Many new pediatric asthma cases attributable to obesity
1. One-tenth of new diagnoses of pediatric asthma could potentially be avoided with the elimination of childhood obesity. Evidence Rating...
Policy statement outlines recommendations to improve understanding of pediatric global health issues
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a policy statement outlining recommendations to improve cultural competence and awareness of...
Risk stratification criteria demonstrate high sensitivity for invasive bacterial infections among febrile infants
1. The Rochester criteria and the modified Philadelphia criteria were found to have the same sensitivity (greater than 80%) in...
Pediatric emergency department visits for homelessness increase after shelter policy change
1. Pediatric emergency department (ED) visits related to homelessness increased by more than 4 times after a change in Massachusetts’...
Ultrasound guidance may improve rates of successful central venous cannulation
1. Ultrasound (US)-guided techniques reduced the odds of central venous cannulation (CVC) failure by almost 75% compared to techniques using...
Acetaminophen reduces recurrence of febrile seizures in children within same fever episode
1. Rectal acetaminophen reduces rates of second febrile seizure (FS) in children during the course of the same febrile illness...
Unit-dose packaging of buprenorphine-naloxone associated with reduced pediatric unintentional exposures
1. Pediatric unintentional opioid exposures decreased by more than 75% following the introduction of child-resistant unit-dose packaging (UDP). 2. More...
Emergency department revisit rates underestimated among pediatric patients
1. Emergency department (ED) revisit rates among pediatric patients were shown to be underestimated by almost 20% when only revisits...
Pathway modification reduces admissions for pediatric anaphylaxis
1. Inpatient and observation unit admissions for pediatric anaphylaxis decreased by more than half following implementation of a revised clinical...
Isolated vomiting not linked to clinically important TBI in children
1. Isolated vomiting (vomiting without other predictors of traumatic brain injury as defined by 3 high-quality clinical decision rules )...
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