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David Carl Brousseau, MD

Emergency Medicine

Primary Office

²¨É«µ¥Ë« Hospital, Delaware ²¨É«µ¥Ë« Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Brown University at Hasbro Children's Hospital, 2000

Residency

  • General Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Colorado, 1996

Medical/Dental School

  • MD - University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1993

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics/Emergency Medicine

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
  • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
  • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware Next
  • Carefirst MD Community Health Plan Mcaid
  • Cigna Lifesource Transplant
  • Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
  • Cigna/Great West PPO
  • Delaware First Health
  • Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
  • Delaware Medicare
  • Devon Health Services
  • Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
  • First Health/Affordable PPO
  • Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
  • Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware
  • Highmark Medicaid Health Options
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
  • Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
  • Insurance Administrators of America
  • INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
  • Keystone First Medicaid HMO
  • Lifetrac Transplant
  • Maryland Medicaid
  • Multiplan PPO
  • National Transplant (Humana)
  • New Jersey Medicaid
  • Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO DE/PA
  • Pennsylvania Medicaid
  • Preferred Healthcare PPO
  • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
  • Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
  • Star Healthcare Network
  • Three Rivers Provider Network
  • Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
  • United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
  • UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
  • US Family Health Plan
  • Wellpoint Maryland Medcaid

  • Health-Related Quality of Life for Parents of Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Journal of Pediatrics; (2024).

  • Intranasal fentanyl and discharge from the emergency department among children with sickle cell disease and vaso-occlusive pain: A multicenter pediatric emergency medicine perspective; American Journal of Hematology; (2023).

  • Sickle Cell Disease Treatment with Arginine Therapy (STArT): study protocol for a phase 3 randomized controlled trial.; Trials; (2023).

  • A potential cost savings analysis of a penicillin de-labeling program.; Frontiers in allergy; (2023).

  • Return visits after emergency department treatment for sickle cell pain crises.; American journal of hematology; (2023).

  • Return visit rates after an emergency department discharge for children with sickle cell pain episodes.; Pediatric blood & cancer; (2023).

  • Multisite Oral Amoxicillin Challenges During Pediatric Emergency Department Visits.; JAMA pediatrics; (2023).

  • Validation of the Pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score and Evaluation of Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock Definitions in the Pediatric Emergency Department.; JAMA pediatrics; (2022).

  • Detection of changes of functioning over time after asthma exacerbation in children with the use of PROMIS domains; Journal of Asthma; (2022).

  • Anaphylaxis knowledge gaps and future research priorities: A consensus report; Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; (2022).

  • Adherence to NHLBI guidelines for the emergent management of vaso-occlusive episodes in children with sickle cell disease: A multicenter perspective; American Journal of Hematology; (2022).

  • Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy, a Method to Improve COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Acceptance in Racial and Ethnic Minorities; Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting; (2022).

  • Updated Diagnosis Grouping System for Pediatric Emergency Department Visits.; Pediatric emergency care; (2022).

  • Identification of Biological Processes Associated with Pain in Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease; US Association for the Study of Pain Annual Meeting; (2022).

  • Prospective Risk Stratification Identifies Healthcare Utilization Associated with Home Oxygen Therapy for Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Journal of Pediatrics; (2022).

  • Quality Improvement Project to Improve the Timeliness of Care for Children With Testicular Torsion in the Emergency Department; Pediatric Quality and Safety; (2022).

  • Understanding Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Hesitancy in Racial and Ethnic Minority Caregivers; Vaccines; (2022).

  • Heart Disease, Advanced Age, Minority Race, and Hispanic Ethnicity Are Associated With Mortality in COVID-19 Patients.; WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin; (2021).

  • Severity grading system for acute allergic reactions: A multidisciplinary Delphi study; Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; (2021).

  • PEMCRC anaphylaxis study protocol: A multicentre cohort study to derive and validate clinical decision models for the emergency department management of children with anaphylaxis; BMJ Open; (2021).

  • Heart disease, advanced age, minority race, and hispanic ethnicity are associated with mortality in covid-19 patients; Wisconsin Medical Journal; (2021).

  • Cephalosporin allergy symptoms in children presenting to a pediatric emergency department; Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; (2021).

  • Actual and Potential Impact of a Home Nasogastric Tube Feeding Program for Infants Whose Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge Is Affected by Delayed Oral Feedings; Journal of Pediatrics; (2021).

