Pediatrics
Clinical
Corticosteroid therapy in Kawasaki disease
Corticosteroids combined with intravenous immunoglobulin as initial therapy for Kawasaki disease showed a more protective effect against coronary...
From the Society
Pediatric hospital medicine marches toward subspecialty recognition
Although the development process will take more than 2 years, subspecialty board certification is coming for pediatric hospitalists.
From the Society
Pediatrics Committee’s role amplified with subspecialty’s evolution
This month, The Hospitalist spotlights Sandra Gage, MD, PhD, SFHM, associate professor of pediatrics in the section of hospital medicine at the...
News
Tipoffs that an infant hospitalized with pertussis may require ICU
MADRID – Apnea is a strong predictor.
Clinical
Everything We Say and Do: Setting discharge goals and visit expectations
I always ensure at the end of my visit with a patient and their family that they know when to expect me to return to see their child again.
HM17
HM17 session summary: Focus on POCUS – Introduction to Point-of-Care Ultrasound for pediatric hospitalists
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is rapidly gaining acceptance in the medical community as a goal-directed examination that answers a specific...
HM17
VIDEO: SHM seeks sites to test pediatric transition tool
Transitioning pediatric cases from the hospital to the home or community care setting can be tricky. SHM has designed a set of protocols to help...
Clinical
Data-driven HR, RR parameters might help reduce alarm fatigue
New research shows data-driven parameters resulted in 55.6% fewer out-of-range vital sign measurements, for CRA, RRT activation.
Clinical
AKI is common in young, critically ill adults
Clinical question: What are the epidemiology, risk factors, and associated morbidity and mortality of AKI in critically ill...
Clinical
Postdischarge antibiotics for complicated pneumonia
Study shows treatment failure of complicated pneumonia is uncommon, occurs at same rate for both oral and PICC treatment.