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Lauren Hintz, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Critical Care)

Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Contact

Building & Room:

OSF St. Francis Medical Center/Children's Hospital of Illinois

Address:

530 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, IL 61637

Selected Publications

Hintz LK, Lorenz D, Lipshaw MJ, Miller C, Zorc JJ, Kolaitis IN, Jones JM, Rothstein R, Shehab O, Florin TA. High Flow Nasal Cannula Use in Bronchiolitis: Predicting Need for Early Escalation of Care. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Mar 1;42(3):218-224. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003536. Epub 2026 Jan 13. PMID: 41527360.

Kannikeswaran N, Lorenz D, Hintz LK, Miller C, Lipshaw MJ, Zorc JJ, Florin TA. Predictive Value of ROX and ROX-HR for Care Escalation in Infants With Bronchiolitis Initiated on High-Flow Nasal Cannula. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2026 Jun 1;42(6):435-439. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003570. Epub 2026 Feb 10. PMID: 41661547.

Wald EL, Badke CM, Hintz LK, Spewak M, Sanchez-Pinto LN. Vitamin therapy in sepsis. Pediatr Res. 2022 Jan;91(2):328-336. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01673-6. Epub 2021 Jul 31. PMID: 34333556; PMCID: PMC8325544.

Fei X, Holmes T, Diddle J, Hintz L, Delaney D, Stock A, Renner D, McDevitt M, Berkowitz DB, Soukup JK. Phosphatase-inert glucosamine 6-phosphate mimics serve as actuators of the glmS riboswitch. ACS Chem Biol. 2014 Dec 19;9(12):2875-82. doi: 10.1021/cb500458f. Epub 2014 Oct 27. PMID: 25254431; PMCID: PMC4273988.

Education

Fellowship: University Hospitals of Cleveland / Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital (Cleveland, OH)
Residency: Northwestern University / Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital (Chicago, IL)
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (Madison, WI)
Undergraduate: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)

Licensures and Certifications

Board Certification: General Pediatrics (2021)