Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Dec 2012
Clinical TrialAsk Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ): a brief instrument for the pediatric emergency department.
To develop a brief screening instrument to assess the risk for suicide in pediatric emergency department patients. ⋯ A 4-question screening instrument, the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ), with high sensitivity and negative predictive value, can identify the risk for suicide in patients presenting to pediatric emergency departments.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Dec 2012
Prioritization of comparative effectiveness research topics in hospital pediatrics.
To use information about prevalence, cost, and variation in resource utilization to prioritize comparative effectiveness research topics in hospital pediatrics. ⋯ Detailed administrative and billing data can be used to standardize hospital costs and identify high-priority conditions for comparative effectiveness research--those that are high cost, are high prevalence, and demonstrate high variation in resource utilization.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Nov 2012
Multicenter StudyPhysiologic monitoring practices during pediatric procedural sedation: a report from the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium.
To describe the frequency of different physiologic monitoring modalities and combinations of modalities used during pediatric procedural sedation; to describe how physiologic monitoring varies among different classes of patients, health care providers (ie, ranging from anesthesiologists to emergency medicine physicians to nurse practitioners), procedures, and sedative medications employed; and to determine the proportion of sedations meeting published guidelines for physiologic monitoring. DESIGN This was a prospective, observational study from September 1, 2007, through March 31, 2011. ⋯ A large degree of variability exists in the use of physiologic monitoring modalities for pediatric procedural sedation. Differences in monitoring are evident between sedation providers, medications, procedures, and patient types.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Oct 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyUrban Latino children's physical activity levels and performance in interactive dance video games: effects of goal difficulty and goal specificity.
To examine the effects of different levels of goal specificity and difficulty on Latino children's performance and physical activity (PA) levels in an after-school program incorporating an interactive dance program (Dance Dance Revolution [DDR]; Konami Corporation). ⋯ The easy- and difficult-goal groups show a significant improvement on DDR performance. The difficult- goal group also displays the highest improvement on PA levels. Strategies to enhance children's DDR performance and PA levels are discussed in relation to the extant goal-setting literature.