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Aaron S. Chidekel, MD

Chief, Div.of Pulmonary Medici

91´óÉñ Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Pulmonology - Yale University School of Medicine, 1996

Residency

  • Yale New Haven Hospital, 1993

Education

  • M.D. - Brown University, 1990

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics/Sleep Medicine
  • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics/Pulmonology

  • Clinical efficacy of elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor in an adolescent with homozygous G85E cystic fibrosis; Respiratory Medicine Case Reports; (2022).

  • Adolescent E-cigarette or Vaping Use-Associated Lung Injury in the Delaware Valley: A Review of Hospital-Based Presentation, Management, and Outcomes; Cureus; (2022).

  • 0524 Polysomnographic Characteristics of Adolescent Patients with Class III Obesity and Severe OSA (AHI ≥30); Sleep; (2022).

  • 0493 Daytime Sleepiness in Children with Asthma: Is it really the lungs?; Sleep; (2022).

  • Feeding Outcomes at Age 5 After Tracheostomy in Infancy; C51. TRACHEOSTOMIES AND BPD; (2022).

  • Clinical Efficacy of Elexacaftor-Tezacaftor and Ivacaftor (Trikafta®) in an Adolescent with Homozygous G85E Cystic Fibrosis; C52. CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND PCD - CASE REPORTS; (2022).

  • Acceptability and feasibility of a brief behavioral sleep intervention for youth with CF; Journal of Cystic Fibrosis; (2022).

  • 55 Using telemedicine in a cystic fibrosis newborn screening clinic; Journal of Cystic Fibrosis; (2022).

  • Adolescent EVALI in the Delaware Valley: A Report of 9 Cases; Section on Tobacco Control Program; (2021).

  • A Qualitative Exploration of Sleep Habits and Intervention Needs Among Youth with Cystic Fibrosis.; Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings; (2021).

  • A Comparative Review of Treatment Modalities Utilized for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Young Children with Achondroplasia and Trisomy 21; TP73. TP073 PEDIATRIC SLEEP; (2021).

  • Feasibility and Acceptability of Home Spirometry in the Adolescent Cystic Fibrosis Population; TP74. TP074 CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND PRIMARY CILIARY DYSKINESIA; (2021).

  • Resolution of Cheyne-Stokes Respirations After Left Ventricular Device (LVAD) Placement in a Young Adult with Congenital Heart Disease; TP130. TP130 CURIOUS CASES IN SLEEP AND RESPIRATORY MEDICINE; (2021).

  • Characterization of Sleep Apnea in Young Children with Trisomy 21 and Achondroplasia; TP73. TP073 PEDIATRIC SLEEP; (2021).

  • 601 Comparison of Sleep Parameters in Children with Achondroplasia and Trisomy 21; Sleep; (2021).

  • 334: Addressing food insecurity and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic; Journal of Cystic Fibrosis; (2021).

  • 318: Implementation of home spirometry in the adolescent cystic fibrosis population; Journal of Cystic Fibrosis; (2021).

  • Severe Pediatric OSA Masquerades as Neurologic Disorder Due to Extreme Sleepiness; B51. PEDIATRIC SLEEP II; (2020).

  • Examining Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Sleep in Children with Chronic Respiratory Disease; B51. PEDIATRIC SLEEP II; (2020).

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children with Cerebral Palsy; Cerebral Palsy; (2020).

  • Aspiration in the Child with Cerebral Palsy; Cerebral Palsy; (2020).

  • Abnormal pulmonary lymphatic flow in patients with paediatric pulmonary lymphatic disorders: Diagnosis and treatment; Paediatric Respiratory Reviews; (2020).

  • Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis: Infant and Laboratory Factors Affecting Successful Sweat Test Completion. ; International journal of neonatal screening; (2020).

  • Effects of xenon gas on human airway epithelial cells during hyperoxia and hypothermia.; Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine; (2020).

  • Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis: Infant Factors Affecting Successful Sweat Test Completion; C49. PEDIATRIC CYSTIC FIBROSIS, PCD, AND COUGH; (2020).