  • Opioid Prescription Patterns at Emergency Department Discharge for Children with Fractures; Pain Medicine (United States); (2020).

  • Home Oxygen Use and 1-Year Readmission among Infants Born Preterm with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Discharged from Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Units; Journal of Pediatrics; (2020).

  • Correlates of sexually transmitted infection testing following women's release from jail: Correlates of STI testing following incarceration; Women and Health; (2020).

  • Can PROMIS domains of pain and physical functioning detect changes in health over time for children with sickle cell disease?; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2020).

  • Assessment of pediatric asthma exacerbation with the use of new PROMIS measures; Journal of Asthma; (2020).

  • A Multiyear Cross-sectional Study of Guideline Adherence for the Timeliness of Opioid Administration in Children With Sickle Cell Pain Crisis; Annals of Emergency Medicine; (2020).

  • The association between timely opioid administration and hospitalization in children with sickle cell disease presenting to the emergency department in acute pain; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2020).

  • Persistent, refractory, and biphasic anaphylaxis: A multidisciplinary Delphi study; Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; (2020).

  • Oral amoxicillin challenges in low-risk children during a pediatric emergency department visit; Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice; (2020).

  • Teaching versus nonteaching hospitals: Where children with sickle cell disease receive their emergency department care; Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; (2020).

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Acute Illness Educational Intervention in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Written Versus Application-Based Education; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2020).

  • A Prospective Study of Parent Health-Related Quality of Life before and after Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Journal of Pediatrics; (2019).

  • Seeking Care for Pediatric Illness: Health System Perspective; Academic Pediatrics; (2019).

  • Parent Preferences Regarding Home Oxygen Use for Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Journal of Pediatrics; (2019).

  • Normal saline bolus use in pediatric emergency departments is associated with poorer pain control in children with sickle cell anemia and vaso-occlusive pain; American Journal of Hematology; (2019).

  • Improving emergency department management of diabetic ketoacidosis in children; Pediatrics; (2019).

  • Impact of Medical Scribes on Provider Efficiency in the Pediatric Emergency Department; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2019).

  • Reported Knowledge and Management of Potential Penicillin Allergy in Children; Academic Pediatrics; (2019).

  • Hydroxyurea use for sickle cell disease among medicaid-enrolled children; Pediatrics; (2019).

  • Why Parents Seek Care for Acute Illness in the Clinic or the ED: The Role of Health Literacy; Academic Pediatrics; (2018).

  • Practice variation in emergency department management of children with sickle cell disease who present with fever; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2018).

  • Parents' pain medication underdosing is associated with more emergency department visits in sickle cell disease; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2018).

  • Health Information Preferences of Parents in a Pediatric Emergency Department; Clinical Pediatrics; (2018).

  • Consensus-based Criterion Standard for the Identification of Pediatric Patients Who Need Emergency Medical Services Transport to a Hospital with Higher-level Pediatric Resources; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2018).

  • Behavioral Changes in Children After Emergency Department Procedural Sedation; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2018).

  • Antibiotic use after removal of penicillin allergy label; Pediatrics; (2018).

  • Web-Based Surveillance of Illness in Childcare Centers; Health Security; (2017).

  • Red blood cell transfusions during sickle cell anemia vaso-occlusive crises: a report from the magnesium in crisis (MAGiC) study; Transfusion; (2017).

  • Parent-Reported Penicillin Allergy Symptoms in the Pediatric Emergency Department; Academic Pediatrics; (2017).

  • Determining the longitudinal validity and meaningful differences in HRQL of the PedsQLâ„¢ Sickle Cell Disease Module; Health and Quality of Life Outcomes; (2017).

  • Association of guideline-adherent antibiotic treatment with readmission of children with sickle cell disease hospitalized with acute chest syndrome; JAMA Pediatrics; (2017).

  • Impact of Chronic Conditions on Emergency Department Visits of Children Using Medicaid; Journal of Pediatrics; (2017).

  • Allergy testing in children with low-risk penicillin allergy symptoms; Pediatrics; (2017).

  • Which Febrile Children With Sickle Cell Disease Need a Chest X-Ray?; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2016).

  • What Parents Want: Does Provider Knowledge of Written Parental Expectations Improve Satisfaction in the Emergency Department?; Academic Pediatrics; (2016).

