Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Apr 2020
Assessing Severity in Pediatric Pneumonia: Predictors of the Need for Major Medical Interventions.
The aim of this study was to determine potential predictors of the need for major medical interventions in the context of assessing severity in pediatric pneumonia. ⋯ Hypoxemia and an assessment of chest retractions were the predictors significantly able to rule in more severe pneumonia, but with a limited clinical utility given their poor ability to rule out the need for major medical interventions. Future validation of these findings is needed.
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Pediatric emergency care · Apr 2020
Case ReportsAn Adolescent With Progressive Shortness of Breath.
Shortness of breath and wheezing are common presenting signs for children in the emergency department. In adolescence, it is often due to asthma or lower respiratory tract infections. We present a rare pediatric case of an adolescent with biphasic stridor and progressive exercise-induced shortness of breath who was found to have severe idiopathic subglottic stenosis.