PEM studies, February 2025
"He was not listening to hear me": Parent experiences with communication, inclusion, and marginalization in the pediatric ED
(Acad Emerg Med, abstract)
Pediatric Golf Cart Injuries and Morbidity: A Single-Center Trauma Experience
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
The use of strong analgesics for prehospital pain management in children in the region of Southern Denmark: a register-based study
(Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, abstract)
Association of Race and Ethnicity With Emergency Room Rate of Migraine Diagnosis, Testing, and Management in Children With Headache
(Neurology, abstract)
The Impact of Anxiety and Depression on Postoperative Pain Management and ER Visits in Pediatric Patients With Surgically Treated Lower Extremity Fractures
(J Pediatr Orthop, abstract)
EMS Agency Characteristics and Adverse Events in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Among 49 U.S. EMS Agencies
(Prehosp Emerg Care, abstract)
Availability and Practice Patterns of Videolaryngoscopy and Adaptation of Apneic Oxygenation in Pediatric Anesthesia: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Pediatric Anesthesiologists
(Pediatr Anaesth, abstract)
Examining the Use of Machine Learning Algorithms to Enhance the Pediatric Triaging Approach
(Open Access Emerg Med, abstract)
Predictors of Hospital Admissions and Return Visits in Children with Suspected Dehydration Presenting to the ED
(J Emerg Med, abstract)
PED-TV: educational videos in the waiting area—a quality improvement project 
(Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed, full article)
Tenets of timing: An evidence based comprehensive review on time-lag in the management of pediatric status epilepticus and its effect on clinical outcomes
(Epilepsy Res, abstract)
Changes in Seasonal Patterns for Common Pediatric Respiratory Viruses During the COVID Pandemic
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Incidence and predictors of nonresponse to intranasal midazolam in children undergoing laceration repair
(Acad Emerg Med, abstract)
Reducing radiation exposure in pediatric cervical spine imaging for trauma: a multi-disciplinary quality improvement initiative
(Childs Nerv Syst, abstract)
Pharmacologic Management of Acute Pain in Children: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
(JAMA Pediatr, abstract)
Pediatric Readiness and Trauma Center Access for Children
(JAMA Pediatr, abstract)
The effect of the proportion of low-titer O whole blood for resuscitation in pediatric trauma patients on 6-, 12- and 24-hour survival
(J Trauma Acute Care Surg, abstract)
Viral Codetection and Clinical Outcomes of Infants Hospitalized With Bronchiolitis: A Multicenter Cohort Study
(Pediatr Infect Dis J, abstract)
In situ simulation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training: A systematic review
(Resusc Plus, abstract)
Nirsevimab effectiveness on paediatric emergency visits for RSV bronchiolitis: a test-negative design study
(Eur J Pediatr, abstract)
"I think we feel a lot of their devastation": social workers' perspectives on primary and secondary psychological trauma in pediatric emergency rooms
(Soc Work Health Care, abstract)
Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Pediatric Severe and Inflicted Trauma - a position statement and resource document of NAEMSP
(Prehosp Emerg Care, abstract)
The Landscape of Pediatric Procedural Sedation in the United Kingdom and Irish EDs; an International Survey Study
(Paediatr Neonatal Pain, abstract)
Caregiver Perspectives on the Impact of Child Life Specialists during Pediatric ED Visits
(J Pediatr Clin Pract, abstract)
Prevalence of Serious Bacterial Infection in Young Infants with Hypothermia with Positive Respiratory Pathogen Testing
(J Pediatr Clin Pract, abstract)
ChatGPT Versus Human Authors: Assessing Efficacy in Title and Abstract Creation in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research
(Ann Emerg Med, abstract)
Reliability of Physician Estimation of Pelvic Free Fluid Volume on the Pediatric Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma
(J Ultrasound Med, abstract)
Application of cervical spinal motion restriction to injured children in the prehospital setting
(Am J Emerg Med, abstract)
Urine Metabolites of Suspected Community-Acquired Pneumonia
(J Infect Dis, abstract)
The Pharmacist's Role in the Care of Pediatric ED Patients
(J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther, abstract)
