NormanCChristopherMD

PubMed

• 21 citations
  A randomized clinical trial of oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate versus intravenous morphine sulfate for initial control of pain in children with extremity injuries.
  Patrick J. Mahar, Jamal A. Rana, Christopher S. Kennedy, Norman C. Christopher
  Pediatric Emergency Care. 2007-08-01
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  Initial urinary epinephrine and cortisol levels predict acute PTSD symptoms in child trauma victims
  Douglas L. Delahanty, Nicole R. Nugent, Norman C. Christopher, Michele C. Walsh
  Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2005-02-01
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  Contamination rates of blood cultures obtained by dedicated phlebotomy vs intravenous catheter.
  Alonna Norberg, Norman C. Christopher, Maria Ramundo, John R. Bower, Shirley A. Berman
  JAMA. 2003-02-12

Journal Articles

• Efficacy of intravenous lidocaine to reduce pain and distress associated with propofol infusion in pediatric patients during procedural sedation  
  Depue K, Christopher NC, Raed M, Forbes M, Besunder J, Reed M, Pediatr Emerg Care, 1/1/2013
• Serum procalcitonin in the evaluation of febrile infants 2 to 60 days of age  
  Woelker JW, Sinha M, Christopher NC, Powell KR, Pediatr Emerg Care, 1/1/2012
• The influence of family environment on dissociation in pediatric injury patients  
  Nugent NR, Sledjeski E, Christopher NC, Delahanty DL, Clin Child Psychol Psych, 1/1/2011
• The impact of caregiver distress on the longitudinal development of child acute PTSD symptoms in pediatric injury victims  
  Ostrowski SA, Ciesla JA, Irish L, Lee TJ, Christopher NC, Delahanty DL, J Pediatr Psychol, 1/1/2011
• The efficacy of early Propranolol administration at reducing PTSD symptoms in child trauma victims: A pilot study  
  Nugent NR, Christopher NC, Crow JP, Browne L, Ostrowski S, Delahanty DL., J Trauma Stress, 1/1/2010
• Pediatric Urolithiasis: Clinical Predictors and Outcomes in the Emergency Department  
  Persaud AC, Stevenson MD, McMahon DR, Christopher NC, Pediatrics, 1/1/2009
• An educational curriculum for teaching pediatric procedural sedation to physicians in training Under review  
  Bacevice AM, Ramundo ML, Holder MG, Christopher NC, Pediatr Emerg Care, 1/1/2007
• A randomized clinical trial of oral transmucosyl fentanyl citrate vs intravenous morphine sulfate for initial control of pain in children with extremity injuries  
  Mahar P, Rana JA, Kennedy C, Christopher NC, Pediatr Emerg Care, 1/1/2007
• Acute child and mother psychophysiological responses and subsequent PTSD symptoms following a child’s traumatic event  
  Ostrowski SA, Christopher NC, van Dulman MHM, Delahanty DL., J Trauma Stress, 1/1/2007
• Brief report: The impact of maternal posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and child gender on risk for persistent posttraumatic stress disorder in child trauma victims  
  Ostrowski SA, Christopher NC, Delahanty DL, J Pediatr Psychol, 1/1/2007
• Parental posttraumatic stress symptoms as a moderator of child’s acute biological response and subsequent posttraumatic stress symptoms in pediatric injury patients  
  Nugent NR, Ostrowski S, Christopher NC, Delahanty DL, J Pediatr Psychol, 1/1/2007
• Emergency medical service and in-hospital vital signs and subsequent PTSD in child trauma victims  
  Nugent NR, Christopher NC, Buckley B, Delahanty DL, J Child Psychol Psych, 1/1/2006
• Lack of effect of ethyl chloride vapocoolent spray on decreasing pain associated with intravenous cannulation in children  
  Costello M, Ramundo M, Powell K, Christopher NC, Clin Pediatr, 1/1/2006
• Evaluation of non-pharmacological methods of pain and anxiety management for laceration repair in the pediatric emergency department  
  Sinha M, Christopher NC, Fenn RL., Pediatrics, 1/1/2006
• The educational experience of pediatric emergency medicine fellows in the use and application of procedural sedation and analgesia  
  Pollauf LA, Lutes R, Ramundo M, Christopher NC, Pediatr Emerg Care, 1/1/2004
• Impact of a standardized pharyngitis treatment protocol on use of antibacterial therapy in a pediatric emergency department  
  Diaz M, Symons N, Ramundo MR, Christopher NC, Arch Pediatr Adol Med, 1/1/2004
• Optimal diagnostic testing for urinary tract infection (UTI) in young children  
  Novak R, Powell KR, Christopher NC, Pediatr Dev Pathol, 1/1/2004
• Parental knowledge and children’s use of bicycle helmets  
  Bernstein JD, Harper MA, Pardi LA, Christopher NC, Clin Pediatr, 1/1/2003
• Sports-related injuries in the pediatric athlete  
  Christopher NC, Congeni J, Clin Pediatr Emerg Med, 1/1/2002
• Curling iron-related injuries presenting to US emergency departments  
  Qazi K, Gerson W, Christopher NC, Kessler E, Acad Emerg Med, 1/1/2001
• Genitourinary tract trauma in the pediatric patient  
  Christopher, NC, Pediatr Emerg Med Rep, 1/1/2000
• Pediatric emergency medicine education in emergency medicine training programs  
  Christopher NC, Acad Emerg Med, 1/1/2000
• Paramedic judgment of the need for trauma team activation for pediatric patients  
  Qazi K, Kempf J, Christopher NC, Gerson LW, Acad Emerg Med, 1/1/1998
• Pain management in the emergency department: Patterns of analgesic utilization  
  Petrack EM, Christopher NC, Kriwinsky J, Pediatrics, 1/1/1997
• Hospital admissions of children from the emergency department: Are decisions regarding children on public assistance different?  
  Krug S, Paul R, Chessare J, Christopher NC, Satkowiak L, Yamashita T, Pediatr Emerg Care, 1/1/1997
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Books/Book Chapters

