Center for Pediatric Research
Clinical Trials
Pediatric KIDney Stone (PKIDS) Care Improvement Network
The purpose of this study is to improve the ability of pediatric patients and their caregivers to select surgical treatment options for kidney stones. The study also aims to help urologists use techniques that result in the bes ...
Prospective Observational Study to Assess Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
The purpose of the study is to collect scientific data on pediatric liver transplantation to learn more about how children do after liver transplant. Collecting this data is expected to help researchers learn more about liver t ...
Robotic Pyeloplasty in Children: Outcomes and Complications
The aim of this study is to describe outcomes and complications secondary to robotic pyeloplasty without a ureteral stent in the pediatric population.
Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy in the Pediatric population
The aim of this study is to describe outcomes and complications in robotic varicocelectomy in the pediatric population.
Routine versus No Assessment of Gastric Residual Volumes in Very Low Birth Weight Infants Receiving Enteral Feeding via Intermittent Feeding Tubes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Pre term infants require feeding tubes when they start receiving feeds. Once the volume of milk increases, the current practice in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is to attach a syringe to the end of the feeding tube an ...
Using Ultrasound to Estimate Endotracheal Size at Sub-Cricoid Level in Extremely Preterm Infants
The size of the endotracheal tube (ETT) is based on a baby's weight, not on the size of the trachea. This practice increases the risk of selecting an ETT that is inappropriately small and leads to sub-optimal breathing sup ...
Validation of the Pediatric Critical-care Pain Observation Tool (P-COPT) in PICU and Pediatric CVICU
The specific aim of the proposed study is to further validate the P-CPOT in PICU and Pediatric CVICU ventilated patients who are 3 to 18 years.