Publications

• The Impact of "Emergency-only" Hemodialysis on Hospital Cost and Resource Utilization.
  West J Emerg Med Volume: 24 Page(s): 206 - 209
  02/24/2023 Authors: Shafqat F; Das S; Wheatley MA; Kasper L; Johnson S; Pitts SR; Ross MA
• The Impact of Virtual Care in an Emergency Department Observation Unit.
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 81 Page(s): 222 - 233
  02/01/2023 Authors: Abiri A; Keadey M; Hughes G; Pitts SR; Moran TP; Ross MA
• The impact of emergency department observation units on a health system.
  Am J Emerg Med Volume: 48 Page(s): 231 - 237
  10/01/2021 Authors: Perry M; Franks N; Pitts SR; Moran TP; Osborne A; Peterson D; Ross MA
• A Method for Grouping Emergency Department Visits by Severity and Complexity.
  West J Emerg Med Volume: 21 Page(s): 1147 - 1155
  08/21/2020 Authors: Theiling BJ; Kennedy KV; Limkakeng AT; Manandhar P; Erkanli A; Pitts SR
• Racial and Ethnic Differences in Diagnostic Imaging Utilization During Adult Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2005 to 2014.
  J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 16 Page(s): 1036 - 1045
  08/01/2019 Authors: Schrager JD; Patzer RE; Kim JJ; Pitts SR; Chokshi FH; Phillips JS; Zhang X
• Primary Care Office Visits For Acute Care Dropped Sharply In 2002-15, While ED Visits Increased Modestly.
  Health Aff (Millwood) Volume: 38 Page(s): 268 - 275
  02/01/2019 Authors: Chou S-C; Venkatesh AK; Trueger NS; Pitts SR
• Advanced diagnostic imaging utilization during emergency department visits in the United States: A predictive modeling study for emergency department triage.
  PLoS One Volume: 14 Page(s): e0214905
  01/01/2019 Authors: Zhang X; Kim J; Patzer RE; Pitts SR; Chokshi FH; Schrager JD
• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diagnostic Imaging Utilization During Adult Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2005-2014
  Volume: 72 Page(s): S52 - S53
  10/01/2018 Authors: Schrager J; Zhang X; Chokshi F; Kim J; Pitts S; Patzer R
• Homelessness and Emergency Medicine: Furthering the Conversation.
  Acad Emerg Med Volume: 25 Page(s): 597
  05/01/2018 Authors: Salhi BA; White MH; Pitts SR; Wright DW
• Homelessness and Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature.
  Acad Emerg Med Volume: 25 Page(s): 577 - 593
  05/01/2018 Authors: Salhi BA; White MH; Pitts SR; Wright DW
• Prediction of Emergency Department Hospital Admission Based on Natural Language Processing and Neural Networks.
  Methods Inf Med Volume: 56 Page(s): 377 - 389
  10/26/2017 Authors: Zhang X; Kim J; Patzer RE; Pitts SR; Patzer A; Schrager JD
• A "Patch" to the NYU Emergency Department Visit Algorithm.
  Health Serv Res Volume: 52 Page(s): 1264 - 1276
  08/01/2017 Authors: Johnston KJ; Allen L; Melanson TA; Pitts SR
• Alternative effects of transportation time on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
  Resuscitation Volume: 117 Page(s): e5
  08/01/2017 Authors: Patterson C; Pitts SR; Akhter M
• Incorporating Alternative Care Site Characteristics Into Estimates of Substitutable ED Visits.
  Med Care Volume: 55 Page(s): 693 - 697
  07/01/2017 Authors: Trueger NS; Chua K-P; Hussain A; Liferidge AT; Pitts SR; Pines JM
• Emergency Department Visit Clusters and Early Returns: The Tail Wags the Metric.
  Acad Emerg Med Volume: 23 Page(s): 738 - 739
  06/01/2016 Authors: Pitts SR
• Characteristics of United States Emergency Department Visits for Traumatic Amputations in the Elderly Adult from 2010 to 2013.
  J Am Geriatr Soc Volume: 64 Page(s): 181 - 185
  01/01/2016 Authors: Bandzar S; Gupta S; Atallah H; Pitts SR
• Tricycle Injuries Presenting to US Emergency Departments, 2012-2013.
  Pediatrics Volume: 136 Page(s): 658 - 663
  10/01/2015 Authors: Bandzar S; Vats A; Gupta S; Atallah H; Pitts SR
• Neither ondansetron nor metoclopramide reduced nausea and vomiting in the emergency department.
  Ann Intern Med Volume: 161 Page(s): JC3
  12/16/2014 Authors: Pitts SR
• Emergency department resource use by supervised residents vs attending physicians alone.
