PEM studies, December 2004
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A Low Peripheral Blood White Blood Cell Count in Infants Younger than 90 Days Increases the Odds of Acute Bacterial Meningitis Relative to Bacteremia (Acad Emerg Med, abstract)
Factors Affecting Emergency Department Opioid Administration to Severely Injured Patients
(Acad Emerg Med, abstract)
Characteristics of Ice Hockey–Related Injuries Treated in US Emergency Departments, 2001–2002
(Pediatrics, full article)
Bedside Limited Echocardiography by the Emergency Physician Is Accurate During Evaluation of the Critically Ill Patient
(Pediatrics, full article)
Treatment of Acute Kawasaki Disease: Aspirin’s Role in the Febrile Stage Revisited
(Pediatrics, full article)
Topical 4% Amethocaine Gel Reduces the Pain of Subcutaneous Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination
(Pediatrics, full article)
Tecnical report (AAP). Role of Pediatricians in Advocating Life Support Training Courses for Parents and the Public
(Pediatrics, full article)
Recognition and Management of Pediatric Fractures by Pediatric Residents
(Pediatrics, abstract)
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: Endorsed Clinical Report. Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Statement for Health Professionals From the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association.
(Pediatrics, full article)
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Children With Open Physes
(Am J Sport Med, abstract)
Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury
(Neurosurg Q, abstract)
The Effect of Fasting Practice on Sedation With Chloral Hydrate
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Pediatric First Aid Knowledge Among Parents
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
The Anesthetic Effectiveness of Lidocaine-Adrenaline-Tetracaine Gel on Finger Lacerations
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Pain, Position, and Stylet Styles: Infant Lumbar Puncture Practices of Pediatric Emergency Attending Physicians
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders for Pediatric Patients Who Require Anesthesia and Surgery
(Pediatrics, abstract)
Emergency Department Use and Perceived Delay in Accessing Illness Care Among Children With Medicaid
(Amb Pediatr, abstract)
Vaso-Occlusion in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical Characteristics and Biologic Correlates
(J Pediatr Hematol Oncol, abstract)
Tension-type Headache in Children and Adolescents
(Curr Pain Head Rep, abstract)
The Use of the 3-mm K-Wire to Supplement Reduction of Humeral Supracondylar Fractures in Children
(J Trauma, abstract)
Management of tongue-tie in children: A survey of paediatric surgeons in Australia
(J Paediatr Child Health, abstract)
Acute infectious diarrhoea and dehydration in children
(Med J Aus, full text)
Improving follow-up for children with asthma after an acute Emergency Department visit
(J Pediatr, abstract)
Parenteral metoclopramide for acute migraine: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
(BMJ, full article)
Pediatric wrist buckle fractures: Should we just splint and go?
(Can J Emerg Med, full article)
Cardiac concussion (commotio cordis)
(Can J Emerg Med, full article)
Pyloric stenosis
(Can J Emerg Med, full article)
The removal of coins from the upper esophageal tract of children by emergency physicians: a pilot study
(Can J Emerg Med, full article)
S-ketamine and s-norketamine plasma concentrations after nasal and i.v. administration in anesthetized children
(Pediatr Anesthes, abstract)
A randomized, double-blind comparison study of EMLA® and ELA-Max® for topical anesthesia in children undergoing intravenous insertion (Pediatr Anesthes, abstract)
Blunt traumatic diaphragmatic injuries in children
(Injury, abstract)
Drowning: a review of epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment and prevention
(Resuscitation, abstract)
Characteristics and outcome of cardiorespiratory arrest in children
(Resuscitation, abstract)
Ambulance alerting of paediatric emergencies to a general hospital
(Resuscitation, abstract)
Can chest X-ray predict pneumonia severity?
(Pediatr Pulmon, abstract)
Prolonged neonatal jaundice: When to worry and what to do
(Paediatr Child Health, abstract)
Paediatric resuscitation by phone: The call back
(J Pediatr Child Health, abstract)
Randomized controlled trial of asthma education after discharge from an emergency department
(J Paediatr Child Health, abstract)
Ultrasonic Detection of Middle Ear Effusion
(Arch Otolaryngol Neck Surg, abstract)
Imaging infants with head injury: effect of a change in policy
(Emerg Med J, abstract)
The efficacy of structured assessment and analgesia provision in the paediatric emergency department
(Emerg Med J, abstract)
Clinical Predictors for Differential Diagnosis of Acute Scrotum
(Eur J Pediatr Surg, abstract)
The Most Frequent Traumatic Orthopaedic Injuries From a National Pediatric Inpatient Population
(J Pediatr Orth, abstract)
Meningitis is a common cause of convulsive status epilepticus with fever
(Arch Dis Child, abstract)
A meta-analysis on intravenous magnesium sulphate for treating acute asthma
(Arch Dis Child, abstract)
Clinical Case Definition for the Diagnosis of Acute Intussusception
(J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, abstract)
The misdiagnosis of acute cervical spine injuries and fractures in infants and children: the 12-year experience of a level I pediatric and adult trauma center
(J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, abstract)
Paediatric trauma teams in Australia
(ANZ J Surg, abstract)
Improving emergency care for children: a model of collaboration between emergency departments
(Emerg Med Austral, abstract)
Implementation of recommendations for the care of children in UK emergency departments: national postal questionnaire survey (BMJ, pdf, full article)