Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2020
ReviewLessons From the Frontlines: Pandemic Response Among New York City Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs During COVID-19.
The global pandemic novel coronavirus 2019 has upended healthcare and medical education, particularly in disease epicenters such as New York City. In this piece, we seek to describe the collective experiences and lessons learned by the New York City pediatric emergency medicine fellowship directors in clinical, educational, investigative, and psychological domains, in hopes of engendering conversation and informing future disaster response efforts.
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The aims of the study were to perform the first systematic review of pediatric syncope etiologies and to determine the most common diagnoses with credible intervals (CredIs). ⋯ Syncope is a common pediatric complaint. Most cases seen are a result of benign causes, with only a small percentage because of serious medical conditions. In addition, most syncopal episodes in the pediatric population are diagnosed clinically or with minimally invasive testing, emphasizing the importance of a detailed history and physical examination.
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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2020
How Important Are Parental Age and Educational Level in Nonurgent Admissions to the Pediatric Emergency Department?
The aims of the present study were to investigate the reasons parents prefer the pediatric emergency department for nonurgent admissions and to evaluate the effect of parental age and educational level on nonurgent admissions and the relationship between the reasons for nonurgent admissions and child age. ⋯ It is critically important to examine why parents prefer the emergency department for nonurgent conditions of their children and to develop solution offers in this regard. The improvements to be made in the emergency department would both prioritize patients requiring urgent care and increase the productivity of emergency department staff.