  • Identification of a Novel CFTR Mutation in an Infant of Eastern European Descent; C49. PEDIATRIC CYSTIC FIBROSIS, PCD, AND COUGH; (2020).

  • Costello syndrome: Clinical phenotype, genotype, and management guidelines.; American journal of medical genetics. Part A; (2019).

  • The Effects of Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis on Mental Health and Sleep Quality; B53. SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING AND LONG-TERM VENTILATION IN PEDIATRICS; (2019).

  • Status asthmaticus requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation associated with rhinovirus infection.; The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma; (2019).

  • 0763 Pediatric Narcolepsy: Review of Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Outcomes in a Pediatric Sleep Center; Sleep; (2019).

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children with Cerebral Palsy; Cerebral Palsy; (2019).

  • Rare loss of function variants in candidate genes and risk of colorectal cancer.; Human genetics; (2018).

  • Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis in Delaware; Delaware Journal of Public Health; (2018).

  • Risk factor analysis for mortality among infants requiring tracheostomy; Pediatric Pulmonology; (2018).

  • Quantitative Analysis of Thoracoabdominal Asynchrony in Pediatric Polysomnography.; Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine; (2018).

  • Aspiration in Child with Cerebral Palsy; Cerebral Palsy; (2018).

  • Pseudomonas eradication and clinical effectivness of Ivacaftor in four Hispanic patients with S549N.; Pediatric pulmonology; (2017).

  • 1210 Excessive daytime sleepiness in a child with trisomy 21; it's not always apnea. A case of trisomy 21 with comorbid narcolepsy; Sleep; (2017).

  • Efficacy and safety of lumacaftor and ivacaftor in patients aged 6-11 years with cystic fibrosis homozygous for F508del-CFTR: a randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial.; The Lancet. Respiratory medicine; (2017).

  • Management of Congenital Heart Disease Associated with Ellis-van Creveld Short-rib Thoracic Dysplasia.; The Journal of pediatrics; (2017).

  • Strengthening Tobacco-Related Messages Relayed in Pediatric Offices in Delaware: Results of a Pilot Intervention; Clinical Pediatrics; (2016).

  • Management of a Displaced Endobronchial Stent Using Simultaneous Endoscopy and Tracheobronchography; Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; (2016).

  • Risk factors for lung function decline in a large cohort of young cystic fibrosis patients.; Pediatric pulmonology; (2015).

  • Evaluation of Sleep Quality in Morbidly Obese Adolescents Seeking Bariatric Surgery; Chest; (2013).

  • Standard care versus protocol based therapy for new onset Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis.; Pediatric pulmonology; (2013).

  • Evaluation of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Morbidly Obese Adolescents Seeking Bariatric Surgery; Chest; (2013).

  • Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome Presenting As Bilateral Pneumonia; C72. SLEEP AND SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING IN OTHER MEDICAL DISORDERS; (2012).

  • Long term effects of denufosol tetrasodium in patients with cystic fibrosis.; Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society; (2012).

  • The effects of gas humidification with high-flow nasal cannula on cultured human airway epithelial cells.; Pulmonary medicine; (2012).

  • Dosage effects of clara cell 10 kd (cc10) protein on the human airway epithelial cell line Calu-3 under normoxic and hyperoxic conditions; Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences; (2012).

  • Clara cell protein mediates secretion of proteins, IL-8 and IL-6 in human airway epithelial cell line Calu-3 exposed to hyperoxia; Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research; (2012).

  • Respiratory mechanics in an infant with perinatal lethal hypophosphatasia treated with human recombinant enzyme replacement therapy.; Pediatric pulmonology; (2012).

  • Risk factors for age at initial Pseudomonas acquisition in the cystic fibrosis epic observational cohort.; Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society; (2012).

  • Effects Of Xenon Gas On Human Airway Epithelial Cells During Hyperoxia And Hypothermia; C31. REGULATION OF LUNG INFLAMMATION; (2012).

  • Inhaled aztreonam lysine vs. inhaled tobramycin in cystic fibrosis: a comparative efficacy trial.; Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society; (2012).

  • Gastric Banding In Adolescent Obesity Is Associated With Improvement In Lung Function; D66. GENERAL PEDIATRIC PULMONARY; (2012).

