Recent PEM studies

PEM studies, August 2014

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Effectiveness of granisetron in controlling pediatric gastroenteritis-related vomiting after discharge from the ED

Inhaled anticholinergics and short-acting beta2-agonists versus short-acting beta2-agonists alone for children with acute asthma in hospital

(Cochrane Database Syst Rev, abstract)

Functional neurological symptom disorders in a pediatric emergency room: diagnostic accuracy, features, and outcome

(Pediatr Neurol, abstract)

Improving process quality for pediatric emergency department

(Int J Health Care Qual Assur, abstract)

Acute mastoiditis in children under 15 years of age in Southern Israel following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: A 4-year retrospective study (2009-2012)

(Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, abstract)

Nonoperative Treatment With Antibiotics Versus Surgery for Acute Nonperforated Appendicitis in Children: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

(Ann Surg, abstract)

Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Medical Emergency Team in a Children's Hospital

(Pediatrics, abstract)

Evaluation of the initiation of urine drug screens intended for use in transfer patients

(Am J Emerg Med, abstract)

J-Splint Use for Temporizing Management of Pediatric Femur Fractures: A Review of 18 Cases

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Adolescents' and Young Adults' Perspectives on Their Emergency Care

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Motivation to Quit Smoking in Parental Smokers in the Pediatric Emergency Department

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Should Pediatric Emergency Physicians Be Decentralized in the Medical Community?

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Quality assurance evaluation of a simple linear protocol for the treatment of impending status epilepticus in a pediatric emergency department 2 years postimplementation

(CJEM, abstract)

Variation in the use of skull radiographs by emergency physicians in young children with minor head trauma

(CJEM, abstract)

Improper defibrillator pad usage by emergency medical care providers for children: an opportunity for reeducation

(Am J Emerg Med, abstract)

Comparison of Emergency Care Delivered to Children and Young Adults With Complex Chronic Conditions Between Pediatric and General Emergency Departments

(Acad Emerg Med, abstract)

A Comparison of Cosmetic Outcomes of Lacerations on the Extremities and Trunk Using Absorbable Versus Nonabsorbable Sutures

(Acad Emerg Med, abstract)

Endotracheal intubation in the pediatric emergency department

(Paediatr Anaesth, abstract)

Trends of Pneumococcal Meningitis in Children after Introduction of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in France

(Pediatr Infect Dis J, abstract)

Febrile Young Infants with Altered Urinalysis at Low Risk for Invasive Bacterial Infection. A Spanish Pediatric Emergency Research Network's Study

(Pediatr Infect Dis J, abstract)

Clinical management of skin and soft tissue infections in the u.s. Emergency departments

(West J Emerg Med, abstract)

Analysis of medication errors in simulated pediatric resuscitation by residents

(West J Emerg Med, abstract)

Deliberate Apprenticeship in the Pediatric Emergency Department Improves Experience for Third-year Students

(West J Emerg Med, abstract)

Intramuscular compared to intravenous midazolam for paediatric sedation: A study on cardiopulmonary safety and effectiveness

(Afr J Paediatr Surg, abstract)

'Playing favourites': Is there bias during patient selection by registrars in an Australian paediatric emergency department?

(J Paediatr Child Health, abstract)

Busted! Management of paediatric upper limb fractures: Not all that it's cracked up to be

(Emerg Med Australas, abstract)

Retrospective review of dog bite injuries in children presenting to a South Australian tertiary children's hospital emergency department

(J Paediatr Child Health, abstract)

Improving emergency department management of paediatric clavicle fractures: a complete audit cycle

(Br J Hosp Med (Lond), abstract)

Metered-dose inhaler ipratropium bromide in moderate acute asthma in children: A single-blinded randomised controlled trial

(J Paediatr Child Health, abstract)

The utility of biomarkers in differentiating bacterial from non-bacterial lower respiratory tract infection in hospitalized children: Difference of the diagnostic performance between acute pneumonia and bronchitis (J Infect Chemother, abstract)

Identifying Parental Preferences for Corticosteroid and Inhaled Beta-Agonist Delivery Mode in Children With Acute Asthma Exacerbations

(Clin Pediatr (Phila), abstract)

Fascia iliaca compartment nerve block versus systemic pain control for acute femur fractures in the pediatric emergency department

