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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2025
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Krista Stephenson

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Resident Physician

Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2021–2023); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2021–2025); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2022)

Faculty Researcher

6 h-index 22 pubs 150 cited

  • Humans
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Female
  • Child
  • Appendicitis
  • Male
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Adolescent
  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Adult
  • Appendectomy
  • Postoperative Care
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Abdominal Abscess

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Krista Stephenson's research focuses on various aspects of pediatric surgical care and trauma management. Her work includes investigating practice patterns and outcomes related to common pediatric surgical conditions such as appendicitis and pectus excavatum. Stephenson has examined the use of cryoanalgesia in minimally invasive pectus repair and explored strategies for eliminating home oral antibiotic use in complicated pediatric appendicitis. Her publications also address critical care interventions, including the application of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion and the sufficiency of CT imaging in pediatric trauma. Additionally, her research has investigated adolescent trauma mortality and the implementation of guidelines for limiting postoperative opioid prescribing in children's hospitals. Stephenson has contributed to studies on appendicitis management during the COVID-19 pandemic and explored methods to decrease abscess formation in perforated appendicitis models.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 22
  • Citations: 150

Selected Publications

  • Ground Level Fall, Who Do You Call? Appropriate Trauma for Ground-Level Falls on Anticoagulants (2025)
    Journal of Surgical Research DOI OpenAlex
  • Dissemination and Impact of a Multimodal Pain Regimen on Analgesia Prescribing at an Academic Hospital (2025)
    Southern Medical Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Pediatric gastrostomy tube referral patterns and postoperative use: A single‐center experience (2024)
    Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Intra-peritoneal Povidone-iodine Irrigation Decreases Abscesses in a Perforated Appendicitis Murine Model (2024)
    Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Implementation of Guidelines Limiting Postoperative Opioid Prescribing at a Children’s Hospital (2024)
    Journal of Patient Safety 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • An Evaluation of Clinically Significant Fibrinolysis Shutdown in Rotational Thromboelastometry (2023)
    Journal of the American College of Surgeons DOI OpenAlex
  • Multicenter Assessment of Cryoanalgesia Use in Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum (2022)
    Annals of Surgery 27 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Sepsis Bundle Effect: An Evaluation of Culture Results and Utilization in Pediatric Appendicitis (2022)
    The American Surgeon 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • 370 Developing a Digitally Integrated Endotracheal Tube for Neonates to Improve Safety and Respiratory Function (2022)
    Journal of Clinical and Translational Science DOI OpenAlex
  • What happens after referral? Completion rates of genetic counseling evaluations in breast cancer patients (2022)
    Journal of the National Medical Association 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Ratio-Driven Massive Transfusion Protocols (2020)
  • What Happens after Referral? Completion Rates of Genetic Counseling Evaluations in Breast Cancer Patients (2020)
    Journal of the American College of Surgeons DOI OpenAlex
  • What makes them different? An exploration of mentoring for female faculty, residents, and medical students pursuing a career in surgery (2019)
    The American Journal of Surgery 70 citations DOI OpenAlex

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