Pediatrics
News
U.S. News releases Best Children’s Hospitals list, with changes
“These rankings can provide an opportunity for some benchmarking, to see what other institutions are doing and how they’re able to deliver care...
SHM Converge
Infections in infants: An update
Among newer tests developed, a negative procalcitonin has the highest negative predictive value.
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CDC director cites rise in hospitalizations in urging teen vaccinations
“Among hospitalized adolescents, nearly one-third required intensive care unit admission.”
SHM Converge
Improving racial and gender equity in pediatric HM programs
Be wary of conscious biases and the mental burden placed unfairly on underrepresented minorities in your institution.
SHM Converge
A primer on COVID-19 in hospitalized children
Once hospitalized with COVID-19, the ICU admission rates for children have been similar to those in adults.
News
Child suicides drive Colorado hospital to declare state of emergency
"I've been in pediatrics for two decades and have never seen anything like this before," said Dr. David Brumbaugh.
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Mortality trends in childhood after infant bacterial meningitis
Pneumococcal bacteria were associated with the highest mortality.
Clinical
The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in pediatric respiratory and nonrespiratory illnesses
Reduced transmission of infectious agents may not fully explain these findings.
SHM Converge
Some things pediatric hospitalists do for no reason
Pediatric hospitalists should take note of some care management practices which are not supported by recent literature.
News
Hospital outcomes for children with MIS-C unaffected by initial presentation site
The length of hospital stay and rate of pediatric ICU admission were not significantly different between the emergency presentation and outpatient...