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Hospitalist’s Role in a Transfer Center
November 1, 2023
Dr. Nguyen Presenters: Sara Sanders, MD, and Rebecca M. Cantu, MD, MPH Drs. Sanders and Cantu are pediatric hospitalists who played an integral role in the development of an extended transfer...
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Simple Ways to Start FBT for Eating Disorders in the Hospital
November 1, 2023
Dr. Musaitif Presenters: Christiane Lenzen, MD, and Tamara Maginot, PhD Eating disorders are illnesses that affect children, adolescents, and adults and are associated with significant morbidity...
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Pediatric Update: Top 10 Articles of 2022
July 5, 2023
In 2022, a New York Times headline declared, “Saving kids is bad business in America.”1 Pediatric hospitalists were faced with an unprecedented winter surge due to the “tripledemic” of...
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High-Value Care/Things We Do For No Reason
July 5, 2023
In this impactful session, Dr. Lee defined value as the sum of quality of care, equity, patient outcome, and experience divided by costs of care and nonfinancial risks and harms. High-value care...
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The 2022 AAP Newborn Jaundice Guideline: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation
July 5, 2023
Dr. Holmes presented the 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation. A large, diverse...
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Firearms and the Pediatrician
July 5, 2023
Dr. Webb started the presentation by orienting attendees to the epidemiology of pediatric gun violence in the U.S., including the racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric firearm mortality. Guns...
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The Great Debate: ED vs Direct Admission
July 5, 2023
Each year, two million children are admitted to the hospital. Drs. Leyenaar and McDaniel debated whether these patients should be admitted through the emergency department (ED) or directly. They...
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Doctors Should Play a Role in Preventing Climate-change-related Health Matters
February 1, 2023
A 5-year-old with second-degree burns on their hands and thighs after playing on a playground with a metal structure in direct sunlight. A 7-year-old child presenting with altered mental status and a...
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Telemedicine to the Rescue
January 3, 2023
Children’s hospitals across the nation have been overwhelmed by the current surge of patients with acute respiratory illnesses.1 The unprecedented demand for acute care has caused critical...
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Experts Offer Guidance on Transitioning Children to Adult Care
December 1, 2022
LAKE BUENA VISTA—Transitioning a child from pediatric to adult care can be a sensitive process fraught with anxiety, and there is fairly little guidance on how to do it well, panelists said here at...