(Pediatr Emerg Med, abstract)

Reconnecting Patients With Their Primary Care Provider: An Intervention for Reducing Nonurgent Pediatric Emergency Department Visits

(Clin Pediatr (Phila), abstract)

Evidence into practice: emergency physician management of common pediatric fractures

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Management of pediatric patients with concussion by emergency medicine physicians

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Children in the United States make close to 200,000 emergency department visits due to poisoning each year

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Cumulative effective dose associated with computed tomography examinations in adolescent trauma patients

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Children With Convulsive Epileptic Seizures Presenting to Padua Pediatric Emergency Department: The First Retrospective Population-Based Descriptive Study in an Italian Health District (J Child Neurol, abstract)

Impact of individualized pain plan on the emergency management of children with sickle cell disease

(Pediatr Blood Cancer, abstract)

C-Reactive Protein, Procalcitonin, and the Lab-Score for Detecting Serious Bacterial Infections in Febrile Children at the Emergency Department: A Prospective Observational Study

(Pediatr Infect Dis J, abstract)

Improving Care for Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis

(Pediatrics, abstract)

Pediatric submersion injuries: emergency care and resuscitation

(Pediatr Emerg Med Pract, abstract)

Sensitivity of Plain Pelvis Radiography in Children With Blunt Torso Trauma

(Ann Emerg Med, abstract)

Acute testicular pain in children: collaboration in timely management

(Eur J Emerg Med, abstract)

Perception of Pediatric Pain: a comparison of postoperative pain assessments between child, parent, nurse, and independent observer

(Paediatr Anaesth, abstract)

Identification of Children and Adolescents at Risk for Renal Scarring After a First Urinary Tract Infection: A Meta-analysis With Individual Patient Data

(JAMA Pediatr, abstract)

Patient Safety Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: A National Survey of Program Directors

(Acad Emerg Med, abstract)

Hyperfibrinogenemia in appendicitis: a new predictor of perforation in children

(Pediatr Surg Int, abstract)

Procedural sedation for pediatric patients in the emergency department at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, K.S.A.

(J Emerg Trauma Shock, abstract)

Variation in Emergency Department Admission Rates in US Children's Hospitals

(Pediatrics, abstract)

Evaluation of the Impact of Implementing the Emergency Medical Services Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines in Arizona: The Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care (EPIC) Study Methodology (Acad Emerg Med, abstract)

The Availability and the Adherence to Pediatric Guidelines for the Management of Syncope in the Emergency Department

(J Pediatr, abstract)

Tumor lysis syndrome: risk factors, diagnosis, and management

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Laparoscopy in elective and emergency management of ovarian pathology in children and adolescents

(Wideochir Inne Tech Malo Inwazyjne, abstract)

The transition to expert: a qualitative study exploring clinical decision making for children under five attending the emergency department with minor respiratory conditions

(Emerg Med J, abstract)

What's coming through the front door? Paediatric and adolescent gynaecology in the emergency department

(Emerg Med J, abstract)

Paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest: data from the joint theatre trauma registry

(Emerg Med J, abstract)

Staff perceptions of the impact of overnight resident ped consultants on patient care and training

(Emerg Med J, abstract)

Determining the effectiveness of educational interventions in paediatric emergency care

(Emerg Med J, abstract)

Imaging paediatric facial injuries in the emergency department

(Emerg Med J, abstract)

Emergency department alcohol and drug screening for Illinois pediatric trauma patients, 1999 to 2009

(Am J Surg, abstract)

Risk of traumatic brain injuries in children younger than 24 months with isolated scalp hematomas

(Ann Emerg Med, abstract)

Do prehospital criteria optimally assign injured children to the appropriate level of trauma team activation and emergency department disposition at a level I pediatric trauma center?

