Professor Emeritus
M_Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Dr. Newman uses methods of epidemiology to do research on clinical problems in pediatrics, such as jaundice and infections in newborn babies, urinary tract infections and cholesterol screening.
He has a long term interest in teaching clinical research methods and is coauthor of two textbooks: Designing Clinical Research (5th edition, with Warren Browner and others, 2022) and Evidence-Based Diagnosis (2nd edition, with Dr. Michael Kohn, 2020).
Publications
Discordance Between Observed vs Expected Prevalence of UTI in Newborns With Hyperbilirubinemia.
Hospital pediatrics
Gut microbiome metagenomic sequences of honey bees (Apis mellifera) exposed to crops.
Microbiology resource announcements
Visualizing the Value of Diagnostic Tests and Prediction Models, Part II. Net Benefit Graphs: Net Benefit as a Function of the Exchange Rate.
Journal of clinical epidemiology
Visualizing the Value of Diagnostic Tests and Prediction Models, Part III. Numerical Example with Discrete Risk Groups and Miscalibration.
Journal of clinical epidemiology
Visualizing the Value of Diagnostic Tests and Prediction Models, Part I. Introduction and Expected Gain in Utility as a Function of Pre-Test Probability.
Journal of clinical epidemiology
Clarifying the Role of Serum Albumin in Hyperbilirubinemia Management.
Hospital pediatrics
Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves: The Basics and Beyond.
Hospital pediatrics
Maternal treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and delayed neonatal adaptation: a population-based cohort study.
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
Arginine or Hypertonic Saline-Stimulated Copeptin to Diagnose AVP Deficiency.
The New England journal of medicine
Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Incidence Over Time Within a Modern US Birth Cohort.
Pediatric neurology
The walking man approach to interpreting the receiver operating characteristic curve and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.
Journal of clinical epidemiology
Clinical course of children 1-24 months old with positive urine cultures without pyuria.
Academic pediatrics
Research Methods: Diagnostic Test Characteristics.
Hospital pediatrics
Rapid virtual fractional flow reserve using 3D computational fluid dynamics.
European heart journal. Digital health
NICU Versus Mother/Baby Unit Admission for Low-Acuity Infants Born at 35 Weeks' Gestation.
Pediatrics
Evidence Suggests a Decrease in the Incidence of Kernicterus in California.
The Journal of pediatrics
Predicting the Need for Phototherapy After Discharge: Update for 2022 Phototherapy Guidelines.
Pediatrics
Real-World Midazolam Use and Outcomes With Out-of-Hospital Treatment of Status Epilepticus in the United States.
Annals of emergency medicine
The Effect of Readmission for Phototherapy on Early Breast Milk Feeding.
Hospital pediatrics
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and bilirubin neurotoxicity: what can be learned from the database analysis?
Pediatric research
Updated Bhutani bilirubin curves include 12-hour-age levels and demonstrate gestational age and racial differences.
The Journal of pediatrics
Perspectives on Identifying and Treating Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Childhood.
Clinical chemistry
Use of Complete Blood Cell Count Components to Screen for Hereditary Spherocytosis in Neonates.
Pediatrics
A New Hour-Specific Serum Bilirubin Nomogram for Neonates =35 Weeks of Gestation.
The Journal of pediatrics
The effect of hospital phototherapy on early breastmilk feeding.
Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Antibiotic Treatment for Inpatient Asthma Exacerbations: What Have We Learned?
JAMA internal medicine
Possible Immortal Time Bias in Study of Antibiotic Treatment and Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Asthma.
JAMA internal medicine
Trends in Imaging Findings, Interventions, and Outcomes Among Children With Isolated Head Trauma.
Pediatric emergency care
Blinded by the light? Possible phototherapy downsides.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
Avoiding Harm From Hyperbilirubinemia Screening.
JAMA pediatrics
Dangers of Opioid Prescribing for Young Adults After Dental Procedures-Reply.
JAMA internal medicine
Association of Opioid Prescriptions From Dental Clinicians for US Adolescents and Young Adults With Subsequent Opioid Use and Abuse.
JAMA internal medicine
Childhood Seizures After Phototherapy.
Pediatrics
Efficacy of Subthreshold Newborn Phototherapy During the Birth Hospitalization in Preventing Readmission for Phototherapy.
JAMA pediatrics
Randomized Trials in Children With UTI.
Pediatrics
A Quantitative, Risk-Based Approach to the Management of Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis.
JAMA pediatrics
Comparative Effectiveness of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Treatment vs No Treatment for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants.
JAMA pediatrics
A Clinical Prediction Rule for Rebound Hyperbilirubinemia Following Inpatient Phototherapy.
Pediatrics
Population Impact & Efficiency of Benefit-Targeted Versus Risk-Targeted Statin Prescribing for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Identification of core objectives for teaching sustainable healthcare education.
Medical education online
US Preventive Task Force cites insufficient evidence for pediatric lipid screening.
The Journal of pediatrics
Update on Predicting Severe Hyperbilirubinemia and Bilirubin Neurotoxicity Risks in Neonates.
