Publications by authors named "Despina Tsevdos"
Article Synopsis
- - The study addresses the difficulty in identifying rare genetic disorders in children due to issues like incomplete records and varied symptoms, aiming to create an algorithm called PheIndex using electronic medical records.
- - PheIndex was developed with 13 expert-established criteria and validated through chart reviews, successfully identifying 1,088 children at risk among over 93,000 live births with strong performance metrics: 90% sensitivity, 97% specificity, and 94% accuracy.
- - The algorithm serves as a tool for healthcare providers to detect potential rare genetic disorders, prompting them to consider further diagnostic testing or referrals to genetic specialists.
Late preterm antenatal corticosteroids in singleton and twin gestations: a retrospective cohort study.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
December 2022
Background: In 2016, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended antenatal corticosteroids in the late preterm period for women at risk for preterm delivery. Limited real-world evidence exists on neonatal outcomes, particularly for twin gestations, following the guideline change. The study objective is to determine the association of antenatal corticosteroids in late preterm singleton and twin pregnancies with respiratory complications and hypoglycemia in a real-world clinical setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Although National Asthma Guidelines recommend that emergency department (ED) physicians consider initiating controller medications, research suggests that this practice occurs infrequently. The goal of this study was to assess primary care pediatricians' (PCP) beliefs and attitudes regarding ED initiation of controller medications for children with persistent asthma symptoms.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional mail survey of a randomly selected national sample of pediatricians from the American Academy of Pediatrics.