About Us:

PALISI Global Health is a subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network, a group of healthcare clinicians and researchers dedicated to better describing disease processes, interventions, and outcomes in children with critical illness.  

As a globally-focused subcommittee, we seek to collaborate with communities around the world caring for critically-ill children who are limited by geography, resources, or social constraints.

Leadership

Adrian Holloway, MD
University of Maryland Children's Hospital
Co-Chair

Qalab Abbas, MBBS
Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan.
Co-Chair

Madiha Raees, MD
Director of Communications
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Adnan T. Bhutta, MBBS
University of Maryland
Scientific Committee Co-Chair

Teresa B. Kortz, MD, MS, PhDc
University of California, San Francisco
Scientific Committee Co-Chair

Alejandra Catalina Quesada-Stoner
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Coordination

Maria F. Lamia (Puerto-Torres)
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Coordination

Past Co-Chairs:

Kenneth E. Remy, MD, MHSc
Washington University in St. Louis

Asya Agulnik, MD, MPH
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Adnan T. Bhutta, MBBS
University of Maryland

Ericka L. FInk, MD, MS
University of Pittsburgh

Teresa B. Kortz, MD, MS, PhDc
University of California, San Francisco

Amelie O. von Saint Andre-von Arnim, MD
University of Washington

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Selected PALISI Global Health Member Publications and Presentations

Publications

  • Graetz D, Agulnik A, Ranadive R, et al. Global effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric cancer care: a cross-sectional study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 Mar 3:S2352-4642(21)00031-6. PMID: 33675698.

  • Graetz DE, Giannars E, Kaye EC, Garza M, Ferrar G, Rodriguez M, Vaszquez DJS, Aceituno AM, Antillon-Klussman F, Gattuso JS, Andes KL, Mandrell BN, Baker JN, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Agulnik A. Clinician emotions surrounding pediatric oncology patient deterioration. Front Oncol. 2021 Feb 25.

  • Agulnik A, Cardenas A, Carillo AK, et al. Clinical and organizational risk factors for mortality during deterioration events among pediatric oncology patients in Latin America: A multicenter prospective cohort. Cancer. 2021 Feb 1. PMID: 33524166.

  • von Saint Andre-von Arnim AO, Kumar RK, Oron AP, Nguyen QP, Mutonga DM, Zimmerman J, Walson  JL. Feasibility of family-assisted severity of illness monitoring for hospitalized children in low-income settings. Pediatr Crit Care Med.  2021 Feb 1;22(2):e115-e124. PMID: 33031354.

  • Sankar J, Garg M, Ghimire JJ, Sankar MJ, Lodha R, Kabra SK. Delayed administration of antibiotics beyond the first hour of recognition is associated with increased mortality rates in children with sepsis/severe sepsis and septic shock. J Pediatr. 2021 Jan 25:S0022-3476(20)31545-6. doi:
    10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.12.035. PMID: 33359300.

  • Sankar J, Moodu S, Kumar K, Sankar MJ, Kabra SK, Lodha R. Functional outcomes at 1 year after PICU discharge in critically ill children with severe sepsis. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021 Jan 1;22(1):40-49. PMID: 33031352.

  • Muttalib F, Ballard E, Langton J, Malone S, Fonseca Y, Hansmann A, Remy K, Hovmand P, Doctor A. Application of systems dynamics and group model building to identify barriers and facilitators to acute care delivery in a resource-limited setting. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Jan 6;21(1):26. PMID: 33407458.

  • Muttalib, F, Gonzales-Dambrauskas S, Lee JH, Steere M, Agulnik A, Murthy S, Adhikari NKJ, for the PALISI Global Health Subgroup. Pediatric emergency and critical care resources and infrastructure in resource-limited settings: A multicountry survey. Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec 21. PMID: 33337665

  • Fink EL, Maddux AB, Pinto N, Sorenson S, Notterman D, Dean JM, Carcillo JA, Berg RA, Zuppa A, Pollack MM, Meert KL, Hall MW, Sapru A, McQuillen PS, Mourani PM, Wessel D, Amey D, Argent A, Brunow de Carvalho W, Butt W, Choong K, Curley MAQ, Del Pilar Arias Lopez M, Demirkol D, Grosskreuz R, Houtrow AJ, Knoester H, Lee JH, Long D, Manning JC, Morrow B, Sankar J, Slomine BS, Smith M, Olson LM, Watson RS; Pediatric Outcomes STudies after PICU (POST-PICU) Investigators of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). A Core Outcome Set for Pediatric Critical Care. Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec;48(12):1819-1828. PMID: 33048905.

  • Ehrlich BS, Movsisyan N, Batmunkh T, Kumirova E, Borisevich MV, Kirgizov K, Graezt DE, McNeil MJ, Yakimkova T, Vinitsky A, Ferrara G, Li C, Lu Z, Kaye EC, Baker JN, Agulnik A, Assessing Doctors’ Attitudes on Palliative Treatment (ADAPT) Research Group. Barriers to the early integration of palliative care in pediatric oncology in 11 Eurasian countries. Cancer. 2020 Nove 15;126(22):4984-4993. PMID: 32813913

  • Tucker EW, Marais S, Seddon JA, van Crevel R, Ganiem AR, Ruslami R, Zhang W, Sun F, Zhou X, Solomons RS, Cresswell FV, Wilmshurst J, Rohlwink UK. International survey reveals opportunities to improve tuberculous meningitis management and the need for standardized guidelines. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Sep. 23;7(11). PMID: 33209947

  • World Health Organization. Global report on the epidemiology and burden of sepsis: current evidence, identifying gaps and future directions. 2020 Sept 9. (This technical report included Teresa Kortz and Niranjan Tex Kissoon as contributors)

  • Sankar J, Lalitha AV, Rameshkumar R, Mahadevan S, Kabra SK, Lodha R. Use of honey versus standard care for hospital-acquired pressure Injury in critically ill children: a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 Nov 12. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002611. PMID: 33181730.

