Comparison of different types of ultrasound probes for lung ultrasound in neonates
1. Compared to the microconvex and echo probe, the linear probe is better for lung ultrasounds in neonates. Evidence Rating ...
Tag: pediatric emergency medicine
Different variants presenting with different presentations amongst children with COVID-19 infections
1. In children presenting to the emergency department (ED) with a COVID-19 infection, children with the Omicron variant were more ...
Use of questionnaires and tools to assess suicide risk in adolescents in the Emergency Department
1. The ASQ and CASSY perform similarly in adolescents for predicting suicidal attempts (SA) and hospital visits for suicide-related events ...
Quality improvement initiative in pediatric emergency departments improves opioid prescribing practices
1. In this multi-center quality improvement study, opioid prescriptions in pediatric emergency departments for extremity fracture or cutaneous abscess drain ...
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Rapid respiratory pathogen testing does not significantly alter antibiotic prescription rates among children with acute respiratory illness
1. When treating children with an acute respiratory illness in the emergency department, no significant difference in antibiotic prescription rates ...
Pediatric mental health ED visits has increased from 2007 to 2017
1. An analysis of emergency department (ED) visits across the United States between 2007 and 2017 showed a 60% overall ...
Rate of opioid prescribing in adolescents largely unchanged
1. Between 2005 and 2015, there was a small decrease in the rate of opioid prescriptions in emergency department (ED) ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ibuprofen as effective as morphine for pediatric musculoskeletal injury pain
1. No significant difference was seen in visual analog scale (VAS) pain ratings morphine + ibuprofen, morphine + placebo, and ...