Kimberly Deppisch, DO

Accuracy of Electronic Health Record Sepsis Alert from Initial ED Triage in Predicting Acute Care Needs in Pediatric Patients

• Exploratory study to characterize clinical features of pediatric patients presenting to the ED with fever who trigger sepsis alert protocol but without signs of septic shock and comparing them to patients with fever who do not trigger sepsis alert in order to predict which patients require emergent treatment

Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes

• QI project instituting an early sepsis screening tool for patients admitted with infection or fevers in the ED

in order to administer required treatment and improve long-term outcomes Emergency Transfers

• QI project optimizing the process of emergency transfer case review and disseminating lessons learned in a timely manner

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing in Bronchiolitis

• QI project aimed at decreasing the amount of point of care RSV testing performed in the emergency department and on general care floors