Effective management of complaints in the emergency department.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to explore current community emergency department (ED) experiences available to pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) trainees and estimate the proportion of graduates taking positions that involve working in a community ED setting. METHODS:We conducted an e-mail-based survey among PEM...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Marchese RF,Gala PK,Seiden JA,Scarfone R,Belfer RA,Posner J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:As emergency department (ED) waiting times and volumes increase, substantial numbers of patients leave without being seen (LWBS) by a physician. The objective of this study was to identify ED conditions reflecting patient input, throughput, and output associated with the number of patients who LWBS in a pedi...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Stang AS,McCusker J,Ciampi A,Strumpf E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine outpatient pediatricians' self-reported experience with and preparation for patient emergencies, and their awareness of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement on outpatient emergency preparedness. METHODS:A 34-question cross-sectional survey of outpatient pediatric faculty and...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Pendleton AL,Stevenson MD

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Internet may be the first source of information used by parents during a suspected poisoning of their children. Our primary aim was to assess the reliability of the Internet as a resource for information for parents to initially manage a suspected poisoning involving their child without outside consultat...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Kearney TE,Lieu D,Singer N,Tsutaoka B,Ho R,Olson K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Literature demonstrates that pediatric residents are not graduating with procedural confidence and competency. This was confirmed with our own institution's Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and internal surveys. Our primary objective was to improve procedural confidence among pediatric re...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Price A,Greene HM,Stem CT,Titus MO

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old Indian girl was seen in our emergency department for unintentional ingestion of topical medication oil with subsequent salicylate poisoning. Serum levels were 52 mg/dL at 12 hours after ingestion.She was started on urine alkalization therapy to enhance salicylate elimination. This was achieved by a bicarb...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Ong GY

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serious to fatal toxicity may occur with amanitin-containing mushrooms ingestions. A Lepiota brunneoincarnata familial poisoning with hepatic toxicity is reported. In such poisonings, acute gastroenteritis may be firstly misdiagnosed leading to delay in preventing liver dysfunction by silibinin or penicillin G. Mushro...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Varvenne D,Retornaz K,Metge P,De Haro L,Minodier P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:The use of pediatric hospitalists in community hospitals has increased over the past decade in response to the desire to provide high-quality pediatric care. Many hospitals are challenged to create financially independent and productive programs. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate an alternative approach to traditional ...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Krugman SD,Suggs A,Photowala HY,Beck A

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Pediatric aeromedical transport (AT) is highly challenging. We aim to describe a series of 96 cases of children requiring medical transport in terms of the indication, modalities, and related adverse events. METHODS:In this single-center retrospective study, we included air-transported patients less than 18 ...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Mortamet G,Harrington K,Raffin H,Menat Y,Oualha M,Renolleau S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unwind or incise has been the standard of management for removing hair tourniquets. The hair ends are usually difficult to hold and unwind as they break at the ends easily, and using scalpels or needles to get under the hair tourniquet is difficult when the involved appendage is swollen and leads to more trauma to the...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： O'Gorman A,Ratnapalan S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe residency graduates' perceptions of their preparation for providing pediatric emergency medical care. METHODS:The design was a cross-sectional survey set in a university-affiliated pediatric residency program. Twenty residency graduates from 1994 and 1995 who did not have an emergency department ...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Bowen KA,Ball TM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acutely ill infants and children presenting to the emergency department are treated by either physicians with pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) training or physicians without PEM training, a good proportion of which are general emergency medicine-trained physicians (GEDPs). This scoping review identified pub...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Chime NO,Katznelson J,Gangadharan S,Walsh B,Lobner K,Brown L,Gawel M,Auerbach M,International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education (INSPIRE) IMPACTS Investigators.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Enterocolitis remains the most significant cause of morbidity and mortality in Hirschsprung disease (HD). It could progress into toxic megacolon (TM)-acute dilatation of the colon as accompanying toxic complication of Hirschsprung enterocolitis. It is a devastating complication, especially in infants with so...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Khasanov R,Schaible T,Wessel LM,Hagl CI