  • Comparative efficacy and safety of 4 randomized regimens to treat early Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in children with cystic fibrosis.; Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine; (2011).

  • Altered properties of human airway epithelial cell line calu-3 with reduced CFTR function; International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology; (2011).

  • Effect of budesonide in airway epithelial cell line Calu-3 with reduced CFTR function; Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research; (2011).

  • Initial Pseudomonas aeruginosa treatment failure is associated with exacerbations in cystic fibrosis.; Pediatric pulmonology; (2011).

  • Denufosol tetrasodium in patients with cystic fibrosis and normal to mildly impaired lung function.; American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine; (2010).

  • Acute Asthma Exacerbations; Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators; (2010).

  • Skeletal dysplasias: Evaluation with impulse oscillometry and thoracoabdominal motion analysis; Pediatric Pulmonology; (2010).

  • Impact Of Short-Term Hyperoxia On Human Airway Epithelial Cell Tight Junction: Structure And Function; A36. INFLAMMATION AND THE AIRWAY EPITHELIUM; (2010).

  • Cultured human airway epithelial cells (calu-3): a model of human respiratory function, structure, and inflammatory responses. ; Critical care research and practice; (2010).

  • Baseline characteristics and factors associated with nutritional and pulmonary status at enrollment in the cystic fibrosis EPIC observational cohort.; Pediatric pulmonology; (2010).

  • Early anti-pseudomonal acquisition in young patients with cystic fibrosis: rationale and design of the EPIC clinical trial and observational study'.; Contemporary clinical trials; (2009).

  • Heat shock protein 70 secretion by neonatal tracheal tissue during mechanical ventilation: association with indices of tissue function and modeling.; Pediatric research; (2009).

  • Dysphagia among Infants with Tracheotomy: A Longterm Follow-Up Study.; D47. NEONATAL AND RARE LUNG DISEASES; (2009).

  • Effect of Budesonide on Cultured Human Airway Epithelial (Calu-3) Cells Exposed to Hyperoxia and Short-Term Mechanical Ventilation.; B32. MUCOSAL IMMUNITY AND AIRWAY EPITHELIA; (2009).

  • Knowledge and attitudes about smoking and environmental tobacco smoke: a comparison of parents and children attending upper and lower income pediatric sites.; Delaware medical journal; (2008).

  • Dissociation between the effects of oxygen and pressure on matrix metalloproteinase-2, -7, and -9 expression in human airway epithelial cells.; American journal of perinatology; (2008).

  • PULMONARY DYSFUNCTIONS AS MEASURED BY IMPULSE OSCILLOMETRY (IOS) AMONG PATIENTS WITH MORQUIO'S SYNDROME (MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS TYPE IVA); Chest; (2008).

  • KL4-Surfactant (Lucinactant) Protects Human Airway Epithelium from Hyperoxia; Pediatric Research; (2008).

  • Effects of oxygen concentration and exposure time on cultured human airway epithelial cells.; Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies; (2008).

  • Knowledge and attitudes about smoking and environmental tobacco smoke: a comparison of parents and children attending upper and lower income pediatric sites.; Delaware medical journal; (2008).

  • Choking and Foreign Body Aspiration; Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine; (2007).

  • Apparent Life-Threatening Event, Infant Apnea, and Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome; Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine; (2007).

  • Apparent Life-Threatening Event, Infant Apnea, and Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome; Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine; (2007).

  • Choking and Foreign Body Aspiration; Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine; (2007).

  • Science, politics, and society: a brief history of environmental tobacco smoke.; Delaware medical journal; (2006).

  • Preventing and treating nicotine addiction: a review with emphasis on adolescent health.; Delaware medical journal; (2006).

  • Preventing and treating nicotine addiction: a review with emphasis on adolescent health.; Delaware medical journal; (2006).

  • Expression of matrix metalloproteinases 2, 7 and 9, and their tissue inhibitors 1 and 2, in developing rabbit tracheae; Biology of the Neonate; (2006).

  • Adult smoking and environmental tobacco smoke: a persistent health threat to children.; Delaware medical journal; (2006).

