Sherian Li

Respiratory syncytial virus testing during bronchiolitis episodes of care in an integrated health care delivery system: ...

Published in Clinical Therapeutics

ronchiolitis has the highest incidence rate of any lower respiratory infection among infants and children <2 years of age. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common etiology of bronchiolitis. The American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend routine RSV testing for infants and children with bronchiolitis. The clinical predictors of R...

Antenatal Ultrasound and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

We evaluated antenatal ultrasound (U/S) exposure as a risk factor for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), comparing affected singleton children and control children born 1995-1999 and enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente health care system. Among children

Persistent recurring wheezing in the fifth year of life after laboratory-confirmed, medically attended respiratory syncy...

Published in BMC Pediatrics

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infancy is associated with subsequent recurrent wheezing. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study examined children born at >=32 weeks gestation between 1996--2004. All children were

First-day weight loss predicts eventual weight nadir for breastfeeding newborns

Published in Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition

To examine the relationship between high (≥5%) weight loss during the first 24 h after birth and eventual excess weight loss (EWL) of ≥10% of birth weight. Retrospective cohort study. Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals. 63 096 infants born at ≥36 weeks in 2009-2010, of whom 59 761 (94.5%) had a weight subsequent to birth weight measure...

Climate Variation And Patterns Of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Seasonal Epidemics

Published in D61. RESPIRATORY CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Frequency, duration and predictors of bronchiolitis episodes of care among infants ≥32 weeks gestation in a large integr...

Published in BMC Health Services Research

Bronchiolitis is common in the first two years of life and is the most frequent cause of hospitalization in this age group. No previous studies have used an episode-of-care analysis to describe the frequency, duration, and predictors of bronchiolitis episodes

Early Weight Loss Nomograms for Exclusively Breastfed Newborns

Published in PEDIATRICS

Adherence to Immunoprophylaxis Regimens for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Insured and Medicaid Populations

Published in Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Immunoprophylaxis is the only pharmaceutical intervention for mitigating respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Patient level data on adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) immunoprophylaxis recommendations are limited. This study characterizes adherence to AAP guidelines in privately insured and Medicaid populations

Risk of childhood asthma following infant bronchiolitis during the respiratory syncytial virus season

Published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Recurrent Wheezing in the Third Year of Life Among Children Born at 32 Weeks' Gestation or Later

Published in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

To quantify the relationship between recurrent wheezing (RW) in the third year of life and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, prematurity, and neonatal oxygen exposure. Retrospective cohort study linking inpatient, outpatient, and laboratory databases for cohort assembly and logistic regression analysis. Integrated health care delivery sy...