Dr. Christopher Peter Bonafide M.D.
Emergency Physician (Pediatric) | Pediatric Emergency Medicine
3400 Spruce St 8 Ravdin Philadelphia PA, 19104Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Christopher Bonafide is a pediatric emergency medicine physician practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Bonafide specializes in providing care for critically ill and injured children. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians possess a vast amount of knowledge in areas such as neonatology, critical care and forensic pediatrics. Children involved in automobile accidents, child abuse or near-drowning episodes are frequent cases treated by pediatric emergency medicine physicians.
Education and Training
Penn State Medicine
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 2004
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Remifentanil inhibits rapid eye movement sleep but not the nocturnal melatonin surge in humans.
- Physician attitudes toward family-activated medical emergency teams for hospitalized children.
- Barriers and facilitators to successful transition from pediatric to adult inflammatory bowel disease care from the perspectives of providers.
- A framework for reducing alarm fatigue on pediatric inpatient units.
- Heart rates in hospitalized children by age and body temperature.
- Transitioning Adolescents and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease From Pediatric to Adult Health Care: Provider Perspectives.
- Systematic Review of Physiologic Monitor Alarm Characteristics and Pragmatic Interventions to Reduce Alarm Frequency.
- The frequency of physiologic monitor alarms in a children's hospital.
- Rapid Response Systems 20 Years Later: New Approaches, Old Challenges.
- Physiologic monitor alarms for children: Pushing the limits.
- Clinical Decision Support Tool for Parental Tobacco Treatment in Hospitalized Children.
- Implementation of a Clinical Pathway for Chest Pain in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
- Research: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Cost of Using Video to Evaluate Alarm Fatigue.
- The Emerging Market of Smartphone-Integrated Infant Physiologic Monitors.
- Technologic Distractions (Part 1): Summary of Approaches to Manage Alert Quantity With Intent to Reduce Alert Fatigue and Suggestions for Alert Fatigue Metrics.
Treatments
- Asthma
- Fever
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- Gastroenteritis
- Malnutrition
- Cellulitis
- Stomach Flu
- Croup
Fellowships
- Academic General Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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