Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2014
Emergency Department Recognition Program for Pediatric Services: Does It Make a Difference?
This study aimed to determine if a pediatric emergency care facility recognition (PECFR) program improved care processes for injured children younger than 15 years. ⋯ Improvements in care to injured children associated with the PECFR program were limited to the interval between pain assessment and pain medication for children with extremity immobilization and to radiation use 1 year after the implementation of the PECFR program.
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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2014
Case ReportsAn unusual destination for magnetic foreign bodies.
Rare earth metal magnets (Buckyballs and similar products) remain an important public health risk for children. We report the presentation, course, and treatment of a boy who inserted a string of 30 magnets through his urethra into his bladder and review the diagnostic as well as the therapeutic options for foreign bodies inserted into the pediatric urogenital tract.
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Pediatric strokes lead to significant morbidity and mortality. To date, no systematic review has been available to guide the initial diagnostic approach to pediatric stroke. ⋯ In pediatric patients, the etiologies of stroke are varied and differ for children with ischemic stroke versus hemorrhagic stroke. With the present systematic review, a guide to the initial evaluation of stroke is presented.