Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 2021
The Parent Perspective on Return Visits to the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Missing Piece of the Puzzle.
Return visits to the pediatric emergency department (ED) give insight into the unmet needs of patients and families. The aim of this study was to capture the parent perspective on factors contributing to return visits to the pediatric ED. ⋯ The parent perspective gives important insights into the reasons for return visits to the pediatric ED. Conclusions from this study will help inform future quality improvement initiatives that direct health care resources to provide high value care to patients and families.
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 2021
Pediatric Trauma Readiness: A Trauma-Specific Assessment to Complement the National Pediatric Readiness Project.
The National Pediatric Readiness Project of the Emergency Medical Services for Children surveyed emergency departments in the United States in 2013 for readiness to provide emergency care to children. However, that survey did not query for many elements considered essential to Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS). ⋯ This survey identified gaps in the readiness of emergency departments to treat injured children in our state that were not detected by the 2013 PedsReady surveys. Future surveys of emergency department pediatric readiness should consider more detailed, trauma-specific readiness questions. This will allow for assignment of more accurate goals and benchmarking standards for national pediatric trauma readiness.
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 2021
Case ReportsInappropriate Shocks and Power Delivery Using Adult Automatic External Defibrillator Pads in a Pediatric Patient.
The use of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) during pulseless resuscitations is considered safe and reliable, and was established as part of the guidelines in out-of-hospital events. Based on extensive studies, the use of the standard AED is now indicated in every age group with a preference of pediatric pad application for small children and babies. ⋯ The 3.6-kg patient received 2 shocks, over 200 J each, for sinus bradycardia that was not detected by the device. Although treated inappropriately with high voltage, no cardiac or skin sequelae were detected, and the patient had normal cardiac and neurological development later on.
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 2021
Pediatric Sepsis in Community Emergency Care Settings: Guideline Concordance and Outcomes.
Bundled pediatric sepsis care has been associated with improved outcomes in tertiary pediatric emergency departments. Sepsis care at nontertiary sites where most children seek emergency care is not well described. We sought to describe the rate of guideline-concordant care, and we hypothesized that guideline-concordant care in community pediatric emergency care settings would be associated with decreased hospital length of stay (LOS). ⋯ Emergency care for pediatric sepsis in the community settings studied was concordant with guidelines in only 24% of the cases. Future study is needed to evaluate additional drivers of outcomes and ways to improve sepsis care in community emergency care settings.
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 2021
Is There a Difference in the Contamination Rates of Urine Samples Obtained by Bladder Catheterization and Clean-Catch Collection in Preschool Children?
The objective of this study was to compare contamination rates in urine samples obtained by transurethral catheterization and clean-catch methods in preschool children aged 2 to 5 years. ⋯ Our study demonstrated a higher urine culture contamination rate in preschool age children in the clean-catch method group compared with the transurethral catheterization group. This finding was particularly strong within the female subset, which could partially be accounted for by the small male sample size.