Pradip Chaudhari

Director of Research and Scholarship, Division of Emergency & Transport Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)CHLA Site Lead Co-Investigator for Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)Co-Director, Trauma and Injury Prevention Research Program (TrIPs), CHLA

• SC-CTSI: KL2 Mentored Career Development in Clinical and Translational Science (MCD-CTS) Award
• University of Southern California: Dean’s Supplements for Early-Career Research Sustainability Award
• National Institutes of Health: National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program Award
• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: Monthly Faculty Teaching Award
• Society for Pediatric Research: Society for Pediatric Research
• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: Faculty Teaching Honor Roll
• Boston Children’s Hospital: Faculty Teaching Honor Roll
• Annals of Emergency Medicine: Senior Reviewer
• Annals of Emergency Medicine: Top 50 Peer Reviewer
• Pediatric Academic Societies: 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting Travel Research Award
• Boston Children’s Hospital: Farley Fellowship Excellence Award
• Pediatric Academic Societies: 2016 Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting Travel Research Award
• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: Victor E. Stork Pediatric Resident Excellence Award
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Medical Student Excellence Award
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine: Walter J. Bo, Ph.D. Academic Scholarship

• Clinician characteristics associated with CT use in children with minor blunt head trauma at very low risk for clinically important traumatic brain injuries. Emerg Med J. 2026 Jul 10.. View in PubMed
• Health Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury: An Umbrella Review. Neuropsychol Rev. 2026 Jun 18.. View in PubMed
• Institutional Variation in Cervical Spine Imaging among Children with Blunt Trauma: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Cohort Study. J Pediatr. 2026 Jun 05; 296:115189.. View in PubMed
• Association between neighborhood opportunity and incidence of pediatric trauma. Injury. 2026 Jun 05; 57(8):113426.. View in PubMed
• Influenza Vaccination: Parental Attitudes in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Jun 01; 42(6):461-468.. View in PubMed
• Factors Associated With Substance Use Screening Among Injured Adolescents. J Surg Res. 2026 Jun; 322:44-51.. View in PubMed
• Comparison of Cervical Spine Injury Prediction Rule Across Ages. Pediatrics. 2026 Jun 01; 157(6).. View in PubMed
• Substance use screening and naloxone prescribing at discharge among injured adolescents. Am J Surg. 2026 Jun; 256:116910.. View in PubMed
• Weather-Related Exposures and Emergency Department Visits for Pediatric Sickle Cell Complications. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 May 01; 42(5):367-374.. View in PubMed
• Guardian Presence in Research Conducted on Children With Blunt Abdominal Trauma in the Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 May; 33(5):e70308.. View in PubMed
• Development of a neurologic deterioration risk score in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury and intracranial injuries. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 May 01; 100(5):795-803.. View in PubMed
• Association Between Neighborhood Opportunity, School Demographics, and Presence of a School Nurse in Los Angeles County Public Schools: A Cross-Sectional Study. Public Health Nurs. 2026 May-Jun; 43(3):575-584.. View in PubMed
• Tranexamic Acid Use for Posttonsillectomy Hemorrhage Across US Children’s Hospitals. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Apr 17.. View in PubMed
• Emergency Department Observation and Computed Tomography Use in Children With Blunt Abdominal Trauma. Ann Emerg Med. 2026 Apr 15.. View in PubMed
• Asialoglycoprotein receptor-mediated delivery of copper to hepatic tumors exerted inhibitory effect on tumor growth and progression. Biometals. 2026 Apr; 39(2):631-650.. View in PubMed
• Real-World Rapid Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Utilization in the Pediatric Emergency Setting: A 10-Year Cross-Sectional Study. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Apr 01; 42(4):265-271.. View in PubMed
• Pain Management in Children With Suspected Appendicitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Apr 01; 42(4):272-278.. View in PubMed
