Pediatrics
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Blood sampling through peripheral venous catheters is reliable for selected basic analytes in children.
The goal was to determine the interchangeability of peripheral venous catheter (PVC) and venipuncture blood sampling (BS). ⋯ PVC sampling was shown to be a pain-reducing method that can be used for children for selected basic analytes. The findings for glucose were unreliable.
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Comparative Study
A comparison of cooling methods used in therapeutic hypothermia for perinatal asphyxia.
The objective of this study was to compare cooling methods during therapeutic hypothermia (TH) for moderate or severe perinatal asphyxia with regard to temperature and hemodynamic stability. ⋯ Manually controlled cooling systems are associated with greater variability in Trec compared with servo-controlled systems. A manual mattress often causes initial overcooling. It is unknown whether large variation in temperature adversely affects the neuroprotection of TH.
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Drowning is a leading cause of injury-related death in children. In 2006, fatal drowning claimed the lives of approximately 1100 US children younger than 20 years. A number of strategies are available to prevent these tragedies. As educators and advocates, pediatricians can play an important role in the prevention of drowning.
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Children with migraine may present to an emergency department (ED) when outpatient management has failed; however, only limited research has examined migraine-abortive medications among children. ⋯ Children presenting to EDs for treatment often have frequent attacks and have experienced failure of outpatient, migraine-abortive efforts. Practice variations were impressive for the care of children with migraine in these Canadian EDs.