  • The Benefits and Challenges of Preconsent in a Multisite, Pediatric Sickle Cell Intervention Trial; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2016).

  • Prehospital opioid administration in the emergency care of injured children; Prehospital Emergency Care; (2016).

  • Multicenter Evaluation of Prehospital Opioid Pain Management in Injured Children; Prehospital Emergency Care; (2016).

  • Impact of emergency department care on outcomes of acute pain events in children with sickle cell disease; American Journal of Hematology; (2016).

  • 2015 pediatric research priorities in prehospital care; Prehospital Emergency Care; (2016).

  • A randomized clinical trial of jet-injected lidocaine to reduce venipuncture pain for young children; Annals of Emergency Medicine; (2015).

  • Assessment of Food Insecurity in Children's Hospital of Wisconsin's Emergency Department.; WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin; (2015).

  • Psychosocial Care for Injured Children: Worldwide Survey among Hospital Emergency Department Staff.; The Journal of pediatrics; (2015).

  • A multicenter randomized controlled trial of intravenous magnesium for sickle cell pain crisis in children; Blood; (2015).

  • Prehospital Pediatric Care: Opportunities for Training, Treatment, and Research; Prehospital Emergency Care; (2015).

  • Assessment of food insecurity in children's hospital of wisconsin's emergency department; Wisconsin Medical Journal; (2015).

  • Association of care in a medical home and health care utilization among children with sickle cell disease; Journal of the National Medical Association; (2015).

  • The use of the needle-free jet injection system with buffered lidocaine device does not change intravenous placement success in children in the emergency department; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2015).

  • The proportion of potentially preventable emergency department visits by patients with sickle cell disease; Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; (2015).

  • The accuracy of using ICD-9-CM codes to determine genotype and fever status of patients with sickle cell disease; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2015).

  • Health literacy affects likelihood of radiology testing in the pediatric emergency department; Journal of Pediatrics; (2015).

  • Cost comparison of mechanically ventilated patients across the age span; Journal of Perinatology; (2015).

  • Sickle cell disease increases high mobility group box 1: A novel mechanism of inflammation; Blood; (2014).

  • Measuring health literacy in caregivers of children: A comparison of the Newest Vital Sign and S-TOFHLA; Clinical Pediatrics; (2014).

  • Low caregiver health literacy is associated with higher pediatric emergency department use and nonurgent visits; Academic Pediatrics; (2014).

  • Lorazepam vs diazepam for pediatric status epilepticus: A randomized clinical trial; JAMA; (2014).

  • Intravenous magnesium for pediatric sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis: Methodological issues of a randomized controlled trial; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2014).

  • Caregiver low health literacy and nonurgent use of the pediatric emergency department for febrile illness; Academic pediatrics; (2014).

  • Ambulatory quality indicators to prevent infection in sickle cell disease; American Journal of Hematology; (2014).

  • Emergency department and urgent care for children excluded from child care; Pediatrics; (2014).

  • Integration of the Medical College of Wisconsin Physician Scientist Pathway and Summer Research Programs to Increase Medical Student Research Skills; Medical Science Educator; (2013).

  • The relationship between parent health literacy and pediatric emergency department utilization: A systematic review; Academic Pediatrics; (2013).

  • Varying patterns of home oxygen use in infants at 23-43 weeks' gestation discharged from United States neonatal intensive care units; Journal of Pediatrics; (2013).

  • Concentration of hospital care for acute sickle cell disease-related visits; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2012).

  • Outpatient follow-up and rehospitalizations for sickle cell disease patients; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2012).

  • Self-report of child care directors regarding return-to-care; Pediatrics; (2012).

  • When children with sickle-cell disease become adults: Lack of outpatient care leads to increased use of the emergency department; American Journal of Hematology; (2011).

  • Perceptions about water and increased use of bottled water in minority children; Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; (2011).

  • Nonurgent emergency-department care: Analysis of parent and primary physician perspectives; Pediatrics; (2011).

  • Associations between quality of primary care and health care use among children with special health care needs; Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; (2011).

  • In reply; JAMA; (2010).

  • Acute care utilization and rehospitalizations for sickle cell disease; JAMA; (2010).

  • Vaso-occlusive painful events in sickle cell disease: Impact on child well-being; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2010).

  • Unnecessary child care exclusions in a state that endorses national exclusion guidelines; Pediatrics; (2010).