• Consensus-based criteria for actionable hemorrhage in pediatric trauma: A Delphi study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Mar 24.. View in PubMed
• Phosphorylation Enhanced the anti-cancer Therapeutic Activity of Larix sibirica-derived Arabinogalactan in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cell Biochem Biophys. 2026 Mar; 84(1):581-598.. View in PubMed
• Preclinical efficacy and safety evaluation of a topical mesenchymal stem cell derived conditioned media gel for oral mucositis management. Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 24; 16(1).. View in PubMed
• Noninvasive Measurement of Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow in Shunted Hydrocephalus: Protocol for Scanner Calibration and Multisite Data Collection. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Feb 20; 15:e85918.. View in PubMed
• Using phase-contrast MRI to assist in assessment of shunt function following postoperative intraventricular hemorrhage: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2026 Feb 16; 11(7).. View in PubMed
• The Benefit of the Doubt Phenomenon in Emergency Triage Assignment Disparities. medRxiv. 2026 Feb 14.. View in PubMed
• Perceived Race and Ethnicity on CT Use in Children With Minor Head or Abdominal Trauma. Pediatrics. 2026 Feb 01; 157(2).. View in PubMed
• Pediatric Emergency Department Visits for Opioid Overdose in the United States. Hosp Pediatr. 2026 Feb 01; 16(2):143-150.. View in PubMed
• Primary caregiver employment status is associated with traumatic brain injury in children in the USA. Inj Prev. 2026 01 20; 32(1):98-104.. View in PubMed
• Deciphering the influence of demographic factors on the treatment of pediatric patients in the emergency department. Pac Symp Biocomput. 2026; 31:551-565.. View in PubMed
• Point-of-care brain magnetic resonance imaging in children with head trauma (BRAINCHILD): Protocol for a prospective observational cohort study. PLoS One. 2026; 21(4):e0346502.. View in PubMed
• Clinically Significant Neuroimaging Findings Among Pediatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Symptoms of Psychosis: A Multicenter Retrospective Study. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 01; 33(1):e70155.. View in PubMed
• Performance of the PECARN cervical spine injury prediction rule based on EMS clinician observations. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 12 01; 99(6):928-934.. View in PubMed
• Interrater reliability between surgeons and pediatric emergency providers in the cervical spine assessment of injured children. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 12 01; 99(6):876-883.. View in PubMed
• Non-invasive imaging-guided preclinical assessments reveal high performance photothermal effect of an Au-solid lipid nanomaterial. Nanoscale. 2025 Nov 27; 17(46):26658-26677.. View in PubMed
• Trends in Fentanyl Poisoning and Management in Children’s Hospitals. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Nov 01; 15(11):e546-e549.. View in PubMed
• Variations in Medical Clearance Testing for Mental Health Emergency Department Visits. Pediatrics. 2025 Oct 01; 156(4).. View in PubMed
• Clinical Characteristics and Resource Utilization in Children Presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department With Neck Swelling. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 Oct 01; 41(10):790-795.. View in PubMed
• Pediatric Intravenous Fluid Use in the Emergency Department During Hurricane Helene. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Aug 01; 179(8):919-922.. View in PubMed
• Performance of individual criteria of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) intraabdominal injury prediction rule. Acad Emerg Med. 2025 06; 32(6):643-649.. View in PubMed
• Outpatient Follow-Up and Future Care-Seeking for Pediatric Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions. Acad Pediatr. 2025 May-Jun; 25(4):102631.. View in PubMed
• Incidental Findings on Computed Tomography in Children With Blunt Abdominal Trauma. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 May; 85(5):405-410.. View in PubMed
• Home and injury location discordance patterns in paediatric trauma: trends by mechanism, age and childhood opportunity level. Inj Prev. 2025 Apr 04.. View in PubMed
• Urine Dipstick for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Infants Aged 2 to 6 Months. Pediatrics. 2025 Apr 01; 155(4).. View in PubMed
• Synthesis, Preclinical Toxicity, and Biodistribution of [18F]AVT-011 to Assess the P-Glycoprotein Function. Cancer Biother Radiopharm. 2025 Mar; 40(2):96-103.. View in PubMed
