Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 1997
Comparative StudyEpidemiology of dental trauma treated in an urban pediatric emergency department.
To describe the epidemiology of traumatic dental injuries to children treated in an urban pediatric emergency department (ED). ⋯ Findings of this large consecutive series provide a useful description of the epidemiology of this common type of pediatric trauma for pediatric emergency care providers.
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 1997
Review Case ReportsSurvival following traumatic rupture of the heart in a child.
Blunt force trauma to the chest can result in rupture of the heart. We report the youngest survivor of this injury, followed by a literature review, description of the epidemiology, and mechanism and guidelines for diagnosis and aggressive management.
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 1997
GuidelinePediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) fellowship: essentials of a three-year academic curriculum. Three-Year Academic Subcommittee of the PEM Fellowship Committee of the Section of Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics.
This committee of fellowship directors has proposed guidelines for an academic curriculum for training fellows in PEM. The curriculum should be modified to each unique program, but is based on current expectation of the American Board of Pediatrics and the ACGME for graduate education. ⋯ Ongoing refinement and adaptation based on feedback from fellows and directors is essential to provide the best fellowship experience to our trainees. The proposed curriculum is also subject to further change as more details are given for ACGME approval of the fellowship programs.
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 1997
Comparative StudyFailure of oxygen saturation and clinical assessment to predict which patients with bronchiolitis discharged from the emergency department will return requiring admission.
To determine if there is a difference between patients with bronchiolitis who are discharged from the emergency department (ED) but return requiring admission and those who do not return. ⋯ Oxygen saturation and clinical assessment failed to differentiate between patients with bronchiolitis who returned requiring admission and patients who did not return.