• Musculoskeletal Review for Emergency Medicine. A Core Curriculum 
  Christopher NC (contributing author)Editors: Effron and Dietrich.Ohio Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians; Bindery and Specialties, Inc.1999
• Paramedic Field Care: A Complaint-Based Approach 
  Chapter: The Critical Pediatric Patient 
  Christopher NCEditors: Pons P, Cason D.Mosby-Year Book Inc.1997
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice 
  Chapter: Procedure Atlas. 
  Christopher NC.Editors: Barkin RM.Mosby Year Book, ChicagoEdition Thir,1997
• Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine 
  Chapter: Nontraumatic Abdominal Pain in Children 
  Christopher NC1996
• Manual of Emergency Medical Therapeutics 
  Chapter: Empiric antibiotic selection for infectious disease emergencies in the pediatric age group 
  Christopher NCEditors: Bosker G, Talan DA, Goldman HB, Albrich JM.Mosby-Year Book Inc., St. Louis1995
• Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine 
  Chapter: Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia: Recent Advances in Evaluation and Management 
  Christopher NC, Mehta S1995
• Emergency Care of the Compromised Host 
  Chapter: The child with congenital heart disease 
  Christopher, NCEditors: Herr R, Cydulka RK.J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia1994
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Abstracts/Posters