• Trends in Respiratory Viral Testing in Pediatric Emergency Departments Following the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 02; 85(2):111-121.. View in PubMed
• Pediatric Trauma Mortality Differs by Neighborhood Opportunity Level. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Jan; 60(1):161950.. View in PubMed
• Prehospital and Emergency Department Vital Sign Abnormalities Among Injured Children. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2025; 29(8):1064-1071.. View in PubMed
• Establishing thresholds for shock index in children to identify major trauma. Injury. 2025 Jan; 56(1):111840.. View in PubMed
• Trends and hospital practice variation for analgesia for children with sickle cell disease with vaso-occlusive pain episodes: An 11-year analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 12; 86:129-134.. View in PubMed
• Radiolabeling and preclinical evaluation of technetium-99m labeled colistin. Appl Radiat Isot. 2024 12; 214:111524.. View in PubMed
• Trends and variation in cervical spine imaging utilization across children’s hospitals for pediatric trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 09 01; 97(3):400-406.. View in PubMed
• Collecting Sociodemographic Data in Pediatric Emergency Research: A Working Group Consensus. Pediatrics. 2024 Aug 01; 154(2).. View in PubMed
• Implications of chronic moderate protein-deficiency malnutrition on doxorubicin pharmacokinetics and cardiotoxicity in early post-weaning stage. Life Sci. 2024 Aug 01; 350:122765.. View in PubMed
• PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2024 07; 8(7):482-490.. View in PubMed
• Centiles for the shock index among injured children in the prehospital setting. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 06; 80:149-155.. View in PubMed
• Critical Emergency Department Interventions and Clinical Deterioration in Children With Nonsevere Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Jun 01; 40(6):e68-e75.. View in PubMed
• PECARN prediction rules for CT imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt abdominal or minor head trauma: a multicentre prospective validation study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2024 05; 8(5):339-347.. View in PubMed
• Features Associated With Radiographic Pneumonia in Children with SARS-CoV-2. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2024 Apr 24; 13(4):257-259.. View in PubMed
• Acute care utilization for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions among publicly insured children. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 04; 31(4):346-353.. View in PubMed
• Comparison of Vital Sign Cutoffs to Identify Children With Major Trauma. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 02 05; 7(2):e2356472.. View in PubMed
• Seasonality and temporal variation of pediatric trauma in Southern California. Injury. 2024 Feb; 55(2):111266.. View in PubMed
• Association Between Hospital Arrival Time and Avoidable Transfer in Pediatric Trauma. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Feb; 59(2):310-315.. View in PubMed
• Childhood opportunity and appropriate use of child safety restraints in motor vehicle collisions. World J Pediatr Surg. 2024; 7(2):e000703.. View in PubMed
• Pediatric Firearm Injury Emergency Department Visits From 2017 to 2022: A Multicenter Study. Pediatrics. 2023 12 01; 152(6).. View in PubMed
• Multicenter evaluation of a method to identify delayed diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis and sepsis in administrative data. Diagnosis (Berl). 2023 11 01; 10(4):383-389.. View in PubMed
• Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on the Association Between Laboratory Tests and Severe Outcomes Among Hospitalized Children. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Oct; 10(10):ofad485.. View in PubMed
• Neighborhood deprivation and childhood opportunity indices are associated with violent injury among children in Los Angeles County. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 09 01; 95(3):397-402.. View in PubMed
• Firearm Injuries in Lower Opportunity Neighborhoods During the COVID Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2023 09 01; 152(3).. View in PubMed
• Liver transaminase concentrations in children with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Clin Biochem. 2023 Aug; 118:110588.. View in PubMed
• OUTCOMES OF MISSED DIAGNOSIS OF PEDIATRIC APPENDICITIS, NEW-ONSET DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, AND SEPSIS IN FIVE PEDIATRIC HOSPITALS. J Emerg Med. 2023 07; 65(1):e9-e18.. View in PubMed
