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Chris Feudtner is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a specialized focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Other significant subfields include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; General Health Professions; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology.

Their research covers a range of topics primarily related to pediatric healthcare and ethical considerations. These topics include:

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

Feudtner has contributed to multiple publications, including a selection of recent papers such as:

  • "Identifying Ethical Considerations for Machine Learning Healthcare Applications," 2020, The American Journal of Bioethics
  • "Good-Parent Beliefs": Research, Concept, and Clinical Practice," 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • Ethics Considerations Regarding Artificial Womb Technology for the Fetonate," 2022, The American Journal of Bioethics
  • Pediatric Palliative Care Parents' Distress, Financial Difficulty, and Child Symptoms," 2021, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • Association Between Children With Life-Threatening Conditions and Their Parents' and Siblings' Mental and Physical Health," 2021, JAMA Network Open

The most frequent publication venues for Feudtner's work include:

  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • PEDIATRICS
  • JAMA Network Open
  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • The American Journal of Bioethics

Feudtner collaborates regularly with a core group of co-authors, who have contributed extensively alongside them. The most frequent co-authors are:

  • Douglas L. Hill
  • Joanne Wolfe
  • Jackelyn Y. Boyden
  • Russell T. Nye
  • Katharine Press Callahan

Best Publications

  • Pediatric complex chronic conditions classification system version 2: updated for ICD-10 and complex medical technology dependence and transplantation

    Chris Feudtner;Chris Feudtner;James A Feinstein;James A Feinstein;Wenjun Zhong;Matt Hall

  • Lactobacillus therapy for acute infectious diarrhea in children: a meta-analysis.

    Cornelius W. Van Niel;Chris Feudtner;Michelle M. Garrison;Dimitri A. Christakis

  • The epidemiology and attributable outcomes of candidemia in adults and children hospitalized in the United States: a propensity analysis.

    Theoklis E. Zaoutis;Jesse Argon;Jaclyn Chu;Jesse A. Berlin

  • Dramatic increase in venous thromboembolism in children's hospitals in the United States from 2001 to 2007.

    Leslie Raffini;Yuan-Shung Huang;Char Witmer;Chris Feudtner

  • Pediatric Deaths Attributable to Complex Chronic Conditions: A Population-Based Study of Washington State, 1980–1997

    Chris Feudtner;Dimitri A. Christakis;Frederick A. Connell

  • Children With Complex Chronic Conditions in Inpatient Hospital Settings in the United States

    Tamara D. Simon;Jay Berry;Chris Feudtner;Bryan L. Stone

  • Do clinical clerks suffer ethical erosion? Students' perceptions of their ethical environment and personal development

    C Feudtner;D A Christakis;N A Christakis

  • Deaths attributed to pediatric complex chronic conditions: national trends and implications for supportive care services.

    Chris Feudtner;Ross M. Hays;Gerri Haynes;J. Russell Geyer

  • Guidelines for Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Treatment in Children and Adolescents: Growth Hormone Deficiency, Idiopathic Short Stature, and Primary Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Deficiency.

    Adda Grimberg;Sara A. DiVall;Constantin Polychronakos;David B. Allen

  • Hospital Utilization and Characteristics of Patients Experiencing Recurrent Readmissions Within Children's Hospitals

    Jay G. Berry;David E. Hall;Dennis Z. Kuo;Eyal Cohen

  • Pediatric Palliative Care and Hospice Care Commitments, Guidelines, and Recommendations

    Chris Feudtner;Sarah Friebert;Jennifer Jewell;Brian Carter

  • Interventions to cultivate physician empathy: a systematic review.

    Zak Kelm;James Womer;James Womer;Jennifer K Walter;Chris Feudtner

  • Pediatric Palliative Care Patients: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study

    Chris Feudtner;Tammy I. Kang;Kari R. Hexem;Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf

  • Physical health outcomes of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence: a systematic review.

    Megan H. Bair-Merritt;Mercedes Blackstone;Chris Feudtner

  • Placement stability and mental health costs for children in foster care.

    David M Rubin;Evaline A Alessandrini;Chris Feudtner;David S Mandell

  • Ethics in a short white coat: the ethical dilemmas that medical students confront

    D A Christakis;C Feudtner

  • High prevalence of temporomandibular joint arthritis at disease onset in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, as detected by magnetic resonance imaging but not by ultrasound.

    Pamela F. Weiss;Bita Arabshahi;Ann Johnson;Larissa T. Bilaniuk

  • Effects of corticosteroid on Henoch-Schönlein purpura: a systematic review.

    Pamela F. Weiss;James A. Feinstein;Xianqun Luan;Jon M. Burnham

  • Children with medical complexity and Medicaid: spending and cost savings.

    Jay G. Berry;Matt Hall;John Neff;Denise Goodman

  • Hospitalizations for Endemic Mycoses: A Population-Based National Study

    Jaclyn H. Chu;Chris Feudtner;Kateri Heydon;Thomas J. Walsh

Frequent Co-Authors

David T. Rubin
David T. Rubin University of Chicago
Pamela S. Hinds
Pamela S. Hinds George Washington University
Dimitri A. Christakis
Dimitri A. Christakis Seattle Children's Hospital
Robert M. Arnold
Robert M. Arnold Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Theoklis E. Zaoutis
Theoklis E. Zaoutis Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
A. Russell Localio
A. Russell Localio University of Pennsylvania
Alan W. Flake
Alan W. Flake Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
David S. Mandell
David S. Mandell University of Pennsylvania
Samir S. Shah
Samir S. Shah Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Anne E. Kazak
Anne E. Kazak Nemours Children's Health System

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