Gitte Y. Larsen

Gitte Y. Larsen, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital

801-662-1000

  • Dr. Larsen is a Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Utah; Medical Director for Patient Safety at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, co-chair of Intermountain Pediatric Sepsis Program and Primary Children’s Hospital Medication Safety Team. Dr. Larsen has local and national recognition for her patient safety work since 2001, and is a member in good standing with the American Academy of Pediatrics and Society of Critical Care Medicine. She has published articles focused on patient adverse events, medication safety, safety culture, and early septic shock recognition and treatment. Her team was recognized by the Institute of Safe Medication Practices and by the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group for projects improving medication safety, and was an invited speaker for the American Academy of Pediatrics 2011 and 2013 National Conference on medication safety. Dr. Larsen began the Primary Children’s Hospital pediatric septic shock recognition program in 2007, and has published quality improvement articles on the benefits of early septic shock recognition and treatment since then, including one of the first pediatric emergency department based projects (Pediatrics). She is actively involved with two Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) programs: 1) Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcome (IPSO) since 2016 as a member of the steering committee and co-lead of the interventions group; 2) Solutions for Patient Safety and Patient Safety Organization focused on reducing patient harm from hospital-acquired conditions as the physician representative from Primary Children’s Hospital. Dr. Larsen has participated in CDC-sponsored collaboratives focused on ventilator-associated conditions, acute flaccid myelitis, and plague antibiotic prophylaxis and treatment. In addition, Dr. Larsen has a full time pediatric critical care practice.

    Specialties

  • Dr. Larsen is a Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Utah; Medical Director for Patient Safety at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, co-chair of Intermountain Pediatric Sepsis Program and Primary Children’s Hospital Medication Safety Team. Dr. Larsen has local and national recognition for her patient safety work since 2001, and is a member in good standing with the American Academy of Pediatrics and Society of Critical Care Medicine. She has published articles focused on patient adverse events, medication safety, safety culture, and early septic shock recognition and treatment. Her team was recognized by the Institute of Safe Medication Practices and by the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group for projects improving medication safety, and was an invited speaker for the American Academy of Pediatrics 2011 and 2013 National Conference on medication safety. Dr. Larsen began the Primary Children’s Hospital pediatric septic shock recognition program in 2007, and has published quality improvement articles on the benefits of early septic shock recognition and treatment since then, including one of the first pediatric emergency department based projects (Pediatrics). She is actively involved with two Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) programs: 1) Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcome (IPSO) since 2016 as a member of the steering committee and co-lead of the interventions group; 2) Solutions for Patient Safety and Patient Safety Organization focused on reducing patient harm from hospital-acquired conditions as the physician representative from Primary Children’s Hospital. Dr. Larsen has participated in CDC-sponsored collaboratives focused on ventilator-associated conditions, acute flaccid myelitis, and plague antibiotic prophylaxis and treatment. In addition, Dr. Larsen has a full time pediatric critical care practice.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary

