Dr. Dennis R Durbin M.D.
Emergency Physician (Pediatric) | Pediatric Emergency Medicine
34th & Civic Center Blvd Children's Hospital Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Dennis Durbin is a pediatric emergency medicine physician practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Durbin specializes in providing care for critically ill and injured children. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians possess a vast amount of knowledge in areas such as neonatology, critical care and forensic pediatrics. Children involved in automobile accidents, child abuse or near-drowning episodes are frequent cases treated by pediatric emergency medicine physicians.
Education and Training
Northwestern Uniiversity 1987
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1987
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Risk of injury to child passengers in compact extended-cab pickup trucks.
- The role of restraint and seat position in pediatric facial fractures.
- Children's health status instruments: their potential application in the emergency department.
- Risk of injury to restrained children from passenger airbags.
- Injuries to children in forward facing child restraints.
- The influence of harness type on child restraint system misuse.
- Occult head injury in high-risk abused children.
- Belt-positioning booster seats and reduction in risk of injury among children in vehicle crashes.
- Effect of vehicle type on the performance of second generation air bags for child occupants.
- Shifts in child restraint use according to child weight in the United States from 1999 to 2002.
- Differential risk of injury in child occupants by passenger car classification.
- Accuracy of self-reported data for estimating crash severity.
- Booster seats for children: closing the gap between science and public policy in the United States.
- Risk of injury to restrained children from passenger air bags.
- Optimal restraint reduces the risk of abdominal injury in children involved in motor vehicle crashes.
Treatments
- Asthma
- Gastroenteritis
- Migraine
- Stomach Flu
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