  • Colbourne T, King C, Beard J, Phiri T, Mdala M, Zadutsa B, Makwenda C, Costello A, Lufesi N, Mwansambo C, Nambiar B, Hooli S, French N, Bar Zeev N, Qazi SA, Bin Nisar Y, McCollum ED. Predictive value of pulse oximetry for children presenting to a primary care with clinical pneumonia in rural Malawi: a data linkage study. PLoS Med. 2020 Oct 23;17(10):e1003300. PMID: 33095763.

  • Arias AV, Garza M, Murthy S, Cardenas A, Diaz F, Motalvo E, Neilsen KR, Kortz T, Sharara-Chami R, Freirich P, McArthur J, Agulnik A. Quality and capacity indicators for hospitalized pediatric oncology patients with critical illness: A modified delphi concensus. Cancer Med. 2020 Oct;9(19):6984-6995. PMID: 32777172.

  • Das RR, Jaiswal N, Dev N, Jaiswal N, Naik SS, Sankar J. Efficacy and Safety of Anti-malarial Drugs (Chloroquine and Hydroxy-Chloroquine) in Treatment of COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Jul 29;7:482. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00482. PMID: 32850924; PMCID: PMC7403461.

  • Dev N, Kumar V, Sankar J. COVID-19 infection outbreak among health care workers: perspective from a low-middle income country. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2020 Jul 13;90(3). doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1474. PMID: 32657563.

  • Stringham S, Green Hines A, Attebery J, et al. Disseminated Tularemia: finding the needle in the haystack. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Jun 14. PMID: 32535620.

  • Sankar J, Dhochak N, Kabra SK, Lodha R. COVID-19 in children: clinical approach and management. Indian J Pediatr. 2020 Jun;87(6):433-442. doi: 10.1007/s12098-020-03292-1. Epub 2020 Apr 27. PMID: 32338347; PMCID: PMC7183927.

  • Hooli S, King C, Zadutsa B, Nambiar B, Makwenda C, Masache G, Lufesi N, Mwansambo C, Malla L, Costello A, Colbourn T, McCollum ED. The epidemiology of hypoxemic pneumonia amount young infants in Malawi. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Mar;102(3):676-683. PMID: 31971153

  • Baltzell KA, Kortz TB, Blair A, et al. A 14-day follow-up of adult non-malarial fever patients seen in rural Malawi. Malawi Med J. 2020 Mar;32(1)31-36. PMID: 32733657.

  • Wilson PT, Baiden F, Brooks JC, et al. Continuous positive airway pressure for children with undifferentiated respiratory distress in Ghana: an open-label, cluster, crossover trial.  Lancet Global Health 2017;5:e615-23.

  • Agulnik A, Mora Robles LN, Forbes P, Soberanis Vasquez DJ, Mack R, Antillon-Klussmann F, Kleinman M, Rodriguez-Galindo C.  Improved outcomes following successful implementation of a pediatric early warning system (PEWS) in a resource-limited pediatric oncology hospital.  Cancer. 2017.

  • Turner E, Nielsen K, Jamal S, von Saint Andre- von Arnim A, Musa N. A review of pediatric critical Care in resource-limited settings : a look at past present and future directions.  Frontiers in Pediatrics 2016 Feb18;4:5.

Presentations

  • Fink EL, von Saint Andre‐von Arnim A, Kumar R, Wilson P, Tasker RC, Bacha T, Aklilu AT, Teklemariam TL, Hooli S, Tuyisenge L, Otupiri E, Kochanek PM, Angus DC. Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury and central nervous system infection among children in two resource-limited settings. Poster presentation at the 8th World Congress on Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care, Toronto, Canada, June 2016.

  • Jamal S, Howard C, John-Stewart G, Musa N, Stanberry L, von Saint André-von Arnim A, Roberts J. Pediatric respiratory severity of illness documentation: a global survey.  Poster presentation at the 8th World Congress on Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care, Toronto, Canada, June 2016.

  • von Saint Andre‐von Arnim A, Kissoon N, Argent A, Molyneux EM, Lodha R, Becerra R, Fink EL, On behalf of the PALISI Global Health Sub-Group. Survey of pediatric critical care research activities in resource-limited settings. Poster presentation at the 8th World Congress on Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care, Toronto, Canada, June 2016.

  • von Saint André-von Arnim A, Jamal S, John-Stewart G, Musa N, Roberts J, Stanberry L, Howard, C. Pediatric respiratory support technology and practices: a global survey. Poster presentation at the 8th World Congress on Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care, Toronto, Canada, June 2016

Editorial

  • Fink EL, Kissoon N. Pediatric multiple organ dysfunction in resource-limited settings. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Op-Ed