(Pediatr Surg Int, abstract)

Effect of oximetry on hospitalization in bronchiolitis: a randomized clinical trial

(JAMA, abstract)

Automated Urinalysis and Urine Dipstick in the Emergency Evaluation of Young Febrile Children

(Pediatrics, abstract)

The relationship between physician case volume and in-hospital mortality of critically ill children with a diagnosis of pneumonia: A cross-sectional observational analytical study

(J Crit Care, abstract)

Lactate dehydrogenase and caspase activity in nasopharyngeal secretions are predictors of bronchiolitis severity

(Influenza Other Respir Viruses, abstract)

Management of children with possible appendicitis: A survey of emergency physicians in Australia and New Zealand

(Emerg Med Australas, abstract)

Oral GS-5806 Activity in a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Challenge Study

(NEJM, abstract)

Transcutaneous PCO2 monitoring in infants hospitalized with viral bronchiolitis

(Eur J Pediatr, abstract)

Early Index for Detection of Pediatric Emergency Department Crowding.

(IEEE J Biomed Health Inform, abstract)

Impact of Follow-up Calls From the Pediatric Emergency Department on Return Visits Within 72 Hours: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

A Computerized Child Passenger Safety Screening Program in the Emergency Department

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Outpatient Management of Young Febrile Infants With Urinary Tract Infections

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

US Emergency Department Use by Children, 2001-2010

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Emergency Department Recognition Program for Pediatric Services: Does It Make a Difference?

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Risk Factors for Apnea in Children Presenting With Out-of-Hospital Seizure

(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)

Pediatric Severe Sepsis in U.S. Children's Hospitals

(Pediatr Crit Care Med, abstract)

Fever in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Are All Fevers Equal?

(J Emerg Med, abstract)

Pediatric emergency department crowding: survival tree clustering for length of patient stay

(Stud Health Technol Inform, abstract)

A workflow model to analyse pediatric emergency overcrowding

(Stud Health Technol Inform, abstract)

Incidence and associated factors of difficult tracheal intubations in pediatric ICUs: a report from National Emergency Airway Registry for Children: NEAR4KIDS

(Intensive Care Med, abstract)

Use of the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) examination and its impact on abdominal computed tomography use in hemodynamically stable children with blunt torso trauma (J Trauma Acute Care Surg, abstract)

Survival of pediatric blunt trauma patients presenting with no signs of life in the field

(J Trauma Acute Care Surg, abstract)

Effects of a Web-based Educational Module on Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Regarding Youth Violence

(West J Emerg Med, abstract)

Subdural Hemorrhage and Hypoxia in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease

(Pediattics, abstract)

Investigating the necessity of computed tomographic scans in children with headaches: a retrospective review

(CJEM, abstract)

The TACTIC: development and validation of the Tool for Assessing Chest Tube Insertion Competency

(CJEM, abstract)

Sonographic appearance of angioedema in local allergic reactions to insect bites and stings

(J Ultrasound Med, abstract)

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Asynchronous E-learning: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Solomon Four-group Study

(Acad Emerg Med, abstract)

A 6-year retrospective review of pediatric firearm injuries: Do patients < 14 years of age differ from those 15-18 years of age?

(J Trauma Acute Care Surg, abstract)

Restricting youth suicide: Behavioral health patients in an urban pediatric emergency department

(J Trauma Acute Care Surg, abstract)

Hemodynamic variables predict outcome of emergency thoracotomy in the pediatric trauma population

(J Pediatr Surg, abstract)

Esophageal button battery ingestions: Decreasing time to operative intervention by level I trauma activation

(J Pediatr Surg, abstract)

Delayed Antimicrobial Therapy Increases Mortality and Organ Dysfunction Duration in Pediatric Sepsis

(Crit Care Med, abstract)

A retrospective analysis of acute gastroenteritis agents in children admitted to a university hospital pediatric emergency unit

(Jundishapur J Microbiol, abstract)

One-handed chest compression technique for paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation: dominant versus non-dominant hand

(Emerg Med J, abstract)

Variation in treatment of acute childhood wheeze in emergency departments of the United Kingdom and Ireland: an international survey of clinician practice

(Arch Dis Child, abstract)

Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Measurements by CT Scan in Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Obstruction

(Hawaii J Med Public Health, abstract)

Is clinical performance adversely affected by wearing gloves during paediatric peripheral intravenous cannulation?

(Emerg Med Australas, abstract)

Pediatric status epilepticus: how common is cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in the absence of infection?

(Seizure, abstract)

Sonography-guided hydrostatic reduction of ileocolic intussusception in children: Analysis of failure and success in consecutive patients presenting timely to the hospital

(Eur J Pediatr, abstract)