Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A few months ago, a sensational letter came out in JAMA Pediatrics. To the editor: Subpart D of 45 Code of Federal Regulations Section §46.404 states that research involving children should not entail greater than minimal risk, meaning that harm or discomfort should be no greater than those encountered in everyday life.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

In this episode we dive into the resurgence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae an atypical bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia thats making waves in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care. For PEMCurrents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, this has been Brad Sobolewski. Plus, well discuss whether M.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 1, 2024

2024 Date: May 29, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Caleb Ward is a pediatric emergency medicine attending and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Children’s National Hospital and The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, DC. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Do you think he injured his neck?”

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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 23, 2024

In the research setting, abnormalities can be found via functional, blood flow, or metabolic imaging. The post Return to Learn / Return to Sport after Concussion appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. It does NOT have structural brain damage visible on standard neuroimaging. Br J Sports Med. 2023 Jun;57(11):695-711. PMID: 37316210.

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ALiEM

JUNE 10, 2024

Similarly, the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) has developed robust tools for assessing blunt head trauma in children. However, until now, there has been a gap in guidance for clinicians managing pediatric patients at risk for cervical spine injuries. Case Scenario: What would you do?

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A few months ago, a sensational letter came out in JAMA Pediatrics. To the editor: Subpart D of 45 Code of Federal Regulations Section §46.404 states that research involving children should not entail greater than minimal risk, meaning that harm or discomfort should be no greater than those encountered in everyday life.

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EMDocs

MARCH 1, 2025

Source Performance of individual criteria of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) intraabdominal injury prediction rule. Acad Emerg Med. 2025 Jan 13. doi: 10.1111/acem.15084. Epub ahead of print.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 20, 2024

JAMA Pediatr. JAMA Pediatr. Aug 2023 Date: October 30, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Ellie Hill is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Systematic Review of CT Angiography in Guiding Management in Pediatric Oropharyngeal Trauma. March 2023 Date: January 30, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Alexandra (Ali) Espinel is an Associate professor of pediatrics and otolaryngology at Children’s National Hospital and George Washington University. Laryngoscope. Reference: Curry SD, et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Ultrasonography or radiography for suspected pediatric distal forearm fractures. Ultrasonography or radiography for suspected pediatric distal forearm fractures. Background: We have covered pediatric wrist fractures a few times on the SGEM. Ultrasonography or radiography for suspected pediatric distal forearm fractures.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

What can be gleaned from the study are the outcomes from antibiotic treatment of pediatric appendicitis in children: 66% of children with acute, noncomplicated appendicitis were successfully treated with antibiotics alone. How the clinically important margins are established should be explained in detail in a research article.

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The Trauma Pro

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A pediatric multi-center study of study on adherence to activity restrictions was published last year. Ten Level I pediatric trauma centers in the US tabulated their experience with solid organ injuries over 3.75 They bide their time waiting for new, published research that they can lean on for their changes. Until now.

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American Medical Compliance

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Benefits of CGM Training in Diabetes Management Below, we explore the many benefits of CGM training and how it addresses common challenges in adoption: Improved Patient Outcomes Research shows that CGM users experience fewer episodes of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, leading to better overall glycemic control.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 30, 2023

A Quality Improvement initiative to decrease chest x-ray utilization for asthma and bronchiolitis in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatrics July 2020; 146 (1_MeetingAbstract): 206–209. Frontiers in pediatrics , 9 , 722480. JAMA Pediatr. JAMA Pediatr. Pediatrics. Pediatr Emerg Care. Pediatrics.

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EMDocs

JULY 9, 2024

The emDOCs.net team is very happy to collaborate with PECARN STELAR (Seattle, Dallas/Texas, and Los Angeles) Node and the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) in presenting high-yield pediatric topics that highlight evidence based medicine with solid research. Acad Pediatr.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 15, 2024

We force students to do fake research. This is almost exclusively low value, irreproducible, unhelpful research. There is an illness in medical schools — the idea that everyone, no matter how disinterested, should do a useless research project. Universities make this happen. Universities make this happen. We need grades.

