FrancesBalamuthMD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine

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Office
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia - Emergency Med
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-590-1944

Fax+1 215-590-4454

Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics), 2009 - 2012
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaResidency, Pediatrics, 2005 - 2008
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2005

PubMed

226 citations
Pediatric severe sepsis in U.S. children's hospitals
Fran Balamuth, Scott L. Weiss, Mark I. Neuman, Halden F. Scott, Patrick W. Brady
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2014-11-01
302 citations
Delayed antimicrobial therapy increases mortality and organ dysfunction duration in pediatric sepsis.
Scott L. Weiss, Julie C. Fitzgerald, Fran Balamuth, Elizabeth R. Alpern, Jane Lavelle
Critical Care Medicine. 2014-11-01
42 citations
Racial Differences in Sepsis Recognition in the Emergency Department.
Jenny Raman, Tiffani J. Johnson, Katie Hayes, Fran Balamuth
Pediatrics. 2019-10-01

New Study Aims to Validate Pediatric Version of Sequential Organ Failure AssessmentApril 29th, 2019