KirstenABechtelMD

PubMed

• Spotlighting the imbalance: Gender disparities among speakers and awardees at pediatric emergency medicine conferences.
  Kathleen G Reichard, Deborah A Levine, Jennifer Reed, Lindsey Barrick-Groskopf, Kirsten Bechtel
  Academic Emergency Medicine. 2023-11-01
• 2 citations
  Parental attitudes, beliefs, and practices related to firearm storage: a qualitative study.
  Christopher Schenck, Meghan Wilson, Gunjan Tiyyagura, Kirsten Bechtel
  Injury Epidemiology. 2022-12-21
• 8 citations
  Child maltreatment-related children's emergency department visits before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut.
  Michael Amick, Kathryn Bentivegna, Amy A Hunter, John M Leventhal, Nina Livingston
  Child Abuse & Neglect. 2022-06-01

Journal Articles

• Recognizing Victims of Human Trafficking in the Emergency Department  
  Becker H. Bechtel K., Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/2015
• The Incidence of Pedestrian Distraction at Urban Intersections after Implementation of a Pedestrian Safety Campaign  
  Violano P. Roney L. Bechtel K, Injury Epidemiology, 1/1/2015
• Barriers and Facilitators to Detecting Child Abuse and Neglect in General Emergency Departments  
  Tiyyagura G. Gawel M. Koziel J. Asnes AG. Bechtel K, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2015
• Post-Partum Depression Screening in the Pediatric Emergency Department  
  Emerson BL. Riera A. Bradley E. Mayes L. Bechtel K, Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/2014
• Sudden Unexpected Infant Death: Differentiating Natural from Abusive Causes in the Emergency Department  
  Bechtel K, Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/2012
• Impact of an Educational Intervention on Caregivers' Beliefs about Infant Crying and Shaken Baby Syndrome  
  Bechtel K. Le K. Martin KD. Shah N. Leventhal JM. Colson E, Academic Pediatrics, 1/1/2011
• Arm pain as an unusual presentation of pneumonia in a 3-year old girl  
  Bechtel K. Siew L., Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/2011
• Hepatosplenomegaly and Reticulocytopenia as Prominent Features of Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome  
  Bechtel K. Iragorri S., Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/2010
• Utility of Hepatic Transaminases to Recognize Abuse in Children  
  Lindberg D. Makoroff K. Harper N. Laskey A. Bechtel K. Deye K. Shapiro R, Pediatrics, 1/1/2009
• Relationship of S100B to Intracranial Injury in Children with Accidental Closed Head Trauma  
  Bechtel K. Frasure S. Marshall C. Simpson C. Dziura J, Pediatrics, 1/1/2009
• Traumatic Bone Cyst of the Mandible in a 10-year old boy  
  Bechtel K. Soltis M., Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/2009
• Impact of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners on the Evaluation of Sexual Assault in a Pediatric Emergency Department  
  Bechtel K. Gallagher D. Ryan E, Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/2008
• Duodenal Hematoma in a 4-year old girl  
  Bechtel K. Moss RL. Leventhal JM. Spiro D. Abo A., Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/2007
• Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury: Making the Diagnosis in the Emergency Department  
  Bechtel K. Berger RP., Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2006
• Retinal Hemorrhages in Accidental and Non-Accidental Head Injury  
  Bechtel K. Stoessel K. Leventhal JM. Duncan C, Pediatrics, 1/1/2005
• Characteristics that distinguish accidental from inflicted head injury in young hospitalized children  
  Bechtel K. Stoessel K. Leventhal J. Lavietes S. Banyas B. Teague B. Duncan C, Pediatrics, 1/1/2004
• Illustrative Case: Acute Mental Status Change due to Atypical Migraine  
  Bechtel K, Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/2004
• A randomized trial of nebulized epinephrine versus albuterol n the emergency department treatment of bronchiolitis  
  Mull C. Scarfone RJ. Ferri LR. Carlin T. Salvaggio C. Bechtel K. Hanes-Trephan MA. Rissman RL. Gracely EJ, Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 1/1/2004
• Evaluation of the adolescent after sexual assault  
  Bechtel K. Carroll M, Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2003
• Accidental and Abusive Head Trauma in Children  
  Listman D. Bechtel K., Current Opinion in Current Opinion in, 1/1/2003
• Abuse or Not Abuse?  
  Isaacman D. Poirer M. Baxter AL. Bechtel K. Pierce MC, Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/2002
• Dispensing error-calcium channel blocker substituted for neuroleptic  
  Kuhn B. Bechtel K. Baum C., Int J Med Toxicol, 1/1/2001
• How Aggressive the Therapy: Management of Thoracic Trauma in Children  
  Bechtel K, Rosenberg N, Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/1998
• Shaken Baby Syndrome-A Forensic Pediatric Response (letter)  
  Chadwick DL, Kirschner RH, Reece RM, Ricci L, Alexander R, Amaya M, Bays JA, Bechtel K, et al, Pediatrics, 1/1/1998
• Conscious Sedation of Children in the Pediatric Emergency Department  
  Rosenberg N, Walker AR, Bechtel K, Alteri MF, Pediatric Emergency Care, 1/1/1998
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Books/Book Chapters

• Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine 
  Chapter: Child Abuse. 
  Bechtel KEditors: Shah B, Lucchesi M, Amodio J, Silverberg M.Edition 2nd,2014
• Practical Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 
  Chapter: Sexual Assault. 
  Page 371 - 374Emerson B. Bechtel K.Editors: Hillard P.Wiley2013
• Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 
  Chapter: Infectious Disease in Child Abuse. 
  Page 370 - 372Bechtel KEditors: Long SS, Pickering LJ, Prober CG.ElsevierEdition 4th,2012
• UpToDate 
  Chapter: Evaluation of sexual abuse in children and adolescents. 
  Bechtel, K, Bennett, BEditors: Rose, BD.UpToDate, Waltham, MA2007
• Child Abuse:New Research 
  Chapter: Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma: From Diagnosis to Prevention. 
  Page 65 - 77Bechtel KEditors: Sturt SM.Nova Science Publishers Inc2006
• Child Maltreatment: A Clinical Guide and Reference 
  Chapter: ThoracoabdominalTrauma. 
  Page 67 - 75Bechtel KEditors: Giardino, AG & Alexander, R.GW Medical Publishing, Inc., St. LouisEdition 3rd,2005
• Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences 
  Chapter: Abusive Head Trauma. 
  Page 696 - 701Leventhal JM. Bechtel K.Elsevier Science2003
• Pearls of Wisdom: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Board Review 
  Chapter: Pediatric Gynecology. 
  Bechtel KEditors: Gossman WG, Emblad P, Plantz P, et al.McGraw Hill Medical Publishing1998
• Pearls of Wisdom: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Board Review 
  Chapter: Pediatric Neurology. 
  Bechtel KEditors: Gossman WG, Emblad P, Plantz P, et al.McGraw Hill Medical Publishing1998
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Abstracts/Posters

• "Use of the Pediatric Trauma Score to Triage Severity of Childhood Injury"
  Kirsten A. Bechtel, MD, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/23/2014
• "Impact of a SANE Program on the Evaluation of Sexual Assault in a Pediatric Emergency Department"
  Kirsten A. Bechtel, MD, Society for Pediatric Research/Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, 1/5/2007
• "Caregiver Knowledge of Shaken Baby Syndrome in an Urban Primary Care Center"
  Kirsten A. Bechtel, MD, Society for Pediatric Research/Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, 1/5/2007
• "Sexual Assault and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowships: Are we prepared?
  Kirsten A. Bechtel, MD, Society for Pediatric Research/Ambulatory Pediatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/14/2005
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Lectures

• "Sexually Transmitted Infections in Children: When to worry" 
  New Haven, CT, 2006-2014 - 1/27/2015
• "History of Traffic Safety at Yale University" 
  Washington, DC - 1/20/2015
• "Come Together for Traffic Safety" 
  Washington, DC - 1/20/2015
• "What's the matter here? Why most young infants die in Connecticut" 
  New Haven, CT - 1/18/2015
• "What's the Matter Here? The Spectrum of Child Physical Abuse" 
  New Haven, CT, 2007-2014 - 1/15/2015
• "What's the matter here? Why young infants die in Connecticut" 
  West Haven, CT - 1/11/2015
• "The Spectrum of Child Abuse" 
  New Haven, CT, 2000, 2003-2014 - 1/9/2015
• "Sleep Tight Safely: Why most infants die in Connecticut" 
  New Haven, CT - 1/6/2015
• "What's the Matter Here? Head trauma in children" 
  New Haven, CT - 1/5/2015
• "Human Trafficking in CT: Who what where why what?" 
  Bridgeport, CT - 1/24/2014
• "Sexual Assault: Recognition, Evaluation, Support and Treatment" 
  New Haven, CT - 1/15/2014
• "Putting Infants to Sleep in Safe Environments" 
  1/11/2014
• "Abusive Head Trauma Prevention: How Do We Not Get Here" 
  Yale University-West Campus, West Haven, CT - 1/10/2014
• "What's the Matter Here? Detecting AHT" 
  Norwalk, CT - 1/26/2013
• "Evaluation and Management of Sexual Assault" 
  New Haven, CT - 1/20/2013
• "Child Fatality Review: Lessons learned from a child's death" 
  New Haven, CT, 2011 - 1/13/2012
• "The Economic and Public Health Impacts of Biking and Walking" 
  New Britain, CT - 1/13/2010
• "Evaluation of the Head Bump in the Small Child" 
  Bridgeport, CT - 1/2/2010
• "On the Road Again: An Update on Automotive Safety" 
  Norwalk, CT - 1/19/2009
• "Impact of an Educational Intervention on Caregiver Knowledge of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Attitudes about Infant Crying" 
  Baltimore, MD - 1/5/2009
• "Evaluation of Sexual Assault in the Pediatric Population" 
  Hamden, CT - 1/17/2008
• "Physical Abuse of Children" 
  Hartford, CT, November 10, 2007 - 1/8/2008
• "Impact of a SANE Program on the Evaluation of Sexual Assault in a Pediatric Emergency Department" 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/11/2007
• "Caregiver Knowledge of Shaken Baby Syndrome in an Urban Primary Care Center" 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/10/2007
• "Relationship of S100B and Intracranial Injury in Children with Accidental Closed Head Trauma" 
  Toronto, ON - 1/5/2007
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Other

