Faculty

Yves Ouellette, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Studies

Study of the Incidence of Electrographic Status Epilepticus and Seizures of PICU Patients at National Children’s Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of the study is:
1. To determine the incidence of subclinical electrographic seizures and electrographic status epilepticus in children admitted to the PICU for head trauma, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and/or child abuse at National Children’s Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam.
2. To determine whether a correlation exists between length of stay, morbidity, and mortality with incidence of subclinical SE and seizures.

Risk Factors for Pressure Ulcers in Understaffed Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Vietnam Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study will be to 1) determine the risk factors for pressure ulcer development among patients in the pediatric intensive care units in a resource limited hospital and 2) to develop a regulatory protocol to help minimize these risk factors in at-risk patients in Hanoi, Vietnam.