Emergency department presentation and management of pediatric heart transplant recipients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In September 2005, Texas Children's Hospital initiated a protocol for all neonates presenting to the emergency department (ED) with hyperbilirubinemia based on the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines. As part of the protocol, low-risk neonates with hyperbilirubinemia requiring phototherapy are treated ...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Adekunle-Ojo AO,Smitherman HF,Parker R,Ma L,Caviness AC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:: To report a case of unexpected shaken baby syndrome, the diagnosis of which was possible after an incidental funduscopic examination. METHODS:: Observational case report. An infant was to be sent back home with an apparent unprovoked seizure diagnosis when a funduscopic examination was made because of an i...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Barcenilla AI,de la Maza VT,Cuevas NC,Ballús MM,Castanera AS,Fernández JP

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical directors of pediatric emergency departments were surveyed by mail to determine the present role of their pediatric hospitals in general, and emergency departments in particular, in the evaluation and management of pediatric sexual assault and abuse. Seventy-four percent of the responses were from communities ...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Smith DS,Losek JD,Glaeser PW,Walsh-Kelly C

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The emergency department (ED) can be an effective site for pediatric injury prevention initiatives, including child passenger safety. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the implementation of an ED child passenger safety program and to analyze the effectiveness of a computerized screening tool to i...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Kiley K,Damian F,MacClaren W,Dupuis JM,Salvatore D,Nolan M,Lee LK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Child abuse is a leading pediatric public health problem. Pediatric emergency physicians are on the front line to identify and respond to child abuse. The physician's response to suspected child abuse cases is influenced by educational content and experience. OBJECTIVE:To determine pediatric emergency medic...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Wright RJ,Wright RO,Farnan L,Isaac NE

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to its lower incidence in young children, appendicitis is not as often thought of as a common cause of abdominal pain and vomiting in this age group. However, because of its higher incidence of morbidity (perforation and peritonitis), it should be considered in any young child with either significant abdominal p...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Bechtel K

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:1) To identify clinical features indicating a high risk of skull fracture (SF) and associated intracranial injury (ICI) in asymptomatic head-injured infants. 2) To develop a clinical decision rule to determine which asymptomatic head-injured infants require head imaging. METHODS:We performed a prospective c...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Greenes DS,Schutzman SA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-year, eight-month-old boy was diagnosed clinically with perianal warts and treated with topical 5-Fluorouracil, with subsequent resolution of the lesions. The child disclosed sexual abuse, and subsequent physical abuse was also documented. Attempts to identify the perpetrator have been hampered by the child's yo...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Hicks RA

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Published rates of delayed diagnosis of injury (DDI) in pediatric trauma vary from 1.0% to 18%. The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term trend of DDI over 10 years, to identify risk factors associated with DDI, and to elucidate patterns of DDI. METHODS:All patients aged 14 and younger who we...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Williams BG,Hlaing T,Aaland MO

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to determine whether adolescents in emergency departments (EDs) who report engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors are less likely to identify a primary care provider (PCP) and more likely to access the ED than their sexually inexperienced peers. METHODS:This was a secondary a...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Weisman J,Chase A,Badolato GM,Teach SJ,Trent ME,Chamberlain JM,Goyal MK

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grunting respirations are recognized as a sign of serious illness in infants and children, but have not been well studied beyond the newborn period. We present three illustrative cases and the results of a descriptive study which elucidates the causes of grunting in infants and children and suggests guidelines for ass...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Poole SR,Chetham M,Anderson M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To document the current epidemiology of pediatric injury-related deaths in a rural state and evaluate changes over time. DESIGN:Retrospective review of injury-related deaths in children less than 15 years of age. Data were obtained from death certificates and coroner, autopsy, prehospital, and hospital...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Rausch TK,Sanddal ND,Sanddal TL,Esposito TJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Determine prevalence of participation and underimmunization rate in a regional immunization registry (IR) among patients presenting to a university pediatric emergency department (PED). Rate of agreement between parental report and documented immunization status was also measured. METHODS:A convenience samp...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Callahan JM,Reed D,Meguid V,Wojcik S,Reed K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to assess urban adolescents' knowledge of and attitudes about emergency contraception (EC) and to assess the intention to use EC in particular hypothetical situations. We hypothesized that knowledge about EC would be limited, but that adolescents would support using EC in certain situations....