  • The number of people with sickle-cell disease in the United States: National and state estimates; American Journal of Hematology; (2010).

  • Emergency department reliance: A discriminatory measure of frequent emergency department users; Pediatrics; (2010).

  • Dissatisfaction with hospital care for children with sickle cell disease not due only to race and chronic disease; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2009).

  • A Randomized Clinical Trial of Ibuprofen Versus Acetaminophen With Codeine for Acute Pediatric Arm Fracture Pain; Annals of Emergency Medicine; (2009).

  • Primary Care Quality and Subsequent Emergency Department Utilization for Children in Wisconsin Medicaid; Academic Pediatrics; (2009).

  • Postdischarge pain, functional limitations and impact on caregivers of children with sickle cell disease treated for painful events; British Journal of Haematology; (2009).

  • Store-and-forward teledermatology versus in-person visits: A comparison in pediatric teledermatology clinic; Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology; (2009).

  • Why Do Parents Bring Children to the Emergency Department for Nonurgent Conditions? A Qualitative Study; Ambulatory Pediatrics; (2008).

  • The effect of acute pain crisis on exhaled nitric oxide levels in children with sickle cell disease; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2008).

  • Urgency classification methods for emergency department visits: Do they measure up'; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2008).

  • Racial and ethnic disparities in nontraumatic dental-condition visits to emergency departments and physician offices : A study of the wisconsin medicaid program; Journal of the American Dental Association; (2008).

  • Parental perception of quality of hospital care for children with sickle cell disease; Wisconsin Medical Journal; (2008).

  • Evaluation and Management of the Critically Ill Neonate in the Emergency Department; Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine; (2008).

  • A prospective study of injury patterns in high school pole vaulters; American Journal of Sports Medicine; (2008).

  • Parental perception of quality of hospital care for children with sickle cell disease.; WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin; (2008).

  • The Effect of CYP2D6 Polymorphisms on the Response to Pain Treatment for Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain Crisis; Journal of Pediatrics; (2007).

  • Quality of primary care and subsequent pediatric emergency department utilization; Pediatrics; (2007).

  • Cytochrome P4502D6 (CYP2D6) gene locus heterogeneity: Characterization of gene duplication events; Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics; (2007).

  • Pain assessment for pediatric patients in the emergency department; Pediatrics; (2006).

  • Methods of categorizing emergency department visit urgency: A survey of pediatric emergency medicine physicians; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2006).

  • Emergency department allies: A controlled trial of two emergency department-based follow-up interventions to improve asthma outcomes in children; Pediatrics; (2006).

  • Categorizing Urgency of Infant Emergency Department Visits: Agreement between Criteria; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2006).

  • The Impact of a Brief Expectation Survey on Parental Satisfaction in the Pediatric Emergency Department; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2006).

  • Acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura of childhood - Diagnosis and therapy; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2005).

  • Association between parental and childhood emergency department utilization; Pediatrics; (2005).

  • Disparities for Latino children in the timely receipt of medical care; Ambulatory Pediatrics; (2005).

  • Variation in hospitalizations and hospital length of stay in children with vaso-occlusive crises in sickle cell disease; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2005).

  • Intervention to improve interobserver agreement in the assessment of children with pharyngitis; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2005).

  • Emergency department wait times [12]; Pediatrics; (2005).

  • Validity and responsiveness of a brief, asthma-specific quality-of-life instrument in children with acute asthma; Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; (2004).

  • Treatment of Pediatric Migraine Headaches: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Prochlorperazine Versus Ketorolac; Annals of Emergency Medicine; (2004).

  • The effect of magnesium on length of stay for pediatric sickle cell pain crisis; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2004).

  • The anesthetic effectiveness of lidocaine-adrenaline-tetracaine gel on finger lacerations; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2004).

  • The Effect of Prior Interactions with a Primary Care Provider on Nonurgent Pediatric Emergency Department Use; Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; (2004).

  • Association between Infant Continuity of Care and Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization; Pediatrics; (2004).

  • Pediatric emergency department utilization within a statewide Medicaid managed care system; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2002).

  • Pediatric emergency department utilization within a statewide medicaid managed care system.; Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine; (2002).

  • Higher-dose intravenous magnesium therapy for children with moderate to severe acute asthma; Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; (2000).

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