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PulmCCM

APRIL 14, 2025

But not completely prohibited: CMS has the authority to grant exceptions to SEP-1 reporting for the purposes of research. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has consistently opposed SEP-1 since at least 2016.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 26, 2019

IN Fentanyl for Pediatric Pain Management first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. JAMA Pediatrics December 2018 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Samina Ali is a pediatric emergency physician, clinician-scientist, and Professor of Pediatrics & Emergency Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 10, 2025

Often, the role and responsibilities are added to the ED medical director job description, though other specialists including family practitioners, obstetricians and gynecologists, and pediatrics may serve as medical directors. For pediatric programs, it is preferred that the medical director be trained as a child abuse pediatrician.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Disparities in the emergency department management of pediatric migraine by race, ethnicity, and language preference. She is the cofounder of FOAMcast and is a pulmonary embolism […] The post SGEM#378: Keepin’ It REaL when Treating Pediatric Migraine Patients first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 2, 2022

Take-Pause: Efficacy of mindfulness-based virtual reality as an intervention in the pediatric emergency department. She is the cofounder of FOAMcast and is a pulmonary embolism […] The post SGEM#363: View Master – Virtual Reality Immersion Tool to Reduce Pediatric Anxiety first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The emDOCs.net team is very happy to collaborate with PECARN STELAR (Seattle, Dallas/Texas, and Los Angeles) Node and the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) in presenting high-yield pediatric topics that highlight evidence based medicine with solid research.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Single-dose dexamethasone is not inferior to 2 doses in mild to moderate pediatric asthma exacerbations in the emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Harrison Hayward is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow at Children’s National Hospital. Pediatr Emerg Care. Pediatr Emerg Care.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Is propofol a friend or a foe of the pediatric intensivist? Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. British journal of anaesthesia. 2019;122(4):448-59. Koriyama H, Duff JP, Guerra GG, Chan AW. The Lancet.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MAY 12, 2023

The post Closed Head Injury – PECARN for < 3 Months: Rebaked Morsel appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study. 2009 Oct 3;374(9696):1160-70. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61558-0. Epub 2009 Sep 14.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

2 Lipid emulsion has been considered due to the lipophilic nature of atypical antipsychotics; however, studies are limited on this topic, and this is an area that could benefit from further research. Low-dose lipid emulsion for pediatric vasoplegic shock due to quetiapine and fluvoxamine overdose: a case report. Hum Exp Toxicol.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 31, 2023

The patients were identified through site leads from the PERUKI research network. Because of the retrospective nature of the study, if data had not been recorded in the ED notes, it was not available to researchers. D., & Paediatric Emergency Research United Kingdom and Ireland (PERUKI) (2023). Which patients were involved?

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ACEP Now

APRIL 8, 2025

Provide a mechanism for international collaborative research. According to the IFEM website (www.ifem.cc), its charter has the following goals: Exchange information on topics of international interest. Provide a mechanism for international elective opportunities for trainees in emergency medicine programs.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 28, 2023

Arguably, more robust research is neither feasible nor ethical to conduct in such a rare and time-critical emergency. Given that the study is now nearly 20 years old, newer research is needed to further back up current guidelines. Pediatr Surg Int. Pediatric mediastinal lymphoma. Pediatric mediastinal masses.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Interpreting Research Outcomes with a Little Bathroom Humour You have learned a method for how to read a research paper , and now you are faced with a bunch of outcomes. The researchers should have specified a clear research question or aim. Ultrasonography or radiography for suspected pediatric distal forearm fractures.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 8, 2024

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. The researchers compared children diagnosed via screening with those diagnosed after clinical symptoms appeared. Pediatr Nephrol. Eur J Pediatr.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

2: Human, Take this Patient to the Cath Lab – AI and STEMI Detection Spoon Feed These researchers developed and trained a deep ensemble artificial intelligence (AI) model to classify ECGs as STEMI versus non-STEMI. Pediatrics. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Aug;84(2):226-227. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.03.007. 2024.03.007. PMID: 39032988. #2:

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EMDocs

JULY 1, 2023

Upon further research in the 1970’s, retrospective data from autopsies of those patients showed coronary aneurysms 5 Pathophysiology: Kawasaki Disease is a vasculitis of medium sized arteries. BMC Pediatrics. Rosh Review Website Link FOAMed: [link] [link] [link] References: Noorani, M., Lakhani, N. 2018;18(334). link] McCrindle, B.,

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

She is an Assistant Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the NYU Grossman Long Island Hospital Campus. She is an Assistant Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the NYU Grossman Long Island Hospital Campus. This is the last show for Season#11.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 19, 2023

1: SCOUT RCT | 5 or 10-day Treatment for Pediatric UTI? JAMA Pediatr. The treatment threshold for which fibrinolytics should be added to standard anticoagulation in hemodynamically stable patients at risk for decompensation has been a focus of PE research for the last decade. 2023 Jun 26:e231979. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.1979.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

7 This has also been observed in a pediatric patient population. Rockville: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Pediatrics. Conducting research regarding best practices for improving health outcomes for NELP patients. Pediatric Emergency Care. Pediatric Emergency Care. BMC Health Services Research.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

” Previous research recognises that long waiting times increase the number of patients who leave the ED before medical review, though much of this is based on the adult population. They also likely align with research by Simpson et al., Pediatr Emerg Care. These patients may be classified as “Did Not Wait” (DNW).

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