Research

The Division is actively involved in several national collaborative quality improvement initiatives such as:

• IROC (Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative)
• NAPRTCs (North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies)
• PNRC (Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium)
• SCOPE (Standardized Care to Improve Outcome in Pediatric ESRD)
• Solutions for Patient Safety HAC pioneer group. Hospital acquired nephrotoxin associated AKI prevention (NAKI).

• Rumpel J, Spray BJ, Chock VY, Kirkley M, Slagle CL, Frymoyer A, Cho SH, K. Gist KM, Blaszak R, Poindexter B, Courtney SE. Urine Biomarkers for the Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury in Neonates with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Receiving Therapeutic Hypothermia. J Pediatr. 2022, Feb; 241: 133-140; PMID: 34547334
• Ranabothu S, Brown CC, Blaszak R, Millner R, Moore KR, Podhan P. Utilization Pattern for Eculizumab Among Children with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Front Pediatr. 2021, Oct 5; 9 eCollection 2021; PMID: 34676187
• Sanders E, Brown CC, Blaszak RT, Crawford B, Prodhan P. Cardiac Manifestations Among Children with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. J Pediatr, 2021, Aug; 235: 144-148; PMID: 33819463
• Barton KT, Halani K, Galbiati S, Dandamudi R, Hmiel S, Dharnidharka V, NAPRTCS investigators; Late First Acute Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: A North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies Special Study. Pediatr Transplant, 2021, Aug 25 (5); PMID: 33350558
• Ranabothu S, Blaszak R, Larsen C, Crawford B; Rocky road- an uncommon reason for kidney allograft dysfunction: Answers. Pediatric Nephrol, 2021, Jun 36 (6): 1461-1463; PMID: 33025203
• Ranabothu S, Blaszak R, Larsen C, Crawford B; Rocky road- an uncommon reason for kidney allograft dysfunction: Questions. Pediatric Nephrol, 2021, Jun 36 (6): 1457-1459; PMID: 33025202
• Chand DH, Zaidman C, Arya K, Millner R, Farrar MA, Mackie FE, Goedeker NL, Dharnidharka VR, Dandamudi R, Reyna SP; Thrombotic Microangiopathy Following Onasemnogene Abeparvovec for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A case series. J Pediatr. 2021 Apr;231:265-268; PMID: 33259859
• Bjornstad E, Krallman K, Askenazi E, Zappitelli, Goldstein S, Basu R, SPARC Investigators. Preliminary Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Analysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2021, Mar 8; 16 (3) 446-448; PMID: 33144276
• Rebecca Cantu, Rachel Millner, Heather Young. (2020) Arkansas Children’s Hospital Pediatric Guidelines. Pediatric UTI Guidelines

ACH Pediatric Grand Rounds: Hospital Acquired AKI: Identifying and preventing nephrotoxin-induced AKI. July 27, 2021. R Millner

Pediatric and Neonatal AKI. PedsPlace Lecture series, 12/3/2020. Arkansas Children’s Hospital. R Millner

Spinal Cord Disorders Clinic Educational Series: Hypertension in Spinal Cord Disorders: Identification, Management, and Monitoring. November 18, 2021. R Millner

Pediatric Kidney Stones. Pediatric Resident lecture series. 6/1/2021, Arkansas Children’s Hospital. R Millner

Fetal and Neonatal Renal Development and Function. NICU Fellow Lecture Series. 2/3/2021, Arkansas Children’s Hospital. R Millner

Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease. Pediatric Residency Lecture series, 1/22/2020. Arkansas Children’s Hospital. R Millner

Fluid and Electrolytes. Pediatric Residency Lecture series, 7/24/2019, 7/20/2020, 7/21/2021. Arkansas Children’s Hospital. R Millner