Efficacy of intranasal dexmedetomidine-esketamine sedation for pediatric acceptance of facemask: single-center, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial
(BMC Anesthesiol, abstract)
Topical analgesia during needle-related procedures in children: a clinical practice guideline
(Arch Dis Child, abstract)
Human-Centered Design to Create an Emergency Care Action Plan for Children With Medical Complexity
(Pediatrics, abstract)
Association between early radiographic chest findings and clinical outcomes in pediatric drowning: a retrospective study in a tertiary Italian hospital
(Eur J Pediatr, abstract)
Factors associated with extended length of stay for paediatric mental health presentations to EDs in South Western Sydney, Australia
(Emerg Med Australas, abstract)
Pertussis infection in critically ill infants: meta-analysis and validation of a mortality score
(Crit Care, abstract)
Weather-Related Pediatric Fatalities in the United States: 2001 to 2021
(Pediatrics, abstract)
Serial Lactate in Clinical Medicine - A Narrative Review
(J Intensive Care Med, abstract)
Pediatric Mass Casualty Incident and a Critical Care Response
(Disaster Med Public Health Prep, abstract)
Furosemide use to expedite bladder filling in pediatric females with suspected ovarian torsion: A randomized controlled pilot study
(Am J Emerg Med, abstract)
Chest Radiograph Utilization Among Children Treated for Pneumonia in a Primary Care Network
(Clin Pediatr (Phila), abstract)
Should pediatric patients with isolated skull fractures be admitted, transferred, or discharged from the emergency department, and what are the economic consequences? Original series, systematic review of the literature, and a proposed admission protocol
(J Neurosurg Pediatr, abstract)
Electroencephalography Correlation of Ketamine-induced Clinical Excitatory Movements: A Systematic Review
(West J Emerg Med, abstract)
Self-Reported COVID-19 Vaccine Status and Barriers for Pediatric Emergency Patients and Caregivers
(West J Emerg Med, abstract)
Impact of a departmental protocol and training on physician confidence in paediatric emergency front of neck access
(Eur J Anaesthesiol Intensive Care, full article)
Changes in Care in Spanish Pediatric EDs After the First Immunization With Nirsevimab
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Ultrasound in pediatric emergency medicine simulation: evaluation of a longitudinal curriculum
(CJEM, abstract)
Basic is Better? An Assessment of National Outcomes in Prehospital Airway Management in Critical Acuity Pediatric Trauma
(J Emerg Med, abstract)
Identifying the walk-in wounded: paediatric major trauma patients self-presenting to a paediatric major trauma centre
(Emerg Med J, abstract)
Successful Treatment of Early Presenting Intussusception With a Single Dose of Corticosteroid: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
(J Pediatr Surg, abstract)
Critical interventions, diagnosis, and mortality in children treated by a physician-manned mobile emergency care unit
(Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, abstract)
Management of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the ED
(Pediatr Emerg Med Pract, abstract)
Improving Length of Stay by Reducing High-Flow Nasal Cannula Duration in Respiratory Illnesses
(Hosp Pediatr, abstract)
Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Findings in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in the Pediatric ED
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
A Prediction Rule to Identify Children and Young Adults at Low Risk for Myocarditis
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Is geographical variation in emergency epilepsy admissions related to variation in new epilepsy diagnoses among children and young people across England? An observational study using linked datasets, (BMJ Open, abstract) 
Barriers to Universal HIV Screening of Adolescents in a Pediatric ED in Miami, Florida
(AIDS Patient Care STDS, abstract)
Characteristics of pediatric hand and foot tendon injuries in a Japanese pediatric ED
(Pediatr Int, abstract)
Cardiac-related neonatal collapse presenting to the ED: a retrospective cohort study
(BMJ Paediatr Open, abstract)
Single Bruise Characteristics Associated With Abusive vs Accidental Injury
(Pediatrics, abstract)
Practice Variation in Urine Collection Among ED Providers in Pre-toilet-trained Children With Suspected Urinary Tract Infection
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Pediatric Drowning and Prehospital Predictors of Critical Illness in the United States
