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Jennifer K. Workman

Jennifer K. Workman, MD

  • Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Critical Care

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Hakim H, Richardson T, Riggs R, Auletta JJ, DiGerolamo K, Hron JD, Kohorst M, Laurie K, Maixner M, Mulcahy Levy JM, Ohlsen TJD, Orsey AD, Prudowsky ZD, Raghu VK, Redfern W, Rozenfeld RA, Workman JK, Wilkes JJ (). Increased Sepsis Attributable Mortality in Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Transplant Patients is Associated with Lack of an Early Recognition Tool. (Epub ahead of print) Pediatr Blood Cancer.
    2. Mulcaire-Jones J, Wu C, Presson A, Chan T, Campbell K, Workman JK (). Respiratory Failure Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in Critically Ill Children. (Epub ahead of print) Acad Pediatr.
    3. Lane RD, Richardson T, Scott HF, Paul RM, Balamuth FB, Eisenberg M, Riggs R, Huskins WC, Horvat C, Keeney GE, Hueschen L, Lockwood JM, Gunnala V, McKee BP, Patankar N, Pinto VL, Sebring AM, Sharron MP, Treseler J, Wilkes JJ, Workman JK (2024). Determining when Delays in ED Antibiotic Delivery Increase Risk of Pediatric Sepsis Mortality. JAMA Netw Open.
    4. Workman JK, Reeder RW, Banks RK, Zimmerman JJ, Meert KL, Keenan HT (2023). Change in Functional Status During Hospital Admission and Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life Among Pediatric Septic Shock Survivors. Pediatr Crit Care Med. (Read full article)
    5. Workman JK, Keenan HT, Weir CR (2023). Pediatric Septic Shock Care Pathways in General Emergency Departments: A Qualitative Study Targeting How to Really Make it Work. Pediatr Emerg Care. (Read full article)
    6. Schafer M, Gruhler De Souza H, Paul R, Riggs R, Richardson T, Conlon P, Duffy S, Foster LZ, Gunderson J, Hall D, Hatcher L, Hess LM, Kirkpatrick L, Kunar J, Lockwood J, Lowerre T, McFadden V, Raghavan A, Rizzi J, Stephen R, Stokes S, Workman JK, Kandil SB (2022). Characteristics and Outcomes of Sepsis Presenting in Inpatient Pediatric Settings. Hosp Pediatr, 12(12), 1048-1059. (Read full article)
    7. Eisenberg MA, Riggs R, Paul R, Balamuth F, Richardson T, DeSouza HG, Abbadesa MK, DeMartini TKM, Frizzola M, Lane R, Lloyd J, Melendez E, Patankar N, Rutman L, Sebring A, Timmons Z, Scott HF, IPSO collaborative investigators (2022). Association Between the First-Hour Intravenous Fluid Volume and Mortality in Pediatric Septic Shock. Ann Emerg Med. (Read full article)
    8. Sawicki JG, Tower D, Vukin E, Workman JK, Stoddard GJ, Burch M, Bracken DR, Hall B, Henricksen JW (2021). Association Between Rapid Response Algorithms and Clinical Outcomes of Hospitalized Children. Hosp Pediatr, 11(12), 1385-1394. (Read full article)
    9. Workman JK, Chambers A, Miller C, Larsen GY, Lane RD (2021). Best practices in pediatric sepsis: building and sustaining an evidence-based pediatric sepsis quality improvement program. Hosp Pract (1995), 49(sup1), 1-9. (Read full article)
    10. Paul R, Niedner M, Brilli R, Macias C, Riggs R, Balamuth F, Depinet H, Larsen G, Huskins C, Scott H, Lucasiewicz G, Schaffer M, DeSouza HG, Silver P, Richardson T, Hueschen L, Campbell D, Wathen B, Auletta JJ, IPSO COLLABORATIVE INVESTIGATORS (2021). Metric Development for the Multicenter Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) Collaborative. Pediatrics. (Read full article)
    11. Harrison WN, Workman JK, Bonafide CP, Lockwood JM (2020). Surviving Sepsis Screening: The Unintended Consequences of Continuous Surveillance. Hosp Pediatr, 10(12), e14-e17. (Read full article)
    12. 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 (2021). Evaluating Pediatric Sepsis Definitions Designed for Electronic Health Record Extraction and Multicenter Quality Improvement. Crit Care Med, 48(10), e916-e926. (Read full article)
    13. 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. (Read full article)
    14. Workman JK, Bailly DK, Reeder RW, Dalton HJ, Berg RA, Shanley TP, Newth CJL, Pollack MM, Wessel D, Carcillo J, Harrison R, Dean JM, Meert KL, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network CPCCRN (2020). Risk Factors for Mortality in Refractory Pediatric Septic Shock Supported with Extracorporeal Life Support. ASAIO J. (Read full article)
    15. 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. (Read full article)
    16. Workman JK, Wilkes J, Presson AP, Xu Y, Heflin JA, Smith JT (2018). Variation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery: Implications for Improving Healthcare Value. J Pediatr, 195, 213-219.e3. (Read full article)
    17. 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. (Read full article)
    18. 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. (Read full article)
    19. Workman JK, Myrick CW, Meyers RL, Bratton SL, Nakagawa TA (2013). Pediatric organ donation and transplantation. Pediatrics, 131(6), e1723-30. (Read full article)
    20. Parfitt DB, Levin JK, Saltstein KP, Klayman AS, Greer LM, Helmreich DL (2004). Differential early rearing environments can accentuate or attenuate the responses to stress in male C57BL/6 mice. Brain Res, 1016(1), 111-8. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Burgunder L, Heyrend C, Olson J, Stidham C, Lane RD, Workman JK, Larsen GY (2022). Medication and Fluid Management of Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock. [Review]. Paediatr Drugs, 24(3), 193-205. (Read full article)

    Book Chapter

    1. Susan L, Bratton, and Jennifer Workman (2017). Comorbidities among Pediatric Patients with Respiratory Failure on ECLS. In Thomas V. Brogan, Laurence Lequier, Roberto Lorusso, Graeme MacLaren, and Giles Peek (Eds.), Extracorporeal Life Support: The ELSO Red Book (5th Edition). Ann Arbor, Michigan: Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.

