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Pediatric Hospital Medicine Meetings Foster Engagement, Growth
August 12, 2016
Kris Rehm, MD, is associate professor of clinical pediatrics and director of the Division of Hospital Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville. Dr. Rehm also serves as a pediatric hospitalist at the Monroe Carell Jr.
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Pediatric Hospitalist Michael Beck, MD, FAAP, Measures Success By Others’ Success
August 5, 2016
Young boys sometimes see a firefighter or a police officer in the line of duty and decide that’s what they want to be when they get older.
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PHM16: Pediatric Hospital Medicine Leaders Kick Off 2016 Conference
August 4, 2016
Speaker: Lisa Zaoutis, MD, Pediatric Residency Program Director at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Amid the skyscrapers of the Windy City, Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) 2016 swept into town, bringing with it the denizens of pediatric hospitalist programs across the country.
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PHM16: Promoting, Teaching Pediatric High Value Care
July 29, 2016
As we embark on Choosing Wisely, pediatric hospitalists gathered to attend this fruitful discussion on not only how to change our way of thinking but also how to feed it forward to our trainees.
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Get up to Speed on the Latest in Pediatric Hospital Medicine
July 5, 2016
Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2016 (PHM16), the premier educational conference for pediatric hospitalists and all clinicians involved in the care of hospitalized children, will be held July 28–31 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
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Register for Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2016
May 28, 2016
Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2016 (PHM16), the premier educational conference for pediatric hospitalists and all clinicians involved in the care of hospitalized children, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago from July 28 to 31. PHM16 will provide in-depth review and challenge participants in
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Register for Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2016
May 5, 2016
Register now. Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) 2016 is the premier educational conference for pediatric hospitalists and other clinicians involved in the care of hospitalized children. This year, PHM 2016 will be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago in Illinois from July 28 to 31.
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UK Report Shows Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance in Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection
April 7, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The prevalence of antibiotic resistance in pediatric urinary tract infection (UTI) has reached such high levels in many countries that existing empiric therapies may no longer be effective, researchers from UK report." Prevalence of resistance to commonly prescribed an
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VTEP Guidelines Can Be Systematically Implemented in Pediatric Inpatients
March 21, 2016
Clinical question: Can venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (VTEP) guidelines be systematically implemented in a pediatric inpatient population? Background: VTEP for hospitalized adult medical patients has been characterized in the literature as being safe and efficacious, although mortality benefi
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Dexamethasone Potential Therapy for Asthma Exacerbations in Pediatric Inpatients
December 1, 2015
Clinical question: In children hospitalized in a non-ICU setting with asthma exacerbation, how effective is dexamethasone compared to prednisone/prednisolone? Background: Asthma is the second most common reason for hospital admission in childhood.1 National guidelines recommend treatment with sys