Publications by authors named "Mary V Lasley"
Objectives: Multiple practice guidelines discourage indiscriminate use of broad panels of allergen-specific IgE (sIgE) tests due to increased risk of false positives and misinterpretation of results. We provide an analytical framework to identify specialty-specific differences in ordering patterns and effectiveness, which can be used to improve test utilization.
Methods: Test results from a tertiary pediatric hospital were analyzed by ordering specialty to evaluate size of allergen workups.
Background: Although previous studies have looked at the motivation behind enrollment in clinical trials of adults and healthy subjects, little is known about the factors influencing parental consent in pediatric clinical studies where the subjects themselves do not provide consent.
Objective: This study was conducted to define a group of factors that impact parental consent in the pediatric clinical trial. This may allow investigators to identify a subset of specific appealing aspects of clinical trials that will promote participation while also bringing ethical issues to light that may require further consideration.