Selected Publications

Suh C, Owyang C, Shepard L, Yang B, Morgan R, Rolston D, Counts C, Scquizzato T, Horowitz J, Shvilkina T, Berg K, Parnia S, Alilou S, Swarts C, Coute R, Ammar L, Herring W, Lederer T, Araos J, Abella b, Dezfulian C, Perman S, Teran F: The Latest in Resuscitation Research: Highlights from the 2025 American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Science Symposium. Journal of the American Heart Association 15(10): e049950, May 2026.

Shepard L, Donoghue M, Graham K, Napolitano N, Topjian A, Sutton R, Nishisaki A, Morgan R: Tracheal Intubation During CPR: First Attempt Success and Association with Outcomes. Critical Care Medicine March 2026 Notes: Star Research Award Oral Presentation at the 55th Critical Care Congress, Chicago, IL.

Hamad M, Nishisaki A, Shults J, Napolitano N, Nickel A, Hyde E, Topjian A, Kirschen M, Huh J, Bruins B, O'Halloran A, McGovern E, Nadkarni V, Shepard L: Lung compliance immediately after tracheal intubation in the pediatric ICU. Critical Care Medicine March 2026.

Sorcher J, Reeder R, Shepard L, Graham K, Topjian A, Berg R, Sutton R, Morgan R: End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: Association of Temporal Trends and ROSC. Critical Care Medicine March 2026.

Shepard LN, Napolitano N, Dominick C, Nickel AJ, Shults J, McGovern EL, Bruins BB, O'Halloran A, Huh J, Topjian A, Kirschen MP, Morgan RW, Sutton RM, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A: Quality of bag-mask ventilation for children prior to intubation: Single-center PICU pilot observational study, 2019-2022. Pediatr Crit Care Med March 2026 Notes: [Online ahead of print]

Shepard LN, DeVivo A, Abella BS, Morgan RW: Physiology-guided CPR. Critical Care Clinics 42(1): 1-21, January 2026.

Jariyasakoolroj T, Kojima T, Godara S, Kharayat P, Napolitano N, Graham K, Shepard L, Nadkarni V, Donoghue A, Nishisaki A: Apneic time during intubation in critically ill children. Pediatric Research January 2026 Notes: [epub ahead of print]

Shepard L, Raees M, Nadkarni V: The unknown global burden of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children: A call to action. Critical Care Medicine 2026 Notes: [Accepted for publication]

Sutton RM, Bender D, Reeder RW, Alvey JS, Graham K, O’Halloran AJ, Shepard LN, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Nataraj C, Morgan RW: Pediatric airway opening index: Novel description and association with cardiac arrest physiology and outcomes. Circulation November 2025 Notes: Late Breaking Science Oral abstract presentation at the Resuscitation Science Symposium, New Orleans, LA.

Mehta SD, Gathers C-A, Shepard LN, Putt M, Yehya N, Graham K, Morgan RW, Sutton RM: Prearrest vital sign abnormalities are associated with adverse outcomes in pediatric ICU cardiac arrest: a get with the guidelines-resuscitation analysis. Resuscitation 216: 110846, November 2025.