PEM studies, October 2007
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Medication Errors Among Acutely Ill and Injured Children Treated in Rural Emergency Departments
(Ann Emerg Med, full article)
Efficacy and Impact of Intravenous Morphine Before Surgical Consultation in Children With Right Lower Quadrant Pain Suggestive of Appendicitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(Ann Emerg Med, abstract)
Comparison of Four Pain Scales in Children With Acute Abdominal Pain in a Pediatric Emergency Department
(Ann Emerg Med, abstract)
Review: Investigation and management of coeliac disease
(Arch Dis Child, abstract)
Effects of Age and Emotionality on the Effectiveness of Midazolam Administered Preoperatively to Children
(Anesthesiology, abstract)
Development of parapneumonic empyema in children
(Acta Paediatr, abstract)
Childhood fractures requiring inpatient management
(Injury, abstract)
Emergency Department Use of Computed Tomography in Children With Epilepsy and Breakthrough Seizure Activity
(J Child Neurol, abstract)
Multiple sclerosis in children: clinical diagnosis, therapeutic strategies, and future directions
(Lancet Neurol, abstract)
Use of Ultrasound Measurement of the Inferior Vena Cava Diameter as an Objective Tool in the Assessment of Children with Clinical Dehydration
(Acad Emerg Med, abstract)
Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Orbital Fractures in a Primary Care Setting
(Orbit, abstract)
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment and Infant Health Outcomes in Medicaid-Insured Infants in South Carolina
(J Pediatr, abstract)
Positive pressure technique for removal of nasal foreign bodies
(Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, abstract)
Unstable upper pediatric cervical spine injuries: report of 28 cases and review of the literature
(Childs Nerv Syst, abstract)
Review. Ventricular fibrillation and defibrillation
(Arch Dis Child, abstract)
Novel Distraction Technique for Pediatric Pre-operative Anxiety Prevention
(Internet J Anesthesiol, full article)
Pediatric Spinal Injury Type and Severity Are Age and Mechanism Dependent
(Spine, abstract)
Randomized Clinical Trial of Nebulized Fentanyl Citrate versus IV Fentanyl Citrate in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Pain
(Acad Emerg Med, abstract)
Prehospital Preparedness for Pediatric Mass-Casualty Events
(Pediatrics, full article)
Review. Pseudo-asthma: When Cough, Wheezing, and Dyspnea Are Not Asthma
(Pediatrics, abstract)
Discriminant analysis of serum inflammatory biomarkers which differentiate pediatric appendicitis from other acute abdominal diseases
(Acta Paediatr Taiwan, abstract)
Epidemiology of Pediatric Transports and Non-Transports in an Urban Emergency Medical Services System
(Prehosp Emerg Care, abstract)
Pyogenic sacroiliitis—a comparison between paediatric and adult patients
(Rheumatology, abstract)
Radial head subluxation: How long do children wait in the emergency department before reduction?
(Can J Emerg Med, full article)
Prevalence of pneumonia in children under 12 years of age who undergo abdominal radiography in the emergency department
(Can J Emerg Med, full article)
Optimization of propofol dose shortens procedural sedation time, prevents resedation and removes the requirement for post-procedure physiologic monitoring
(Emerg Med Austral, abstract)
Investigation of the rate of meningitis in association with urinary tract infection in infants 90 days of age or younger
(Emerg Med Austral, abstract)
Ketamine: A Controversial Drug for Neonates
(Semin Perinatol, abstract)
Premedication for Tracheal Intubation in Neonates: Confusion or Controversy?
(Semin Perinatol, abstract)
Topical Anesthesia in Neonates: Clinical Practices and Practical Considerations
(Semin Perinatol, abstract)
An excessive prevalence of constipation in children consulting for abdominal pain in a paediatric emergency department: an example of practices evaluation
(Arch Pediatr, abstract)
Inter-observer agreement in interpreting chest X-rays on children with acute lower respiratory tract infections and concurrent wheezing
(Sao Paulo Med J, full article)
Population-based drug-related anaphylaxis in children and adolescents captured by South Carolina Emergency Room Hospital Discharge Database (SCERHDD) (2000-2002)
(Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, abstract)
Discriminant analysis of serum inflammatory biomarkers which differentiate pediatric appendicitis from other acute abdominal diseases
(Acta Paediatr Taiwan, abstract)
Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the United States
(JAMA, abstract)
Emergence of a Multiresistant Serotype 19A Pneumococcal Strain Not Included in the 7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine as an Otopathogen in Children
(JAMA, abstract)
C-reactive protein in the periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome
(Acta Paediatr, abstract)
Intravenous Sodium Valproate Versus Diazepam Infusion for the Control of Refractory Status Epilepticus in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(J Child Neurol, abstract)
Displaced paediatric fractures of the distal radius
(Arch Orthop Trauma Surg, abstract)
Efficacy and safety of a mixture of ketamine, midazolam and atropine for procedural sedation in paediatric oncology: a randomised study of oral versus intramuscular route
(J Paediatr Child Health, abstract)
Management of paediatric retropharyngeal infections: non-surgical versus surgical
(J Paediatr Child Health, abstract)
Specialty Services for CSHCN: Supplement not Supplant the Medical Home (In reference to Preventing or Accelerating Emergency Care for Children with Complex Healthcare Needs, Sutton D et al
(Arch Dis Child, abstract)
Awareness of guidelines for use of automated external defibrillators in children within emergency medical services
(Resuscitation, abstract)
Prospective evaluation of the management of moderate to severe cellulitis with parenteral antibiotics at a paediatric day treatment centre
(J Paediatr Child Health, abstract)
Scalds as a result of vapour inhalation therapy in children
(Burns, abstract)
Round pneumonia: imaging findings in a large series of children
(Pediatr Radiol, abstract)
The Normal Newborn Exam, or Is It?
(Emerg Med Clin North Am, abstract)
Pediatric Resuscitation Update
(Emerg Med Clin North Am, abstract)
Pediatric Respiratory Infections
(Emerg Med Clin North Am, abstract)
Cardiac Emergencies in the First Year of Life
(Emerg Med Clin North Am, abstract)
Essential Diagnosis of Abdominal Emergencies in the First Year of Life
(Emerg Med Clin North Am, abstract)
Metabolic Emergencies
(Emerg Med Clin North Am, abstract)
Childhood Seizures
(Emerg Med Clin North Am, abstract)
The Evolving Approach to the Young Child Who Has Fever and No Obvious Source
(Emerg Med Clin North Am, abstract)
An Emergency Medicine Approach to Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
(Emerg Med Clin North Am, abstract)
The Crying Infant
(Emerg Med Clin North Am, abstract)
Current success in the treatment of intussusception in children
(Surgery, abstract)
Ultrasound of the chest in children (mediastinum excluded)
(Eur Radiol, abstract)
Safety of the RTS,S/AS02D candidate malaria vaccine in infants living in a highly endemic area of Mozambique: a double blind randomised controlled phase I/IIb trial
(Lancet, abstract)
Guidelines for the investigation and management of a reduced level of consciousness in children: implications for clinical biochemistry laboratories
(Ann Clin Biochem, abstract)
Parental weight estimation of their child’s weight is more accurate than other weight estimation methods for determining children’s weight in an emergency department?
(Emerg Med J, abstract)