• Initial hormone levels and PTSD symptoms in amnesic versus non-amnesic pediatric trauma victims.
  Ostrowski SA, Christopher NC, Delahanty DL., Annual meeting of the International Scoeity for Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2007
• Outcomes in Young Children With Inflicted vs. Accidental Closed Head Injury: A 13-year Experience in a Children’s Hospital.
  Scharlatt K, Scott EF, Ramundo M, Christopher NC, Pediatric Academic Society Annual meeting, Pediatr Res, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2004
• Initial Urinary Epinephrine and Cortisol Levels Predict Acute PTSD Symptoms in Survivors of Severe Trauma During Childhood.
  Christopher NC, Nugent NR, Delahanty DL, Pediatric Academic Society Annual meeting, Pediatr Res, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2004
• Impact of a standardized pharyngitis treatment protocol on use of antibacterial therapy in a pediatric emergency department.
  Diaz M, Symons N, Ramundo MR, Christopher NC, Pediatric Academic Society Annual meeting, Pediatr Res, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2004
• Relationships between initial post-trauma hormone levels, parental distress, and PTSD symptoms in child trauma victims
  Nugent N, Delahanty DL., Christopher NC, Kantak, S, American Psychosomatic Society, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2003
• Initial cardiovascular predictors and PTSD in child accident victims
  Nugent NR, Delahanty DL, Christopher NC, Buckley B, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2003
• Distance-based learning in emergency medicine
  Beeson MS, Harris B, Bradford J, Christopher NC, Acad Emerg Med, Annual meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2000
• Management of closed head injury in children: A cost minimization analysis based on clinical risk stratification
  Sinha M, Ramundo M, Christopher NC, American Academy of Pediatrics annual meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2000
• Mechanism of injury and factors predicting injury severity in children
  Christopher NC, Qazi K, Acad Emerg Med, 1/1/1997
• A randomized, controlled trial of Cefixime compared to Amoxicillin for treatment of acute otitis media.
  Johnson CE, Carlin SA, Super DM, Rehmus JM, Roberts DG, Christopher NC, Whitwell JK, and Shurin PA., Plenary Session, APA meeting, 1/1/1990
• Reported practices of pediatric trainees in the diagnosis and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  Stancin T, Christopher NC, National Institute of Mental Health Conference on Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents in Primary Care Settings, New Haven, 1/1/1989
• Outcome of infants delivered to U.S. urban HBsAg-positive mothers.
  Christopher NC, Kral PL, Kumar ML, Ped. Res., 1/1/1989
• Observational variables and subjective judgement: Pediatric triage in a non-children's hospital ED.
  Christopher NC, Fendrick L, Gafney-Etheart R., Annual meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Section on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Acad Emerg Med, San Antonio, 1/23/1995
• Impact of parent’s knowledge and safety practices on their children’s use of bicycle helmets.
  Bernstein JD, Harper MA, Pardi LA, Christopher NC., Pediatric Academic Society meeting, Pediatr Res, Baltimore, 1/20/2002
• Longitudinal development of child PTSD symptoms in pediatric injury victims.
  Ostrowski SA, Ciesla MA, Lee TJ, Christopher NC, Delahanty DL, Annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1/4./2010
• Adequacy of emergency department chart documentation for generating E-codes
  Qazi K, Christopher NC, Gerson L, Scientific Session of the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting, 1/27/2000
• Depression as a moderator of the efficacy of propranolol at preventing PTSD in child trauma victims.
  Morris A, Nugent N, Ostrowski SA, Christopher NC, Delahanty DL, Annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1/5./2010
• Curling iron-related injuries presenting to US emergency departments.
  Qazi K, Gerson W, Christopher NC, Kessler E, Spring Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, National Congress on Childhood Emergencies Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1999; Baltimore, 2000, 1/27/2000
• EMT-P Judgment of the Need for Trauma Team Activation for Pediatric Blunt Trauma Patients.
  Qazi K, Christopher NC., Region V Ambulatory Pediatrics Association annual meeting, National Congress on Childhood Emergencies, Pediatr Emerg Care, Cincinnati, OH, 1997; Washington, DC, 1998, 1/22/1998
• Motor vehicle occupant compartment damage and severity of injury to children
  Qazi K, Christopher NC, Gerson L, Gautham S, Hue K, Hertz E., Amb Child Health, Annual meeting of the APA/SPR, National Congress on Childhood Emergencies, Pediatr Emerg Care, 1/22/1998
• Impact of Family Functioning on the Development of Acute Child PTSD Symptoms in Pediatric Injury Victims
  Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1/4./2010
• Pain management in the ED: Patterns of analgesic utilization.
  Petrack EM, Christopher NC, Cayco R, Kriwinsky J., Annual meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Arch Ped Adol Med, Washington, DC, 1/8./1996
• Lack of effect of ethyl vinyl chloride vapocoolent spray on decreasing pain associated with intravenous cannulation in children: A brief report.
  Costello M, Ramundo M, Christopher NC, Powell KR, Pediatric Academic Society meeting, Pediatr Res, Baltimore, 1/21/2002
• Factors contributing to preferential use of the emergency department for nonurgent pediatric care
  Christopher NC, Marzinsky A, Kerr MA, Annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Section on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Acad Emerg Med, San Antonio, 1/22/1995
• Clinical effect of aerosolized glycopyrrolate in wheezing infants.
  Christopher NC, Besunder J, Super DM, Annual meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Section on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Acad Emerg Med, San Antonio, 1/23/1995
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Lectures

