Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Apr 2021
Evaluation of a Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Protocol in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the implementation of a focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) protocol in a pediatric emergency department (PED). ⋯ We report the collaborative development and successful implementation of a PED FoCUS protocol. Physician-sonographer interpretation of FoCUS yielded acceptable results. Improvements in FoCUS utilization and cine clip adequacy were observed.
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Pediatric emergency care · Apr 2021
Observational StudyPrognostic Factors of Children Admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit After an Episode of Drowning.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic factors of patients admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) after drowning. ⋯ The need for advanced CPR with epinephrine administration on the scene predicts poor neurological outcome (severe encephalopathy or death) in drowned children.
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Pediatric emergency care · Apr 2021
Missed Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis in Patients With Pediatric Urticaria in Emergency Department.
This study was to determine the characteristics of missed diagnosis of pediatric anaphylaxis that were registered as urticaria only at the emergency department (ED) by comparing those who had only urticaria symptoms with those who had both anaphylaxis and urticaria symptoms. ⋯ Of all pediatric urticaria patients, 3.5% of patients were not registered as anaphylaxis although they had anaphylaxis symptoms. Missed diagnosis of anaphylaxis in pediatric urticaria patients at ED was associated with a history of past food allergy, milk, egg, and seafood as causes of allergy, treated with fluid administration, steroid, and epinephrine.
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Pediatric emergency care · Apr 2021
Elevated Heart Rate and Risk of Revisit With Admission in Pediatric Emergency Patients.
The aim of this study was to identify emergency department (ED) heart rate (HR) values that identify children at elevated risk of ED revisit with admission. ⋯ Last recorded ED HR discriminates poorly between children who are and are not at risk of revisit with admission in a pediatric ED. The use of single-parameter HR in isolation as an automated trigger for mandatory reevaluation prior to discharge may not improve revisit outcomes.