Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2022
Multicenter StudyPediatric Emergency Medicine Training: A Survey of Current Status in Latin America.
Pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) is a relatively new and rapidly evolving subspecialty in many countries. The purposes of this study were to describe the characteristics and to find common/shared practices in current available PEM fellowship programs across Latin America. ⋯ In Latin America, postgraduate programs in pediatric emergencies are a response to a need for health systems. Being an innovative specialty, it surpassed each country's own challenges, until it was able to reach an internationally standardized level, with a great diversity of pedagogical methodology, which the product has been to offer a high quality of emergency care to children.
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2022
Randomized Controlled TrialInfant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality While Walking Fast: A Simulation Study.
This study focuses on the characteristics (feasibility, resuscitation quality, and physical demands) of infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the forearm during fast walking, performed by a trained lay rescuer. ⋯ In conclusion, pediatric walking CPR is feasible although it represents a slight quality decrease in a simulation infant CPR setting. The option "CPR while walking fast to a safe place" seems to be suitable in terms of safety both for the victim and the rescuer, as well as CPR quality in special circumstances.
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2022
Testicular Torsion Patients Should Be Manually Detorsed at Diagnosis: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis of the Influence of Interhospital Transfer and Surgical Wait Times on Surgical Organ Salvage.
The aim of the study was to assess organ salvage in testicular torsion patients submitted to manual detorsion according to interhospital transfer and surgical wait times. ⋯ Immediate detorsion led to improved surgical outcomes in testicular torsion patients. Because of residual torsion, surgery for detorsed patients should not be postponed.
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2022
Ultrasound-Guided Distal Forearm Fracture Reduction by Pediatric Emergency Physicians: A Single Center Retrospective Study.
Fracture reduction under point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) guidance facilitates measurement of residual angulation or displacement that may not be apparent on examination. Point-of-care ultrasound is without patient or staff exposure to ionizing radiation and enlists no additional staffing resources or patient transfer. ⋯ Distal forearm fracture reductions by a pediatric emergency medicine physician under POCUS guidance have a high rate of excellent alignment, low rate of failed reduction, and significantly shorter LOS (P < 0.001) than reductions performed by orthopedists.
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Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2022
Randomized Controlled TrialImproving Resuscitation Timing: Random Assignment of Interprofessional Team Leaders in Simulated Resuscitation.
The aims of the study were to assess whether preassigning a team leader influences resuscitation timing using simulation and to examine relationship between response timeliness and designated leader's profession, whether physician or nurse. ⋯ The leader-assigned teams and controls did not differ in resuscitation timeliness. Among leader-assigned teams, the differences in time to BVM between physician- and nurse-led teams were not statistically significant. However, all 6 nurse-led teams demonstrated timely resuscitation, suggesting a direction for future research on the feasibility of bedside nurses taking the lead during resuscitation, pending code team arrival.