Publications by authors named "Jamie McCollegan"
Objective: To determine adherence to guidelines for severe asthma care and evaluate regional variability in practice among pediatric intensive care units (PICU).
Study Design: A retrospective cohort study of children treated for asthma in a PICU during 2000 to 2003. We utilized the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database to identify patients and determine use of asthma therapies when patients did not improve with standard therapy (inhaled beta-agonists and systemic corticosteroids).
Background: Response rates, patient sample characteristics, and patient satisfaction ratings were compared between two surveying methods: (1) surveys completed at the physician office site (on-site surveying), and (2) surveys mailed to patient homes following the encounter (mail-out/mail-back).
Methods: Surveying was completed at three physician practices within a 214-physician medical practice. Patients with physician appointments during four-hour time blocks were randomly split to receive either on-site or mail-based satisfaction surveys.
The effect of surgical case volume on outcome after the Norwood procedure.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
April 2005
Objectives: We analyze the effect of surgical case volume on the survival of infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who underwent stage I surgical palliation (the Norwood procedure). The purpose of our study was to understand more clearly the relative effects of institution and surgeon experience on patient outcome.
Methods: Using the Pediatric Health Information System database belonging to the pediatric hospital members of the Child Health Corporation of America, we identified newborn infants (< 30 days old on admission) from 1998 through 2001 admitted with the diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.