOxygen saturationStaff educationSurgeryInfantsMultidisciplinary groupSignificant reductionHyperoxiaDeathExposureSignal extraction technologyMorbidityPrematurityRetinopathyNeonatesNeutrophil CD64 with Hematologic Criteria for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis
Streimish I, Bizzarro M, Northrup V, Wang C, Renna S, Koval N, Li FY, Ehrenkranz RA, Rinder HM, Bhandari V. Neutrophil CD64 with Hematologic Criteria for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis. American Journal Of Perinatology 2013, 31: 021-030. PMID: 23456906, DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1334453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCulture-proven sepsisClinical sepsisNeutrophil CD64CD64 indexNeonatal sepsisHematologic criteriaSingle-centre neonatal intensive care unitEarly-onset clinical sepsisNeonatal intensive care unitNeutrophil CD64 indexProspective observational cohortAbsolute neutrophil countNormal birth weightIntensive care unitAbsolute band countNegative predictive valueAdditional markersSepsis evaluationNeutrophil countObservational cohortCare unitBirth weightHematologic parametersSepsisCD64