    Education history

    Graduate Training Public Health - University of Utah M.P.H.
    Public Health - Oregon Health Sciences University Master's
    Fellowship Pediatric Critical Care - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Internship Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Intern
    Medicine - University of Washington M.D.
    Undergraduate Chemistry - Mills College B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Hummel K, Presson AP, Millar MM, Larsen G, Kadish H, Olson LM (2020). An Assessment of Clinical and System Drivers of Family Satisfaction in the PICU. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 21(10), e888-e897.
    2. Scott HF, Brilli RJ, Paul R, Macias CG, Niedner M, Depinet H, Richardson T, Riggs R, Gruhler H, Larsen GY, Huskins WC, Balamuth F, Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes IPSO Collaborative Investigators (2020). Evaluating Pediatric Sepsis Definitions Designed for Electronic Health Record Extraction and Multicenter Quality Improvement. Crit Care Med, 48(10), e916-e926.
    3. Lane RD, Olson J, Reeder R, Miller B, Workman JK, Thorell EA, Larsen GY (2020). Antibiotic Timing in Pediatric Septic Shock. Hosp Pediatr, 10(4), 311-317.
    4. Aljabari S, Balch A, Larsen GY, Fluchel M, Workman JK (2018). Severe Sepsis-Associated Morbidity and Mortality among Critically Ill Children with Cancer. J Pediatr Intensive Care, 8(3), 122-129.
    5. Miescier MJ, Lane RD, Sheng X, Larsen GY (2017). Association Between Initial Emergency Department Lactate and Use of Vasoactive Medication in Children With Septic Shock. Pediatr Emerg Care, 35(7), 455-460.
    6. Karandikar MV, Coffin SE, Priebe GP, Sandora TJ, Logan LK, Larsen GY, Toltzis P, Gray JE, Klompas M, Sammons JS, Harper MB, Horan K, Lakoma M, Cocoros NM, Lee GM (2018). Variability in antimicrobial use in pediatric ventilator-associated events. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 40(1), 32-39.
    7. Henderson MB, Schunk JE, Henderson JL, Larsen GY, Wilkes J, Bratton SL (2018). An Assessment of Asthma Therapy in the Pediatric ICU. Hosp Pediatr, 8(6), 361-367.
    8. Paul R, Melendez E, Wathen B, Larsen G, Chapman L, Wheeler DS, Wakefield T, Macias CG (2017). A Quality Improvement Collaborative for Pediatric Sepsis: Lessons Learned. Pediatr Qual Saf, 3(1), e051.
    9. Cocoros NM, Priebe G, Gray JE, Toltzis P, Larsen GY, Logan LK, Coffin S, Sammons JS, Deakins K, Horan K, Lakoma M, Young J, Burton M, Klompas M, Lee GM (2017). Factors Associated With Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Conditions in Six U.S. Hospitals: A Nested Case-Control Study. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 18(11), e536-e545.
    10. Ames SG, Workman JK, Olson JA, Korgenski EK, Masotti S, Knackstedt ED, Bratton SL, Larsen GY (2015). Infectious Etiologies and Patient Outcomes in Pediatric Septic Shock. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 6(1), 80-86.
    11. Cocoros NM, Priebe GP, Logan LK, Coffin S, Larsen G, Toltzis P, Sandora TJ, Harper M, Sammons JS, Gray JE, Goldmann D, Horan K, Burton M, Checchia PA, Lakoma M, Sims S, Klompas M, Lee GM (2016). A Pediatric Approach to Ventilator-Associated Events Surveillance. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 38(3), 327-333.
    12. Hirshberg EL, Lanspa MJ, Wilson EL, Sward KA, Jephson A, Larsen GY, Morris AH (2017). A Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Bedside Computer Clinical Decision Support Protocol for Hyperglycemia Is Feasible, Safe and Offers Advantages. Diabetes Technol Ther, 19(3), 188-193.
    13. Workman JK, Ames SG, Reeder RW, Korgenski EK, Masotti SM, Bratton SL, Larsen GY (2016). Treatment of Pediatric Septic Shock With the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines and PICU Patient Outcomes. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 17(10), e451-e458.
    14. Lane RD, Funai T, Reeder R, Larsen GY (2016). High Reliability Pediatric Septic Shock Quality Improvement Initiative and Decreasing Mortality. Pediatrics, 138(4).
    15. Larsen GY, Schober M, Fabio A, Wisniewski SR, Grant MJ, Shafi N, Bennett TD, Hirtz D, Bell MJ (2015). Structure, Process, and Culture Differences of Pediatric Trauma Centers Participating in an International Comparative Effectiveness Study of Children with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurocrit Care, 24(3), 353-60.
    16. Cocoros NM, Kleinman K, Priebe GP, Gray JE, Logan LK, Larsen G, Sammons J, Toltzis P, Miroshnik I, Horan K, Burton M, Sims S, Harper M, Coffin S, Sandora TJ, Hocevar SN, Checchia PA, Klompas M, Lee GM, Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Conditions Study Team (2015). Ventilator-Associated Events in Neonates and Children--A New Paradigm. Crit Care Med, 44(1), 14-22.

    Editorial

    1. Workman JK, Larsen GY (2017). The Most Vulnerable SPROUTs: Severe Sepsis in the Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Population. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 18(12), 1179-1180.
    2. Workman JK, Larsen GY (2017). Searching for a Pediatric Severe Sepsis Phenotype: Are We There Yet? Pediatr Crit Care Med, 18(1), 82-83.
    3. Larsen G, Schunk JE (2015). To Err One's Dirty Laundry. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 16(5), 488-9.
    4. Larsen G, Stockwell D (2014). Taking aim at harm-adverse event detection in a South African PICU*. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 15(5), 499-500.