Current pediatric reviews
Phototherapy and Risk of Type 1 Diabetes.
Pediatrics
Lipid Screening in Children: Low-Value Care.
JAMA internal medicine
Association Between Laboratory Calibration of a Serum Bilirubin Assay, Neonatal Bilirubin Levels, and Phototherapy Use.
JAMA pediatrics
Neonatal Phototherapy and Infantile Cancer.
Pediatrics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory administration and patent ductus arteriosus ligation, a survey of practice preferences at US children's hospitals.
European journal of pediatrics
Antibiotics Overuse in Animal Agriculture: A Call to Action for Health Care Providers.
American journal of public health
Risk for cerebral palsy in infants with total serum bilirubin levels at or above the exchange transfusion threshold: a population-based study.
JAMA pediatrics
Follow-up of extreme neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia: more reassuring results from Denmark.
Developmental medicine and child neurology
Combining immature and total neutrophil counts to predict early onset sepsis in term and late preterm newborns: use of the I/T2.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Baseline sodium may matter.
The Journal of pediatrics
Does augmentation or induction of labor with oxytocin increase the risk for autism?
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Understanding the direction of bias in studies of diagnostic test accuracy.
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Invited commentary: does neonatal hyperbilirubinemia cause asthma?
American journal of epidemiology
Maternal diagnosis of obesity and risk of cerebral palsy in the child.
The Journal of pediatrics
First-day weight loss predicts eventual weight nadir for breastfeeding newborns.
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
Correctly using sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values in clinical practice: how to avoid three common pitfalls.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology
Black race is not protective against hazardous bilirubin levels.
The Journal of pediatrics
Overly aggressive new guidelines for lipid screening in children: evidence of a broken process.
Pediatrics
Evidence basis for individualized evaluation and less imaging in febrile urinary tract infection: an editorial commentary.
Pediatric clinics of North America
Response to Drs Hoberman and Paradise.
Evidence-based medicine
Cerebral palsy among Asian ethnic subgroups.
Pediatrics
Total serum bilirubin exceeding exchange transfusion thresholds in the setting of universal screening.
The Journal of pediatrics
Predicting major coronary events with coronary calcium scoring and coronary CT angiography.
Radiology
Estimating the probability of neonatal early-onset infection on the basis of maternal risk factors.
Pediatrics
Newborns with significant jaundice for their age should be tested for hyperbilirubinemia.
American family physician
Efficacy of phototherapy for newborns with hyperbilirubinemia: a cautionary example of an instrumental variable analysis.
Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Randomised trial comparing hand expression with breast pumping for mothers of term newborns feeding poorly.
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
Amoxicillin-clavulanate improves symptoms, reduces treatment failure in select children with acute otitis media and increases risk of diarrhoea.
Evidence-based medicine
Jaundice-autism link unconvincing.
Pediatrics
Screening and follow-up for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a review.
Clinical pediatrics
Interpreting conjugated bilirubin levels in newborns.
The Journal of pediatrics
First-day newborn weight loss predicts in-hospital weight nadir for breastfeeding infants.
Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
Effect of neonatal jaundice and phototherapy on the frequency of first-year outpatient visits.
Pediatrics
When is rapid testing for influenza useful?
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Coronary calcium screening.
The New England journal of medicine
After-school program to reduce obesity in minority children: a pilot study.
Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community
Hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn infant > or =35 weeks' gestation: an update with clarifications.
Pediatrics
Impact of universal bilirubin screening on severe hyperbilirubinemia and phototherapy use.
Pediatrics
Universal primer polymerase chain reaction looks promising for newborns with low pretest probability of sepsis.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
The New England journal of medicine
Numbers needed to treat with phototherapy according to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.
Pediatrics
Nontransplant surgical interventions in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
Journal of pediatric surgery
Data suggest visual assessment of jaundice in newborns is helpful.
The Journal of pediatrics
Office-based treatment and outcomes for febrile infants with clinically diagnosed bronchiolitis.
Pediatrics
Risk factors for severe hyperbilirubinemia among infants with borderline bilirubin levels: a nested case-control study.
The Journal of pediatrics
Predicting significant hyperbilirubinaemia using birth weight.
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: adjusting for prognostic imbalances (confounding variables) in studies on therapy or harm.
Journal of general internal medicine
Use of the motor performance checklist to study motor outcomes in 5-year-olds.
Journal of paediatrics and child health
Evidence insufficient to recommend melanoma surveillance following phototherapy for jaundice.
Archives of dermatology
Five-year neurodevelopmental outcome of neonatal dehydration.
The Journal of pediatrics
Feasibility of a dance videogame to promote weight loss among overweight children and adolescents.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Surveillance of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a view from south of the border.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
Outcomes among newborns with total serum bilirubin levels of 25 mg per deciliter or more.
The New England journal of medicine
Conventional vs. atypical antipsychotic medications.
The New England journal of medicine
Azithromycin treatment of recurrent respiratory tract infections in children.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Choice of urine collection methods for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in young, febrile infants.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Prevalence and characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus in 9-18 year-old children with diabetic ketoacidosis.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM
Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 5. The effect of spectrum of disease on the performance of diagnostic tests.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
The Food and Drug Administration's deliberations on antidepressant use in pediatric patients.
