ENDOWED CHAIR FOR UC DAVIS EMERGENCY MEDICINE ESTABLISHED
July 17, 2007 —  Joining a UC Davis Health System effort to support innovative research, teaching and patient care, the university's Department of Emergency Medicine has announced the creation of $1.5 million endowed chair in honor of a former faculty member and UC Davis School of Medicine graduate who passed away unexpectedly nearly a decade ago.

NIH PLANS NATIONAL PEDIATRIC SEIZURE STUDY
May 23, 2007 —  The scenario unfolds almost every day in the United States. A crowd gathers at a playground, or perhaps on a soccer field. A child has fallen to the ground, gripped by a seizure.

—MEDIA ADVISORY—
NIH PLANS NATIONAL PEDIATRIC SEIZURE STUDY
May 22, 2007 —  Each day in the United States, children fall victim to status epilepticus-severe, persistent, life-threatening seizures that can strike without warning and do not stop.

UC DAVIS HEALTH SYSTEM RECEIVES $500,000 FOR NEW SURGERY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROJECT
April 19, 2007 —  UC Davis Health System is another step closer to its goal of raising $20 million for new surgery and emergency care facilities thanks to a generous grant from Koret Foundation Funds.

STUDY SEEKS TO DEVELOP RULES FOR SAFER USE OF CT SCANNING ON CHILDREN WITH INTRA-ABDOMINAL INJURIES
April 12, 2007 —  James F. Holmes, associate professor of emergency medicine at UC Davis Health System, has received a three-year, $1.3 million grant to develop criteria for determining when computed tomography (CT) should be used on children with intra-abdominal injuries.

NEW TOOL HELPS ER DOCTORS DISTINGUISH CHILDREN WITH VIRAL MENINGITIS FROM THOSE WITH BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
January 2, 2007 —  A simple algorithm developed at Children's Hospital Boston and the University of California, Davis, Health System can help doctors rapidly distinguish infants and children with viral meningitis from those with bacterial meningitis — potentially reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and prolonged antibiotic treatment.