Selected Publications

Shepard LN, DeVivo A, Abella BS, Morgan RW: Physiology-guided CPR. Critical Care Clinics 42(1): 1-21, January 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 2026 Notes: Star Research Award Oral Presentation at the 55th Critical Care Congress, Chicago, IL.

Sutton R, Bender D, Reeder R, Alvey J, Graham K, O'Halloran A, Shepard L, Nadkarni V, Berg R, Nataraj C, Morgan R: Pediatric Airway Opening Index: Novel Description and Association with Cardiac Arrest Physiology and Outcomes. Circulation November 2025 Notes: Oral presentation at the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Science Symposium, New Orleans, LA.

Shepard LN, Friess S, Reeder R, Bender D, Berg R, Graham K, Meert K, Mourani P, Murray R, Nadkarni V, Nataraj C, Palmer C, Patterson E, Srivastava N, Wolfe H, Yates A, Morgan R, Sutton R: Association of Ventilation Rate with Outcomes of Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. Circulation November 2025 Notes: Max Harry Weil Early Career Award Competition for Resuscitation Science Winner, Oral abstract presentation at the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Science Symposium, New Orleans, LA.

Shepard LN, Reeder RW, Hsu J, Keim G, Berg RA, Sutton RM, Topjian AA, Yehya N, Morgan RW: Intubation Trends and Survival in Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Network Open 8(11): e2544365, November 2025.

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.

Loaec M, Keim G, Graham K, Kienzle MF, O'Halloran A, Shepard LN, Mehta S, Sawhney S, Donoghue M, Cooper K, Kilbaugh TJ, Nadkarni V, Topjian AA, Berg RA, Sutton RM, Morgan RW: Comparison of Vasopressin to Epinephrine During Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Survival and Physiologic Responsiveness. Pedatr Res October 2025 Notes: Online ahead of print.

O'Halloran A, Sannino, J, Dominick C, Bailey C, Boyle L, Shepard LN, Nadkarni V, Wolfe H, Morgan RW, Nishisaki A, Lane-Fall M, Sutton R: Development of a Novel Cardiac Arrest Ventilation Rate Metronome: A Human Factors and Implementation Science Mixed-Methods Approach. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 26(10): e1264-e1274, October 2025.

Galli GM, Kaviyarasu A, Agarwal S, Counts CR, Scquizzato T, Yang B, Owyang CG, Coute R, Orlob S, Shepard L, Halablab S, Horowitz J, Perman S, Morgan R, Grossestreuer A, Vine J, Johnson N, Andrea L, Moskowitz A, Abella B, Dezfulian C, Farooqi WH, Teran F: The Latest in Resuscitation Research: Highlights From the 2024 American Heart Association's Resuscitation Science Symposium. J Am Heart Assoc 14(19): e043181, October 2025.

Shepard LN, Shults J, Nishisaki A: Sodium bicarbonate in cardiac arrest: A true harm or a bystander of prolonged resuscitation? Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 26(6): e835-e838, June 2025.