Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2022 Association of Early Steroid Administration With Outcomes of Children Hospitalized for COVID-19 Without Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in ChildrenJAMA Pediatrics.  176:1208-1216. 2022
2022 Derivation and evaluation of baseline creatinine equations for hospitalized children and adolescents: the AKI baseline creatinine equationPediatric Nephrology.  37:3223-3233. 2022
2022 Fluid balance in pediatric critically ill patients (with and without kidney dysfunction)Current Opinion in Critical Care.  28:583-589. 2022
2022 SARS-CoV-2 infection increases risk of acute kidney injury in a bimodal age distributionBMC Nephrology.  23. 2022
2022 Consensus-Based Recommendations on Priority Activities to Address Acute Kidney Injury in Children: A Modified Delphi Consensus StatementJAMA Network Open.  5:E2229442. 2022
2022 Gastrointestinal Manifestations in Hospitalized Children with Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Multisystem Inflammatory Condition: An Analysis of the VIRUS COVID-19 Registry 2022
2022 SARS-CoV-2 With Concurrent Respiratory Viral Infection as a Risk Factor for a Higher Level of Care in Hospitalized Pediatric PatientsPediatric Emergency Care.  38:472-476. 2022
2022 Early combination therapy with immunoglobulin and steroids is associated with shorter ICU length of stay in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19: A retrospective cohort analysis from 28 U.S. Hospitals 2022
2022 Kidney implications of SARS-CoV2 infection in childrenPediatric Nephrology.  37:1453-1467. 2022
2022 Acute kidney injury in critically Ill children and young adults with suspected SARS-CoV2 infectionPediatric Research.  91:1787-1796. 2022
2022 Cutaneous manifestations of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the VIRUS COVID-19 registryInternational Journal of Dermatology.  61:623-625. 2022
2022 Characterization and Outcomes of Hospitalized Children with Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Report from a Multicenter, Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (Coronavirus Disease 2019) RegistryCritical Care Medicine.  50:E40-E51. 2022
2021 High risk of acute kidney injury in Malawian trauma patients: a prospective observational cohort studyBMC Nephrology.  22. 2021
2021 The Impact of Obesity on Disease Severity and Outcomes Among Hospitalized Children With COVID-19Hospital pediatrics.  11:E297-E307. 2021
2021 Epidemiology of prehospital trauma deaths in Malawi: A retrospective cohort studyAfrican Journal of Emergency Medicine.  11:258-262. 2021
2021 Coronavirus disease 2019-associated picu admissions: A report from the society of critical care medicine discovery network viral infection and respiratory illness universal study registryPediatric Critical Care Medicine.  22:603-615. 2021
2021 Preliminary assessment of acute kidney injury in critically ill children associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: A multicenter cross-sectional analysisClinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.  16:446-448. 2021
2020 COVID-19 and the law of unforeseen consequencesPediatrics.  146. 2020
2020 COVID-19 and the Law of Unforeseen ConsequencesPediatrics.  146. 2020
2020 Validity of Urine NGALds Dipstick for Acute Kidney Injury in a Malawian Trauma CohortKidney International Reports.  5:1791-1798. 2020
2020 Racial and health insurance disparities in pediatric acute kidney injury in the USAPediatric Nephrology.  35:1085-1096. 2020
2020 Albuminuria, Hypertension, and Reduced Kidney Volumes in Adolescents Born Extremely PrematureFrontiers in Pediatrics.  8. 2020
2020 Incidence and epidemiology of acute kidney injury in a pediatric Malawian trauma cohort: A prospective observational studyBMC Nephrology.  21. 2020
2019 Where there is no peritoneal dialysis fluid: A case series from MalawiAdvances in peritoneal dialysis. Conference on Peritoneal Dialysis.  39:392-393. 2019
2015 Erythema Nodosum and FeversClinical Pediatrics.  54:1297-1298. 2015
2014 Determining the quality of IMCI pneumonia care in Malawian childrenPaediatrics and International Child Health.  34:29-36. 2014
2013 Multicenter study of hypoxemia prevalence and quality of oxygen treatment for hospitalized Malawian childrenTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  107:285-292. 2013
2010 Adverse safety events in chronic kidney disease: The frequency of "Multiple Hits"Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.  5:95-101. 2010
2010 International short-term medical service trips: guidelines from the literature and perspectives from the field. 2010
2009 Access to health services and care-seeking behaviors after the 2007 ica earthquake in PeruDisaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.  3:97-103. 2009
2009 Impact of the 2007 ica earthquake on health facilities and health service provision in Southern PeruPrehospital and Disaster Medicine.  24:326-332. 2009

Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health, University of North Carolina System : Chapel Hill 2019
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore 2013
  • Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University 2008
  • Full Name

  • Erica Bjornstad