Pediatrics
Combining clinical risk factors with serum bilirubin levels to predict hyperbilirubinemia in newborns.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Richardson score predicts short-term adverse respiratory outcomes in newborns >/=34 weeks gestation.
The Journal of pediatrics
Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 3. Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic).
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
A black-box warning for antidepressants in children?
The New England journal of medicine
Kernicterus: epidemiological strategies for its prevention through systems-based approaches.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 2. Measures of precision (confidence intervals).
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
Hyperbilirubinemia benchmarking.
Pediatrics
Impact of pulse oximetry and oxygen therapy on length of stay in bronchiolitis hospitalizations.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
The power of stories over statistics.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Pulse oximetry in bronchiolitis patients.
Pediatrics
Effects and costs of requiring child-restraint systems for young children traveling on commercial airplanes.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
How to avoid kernicterus.
The Journal of pediatrics
Jaundice noted in the first 24 hours after birth in a managed care organization.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Magnetic resonance imaging and kernicterus.
Pediatrics
Rehospitalization for neonatal dehydration: a nested case-control study.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Urine testing and urinary tract infections in febrile infants seen in office settings: the Pediatric Research in Office Settings' Febrile Infant Study.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Circumcisions: again.
Pediatrics
Acute pharyngitis.
The New England journal of medicine
Frequency of neonatal bilirubin testing and hyperbilirubinemia in a large health maintenance organization.
Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association
Indications for computed tomography after minor head injury.
The New England journal of medicine
Prediction and prevention of extreme neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in a mature health maintenance organization.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Body temperature of newborns: what is normal?
Clinical pediatrics
White blood cell count likelihood ratios for bacteremia in febrile young children.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Combination therapy for hepatitis C infection.
The New England journal of medicine
Issues in studying the effectiveness of health services for children.
Health services research
Computed tomography of the appendix.
The New England journal of medicine
Jaundice in full-term and near-term babies who leave the hospital within 36 hours. The pediatrician's nemesis.
Clinics in perinatology
Association between Cryptosporidium infection and animal exposure in HIV-infected individuals.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association
The conflict between least harm and no-use tobacco policy for youth: ethical and policy implications.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Evaluation of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in children presenting with limp, fever, or abdominal pain.
Clinical pediatrics
Use of commercial record linkage software and vital statistics to identify patient deaths.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Bilirubin problem--the debate continues.
Pediatrics
Problems with the report of the Expert Panel on blood cholesterol levels in children and adolescents.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Toward a more balanced cholesterol policy.
Circulation
Risk of malignant transformation of congenital melanocytic nevi in blacks.
Pediatric dermatology
Screening for major depression in Vietnamese refugees: a validation and comparison of two instruments in a health screening population.
Journal of general internal medicine
More on torturing data.
The New England journal of medicine
Cholesterol: myth vs reality?
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
Problems with serum IgM as a screening test for congenital infection.
Clinical pediatrics
Cat scratch disease.
The New England journal of medicine
Yield of reticulocyte counts and blood smears in term infants.
Clinical pediatrics
Obstacles and approaches to clinical database research: experience at the University of California, San Francisco.
Proceedings. Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care
Continuous versus intermittent albuterol nebulization in the treatment of acute asthma.
Annals of emergency medicine
Caution over journal supplements.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Possibly disappointing results of treatment with gemfibrozil.
The New England journal of medicine
Screening for high serum cholesterol concentrations in children.
The Journal of pediatrics
The bilirubin debate.
Pediatrics
Position statement: cholesterol screening in children is not indicated, even with positive family history.
Journal of the American College of Nutrition
Clinical problem-solving: trapped by an incidental finding.
The New England journal of medicine
Direct bilirubin measurements in jaundiced term newborns. A reevaluation.
American journal of diseases of children (1960)
In defense of standardized regression coefficients.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
The draft lottery and AIDS: evidence against increased intravenous drug use by Vietnam-era veterans.
American journal of epidemiology
Neonatal jaundice and brain-stem auditory responses.
The Journal of pediatrics
Multiple comparisons and P values.
American journal of diseases of children (1960)
Children should not be routinely screened for high blood cholesterol.
American journal of diseases of children (1960)
Does hyperbilirubinemia damage the brain of healthy full-term infants?
Clinics in perinatology
Laboratory evaluation of jaundice in newborns. Frequency, cost, and yield.
American journal of diseases of children (1960)
Sample size and power based on the population attributable fraction.
American journal of public health
Re: "Interpretation and choice of effect measures in epidemiologic analyses".
American journal of epidemiology
Severe optic neuritis in infectious mononucleosis.
Annals of emergency medicine
The epidemiology of life and death: a critical commentary.
American journal of public health
Confidence intervals.
Annals of internal medicine
Delayed effects of the military draft on mortality. A randomized natural experiment.
The New England journal of medicine
Study on cystic fibrosis criticized.
Pediatrics
Are the case records obsolete?
The New England journal of medicine
Medspeak.
The New England journal of medicine