  JAMA Volume: 312 Page(s): 2394 - 2400
  12/10/2014 Authors: Pitts SR; Morgan SR; Schrager JD; Berger TJ
• A Cross-sectional Study of Emergency Department Boarding Practices in the United States (vol 21, pg 497, 2014)
  ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE Volume: 21 Page(s): 715 - 715
  06/01/2014 Authors: Pitts SR; Vaughns FL; Gautreau MA; Cogdell MW; Meisel Z
• Policy roundtable: Emergency department boarding and hospital quality.
  Acad Emerg Med Volume: 21 Page(s): 570 - 573
  05/01/2014 Authors: Meisel ZF; Pitts SR; Pines JM; Goodrich K; Carr BG
• A cross-sectional study of emergency department boarding practices in the United States.
  Acad Emerg Med Volume: 21 Page(s): 497 - 503
  05/01/2014 Authors: Pitts SR; Vaughns FL; Gautreau MA; Cogdell MW; Meisel Z
• Should neuraminidase inhibitors be prescribed for patients with influenza?
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 63 Page(s): 54 - 55
  01/01/2014 Authors: Patel DM; Pitts SR; Hargraves J
• Protocol-driven emergency department observation units offer savings, shorter stays, and reduced admissions.
  Health Aff (Millwood) Volume: 32 Page(s): 2149 - 2156
  12/01/2013 Authors: Ross MA; Hockenberry JM; Mutter R; Barrett M; Wheatley M; Pitts SR
• In reply.
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 62 Page(s): 549
  11/01/2013 Authors: Pitts SR
• Medical records, chart reviews, and NHAMCS: becoming the lords of all that we survey.
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 62 Page(s): 540 - 542.e1
  11/01/2013 Authors: Pitts SR
• Characteristics of hospital observation services: a society of cardiovascular patient care survey.
  Crit Pathw Cardiol Volume: 12 Page(s): 45 - 48
  06/01/2013 Authors: Osborne A; Weston J; Wheatley M; O'Malley R; Leach G; Pitts S; Schrager J; Holmes K; Ross M
• Higher-complexity ED billing codes--sicker patients, more intensive practice, or improper payments?
  N Engl J Med Volume: 367 Page(s): 2465 - 2467
  12/27/2012 Authors: Pitts SR
• Ability of triage decision rules for rapid electrocardiogram to identify patients with suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
  Crit Pathw Cardiol Volume: 11 Page(s): 211 - 213
  12/01/2012 Authors: Osborne AD; Ali K; Lowery-North D; Capes J; Keadey M; Franks N; Hertzberg V; Stroder R; Pitts S; Wheatley M
• National trends in emergency department occupancy, 2001 to 2008: effect of inpatient admissions versus emergency department practice intensity.
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 60 Page(s): 679 - 686.e3
  12/01/2012 Authors: Pitts SR; Pines JM; Handrigan MT; Kellermann AL
• Measuring value for low-acuity care across settings.
  Am J Manag Care Volume: 18 Page(s): e356 - e363
  09/01/2012 Authors: Morgan SR; Smith MA; Pitts SR; Shesser R; Uscher-Pines L; Ward MJ; Pines JM
• Emergency department volume and racial and ethnic differences in waiting times in the United States.
  Med Care Volume: 50 Page(s): 335 - 341
  04/01/2012 Authors: Sonnenfeld N; Pitts SR; Schappert SM; Decker SL
• The feasibility of Rubidium-82 positron emission tomography stress testing in low-risk chest pain protocol patients.
  Crit Pathw Cardiol Volume: 10 Page(s): 41 - 43
  03/01/2011 Authors: Osborne AD; Moore B; Ross MA; Pitts SR
• Where Americans get acute care: increasingly, it's not at their doctor's office.
  Health Aff (Millwood) Volume: 29 Page(s): 1620 - 1629
  09/01/2010 Authors: Pitts SR; Carrier ER; Rich EC; Kellermann AL
• Emergency department visits for chest pain and abdominal pain: United States, 1999-2008.
  NCHS Data Brief Page(s): 1 - 8
  09/01/2010 Authors: Bhuiya FA; Pitts SR; McCaig LF
• Factors associated with use of urban emergency departments by the U.S. homeless population.
  Public Health Rep Volume: 125 Page(s): 398 - 405
  01/01/2010 Authors: Ku BS; Scott KC; Kertesz SG; Pitts SR
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 emergency department summary.
  Natl Health Stat Report Page(s): 1 - 38
  08/06/2008 Authors: Pitts SR; Niska RW; Xu J; Burt CW
• Ultrasonographic guidance increased successful insertion of internal jugular vein catheter in the emergency department.
  ACP J Club Volume: 146 Page(s): 43
  01/01/2007 Authors: Pitts SR
• Variations in quality of care for heart failure.