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of and to identify factors associated with prolonged emergency department length-of-stay (ED-LOS) for admitted children. METHODS:Data were from the 2001-2006 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. The primary outcome was prolonged ED-LOS (defined as total ED time >8 hour...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Bekmezian A,Chung PJ,Cabana MD,Maselli JH,Hilton JF,Hersh AL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Etizolam (ETZ) is an antidepressive thienodiazepine drug that is used worldwide. The most frequent adverse effects in adults are drowsiness and muscle weakness, and this can rarely cause paradoxical excitation; however, no information exists on intoxication in children. Furthermore, evidence bearing on its safety in c...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Kato Z,Nakamura M,Funato M,Kuwabara H,Kondo N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an instructive case of a 5-week-old infant seen in the emergency department with acute inspiratory stridor and depressed level of consciousness. His emergency department course identified an acute opiate intoxication. The child also developed chest wall rigidity, a rare complication of narcotic use. We disc...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Perez A,Scribano PV,Perry H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to measure interexaminer agreement for physical examination (PE) findings in children with a suspected soft tissue abscess. METHODS:A prospective study was conducted from March 1 to July 31, 2007, at an urban, tertiary care children's hospital emergency department. Children presenting to the...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Giovanni JE,Dowd MD,Kennedy C,Michael JG

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause of a fever of unknown origin (FUO, fever of >21 days without an identified etiology) may be a common illness, an atypical presentation of a common illness, or an unusual illness. A patient with an FUO occasionally presents to the emergency department (ED). The differential diagnosis of an FUO is extensive. A...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Hernandez-Trujillo HS,Dalberg T,Feder H Jr,Smith SR

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The report of an acute illness involving a large number of clustered children will undoubtedly provoke an urgent emergency care response or, in some instances, a mass casualty or disaster response. While responding to the perceived needs of those involved, the professionals caring for these children must consider epid...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Krug SE

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Viral gastroenteritis with dehydration is one of the most frequent reasons for visits to pediatric emergency departments (ED). Parental intervention before presentation to the ED can make a significant difference in the course of a child's illness. There is a discrepancy between medical knowledge of dehydr...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Graham JM,Fitzpatrick EA,Black KJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether application of topical aqueous lidocaine to a laceration attenuates the pain from the subsequent lidocaine injection in children. DESIGN:Prospective, double-blind study. SETTING:A large, urban, tertiary care children's hospital emergency department. PATIENTS:A convenience sample of 100...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Stewart GM,Simpson P,Rosenberg NM

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:There are numerous immediate and delayed complications associated with endotracheal intubation. Tracheal rupture is a rare complication whose diagnosis is often delayed. This can result in significant morbidity and mortality. We present a case of therapeutic misadventure resulting in a significant tracheal rupture in ...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Reichman EF,Lanan BJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined how much parents are willing to pay and/or willing to stay to make their child's intravenous (IV) catheter placement painless. METHODS:A prospective survey was conducted using a questionnaire administered to a consecutive sample of parents presenting to an emergency department (ED). Elig...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Walsh BM,Bartfield JM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of an unrestrained driver with achondroplastic dwarfism who suffered a fatal anterior neck injury when her airbag deployed as she rear-ended another vehicle at 30-40 mph. Her short stature and short limbs required her to sit within a handbreadth of the steering wheel, which probably allowed the airb...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Roberts D,Pexa C,Clarkowski B,Morey M,Murphy M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of 2- and 4-film x-ray series when interpreted by pediatric emergency medicine physicians in the diagnosis of skull fracture in children. METHODS:A noninferiority crossover study was performed. The skull radiographs of the 50 most rec...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Morrison J,Mâsse B,Ouellet P,Décarie JC,Gravel J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evaluation of a child with POC/OC is complicated due difficulties in physical examination and risks of imaging by computed tomography. METHOD:Retrospective review of children 0-16 years admitted to the pediatric emergency department for POC/OC from 2009 to 2019. RESULTS:Ten years study period, 243 children...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Ohana-Sarna-Cahan L,Hurvitz N,Gross I,Cohen A,Hashavya S

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive infections due to Haemophilus influenzae non-type b have been reported to be on the increase with the decline in invasive H.influenzae type b infections after the introduction of the conjugate H.influenzae type b vaccine. We report a case of H. influenzae type f sepsis in a fully immunized, immunocompetent, a...

journal_title：Pediatric emergency care

authors： Kannikeswaran N,Sethuraman U,Kamat D

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00