Happy 1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ to the state we are incredibly lucky to get to call home 🏔️
Peter E. DeWitt, Ph.D.
@peteredewitt.bsky.social
#biostatistics, #rstats, #EHR, #sepsis, #pediatrics, #PublicHealth, #HealthInformatics, #DataScience, #ClinicalResearch, #GoAvsGo, #woodworking
🐾 Happy #NationalZookeeperWeek! Today we're introducing Krystin Maloney, Animal Care Specialist here at DZCA. Her tattoo is a tribute to a bird who taught her some of the most important lessons of her career. 🦅 Tucson the bay-winged hawk.
A study by a team including @cuanschutz.bsky.social researcher Tell Bennett, MD, evaluated Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) risk prediction models in pediatric critical care. The study found that incorporating multi-center data improved model prediction performance ➡️ https://cudbmi.info/aki-model-1
medicalcoder 0.9.0 is now on CRAN What’s new: Charlson methods, ICD-10-AM, ICD-10-SE Why use it: self-contained, longitudinally aware, auditable mappings #rstats #HealthInformatics #EHR #ClinicalResearch #RiskAdjustment #PublicHealth #comorbidity #Charlson #Elixhuaser #PCCC #pediatrics
Researchers @cuanschutz.bsky.social conducted a study in Zimbabwe exploring links between immune function, microbiome, diet and other lifestyle factors for people living with HIV. The team uncovered links that may inform healthcare interventions. Learn more➡️ https://cudbmi.info/zimbabwe-diet-hiv-1
Research in Zimbabwe Is Shedding Light on How Diet Can Impact the Health of People Living With HIV
Researchers conducted a study in Zimbabwe exploring links between immune function, microbiome, diet and other lifestyle factors for people living with HIV.
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A new EHR-based approach to pediatric sepsis surveillance shows strong validity and reveals a substantial burden: ~18,000 cases and 1,800 deaths annually in the US, with no significant decline over time.
National Estimates of Pediatric Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical Data
This cohort study assesses US incidence, mortality, and trends of sepsis in nonneonatal children using a Pediatric Sepsis Event (PSE) definition adapted from the 2024 Phoenix criteria for scalable ele...
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As healthcare systems expand digital tools, research is raising an important question: who gets left behind? Samantha Stonbraker’s work shows that designing for diverse digital and health literacy levels improves usability, engagement, and outcomes.
Designing Digital Health Tools That Work for Everyone
As healthcare moves online, researchers examine how inclusive design can improve digital health tools and reduce disparities for underserved populations.
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New findings in glioblastoma treatment: bavituximab combined with chemoradiotherapy demonstrated encouraging survival and reduced tumor immunosuppression, with biomarkers that may help identify responders.
Bavituximab Decreases Immunosuppressive Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients
AbstractPurpose:. We evaluated the efficacy of bavituximab—a mAb with anti-angiogenic and immunomodulatory properties—in newly diagnosed patients with glioblastoma (GBM) who also received radiotherapy...
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New multicenter analysis: early albumin administration in pediatric sepsis was linked to improved survival in patients with septic shock, with no benefit seen in non-shock cases. Highlights the importance of patient selection.
Association of Albumin Infusion With Differential Response... : Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
h record data collected from 13 U.S. PICUs between 2012 and 2018, consisting of children younger than 18 years who met Phoenix sepsis criteria within the first 24 hours of PICU admission. Interventions: Covariate-balancing propensity score weighting was...
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The medicalcoder R package supports running comorbidity algorithms on datasets—even those with ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. Today, developer @peteredewitt.bsky.social is presenting medicalcoder at the virtual R/Medicine 2026 conference at 2:06 p.m. ET. Learn more here➡️ https://cudbmi.info/medcoder-1
Retinal imaging may offer more than eye screening. This study shows ROP images, combined with clinical data, can help predict BPD and pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants—supporting earlier, noninvasive detection.
Cardiopulmonary Disease in Retinal Images of Premature Infants
This diagnostic study investigates if an artificial intelligence algorithm can diagnose bronchopulmonary dysplasia or pulmonary hypertension in the retinal images of preterm infants obtained during re...
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I had the opportunity to present the medicalcoder R package as a short talk and a poster at the @cubiomedinfo.bsky.social Spring 2026 Symposium. #BiomedicalInformatics #RStats #HealthDataScience #ClinicalResearch
R/Medicine 2026 starts with 2 days of in-depth demos and workshops TOMORROW! There's still time to register! Full program here: rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #clinicaltrials #healthdata #healthcare
This week! R/Consortium 2026! May 5-8, 100% virtual 2 days of in-depth, hands-on demos and workshops, then 2 days of Keynotes, Talks, Lightning Talks - Ask questions, connect directly with speakers and peers rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #clinicaltrials #opensource #healthcare
At CU Anschutz, our researchers are unlocking biological insights from incomplete datasets by providing guidelines to achieve near scRNA-seq accuracy in bulk deconvolution, enabling deeper insight into cell types and states within complex tissues ➡️ https://cudbmi.info/rna-guidelines-1
No code, no downloads—just insights. The pedbp app makes it easy to explore and visualize pediatric blood pressure percentiles (BPPs) in a user-friendly web app. @cuanschutz.bsky.social researchers designed this tool give consistent access to BPPs.
pedbp Web Application: Visualize Pediatric Blood Pressure Percentiles (BPPs)
How to use the pedbp web application as a convenient, reliable method to view pediatric blood pressure percentiles.
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A new Pediatric Sepsis Event (PSE) definition from CU Anschutz enables large-scale surveillance, shedding light on the true prevalence of pediatric sepsis and guiding better care and prevention nationwide.
National Estimates of Pediatric Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical Data
This cohort study assesses US incidence, mortality, and trends of sepsis in nonneonatal children using a Pediatric Sepsis Event (PSE) definition adapted from the 2024 Phoenix criteria for scalable ele...
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Pediatric blood pressure isn't the simple 120/80 'healthy' ceiling we learn for adults—it's a function of age, sex and more. Led by @peteredewitt.bsky.social researchers @@cuanschutz.bsky.social developed pedbp: a tool for pediatric blood pressure percentiles. Learn more➡️ https://cudbmi.info/pedbp1
Among US #pediatric hospitalizations, an electronic health record–based definition identified #sepsis in 1.3% of encounters, with an in-hospital mortality rate of 10%. #SCCM2026 #CriticalCare @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social ja.ma/4uKFHJy
I was fortunate to be part of this project published on JAMA ja.ma/4sY38xb #pediatrics #sepsis #phoenix
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