• Ambulatory follow-up among publicly insured children discharged from the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 07; 30(7):721-730.. View in PubMed
• Pivotal role of AKR1B1 in pathogenesis of colitis associated colorectal carcinogenesis. Int Immunopharmacol. 2023 Jun; 119:110145.. View in PubMed
• Consider R Codes for Undiagnosed Serious Pediatric Behavior Problems-Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 06 01; 177(6):647.. View in PubMed
• Design, characterization and evaluation of a new 99mTc-labeled folate derivative with affinity towards folate receptor. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2023 04 15; 86:129240.. View in PubMed
• Identification of delayed diagnosis of paediatric appendicitis in administrative data: a multicentre retrospective validation study. BMJ Open. 2023 02 28; 13(2):e064852.. View in PubMed
• Mental Health Revisits at US Pediatric Emergency Departments. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 02 01; 177(2):168-176.. View in PubMed
• ARID2 suppression promotes tumor progression and upregulates cytokeratin 8, 18 and β-4 integrin expression in TP53-mutated tobacco-related oral cancer and has prognostic implications. Cancer Gene Ther. 2022 12; 29(12):1908-1917.. View in PubMed
• Parental attitudes in the pediatric emergency department about the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine. 2022 11 28; 40(50):7328-7334.. View in PubMed
• Validation of Prediction Rules for Computed Tomography Use in Children With Blunt Abdominal or Blunt Head Trauma: Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Observational Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Nov 24; 11(11):e43027.. View in PubMed
• Does attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder increase the risk of minor blunt head trauma in children? J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 2022 11; 35(4):356-361.. View in PubMed
• Corticosteroids and Other Treatments Administered to Children Tested for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Emergency Departments. Acad Pediatr. 2022 Sep-Oct; 22(7):1200-1211.. View in PubMed
• Epidemiology and management of abdominal injuries in children. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 08; 29(8):944-953.. View in PubMed
• Post-COVID-19 Conditions Among Children 90 Days After SARS-CoV-2 Infection. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 07 01; 5(7):e2223253.. View in PubMed
• Omphalitis and Concurrent Serious Bacterial Infection. Pediatrics. 2022 05 01; 149(5).. View in PubMed
• Loco-regional radiosensitizing nanoparticles-in-gel augments head and neck cancer chemoradiotherapy. J Control Release. 2022 03; 343:288-302.. View in PubMed
• Epidemiology of pediatric trauma during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Feb; 57(2):284-290.. View in PubMed
• Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2-Positive Youths Tested in Emergency Departments: The Global PERN-COVID-19 Study. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 01 04; 5(1):e2142322.. View in PubMed
• Prediction across healthcare settings: a case study in predicting emergency department disposition. NPJ Digit Med. 2021 Dec 15; 4(1):169.. View in PubMed
• Trends in ED Resource Use for Infants 0 to 60 Days Evaluated for Serious Bacterial Infection. Hosp Pediatr. 2021 Dec 01.. View in PubMed
• Variation in radiation dosing among pediatric trauma patients undergoing head computed tomography scan. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 09 01; 91(3):566-570.. View in PubMed
• Clinical Features and Preventability of Delayed Diagnosis of Pediatric Appendicitis. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 08 02; 4(8):e2122248.. View in PubMed
• Association of Clinical Guidelines and Decision Support with Computed Tomography Use in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. J Pediatr. 2021 Aug; 235:178-183.e1.. View in PubMed
• Neonatal Mastitis and Concurrent Serious Bacterial Infection. Pediatrics. 2021 07; 148(1).. View in PubMed
• Use of Neuroimaging for Children With Seizure in General and Pediatric Emergency Departments. J Emerg Med. 2021 Apr; 60(4):478-484.. View in PubMed
• Epidemiology of Critical Interventions in Children With Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Apr 01; 37(4):e196-e202.. View in PubMed
• Trends and variation in repeat neuroimaging for children with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2021 Apr; 2(2):e12400.. View in PubMed
