Katherine T. Flynn-O'Brien, MD, MPH

Publications

• Caregivers and Clinic Providers View Soft Casts for Pediatric Hand Burns as Acceptable and Feasible: A Mixed Methods Survey.

  (Schuh JM, Linzell LL, Abebrese EL, Flynn-O'Brien KT.) J Burn Care Res. 2024 Nov 14;45(6):1413-1422 PMID: 38984771 07/10/2024

• Interfacility Transfer of Children With Time-Sensitive Surgical Conditions, 2002-2017.

  (Van Arendonk KJ, Tracy ET, Ellison JS, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Gadepalli SK, Goldin AB, Hall M, Leraas HJ, Ricca RL, Ehrlich PF.) JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01;7(10):e2440251 PMID: 39418018 PMCID: PMC11581541 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85206959997 10/17/2024

• Preinjury and Event-Related Characteristics of Pediatric Firearm Injuries: The American College of Surgeons Firearm Study, United States, March 2021‒February 2022.

  (Flynn-O'Brien KT, Sathya C, Kotagal M, Banks S, Agoubi LL, Kuhls DA, Nathens A, Hink AB, Rivara FP.) Am J Public Health. 2024 Oct;114(10):1097-1109 PMID: 39146518 PMCID: PMC11375371 08/15/2024

• Management of pediatric renal trauma: Results from the American Association for Surgery and Trauma Multi-Institutional Pediatric Acute Renal Trauma Study.

  (Hwang CK, Matta R, Woolstenhulme J, Britt AK, Schaeffer AJ, Zakaluzny SA, Kleber KT, Sheikali A, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Sandilos G, Shimonovich S, Fox N, Hess AB, Zeller KA, Koberlein GC, Levy BE, Draus JM Jr, Sacks M, Chen C, Luo-Owen X, Stephens JR, Shah M, Burks F, Moses RA, Rezaee ME, Vemulakonda VM, Halstead NV, LaCouture HM, Nabavizadeh B, Copp H, Breyer B, Schwartz I, Feia K, Pagliara T, Shi J, Neuville P, Hagedorn JC.) J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 May 01;96(5):805-812 PMID: 37966460 11/15/2023

• Pediatric Surgery Firearm Injury Collaborative Symposium.

  (Henry MC, Ehrlich PF, Flynn O'Brien KT, Griggs C, Hartman HA, Kotagal M, Masiakos P, Naik-Mathuri B, Sathya C, Stevens J, Thomas A, Trinidad S, Williams R, Campbell BT.) J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Jan;59(1):68-73 PMID: 37875380 10/25/2023

• Relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and structural inequalities within the pediatric trauma population.

  (Georgeades C, Collings AT, Farazi M, Bergner C, Fallat ME, Minneci PC, Speck KE, Van Arendonk KJ, Deans KJ, Falcone RA Jr, Foley DS, Fraser JD, Gadepalli SK, Keller MS, Kotagal M, Landman MP, Leys CM, Markel TA, Rubalcava NS, St Peter SD, Sato TT, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium (MWPSC).) Inj Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 28;10(Suppl 1):62 PMID: 38017506 PMCID: PMC10683076 11/29/2023

• Changing Landscape of Routine Pediatric Surgery for Rural and Urban Children: A Report From the Child Health Evaluation of Surgical Services (CHESS) Group.

  (Gadepalli SK, Leraas HJ, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Van Arendonk KJ, Hall M, Tracy ET, Ricca RL, Goldin AB, Ehrlich PF.) Ann Surg. 2023 Oct 01;278(4):530-537 PMID: 37497661 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85170294512 07/27/2023

• Pediatric emergency resuscitative thoracotomy: A Western Trauma Association, Pediatric Trauma Society, and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma collaborative critical decisions algorithm.

  (Martin MJ, Brasel KJ, Brown CVR, Hartwell JL, de Moya M, Inaba K, Ley EJ, Moore EE, Peck KA, Rizzo AG, Rosen NG, Weinberg JA, Coimbra R, Crandall M, Mukherjee K, Ignacio R, Longshore S, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Ng G, Selesner L, Jafri M.) J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Oct 01;95(4):583-591 PMID: 37337331 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85172033980 06/20/2023

• Emergency department thoracotomy in children: A Pediatric Trauma Society, Western Trauma Association, and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma systematic review and practice management guideline.

  (Selesner L, Yorkgitis B, Martin M, Ng G, Mukherjee K, Ignacio R, Freeman J, Wong LY, Durbin S, Crandall M, Longshore SW, Gerall C, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Jafri M.) J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Sep 01;95(3):432-441 PMID: 37608453 08/23/2023

• Characteristics and neighborhood-level opportunity of assault-injured children in Milwaukee.

  (Georgeades C, Farazi M, Bergner C, Bowder A, Cassidy L, Levas MN, Nimmer M, Flynn-O'Brien KT.) Inj Epidemiol. 2023 Aug 21;10(Suppl 1):43 PMID: 37605186 PMCID: PMC10441698 08/22/2023

• The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Violent Injuries in Children: A Literature Review.

  (Georgeades C, Flynn-O'Brien KT.) Adv Pediatr. 2023 Aug;70(1):17-44 PMID: 37422294 PMCID: PMC10070782 07/09/2023

• Factors Associated with Hospital Readmission One Year Post-Discharge in Infants with Gastroschisis.

  (Marquart JP, Mukherjee D, Canales BN, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Szabo A, Wagner AJ.) Fetal Diagn Ther. 2023;50(5):344-352 PMID: 37285815 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176006526 06/08/2023