Ryan Spurrier

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

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Publications

  • Substance use screening and naloxone prescribing at discharge among injured adolescents. Am J Surg. 2026 Jun; 256:116910.. View in PubMed
  • Hybrid type 1 randomized controlled trial of technology-assisted stepped care behavioral health intervention for caregivers and children following pediatric traumatic injury. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 May 23; 166:108352.. 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
  • Factors Associated With Substance Use Screening Among Injured Adolescents. J Surg Res. 2026 Apr 10; 322:44-51.. View in PubMed
  • Primary caregiver employment status is associated with traumatic brain injury in children in the USA. Inj Prev. 2026 Jan 20; 32(1):98-104.. 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
  • Percutaneous pigtail catheter versus chest tube for the treatment of pediatric traumatic hemothorax: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 12 01; 99(6):850-858.. View in PubMed
  • Expanding the Public Health Role of Pediatric Trauma Centers: Drug Screening for Adolescent Trauma Patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Aug 22.. 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
  • Prehospital and Emergency Department Vital Sign Abnormalities Among Injured Children. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2025; 29(8):1064-1071.. View in PubMed
  • Pediatric Trauma Mortality Differs by Neighborhood Opportunity Level. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Jan; 60(1):161950.. View in PubMed
  • Establishing thresholds for shock index in children to identify major trauma. Injury. 2025 Jan; 56(1):111840.. View in PubMed
  • Disparities in Screening for Substance Use Among Injured Adolescents. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 10 01; 7(10):e2436371.. View in PubMed
  • Trends and variation in cervical spine imaging utilization across children’s hospitals for pediatric trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Sep 01; 97(3):400-406.. View in PubMed
  • Pediatric Hospital Admissions with Concern for Neglect: Correlations Between Neglect Types and Other Clinical and Environmental Risk Factors. Matern Child Health J. 2024 Sep; 28(9):1539-1550.. View in PubMed
  • The sensitivity of limited-sequence magnetic resonance imaging in identifying pediatric cervical spine injury: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium multicenter retrospective cohort study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Sep 01; 97(3):407-413.. View in PubMed
  • Prevalence and outcomes of high versus low ratio plasma to red blood cell resuscitation in a multi-institutional cohort of severely injured children. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Sep 01; 97(3):452-459.. View in PubMed
  • Clinical Characteristics of Avoidable Patient Transfers for Suspected Pediatric Appendicitis. J Surg Res. 2024 08; 300:54-62.. View in PubMed
  • Corrigendum to “Cervical Collar-Associated Pressure Injury in Pediatric Trauma Patients: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Study” [J Pediatr Surg 59 (2024) 326-330]. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Jul; 59(7):1399.. 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
  • Comparison of Vital Sign Cutoffs to Identify Children With Major Trauma. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 02 05; 7(2):e2356472.. View in PubMed
  • Cervical Collar-Associated Pressure Injury in Pediatric Trauma Patients: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Study. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Feb; 59(2):326-330.. 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
  • Outcomes of pediatric pilonidal disease treatment: excision with off-midline flap reconstruction versus endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment. Pediatr Surg Int. 2024 Jan 31; 40(1):46.. 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
  • Advances in Pediatric Surgery Simulation-Based Training. Children (Basel). 2023 Dec 28; 11(1).. View in PubMed
  • Firearm Injuries in Lower Opportunity Neighborhoods During the COVID Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2023 09 01; 152(3).. 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
  • Screening for Child Abuse in Children With Isolated Skull Fractures. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2023 Jun 01; 39(6):374-377.. View in PubMed
  • Epidemiology and management of abdominal injuries in children. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 08; 29(8):944-953.. 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
  • Mechanical bull riding in early childhood: a preventable cause of serious injury. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jan 17; 15(1).. 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
  • Post-Operative Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome Following Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Resection. Clin Pract. 2020 Dec 24; 11(1):2-7.. View in PubMed
  • Timing and volume of crystalloid and blood products in pediatric trauma: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter prospective observational study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 07; 89(1):36-42.. View in PubMed
  • Functional Human and Murine Tissue-Engineered Liver Is Generated from Adult Stem/Progenitor Cells. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2017 01; 6(1):238-248.. View in PubMed
  • Establishing Proximal and Distal Regional Identities in Murine and Human Tissue-Engineered Lung and Trachea. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2016 11; 22(11):1049-1057.. View in PubMed
  • The pediatric intestinal mucosal microbiome remains altered after clinical resolution of inflammatory and ischemic disease. Surgery. 2016 08; 160(2):350-8.. View in PubMed
  • Sequestration of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Induces Late Restrictive Lung Disease. PLoS One. 2016; 11(2):e0148323.. View in PubMed
  • Human and Murine Tissue-Engineered Colon Exhibit Diverse Neuronal Subtypes and Can Be Populated by Enteric Nervous System Progenitor Cells When Donor Colon Is Aganglionic. Tissue Eng Part A. 2016 Jan; 22(1-2):53-64.. View in PubMed
  • Assessing medical care availability for student athletes of a large urban high school district. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Jul; 50(7):1192-5.. View in PubMed
  • Murine and human tissue-engineered esophagus form from sufficient stem/progenitor cells and do not require microdesigned biomaterials. Tissue Eng Part A. 2015 Mar; 21(5-6):906-15.. View in PubMed
  • Vitrification preserves murine and human donor cells for generation of tissue-engineered intestine. J Surg Res. 2014 Aug; 190(2):399-406.. View in PubMed
  • Tissue engineering the small intestine. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Apr; 11(4):354-8.. View in PubMed
  • Intraductal papillary lesions of the breast: clinical and pathological correlation. Am Surg. 2012 Oct; 78(10):1161-5.. View in PubMed