• Prospective cohort study of children with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection presenting to paediatric emergency departments: a Paediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) Study Protocol. BMJ Open. 2021 01 15; 11(1):e042121.. View in PubMed
• Racial and Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Diagnostic Imaging at US Children’s Hospitals, 2016-2019. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 01 04; 4(1):e2033710.. View in PubMed
• Does Panchatikta ghrita have anti-osteoporotic effect? Assessment in an experimental model in ovariectomized rats. J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2021 Jan-Mar; 12(1):35-42.. View in PubMed
• Predicting severe pneumonia in the emergency department: a global study of the Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN)-study protocol. BMJ Open. 2020 12 02; 10(12):e041093.. View in PubMed
• Synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular docking analysis of phenstatin based indole linked chalcones as anticancer agents and tubulin polymerization inhibitors. Bioorg Chem. 2020 12; 105:104447.. View in PubMed
• Should the Absence of Urinary Nitrite Influence Empiric Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infection in Young Children? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Oct; 36(10):481-485.. View in PubMed
• Trends in Use of Advanced Imaging in Pediatric Emergency Departments, 2009-2018. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 09 01; 174(9):e202209.. View in PubMed
• Validation of High Precision Robot-Assisted Methods for Intracranial Applications: Preliminary Study. World Neurosurg. 2020 05; 137:71-77.. View in PubMed
• Age-Stratified Risk of Critical Illness in Young Children Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suspected Influenza. J Pediatr. 2019 12; 215:132-138.e2.. View in PubMed
• Enhanced skin permeation of Methotrexate from penetration enhancer containing vesicles: In vitro optimization and in vivo evaluation. Biomed Pharmacother. 2019 Jun; 114:108770.. View in PubMed
• Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Young Children: Balancing Admission With the Risk of Emergency Department Revisits. Acad Pediatr. 2019 03; 19(2):203-208.. View in PubMed
• Should the Diagnosis of UTI in Young Febrile Infants Require a Positive Urinalysis? J Hosp Med. 2019 02; 14(2):131-132.. View in PubMed
• Hexane Fraction of Turbo brunneus Inhibits Intermediates of RANK-RANKL Signaling Pathway and Prevent Ovariectomy Induced Bone Loss. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2019; 10:608.. View in PubMed
• Microscopic Bacteriuria Detected by Automated Urinalysis for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection. J Pediatr. 2018 11; 202:238-244.e1.. View in PubMed
• Emergency Department Revisits After an Initial Parenteral Antibiotic Dose for UTI. Pediatrics. 2018 09; 142(3).. View in PubMed
• Carnosic acid attenuates RANKL-induced oxidative stress and osteoclastogenesis via induction of Nrf2 and suppression of NF-κB and MAPK signalling. J Mol Med (Berl). 2017 10; 95(10):1065-1076.. View in PubMed
• The Importance of Urine Concentration on the Diagnostic Performance of the Urinalysis for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Jul; 70(1):63-71.e8.. View in PubMed
• Managing acute complications of sickle cell disease in pediatric patients [digest]. Pediatr Emerg Med Pract. 2016 Nov 22; 13(11 Suppl Points & Pearls):S1-S2.. View in PubMed
• Urine Concentration and Pyuria for Identifying UTI in Infants. Pediatrics. 2016 11; 138(5).. View in PubMed
• Design of cholesterol arabinogalactan anchored liposomes for asialoglycoprotein receptor mediated targeting to hepatocellular carcinoma: In silico modeling, in vitro and in vivo evaluation. Int J Pharm. 2016 Jul 25; 509(1-2):149-158.. View in PubMed
• Preliminary evaluation of indigenous 90 Y-labelled microspheres for therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma. Indian J Med Res. 2016 May; 143(Supplement):S74-S81.. View in PubMed
• Studies on batch formulation of a kit for the preparation of the 99mTc-Ubiquicidin (29-41): An infection imaging agent. Appl Radiat Isot. 2016 Jan; 107:8-12.. View in PubMed
• Thymoquinone prevents RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis activation and osteolysis in an in vivo model of inflammation by suppressing NF-KB and MAPK Signalling. Pharmacol Res. 2015 Sep; 99:63-73.. View in PubMed

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