Sara Sanders

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Associate Professor

UAMS

Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine

3 h-index 16 pubs 39 cited

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Sara Sanders' research focuses on pediatric health outcomes, with a particular emphasis on critical care and infectious diseases. She has investigated the characteristics and outcomes of pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations in Arkansas, noting that younger and rural children were more likely to be hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infections. Her work also includes systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the burden of critical illness and the etiology of hospital mortality in children in low- and middle-income countries. Sanders has also examined factors influencing length of stay and readmission rates for eating disorders in pediatric patients, considering differences based on payor source. Additionally, her research has explored resource utilization for conditions such as snakebites in pediatric populations across the United States and contributed to quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing hospital throughput in pediatric tertiary care settings.

Metrics

h-index: 3
Publications: 16
Citations: 39

Positions

Pediatric Hospitalist 2018–present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pediatrics ORCID
Associate Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine Institutional directory

Selected Publications

Actinomyces odontolyticus Infection of a Marsupialized Vallecular Cyst in a Two-Month-Old Infant: A Report of a Rare Case (2026)

Cureus DOI OpenAlex
More Than Just a Floppy Baby: Maintaining High Clinical Suspicion of Infant Botulism (2026)

Cureus DOI OpenAlex
A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Hospital Throughput in a Pediatric Tertiary Care Center (2025)

Pediatric Quality and Safety 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Eating Disorder Length of Stay and Readmission Rate Differences Depending on Payor Source (2025)

Hospital Pediatrics 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023 (2025)

Injury Epidemiology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Younger and rural children are more likely to be hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infections (2024)

PLoS ONE 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Fever of Unknown Origin: A Case Report of Hepatic Phlegmon in an Immunocompetent Patient (2024)

Cureus DOI OpenAlex
Younger and Rural Children are More Likely to be Hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 Infections (2023)

medRxiv DOI OpenAlex
Fournier’s Gangrene: A Rare Infectious Entity in an Adolescent with Type II Diabetes (2022)

Global Pediatric Health DOI OpenAlex
Demographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 in Arkansas: March–December 2020 (2022)

Medicine 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric COVID-19 in Arkansas: March-December 2020 (2022)

medRxiv DOI OpenAlex