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
PEAChY-O: Pharmacological Emergency Management of Agitation in Children and Young People: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Medication
(Ann Emerg Med, abstract)
ED Interventions for Youth With Assault-Related Injuries: A Scoping Review
(Ann Emerg Med, abstract)
Understanding caregiver preferences for firearm locking devices in a pediatric ED
(Inj Epidemiol, abstract)
Swinging by the ED: A 10-year analysis on playground injuries of the head and neck
(J Craniomaxillofac Surg, abstract)
Medical Toxicology Consultations and Mortality Among Patients With Poisonings in the PICU
(JAMA Netw Open, abstract)
Pediatric non-congenital central nervous system infections: role of imaging in the ED
(Pediatr Radiol, abstract)
Diagnostic accuracy of convolutional neural network algorithms to distinguish gastrointestinal obstruction on conventional radiographs in a pediatric population
(Diagn Interv Radiol, abstract)
Drivers of Bronchodilator Use in Bronchiolitis: Analyzing Treatment Trends From Pediatric ED Practices
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Re-Examining the Brain Injury Guidelines in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Can Simple Isolated Non-Displaced Skull Fractures be Treated as a BIG-1 Injury?
(J Neurotrauma, abstract)
Development of a Framework for the Enrollment of Children and Families in ED Research
(J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open, abstract)
Qualitative Exploration of Health Care Professionals' Experiences Caring for Young People With Acute Severe Behavioral Disturbance in the Acute Care Setting
(J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open, abstract)
Acute Care Management of Brief Resolved Unexplained Events
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Children's ED Provider Experiences With Lethal Means Restriction Counseling and Firearm Access
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Risk factors for pediatric emergence delirium: a systematic review
(Can J Anesth, abstract)
Outcomes Following a Mental Health Care Intervention for Children in the ED: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial
(JAMA Netw Open, abstract)
The Association Between Respiratory Viruses and Asthma Exacerbation in Children Visiting Pediatric ED: A Retrospective Cohort Study
(J Clin Med, abstract)
Use of the Children's Observation and Severity Tool (COAST), an Adaptation of the PEWS, in the ED as a Predictor for Hospital Admission: A Retrospective Cohort Study
(Children (Basel), abstract)
Clinical and Public Health Challenge of Handling Synthetic Cathinone and Cannabinoid Abuse in Pediatric Care: A Narrative Review
(Pediatr Res, abstract)
Adolescent Clavicle Fractures: A Management Dilemma?
(Cureus, abstract)
POCUS Standoff: Comparing Ultrasound Interfaces for Soft Tissue Foreign Body Imaging
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Implementation of Direct Admission to the Operating Room Procedure for Children Transported With Airway Emergencies
(Air Med J, abstract)
Emergency Management of Animal-Related Injuries in Children: An Observational Multicenter Italian Study
(Pediatr Emerg Care, abstract)
Time to First Analgesic Administration in the ED for Adolescents/Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
(Cureus, abstract)
Interventions to Reduce Risk in the Physiologically Difficult Pediatric Airway: A Descriptive Study and Exploratory Analysis
(J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open, abstract)
Correlation Between Emergency Department Crowding and Adverse Occurrences in an Academic Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study
(Risk Manag Healthc Policy, abstract)
Implementation and Outcome of a Protocol-Based Treatment for Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Tertiary Care Pediatric ED
(J Emerg Med, abstract)
High risk and low incidence diseases: Pediatric intussusception
(Am J Emerg Med, abstract)
Are we prepared to care for the children? An assessment of pediatric-specific pre-deployment training provided by non-governmental organizations operating in disaster zones
(Am J Emerg Med, abstract)
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Diagnosis of Deep Neck Space Abscess: A Case Series
(J Emerg Med, abstract)
Pediatric emergency 2024 updates
(Am J Emerg Med, abstract)
Assessing guideline adherence and child abuse evaluation in infants with fractures: a retrospective quality control study
(Swiss Med Wkly, abstract)