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New Tool Improves Harm Detection for Pediatric Inpatients
The newly developed Pediatric All-Cause Harm Measurement Tool (PACHMT) improved detection of harms in pediatric inpatients in a recent pilot study...
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Just-In-Time CPR Training Studied in Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Outcomes for JIT CPR training, with or without visual feedback, improves compliance with chest compression rate, depth guidelines during simulated...
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Pediatric Physicians React to Bronchiolitis Clinical Practice Guideline
Reading posts from multiple listservs is much like Cold War-era CIA monitoring of Russian phone calls—you have to scan through a lot of...
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Lean Six Sigma Improves Pediatric Discharge Times
Journal of Hospital Medicine study finds restructuring daily rounds improved throughput
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Society of Hospital Medicine Pediatric Committee Updates at HM15
During a session at the Society of Hospital Medicine's HM15 annual meeting, SHM Pediatric Committee chair Kris Rehm, MD, outlined a number of the...
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Pediatric Hospitals Identify Patient Care Benchmarks
Citing a lack of accepted benchmarks for quality improvement in pediatric hospital care, researchers described in Pediatrics their process of...
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Use, Interpretation of SpO2 Treatment for Pediatric Bronchiolitis Is Questioned
Clinical question: Does artificial elevation of pulse oximetry measurement in bronchiolitis patients during ED evaluations affect hospitalization...
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Antibiotic Therapy Guidelines for Pediatric Pneumonia Helpful, Not Hurtful
Hospitalists need not fear negative consequences when prescribing guideline-recommended antibiotic therapy for children hospitalized with...
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Society of Hospital Medicine Learning Portal Adds Information on Anticoagulants, Pediatrics
The SHM Learning Portal, the best destination for hospitalist CME, now offers new materials on two important topics: anticoagulants and pediatrics...
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Pediatric Hospitalist David Pressel, MD, Hooked on Hospital Medicine
Sometimes a physician’s choice of specialty is borne of one patient, one mentor, or one experience. And then sometimes there’s just a good feeling...