Clinicians from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia created a SMS messaging system to expedite notification to a multidisciplinary team to optimize clinical care while minimizing future trauma to pediatric victims of sexual assault.
The purpose of the vKids at Home program is to manage medically complex ambulatory pediatric patients with a virtual physician-led multidisciplinary clinical team utilizing home monitoring technology.
A total of 41.4% of PAs had symptoms of burnout, but 65.3% were satisfied with work-life integration.
Adults are avoiding emergency medical care for fear of catching COVID-19.
Two-thirds of girls seen in pediatric emergency department interested in discussing contraception.
Study shows improved return of circulation following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest but not improved survival.
Following resuscitation with naloxone, clinicians commonly recommend an observation period to monitor for rebound apnea and other symptoms. Patient refusal of this recommendation is common, although rarely discussed in the literature.
Nurses certified in critical care also have higher perceived value of evidence-based practices.
Analgesics were given or prescribed at 63.9% of ED visits; percentage increased with age.
Numbers increased from 6.93 to 11.97 admissions per 100,000 children younger than 18 years.