• Pediatric Headache. 
  Lopez JI, Bechtel KA, Rothrock JF, Medscape Reference
  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2110861-overview
  1/22/2015
• Youth Suicide in Connecticut. 
  Bechtel K., Office of the Child Advocate/Connecticut Child Fatality Review Panel
  http://www.ct.gov/oca/lib/oca/Suicide_Prevention_Alert_Final.pdf
  1/7/2015
• Child Fatality Review Report: Children Birth to Three (2013). 
  Bechtel K., Office of the Child Advocate
  http://www.ct.gov/oca/lib/oca/Final_OCA_Infant_Toddler_Fatality_Report.pdf
  1/31/2014
• Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. 
  Bechtel K., Office of the Child Advocate
  http://www.ct.gov/oca/lib/oca/sandyhook11212014.pdf
  1/21/2014
• Cauda Equina and Conus Medullaris Syndromes. 
  Dawoudu ST. Beeson MS. Bechtel K., Medscape Drugs & Diseases
  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1148690-overview
  1/18/2014
• Public Health Alert: Unsafe Sleep-Related Deaths are the Leading Cause of Preventable Deaths in Infants. 
  Bechtel K., Office of the Child Advocate/Connecticut Child Fatality Review Panel
  http://www.ct.gov/oca/lib/oca/PublicHealthAlert_Safe_SleepApr_7_FINAL__docx_%282%29.pdf
  1/7/2014
• Pediatric Chickenpox. 
  Bechtel K., Pediatrics: General Medicine.eMedicine-WebMD
  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/969773-overview
  1/1/2014
• Management of Headache in the Pediatric Emergency Department. 
  Alfonzo M. Bechtel K. Babineau S., Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice
  1/1/2013
• Sexually Transmitted Infections after Sexual Abuse of Children and Adolescents. 
  Bechtel K, Current Opinion in Pediatrics
  1/1/2010
• Evaluation of Closed Head Trauma in Children. 
  Bechtel K, CyberRounds
  1/18/2009
• Abusive Head Trauma. 
  Bechtel K, Illinois Child Welfare
  1/1/2005
• Closed head trauma in children. 
  Bechtel K, Closed head trauma in children.
  1/1/2004
• The Spectrum of Child Abuse. (Manual devised for training of family court judges in Connecticut in the recognition and evaluation of child abuse.) 
  Bechtel K.
  1/1/2004
• Physical Abuse of Children. 
  Bechtel K, Emergency Medicine Specialty Reports
  1/1/2003
• Can booster seats save lives? 
  Bechtel K., Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital Healthlink
  http://www.ynhh.org/healthlink/pediatrics/pediatrics_2_03.html
  1/1/2003
• ENT Infections in Children. 
  Bechtel K, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports
  1/1/2003
• Scooter, skateboard injuries rise with popularity. 
  Bechtel K., Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital Healthlink
  http://www.ynhh.org/healthlink/pediatrics/pediatrics_5_02.html
  1/1/2002
• Care of the child and adolescent after sexual assault. Protocol for medical, forensic and psychosocial assessment of children and adolescents after sexual assault who ... 
  Bechtel K. Santucci K. Baum C.
  1/1/2001
• Identifying the Subtle Signs of Pediatric Physical Abuse-Part I: Bruises, Fractures, Burns, and Head Trauma. 
  Bechtel K, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports
  1/1/2001
• Identifying the Subtle Signs of Pediatric Physical Abuse-Part 2: Injuries to the Thorax, Abdomen, and Oral Cavity. 
  Bechtel K, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports
  1/1/2001
• Safety Concerns Limit Teen Driving. 
  Bechtel K., Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital Healthlink
  http://www.ynhh.org/healthlink/pediatrics/pediatrics_6_01.html
  1/1/2001
• Evaluation of the adolescent rape victim. 
  Bechtel K, Podrazik M, Pediatric Clinics of North America
  1/1/1999
• Rules of the Road. 
  Bechtel K.
  http://ehs.yale.edu/news/ehs-safety-bulletin#road
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