Christina Luz Cifra, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Division of Medical Critical Care
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Christina Luz Cifra, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Division of Medical Critical Care
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Education
Medical School
University of the Philippines
2002
Manila
Philippines
Residency
University of Maryland
2011
Baltimore
MD
Fellowship
Johns Hopkins Hospital
2014
Baltimore
MD
Graduate School
University of Iowa
2017
Iowa City
IA
Publications
Interfacility Transfer and Admission to PICUs in the United States: Survey of Referral Communications in 2023. View Abstract
Diagnostic Uncertainty Among Critically Ill Children Admitted to the PICU: A Multicenter Study. View Abstract
Developing methods to identify resilience and improve communication about diagnosis in pediatric primary care. View Abstract
Interfacility Referral Communication for PICU Transfer. View Abstract
Development and Evaluation of I-PASS-to-PICU: A Standard Electronic Template to Improve Referral Communication for Interfacility Transfers to the Pediatric ICU. View Abstract
Prevalence and Characteristics of Diagnostic Error in Pediatric Critical Care: A Multicenter Study. View Abstract
Breaking point. View Abstract
Reporting Outcomes of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients to Referring Physicians via an Electronic Health Record-Based Feedback System. View Abstract
Impact of subspecialty consultations on diagnosis in the pediatric intensive care unit. View Abstract
Diagnosis Documentation of Critically Ill Children at Admission to a PICU. View Abstract
A Research Agenda for Diagnostic Excellence in Critical Care Medicine. View Abstract
Simulation-based Training of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Teams in Endotracheal Intubation of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19: Response to a Letter to the Editor. View Abstract
Diagnostic Errors in Pediatric Critical Care: A Systematic Review. View Abstract
Bridging the feedback gap: a sociotechnical approach to informing clinicians of patients' subsequent clinical course and outcomes. View Abstract
Simulation to Train Pediatric ICU Teams in Endotracheal Intubation of Patients with COVID-19. View Abstract
Referral communication for pediatric intensive care unit admission and the diagnosis of critically ill children: A pilot ethnography. View Abstract
Updates to referring clinicians regarding critically ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit: a state-wide survey. View Abstract
Factors Associated With Diagnostic Error on Admission to a PICU: A Pilot Study. View Abstract
An estimate of missed pediatric sepsis in the emergency department. View Abstract
Pediatric Clinician Comfort Discussing Diagnostic Errors for Improving Patient Safety: A Survey. View Abstract
Prompting Rounding Teams to Address a Daily Best Practice Checklist in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. View Abstract
Career Development Support in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: A National Survey of Fellows and Junior Faculty. View Abstract
Unexpected Death of a Child with Complex Febrile Seizures-Pathophysiology Similar to Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy? View Abstract
Envisioning the Future Morbidity and Mortality Conference: A Vehicle for Systems Change. View Abstract
Transforming the Morbidity and Mortality Conference to Promote Safety and Quality in a PICU. View Abstract
The authors reply. View Abstract
Antenatal factors modulate hearing screen failure risk in preterm infants. View Abstract
Diagnostic Errors in a PICU: Insights From the Morbidity and Mortality Conference. View Abstract
The morbidity and mortality conference in PICUs in the United States: a national survey. View Abstract
The morbidity and mortality conference as an adverse event surveillance tool in a paediatric intensive care unit. View Abstract
Postpartum hemolytic uremic syndrome in a 17-year-old Filipina primigravid. View Abstract
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