Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2021
Randomized Controlled TrialSimulation-Based Curricula for Enhanced Retention of Pediatric Resuscitation Skills: A Randomized Controlled Study.
Resuscitation skills decay as early as 4 months after course acquisition. Gaps in research remain regarding ideal educational modalities, timing, and frequency of curricula required to optimize skills retention. Our objective was to evaluate the impact on retention of resuscitation skills 8 months after the Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course when reinforced by an adjunct simulation-based curriculum 4 months after PALS certification. We hypothesized there would be improved retention in the intervention group. ⋯ Resuscitation skills acquisition from the PALS course and retention are suboptimal. These findings support the use of simulation-based curricula as course adjuncts to extend retention beyond 4 months.
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2021
Provision of Guideline-Based Pediatric Asthma Care in US Emergency Departments.
National guidelines for routine pediatric acute asthma care recommend providing corticosteroids, and discourage routinely obtaining chest radiographs (CXRs) and using antibiotics. We examined rates of adherence to all 3 of these aspects during emergency department (ED) visits and compared performance between pediatric and general EDs. ⋯ Guideline-based care was more common in pediatric EDs, although only one-third of all pediatric-age visits met the definition of guideline-based care. Future policy and education efforts to reduce unnecessary antibiotic and CXR use for children with asthma are warranted.
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2021
Oculocardiac Reflex in A 15-Year-Old With Orbital Fractures and Epidural Hematoma.
The oculocardiac reflex has been well described in the literature and was first defined in 1908 by Aschner. The phenomenon involves the afferent limb of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve as well as the efferent pathway involving the vagal nerve leading to negative chronotropic effects. ⋯ The typical dysrhythmia described in literature is sinus bradycardia. Our patient, however, had a ventricular escape rhythm with a complete left bundle branch block pattern.
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2021
Clinical Features and Biomarkers Suggestive of Bloodstream Infection in Pediatric Patients With Intestinal Failure and Central Venous Lines for Parenteral Nutrition: A Retrospective Pilot Study.
This study aimed to describe demographic, clinical, and laboratory values in febrile pediatric intestinal failure patients with indwelling central venous catheters presenting to the emergency department to determine if there are low-risk features predictive of negative blood cultures that could help identify a subset that do not need hospitalization and/or broad-spectrum antibiotics. ⋯ Pediatric intestinal failure patients with a central venous catheter for home parenteral nutrition presenting to the emergency department with fever and found to have a normal lactate and heart rates had lower rates of bloodstream infection. Although we were unable to create a highly sensitive clinical decision-making rule to identify a low-risk cohort because of the low number of patients meeting both criteria, the promising candidate variables identified merit for future multicenter studies.
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2021
Accuracy of Parental-Reported Tetanus Vaccination Status for Children With Lacerations.
The aim of this study was to determine whether emergency department (ED) providers are able to accurately assess whether a child with a laceration needs tetanus prophylaxis. ⋯ Emergency department providers may inaccurately assess the need for tetanus prophylaxis in children. Special attention should be paid to cases of dirty wounds and cases in which fewer than 3 tetanus-containing vaccines have been given.