Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2023
Case ReportsA Surprising Lead Point in an Ileocolic Intussusception.
Appendicitis and intussusception are 2 of the most common abdominal emergencies in children and have high rates of morbidity if not treated promptly. However, only rarely do they occur together. ⋯ This case reinforces the importance of maintaining a broad differential diagnosis in unclear clinical scenarios and of the potential utility of POCUS. In our case, identification of intussusception on POCUS facilitated expeditious treatment, identification of the lead point, and allowed the treating physicians to prepare for the possibility of surgical management.
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2023
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty Response to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Credentialing Curriculum.
As point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) continues to evolve in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM), new protocols and curricula are being developed to help establish the standards of practice and delineate training requirements. New suggested guidelines continue to improve, but a national standard curriculum for training and credentialing PEM providers is still lacking. To understand the barriers and perception of curriculum implementation for PEM providers, we created an ultrasound program at our institution and observed attitudes and response to training. ⋯ These results show that a simplified structured curriculum can improve perception of POCUS and decrease barriers to usage while helping to understand obstacles for implementation of POCUS among PEM-fellowship-trained faculty.
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2023
Multicenter StudySARS-COV-2 Infection in Children in Emergency Departments in Spain: A Multicenter Study.
The first cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 in the Spanish pediatric population were reported on early March 2020. Although most were mild or asymptomatic, new forms of clinical presentation and severity were reported with the evolution of the pandemic. We aimed to describe demographics, clinical features, and management of children with COVID-19 treated in Spanish emergency departments (EDs). ⋯ Most pediatric COVID-19 cases in EDs during the first months of the pandemic were healthy, well-appearing children, presenting with fever +/- respiratory symptoms. In a significant number of cases, there was household transmission. Most children were managed as outpatients with symptomatic treatment, being exceptional the evolution to a serious illness.
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2023
Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Hospital Admission Among Children in an Emergency Care Center.
Machine learning-based prediction of hospital admissions may have the potential to optimize patient disposition and improve clinical outcomes by minimizing both undertriage and overtriage in crowded emergency care. We developed and validated the predictive abilities of machine learning-based predictions of hospital admissions in a pediatric emergency care center. ⋯ Machine learning-based prediction of hospital admissions may support physicians' decision-making for hospital admissions. However, further improvements are required before implementing these models in real clinical settings.