  Swiss Med Wkly Volume: 136 Page(s): 268 - 273
  04/29/2006 Authors: Luthi J-C; McClellan WM; Flanders WD; Pitts SR; Burnand B
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA): cost-effectiveness of screening, surveillance of intermediate-sized AAA, and management of symptomatic AAA.
  Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) Volume: 18 Page(s): 345 - 367
  10/01/2005 Authors: Silverstein MD; Pitts SR; Chaikof EL; Ballard DJ
• Variations in the quality of care of patients with acute myocardial infarction among Swiss university hospitals.
  Int J Qual Health Care Volume: 17 Page(s): 229 - 234
  06/01/2005 Authors: Luthi J-C; McClellan WM; Flanders WD; Pitts SR; Burnand B
• Epidemiology of heart failure in the emergency department
  Volume: 44 Page(s): S5 - S5
  10/01/2004 Authors: Coon TP; Patel MM; Pitts SR; Miller M
• Assessing resident skills in the use of rescue airway devices.
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 44 Page(s): 314 - 319
  10/01/2004 Authors: Ander DS; Hanson A; Pitts S
• Hyperventilation during cardiac arrest.
  Lancet Volume: 364 Page(s): 313 - 315
  07/24/2004 Authors: Pitts S; Kellermann AL
• Outcomes and the quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure.
  Int J Qual Health Care Volume: 16 Page(s): 201 - 210
  06/01/2004 Authors: Luthi J-C; Flanders WD; Pitts SR; Burnand B; McClellan WM
• Is readmission to hospital an indicator of poor process of care for patients with heart failure?
  Qual Saf Health Care Volume: 13 Page(s): 46 - 51
  02/01/2004 Authors: Luthi JC; Burnand B; McClellan WM; Pitts SR; Flanders WD
• Deferred care for emergency department users with nonacute conditions.
  Ann Intern Med Volume: 139 Page(s): 526
  09/16/2003 Authors: Pitts SR
• Severely increased blood pressure in the emergency department.
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 41 Page(s): 513 - 529
  04/01/2003 Authors: Shayne PH; Pitts SR
• 3 hyperbaric oxygen treatments reduced cognitive sequelae of acute carbon monoxide poisoning.
  ACP J Club Volume: 138 Page(s): 67
  01/01/2003 Authors: Pitts S
• Quality of health care surveillance systems: review and implementation in the Swiss setting.
  Swiss Med Wkly Volume: 132 Page(s): 461 - 469
  08/24/2002 Authors: Luthi J-C; McClellan WM; Flanders WD; Pitts S; Burnand B
• Evidence-based emergency medicine/systematic review abstract. Use of the neuraminidase inhibitor class of antiviral drugs for treatment of healthy adults with an acute influenza-like illness.
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 39 Page(s): 552 - 554
  05/01/2002 Authors: Pitts SR
• Electronic medical billing records and public health surveillance: comparison of two systems used during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
  J Public Health Manag Pract Volume: 8 Page(s): 18 - 29
  05/01/2002 Authors: Duke JD; Tindol GA; Toomey KE; Pitts SR; Dean AG
• Do reminder signs promote use of safety belts?
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 36 Page(s): 597 - 601
  12/01/2000 Authors: Clack ZA; Pitts SR; Kellermann AL
• The "Sherman effect": decreased ambulatory care volumes in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
  Med J Aust Volume: 173 Page(s): 309 - 311
  09/18/2000 Authors: Pitts SR; Kolla IS
• External validation of the Ottawa knee rules in an urban trauma center in the United States (vol 172, pg 1069, 1999)
  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY Volume: 174 Page(s): 260 - 260
  01/01/2000 Authors: Tigges S; Pitts S; Mukundan S; Morrison D; Olson M; Shahriara A
• Introduction to clinical prediction rules for radiologists.
  AJR Am J Roentgenol Volume: 173 Page(s): 1443 - 1446
  12/01/1999 Authors: Tigges S; Pitts S
• External validation of the Ottawa knee rules in an urban trauma center in the United States.
  AJR Am J Roentgenol Volume: 172 Page(s): 1069 - 1071
  04/01/1999 Authors: Tigges S; Pitts S; Mukundan S; Morrison D; Olson M; Shahriara A
• Emergency department hypertension and regression to the mean.
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 31 Page(s): 214 - 218
  02/01/1998 Authors: Pitts SR; Adams RP
• ST-segment elevation as a discriminator in cocaine-associated chest pain.
  Acad Emerg Med Volume: 2 Page(s): 331 - 333
  04/01/1995 Authors: Pitts S
• Supraclavicular subclavian vein catheterization: modified landmarks for needle insertion.
  Ann Emerg Med Volume: 21 Page(s): 421 - 424
  04/01/1992 Authors: MacDonnell JE; Perez H; Pitts SR; Zaki SA
• Quality assurance for office laboratories.
  JAMA Volume: 256 Page(s): 211 - 212
  07/11/1986