PECARN UPDATES
Studies Currently Enrolling
Application of Transcriptional Signatures for
Diagnosis of Febrile Infants within the PECARN Network
Intravenous Magnesium for Sickle Cell Vasoocclusive Crisis (MAGIC)
Fluid Therapy and Cerebral Injury in Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Implementation of the PECARN Traumatic Brain Injury Prediction Rules for Children Using Computerized Clinical Decision Support: An Interrupted Time Series Trial
Scientific Grant Writing Workshop
This is a valuable workshop for grant writers who want to improve their skills and receive guidance on research oriented grant writing.
August 21-23 2013 Chicago, IL
PECARN Training Module and Tools
Training module for investigators
Recent Publications
Identifying Children at Very Low Risk of Clinically Important Blunt Abdominal Injuries. Annals of Emergency Medicine, Available online 1 Feb 2013
Rationale, Timeline, Study Design and Protocol Overview of the Therapeutic Hypothermia After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest (THAPCA) Trials. Pediatr Critical Care Med [in press]
Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Fluid Therapy and Cerebral Injury: The Design of a Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatric Diabetes [accepted for publication]
Cranial CT use for minor blunt head trauma in children is associated with race/ethnicity. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012
PECARN, the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, is the first federally-funded pediatric emergency medicine research network in the United States. PECARN conducts high-priority, multi-institutional research on the prevention and management of acute illnesses and injuries in children and youth of all ages.
PECARN is supported by cooperative agreements between six academic medical centers and the Health Resources Services Administration / Maternal and Child Health Bureau / Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (HRSA / MCHB / EMSC).