  • What physicians can do about the tobacco problem: best practice interventions for your practice and office.; Delaware medical journal; (2006).

  • Adult smoking and environmental tobacco smoke: a persistent health threat to children.; Delaware medical journal; (2006).

  • Science, politics, and society: a brief history of environmental tobacco smoke.; Delaware medical journal; (2006).

  • What physicians can do about the tobacco problem: best practice interventions for your practice and office.; Delaware medical journal; (2006).

  • Hyperoxia-induced changes in human airway epithelial cells: the protective effect of perflubron.; Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies; (2005).

  • Pediatric choking.; Delaware medical journal; (2004).

  • Association of interleukin-8 with inflammatory and innate immune components in bronchoalveolar lavage of children with chronic respiratory diseases.; Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry; (2004).

  • Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Markers of Pulmonary Inflammation and Lung Maturation in Preterm Infants with Evolving Chronic Lung Disease; Journal of the American Osteopathic Association; (2004).

  • Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on markers of pulmonary inflammation and lung maturation in preterm infants with evolving chronic lung disease.; The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association; (2004).

  • Regulation of apical surface fluid and protein secretion in human airway epithelial cell line Calu-3.; Biochemical and biophysical research communications; (2004).

  • Protein composition of apical surface fluid from the human airway cell line Calu-3: effect of ion transport mediators.; Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry; (2004).

  • Pediatric choking.; Delaware medical journal; (2004).

  • Knowledge and attitudes about smoking among children with lung and allergic disorders and their parents; Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology; (2004).

  • Exercise-induced Vocal Cord Dysfunction Presenting as Asthma in Pediatric Patients: Toxicity of Inappropriate Inhaled Corticosteroids and the Role of Exercise Laryngoscopy; Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology; (2003).

  • A snapshot of tobacco-related messages relayed in pediatric offices in Delaware.; Delaware medical journal; (2003).

  • Suction-Type Suffocation Incidents in Infants and Toddlers; Pediatrics; (2003).

  • Arnold-Chiari malformation type I and sleep-disordered breathing: an uncommon manifestation of an important pediatric problem.; Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners; (2003).

  • A snapshot of tobacco-related messages relayed in pediatric offices in Delaware.; Delaware medical journal; (2003).

  • Acute pulmonary hemorrhage in a Delaware infant after exposure to Stachybotrys atra.; Delaware medical journal; (2002).

  • Home delivery of palivizumab: outcomes and compliance in regional preterm infants.; Delaware medical journal; (2002).

  • Effects of an inadvertent dose of cytarabine in a child with Fanconi's anemia: reducing medication errors.; Paediatric drugs; (2002).

  • Home delivery of palivizumab: outcomes and compliance in regional preterm infants.; Delaware medical journal; (2002).

  • Acute pulmonary hemorrhage in a Delaware infant after exposure to Stachybotrys atra.; Delaware medical journal; (2002).

  • Antibacterial activity of apical surface fluid from the human airway cell line Calu-3: pharmacologic alteration by corticosteroids and beta(2)-agonists.; American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology; (2001).

  • The respiratory health effects of passive smoking on children.; Delaware medical journal; (2000).

  • Nasopharyngeal colonization in children with cystic fibrosis: Antibiotic resistance and intrafamilial spread; Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice; (2000).

  • The respiratory health effects of passive smoking on children.; Delaware medical journal; (2000).

  • Flexible Bronchoscopy in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Respiratory Insufficiency and Artificial Airways; Journal of Bronchology; (2000).

  • Postoperative bilevel positive airway pressure ventilation after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children--a preliminary report.; International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology; (1999).

  • Cystic fibrosis and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis; Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine; (1997).

  • Rhinovirus infection associated with serious lower respiratory illness in patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia; The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; (1997).

  • Anoxia-Induced Neuronal Injury: Role of Na+Entry and Na+-Dependent Transport; Experimental Neurology; (1997).

  • Cystic fibrosis and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis.; The Yale journal of biology and medicine; (1996).

  • Rhinovirus infection associated with severe lower respiratory tract illness and worsening lung disease in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.; Pediatric pulmonology; (1994).