• The death of a 17 year old patient with Duchene’s Muscular Dystrophy: Assessment of respiratory distress in patients with underlying neuromuscular disease 
  Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron - 1/1/2002
• Approach to the Critically Ill Child, and Rapid Sequence Induction. 
  Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine - 1/1/2000
• A pediatric patient with blunt chest trauma 
  Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio. - 1/27/1996
• Pediatric trauma and trauma system development. 
  Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron. - 1/12/1999
• Abdominal Catastrophes in Infants and Young Children 
  Cleveland, Ohio - 1/28/1998
• Protocol-Driven Care: Development, Implementation, and Monitoring of Clinical Pathways. 
  Salt Fork Lodge and Resort, Cambridge, Ohio - 1/12/1998
• Evaluation and Management of the Febrile Child: The Emergency Medicine Perspective. 
  Doctor’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio - 1/6./1998
• Fever and Occult Bacteremia in the Pediatric Patient: Patterns, Protocols, and Interventions for Superior Clinical Results 
  Cancun, Mexico - 1/20/1998
• Life- and Limb-Threatening Pediatric Trauma: Controversies, Strategies, and Critical Pathways for Optimizing Outcomes and Reducing Risk. 
  Cancun, Mexico - 1/20/1998
• Abdominal Catastrophes During Infancy 
  Salt Fork Lodge, Cambridge, Ohio - 1/9./1997
• The Febrile Infant: New Trends in Management 
  Orlando, Florida - 1/28/1997
• Pediatric Toxicology: The Unknown Ingestion 
  Cleveland, Ohio - 1/22/1997
• A pediatric patient who expired in an MVA with multiple traumatic injuries. Initial assessment and principles of management. 
  Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron. - 1/15/1997
• Evaluation and Management of the Child Suspected of Having a Cervical Spine Injury. 
  Columbus, Ohio - 1/27/1996
• ACEP (Ohio Chapter) Oral Board Review Course 
  Cleveland, OH - 1/15/1996
• Office Treatment of Pediatric Emergencies 
  Akron, Ohio - 1/13/1996
• Dermal manifestations of systemic disease in children. 
  1/7./1999
• Update in Pediatric Dermatology 
  Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Duck Key, Florida - 1/12/1996
• Advances in Management of the Pediatric Patient With Sickle Cell Hemoglobinopathy 
  Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Duck Key, Florida - 1/12/1996
• Infectious Disease Emergencies in Children 
  Columbus, Ohio - 1/24/1995
• Update on SIDS for the Pediatric and Family Practitioner. 
  Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron - 1/2./1995
• Assessment and Stabilization of the Critical Pediatric Patient. 
  Cleveland, Ohio - 1/19/1994
• Evaluation and treatment of the infant or young child with fever 
  Columbus, Ohio - 1/23/1994
• Evaluation of the febrile infant and young child. 
  Mercy Hospital - 1/1./1994
• Sudden Infant Death and Apparent Life Threatening Events 
  MetroHealth Medical Center - 1/12/1993
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Other

• Healthier by Design: Creating Accountable Care Communities. A Framework for Engagement and Sustainability. 
  Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) planning committee
  1/1/2012
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. 
  Christopher, NC, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
  1/1/1992