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Mollen CJ,Miller MK,Hayes KL,Barg FK

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Follow-up and feedback foster improvement. General emergency medicine providers working in community hospitals desire follow-up and feedback on pediatric patients transferred to children's hospitals. We implemented a novel program to provide these data to our colleagues. The objective of this study was to ex...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Goldman MP,Query LA,Wong AH,Gross IT,Emerson BL,Auerbach MA,Tiyyagura GK

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tooth decay is common in US children, especially for children in low-income families. More than half of second-grade children have cavities. Therefore, root canal procedures are becoming more common in children. We report a case of a 2-year-old boy with a rare complication of a root canal procedure secondary to sodium...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Greene AE,Roosevelt GE,Grubenhoff JA,Klein U

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to compare efficacy of enema versus polyethylene glycol (PEG) 3350 for pediatric fecal impaction treatment. METHODS:We conducted a prospective, randomized comparison of treatments of fecal impaction in children in a pediatric emergency department (ED). Treatment arms were a single milk and m...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Miller MK,Dowd MD,Friesen CA,Walsh-Kelly CM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Fever in young infants frequently triggers a laboratory evaluation because of the increased likelihood of serious bacterial infections. Reported fever by methods other than rectal thermometry is of concern. This study evaluates the validity of perceived, pacifier, and temporal artery (TA) temperatures. METH...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Callanan D

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sledding injuries are a common wintertime problem. To better characterize these injuries, three analyses were done: a retrospective chart review of all injured sledders at St. Louis Children's Hospital (SLCH) in the winter of 1990-91, a review of Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) injury data for 1990, and meas...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Manary MJ,Hollifield WC Jr

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Primary cardiac events are rare in children. There is little information in the literature regarding the most appropriate emergency department (ED) management of this type of pediatric patient, especially with regard to medication use. SUMMARY:This case highlights the pediatric ED evaluation and treatment of s...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Scheller RL,Johnson LH,Caruso MC,Lorts A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign body aspirations in children are relatively uncommon occurrences, but they can be a serious events, causing respiratory distress, atelectasis, chronic pulmonary infections, or death. Safety pins are not commonly aspirated objects and account for less than 3% of all foreign bodies found in the tracheobronchial ...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Causey AL,Talton DS,Miller RC,Warren ET

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate the appropriate time of removal of button batteries (BB) from the esophagus and stomach in children. METHODS:This is a retrospective descriptive single-center study reviewing the medical records of all children with BB ingestion seen in the Royal Hospital between Janua...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Al Lawati TT,Al Marhoobi RM

更新日期：2018-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the frequency of inappropriate transport by Emergency Medical Service (EMS). DESIGN:A retrospective study. SUBJECTS:Patients up to 36 months of age with medical complaints transported by EMS to an urban pediatric emergency department (ED). INTERVENTIONS:None. MEASUREMENTS:Arbitrary criteria ...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Rosenberg N,Knazik S,Cohen S,Simpson P

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Securing the pediatric airway in the emergency setting is an uncommon event that is complicated by anatomic, physiologic, and environmental factors. Even more uncommonly, practitioners are faced with the added complication of a difficult airway, and the question of what alternatives to traditional endotracheal intubat...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Lee-Jayaram JJ,Yamamoto LG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasonography can be useful in the evaluation of children with abdominal complaints and may be the initial imaging modality in patients presenting with a newly recognized abdominal mass. Hepatoblastoma is an uncommon cause of acute abdominal pain in children and can rarely metastasize to the heart through vascular i...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Fukuhara S,Yamaguchi Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exclusion of family members (FM) during pediatric procedures in the emergency department (ED) is an accepted practice. This study questions the validity of such a practice. SUBJECTS:FM of ED pediatric patients undergoing procedures and ED staff performing procedures. SITES: ED of a tertiary care university-a...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Sacchetti A,Lichenstein R,Carraccio CA,Harris RH

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When an emergency medicine physician evaluates a child with abdominal pain and a history of appendectomy, appendicitis is often excluded from the differential. We present a case of a 16-year-old boy who developed stump appendicitis 3 years after laparoscopic appendectomy. Knowledge of this rare phenomenon in children ...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Schreiner C,Hartin CW Jr,Yamout SZ,Ozgediz DE,Glick PL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Emergency medical services (EMS) prenotifications are critical, although they oftentimes inaccurately convey the arriving patient's true acuity, resulting in inappropriate preparation in the emergency department. The objectives of this study were (1) to determine interrater reliability of acuity prediction b...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Williamson K,Gochman R,Bullaro F,Kaufman B,Krief W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Precision Medicine Initiative spearheaded by the National Institute of Health has pioneered a new model of health care focused on health care delivery that is tailored to an individual. Medical advances have already provided clinicians with the tools to better predict treatment outcomes based on the individual nee...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Kessler D,Ng L,Tessaro M,Fischer J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine if the over-the-head 2-thumb encircling technique (OTTT) provides better overall quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation compared with conventional 2-finger technique (TFT) for a lone rescuer in the setting of infant cardiac arrest in ambulance. METHODS:Fifty medic...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Jo CH,Cho GC,Lee CH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00