Pediatrics Archives - Page 52 of 65

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Pediatrics Committee’s role amplified with subspecialty’s evolution
July 7, 2017
This month, The Hospitalist spotlights Sandra Gage, MD, PhD, SFHM, associate professor of pediatrics in the section of hospital medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Tipoffs that an infant hospitalized with pertussis may require ICU
June 21, 2017
MADRID – Apnea is a strong predictor.
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Everything We Say and Do: Setting discharge goals and visit expectations
June 8, 2017
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.
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HM17 session summary: Focus on POCUS – Introduction to Point-of-Care Ultrasound for pediatric hospitalists
May 19, 2017
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is rapidly gaining acceptance in the medical community as a goal-directed examination that answers a specific diagnostic question or guides a bedside invasive procedure.
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VIDEO: SHM seeks sites to test pediatric transition tool
May 3, 2017
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,
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Data-driven HR, RR parameters might help reduce alarm fatigue
April 3, 2017
New research shows data-driven parameters resulted in 55.6% fewer out-of-range vital sign measurements, for CRA, RRT activation.
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AKI is common in young, critically ill adults
February 14, 2017
Clinical question: What are the epidemiology, risk factors, and associated morbidity and mortality of AKI in critically ill children and young adults?
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Postdischarge antibiotics for complicated pneumonia
February 7, 2017
Study shows treatment failure of complicated pneumonia is uncommon, occurs at same rate for both oral and PICC treatment.
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Pleth Variability Index shows promise for asthma assessments
January 2, 2017
Does pulse variability on plethysmography, or the Pleth Variability Index (PVI), correlate with disease severity in obstructive airway disease in children?
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First-in-kind study parsed risks of central lines in children
December 5, 2016
SAN DIEGO - Rising rates of pediatric venous thromboembolism in the United States underscore the need to carefully weigh the risks and benefits of placing central lines.