Rebecca M. Cantu

Researcher

UAMS

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4 h-index 24 pubs 366 cited

Research Areas

Child and Adolescent Health SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Health disparities and outcomes Healthcare Policy and Management Emergency and Acute Care Studies Microbial infections and disease research COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Asthma and respiratory diseases

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Rebecca Cantu's research focuses on child and adolescent health, with a particular emphasis on infectious diseases and healthcare access. Her work has investigated the characteristics and outcomes of pediatric COVID-19 cases in Arkansas, including disparities in hospitalization rates among younger and rural children. Cantu has also examined factors influencing healthcare utilization, such as preferred written language for patients discharged with bronchiolitis and resource utilization for snakebites in different populations. Her research extends to hospital operations, including a multidisciplinary initiative to improve throughput in a pediatric tertiary care center, and the management of conditions like hypokalemia in patients with status asthmaticus. She has published 24 papers, accumulating 366 citations and an h-index of 4. Cantu actively collaborates with colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Jacob Filipek, Dustin Williford, Charalene R. Fisher, and Maxwell D. Taylor.

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h-index: 4
Publications: 24
Citations: 366

Selected Publications

Providing Medical Care for Parents During the Pediatric Visit: Policy Statement (2026) DOI
A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Hospital Throughput in a Pediatric Tertiary Care Center (2025) DOI
Eating Disorder Length of Stay and Readmission Rate Differences Depending on Payor Source (2025) DOI
Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023 (2025) DOI
Impact of Preferred Written Language in Patients Discharged With Bronchiolitis From a Children’s Hospital (2024) DOI
Younger and Rural Children are More Likely to be Hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 Infections (2023) DOI
Fournier’s Gangrene: A Rare Infectious Entity in an Adolescent with Type II Diabetes (2022) DOI
Demographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 in Arkansas: March–December 2020 (2022) DOI
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric COVID-19 in Arkansas: March-December 2020 (2022) DOI
Hypokalemia Measurement and Management in Patients With Status Asthmaticus on Continuous Albuterol (2022) DOI
Breast Milk Jaundice (Nursing) (2021)