    Commentary

    1. Workman J and Bratton S (2016). Review for: Mortality after burn injury in children: a 33-year population based study. 2015. Cabana, Michael (eds.).
    2. Workman JK (2013). IV Acetaminophen Decreases Narcotic Need in Infants After Surgery. 29(5), 50.

    Editorial

    1. Hester GZ, Thornton A, Workman JK (2023). Time to Rebalance the Plane. J Pediatr, 113558. (Read full article)
    2. 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. (Read full article)
    3. Workman JK, Bratton SL (2017). Pediatric tracheostomy: perhaps good things come to those who do not wait. Minerva Anestesiol, 83(8), 787-789. (Read full article)
    4. Workman JK, Larsen GY (2017). Searching for a Pediatric Severe Sepsis Phenotype: Are We There Yet? Pediatr Crit Care Med, 18(1), 82-83. (Read full article)

    Abstract

    1. Chambers A, Armstrong A, Huynh K, Lane RD, Workman JK (May 2023). Assessing Health Equity in Pediatric Sepsis Care [Abstract]. Abstract ID 1415270.
    2. Workman JK, Robinson H, Kuttler K, Borsato G, Povilus J, Masotti S, Lane RD, Keenan HT, Larsen GY (May 2023). Implementation of a Pediatric Septic Shock Clinical Decision Support System for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit [Abstract]. Abstract ID 1410974.
    3. Lane RD, Richardson T, Paul R, Scott HF, Balamuth F, Eisenberg M, Riggs R, Huskins WC, Hueschen LA, Wilkes JJ, Treseler J, Sharron M, Sebring A, Pinto VL, Patankar NS, McKee BP, Lockwood J, Keeney GE, Horvat C, Gunnala V, Workman JK (May 2023). Identifying a Timepoint at which Delays in ED Antibiotic Delivery Increase Risk of Pediatric Sepsis Mortality [Abstract]. Abstract ID 1393678.
    4. Taylor WM, Wilkes J, Lane RD, Larsen GY, Reeder RW, Keenan HT, Workman JK (2021). Pediatric septic shock across a large healthcare system [Abstract].
    5. Schafer M, Paul R, Gruhler De Souza H, Riggs R, Richardson T, Conlon P, Duffy S, Foster L, Gunderson J, Hahn D, Hall D, Hatcher L, Hess L, Kirkpatrick L, Kunar J, Lockwood J, Lowerre T, McFadden V, Raghavan A, Rizzi J, Stephen R, Stokes S, Workman JK, Kandil S (2021). Characteristics and outcomes of sepsis in pediatric general care settings [Abstract].
    6. Workman JK, Larsen GY (2019). Survey of invasive support practices for children with septic shock [Abstract]. 4, e156.
    7. Workman JK, Balch AH, Korgenski K, Rubin MA, Keenan HT, Srivastava R (April, 2019). Pediatric septic shock treatment in the community hospital emergency department [Abstract]. E-PAS2019:112.
    8. Workman JK, Korgenski K, Chan EF, Lane RD, Larsen GY, Srivastava R, Rubin MA (2018). Accuracy of Diagnostic Codes in Identifying Pediatric Septic Shock Patients [Abstract]. E-PAS2018:725, E-PAS2018:725.
    9. Whitney Kopp, Jennifer Workman, Ron Reeder, Susan Bratton, Gitte Larsen (December 2015). Respiratory Support in Pediatric Patients Presenting with Septic Shock [Abstract]. Critical Care Medicine, 43(12(Supplement)), 1085.
    10. Stefanie G Ames, Jennifer K Workman, Jared A Olson, E Kent Korgenski, Elizabeth H Doby, Susan L, Bratton, Gitte Y Larsen (2014). Identification of Pediatric Septic Shock in the Emergency Department Requiring Intensive Care: Infectious Etiologies and Outcomes. [Abstract]. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Brittish Columbia. May 2014.
    11. Workman J, Ames S, Korgenski K, Masotti S, Bratton S, Larsen G (2014). Effect of early, aggressive pediatric septic shock treatment on PICU patient outcomes [Abstract]. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
    12. Levin J, Myrick C, Bratton S, Nakagawa T (2012). Trends in pediatric donation after circulatory determination of death; abstract accepted for poster presentation at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 42nd Critical Care Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 2013 [Abstract]. Critical Care Medicine, 40(12).
    13. Bruggers C, Afify Z, Levin J (2012). Impact of osteonecrosis on quality of life in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia [Abstract]. American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 25th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
    14. Levin J, Helmreich D, Parfitt D (2001). The effect of the early rearing environment on the behavioral and physiological response to stress in the C57BL/6 mouse [Abstract]. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

    Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

    1. Workman JK (2020). Invited guest for an episode of "Talking Pediatrics" (a clinical podcast by Children's Minnesota), titled "So, What Do You Really Know About Sepsis?"  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/so-what-do-you-really-know-about-sepsis/id1527883932 [Podcast].