PEDSnet’s guiding purpose is to improve child health through knowledge production that is efficient (produced faster at less cost) and meaningful (useful to patients, caregivers, clinicians, and health system leaders). Led by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), PEDSnet is the only PCORnet Clinical Research Network (CRN) focused exclusively on improving child health and pediatric […]
Vitiligo is an acquired disorder of skin depigmentation present in roughly 1% of the population which can be psychologically devastating, particularly in children and patients with skin of color. It is an autoimmune disease of T-cell mediated melanocyte destruction that cannot be cured but can be managed to promote repigmentation. There have been few reports […]
This study will validate a computable phenotype to identify children with pulmonary embolism (PE), with a particular focus on PE in cardiac populations. Hilary Whitworth and the CENTIPEDE Study Team will validate outcomes, interventions, and risk stratification in a multicenter database (PEDSnet). Multicenter data is necessary for powerful research to identify safe and effective therapies […]