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PHM15: Challenging Diagnoses, Ethical Dilemmas in Pediatric Immigrant, Refugee Patient Cases
July 28, 2015
Presenters: Nichole Chandler MD, Suresh Nagappan MD MSPH, Angela Hartsell MD MPH, and Emily Hodnett MD This workshop focused on interactive cases to highlight healthcare issues specific to the population of refugee/immigrant children in the US.
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New Tool Improves Harm Detection for Pediatric Inpatients
June 18, 2015
The newly developed Pediatric All-Cause Harm Measurement Tool (PACHMT) improved detection of harms in pediatric inpatients in a recent pilot study. Using the tool, researchers found a rate of 40 harms per 100 patients admitted, and at least one harm in nearly a quarter of the children in the stud
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Just-In-Time CPR Training Studied in Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest
May 5, 2015
Outcomes for JIT CPR training, with or without visual feedback, improves compliance with chest compression rate, depth guidelines during simulated CPA
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Pediatric Physicians React to Bronchiolitis Clinical Practice Guideline
May 5, 2015
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 unrewarding material to find a nugget of interesting material.
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Lean Six Sigma Improves Pediatric Discharge Times
April 3, 2015
Journal of Hospital Medicine study finds restructuring daily rounds improved throughput
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Society of Hospital Medicine Pediatric Committee Updates at HM15
April 2, 2015
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 committee's current endeavors.
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Pediatric Hospitals Identify Patient Care Benchmarks
February 2, 2015
Citing a lack of accepted benchmarks for quality improvement in pediatric hospital care, researchers described in Pediatrics their process of establishing benchmarks for the treatment of asthma, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia, three common conditions treated by pediatric hospitalists that together amo
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Use, Interpretation of SpO2 Treatment for Pediatric Bronchiolitis Is Questioned
January 7, 2015
Clinical question: Does artificial elevation of pulse oximetry measurement in bronchiolitis patients during ED evaluations affect hospitalization rates? Background: Bronchiolitis is the leading cause of hospitalization for infants younger than one year, leading to direct medical costs in the U.S.
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Antibiotic Therapy Guidelines for Pediatric Pneumonia Helpful, Not Hurtful
December 19, 2014
Hospitalists need not fear negative consequences when prescribing guideline-recommended antibiotic therapy for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), according to a recent study conducted at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). "Guideline-recommended ther
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Society of Hospital Medicine Learning Portal Adds Information on Anticoagulants, Pediatrics
December 2, 2014
The SHM Learning Portal, the best destination for hospitalist CME, now offers new materials on two important topics: anticoagulants and pediatrics. In addition to offering free on-demand information that many hospitalists can use on a daily basis, the anticoagulant series will be presented in a n
