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Pediatric Resuscitation: AHA PALS Updates

Pediatric Resuscitation: AHA PALS Updates

by Sheena Nandalal | May 26, 2022 | Airway, cardiac arrest, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Pediatrics

Pediatric cardiac arrests are rare occurrences in Canada Due to the infrequency, pediatric cardiac arrest and resuscitation are challenging areas to study so the data we have is limited in scope and quality. This is an area for future research and improvement...
Managing Pediatric GERD in the ED

Managing Pediatric GERD in the ED

by Ceilidh Kinlin, Elyssia Adamo | Mar 17, 2022 | cheo, emergency, Featured, Gastroenterology, Pediatric Care, Pediatrics

We’re back this week with some new pediatric content — Managing Pediatric GERD! Check out our recent peds post on managing pediatric agitation here. Reflux disease is often considered as a common etiology for infants presenting with vomiting and perceived...
Managing the Pediatric Patient with Acute Agitation in the ED

Managing the Pediatric Patient with Acute Agitation in the ED

by Michael Schlegelmilch, Sam Wilson | Mar 10, 2022 | Featured, Pediatrics, psychiatry, Resuscitation

Pediatric mental health complaints are common presentations to the emergency department. Many providers are comfortable managing symptoms of depression, anxiety, suicidality. But what about pediatric patients with severe agitation and aggression? Between 6 and 10% of...
Airway Checklists in the ED

Airway Checklists in the ED

by Nick Schouela, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Apr 25, 2019 | Airway, Grand Round Summaries, Quality Improvement, Resuscitation

A checklist is a physical, cognitive aid that lists essential actions required for a task to compensate for limitations in human memory. While checklists have been around forever, the concept of checklists in medicine is much newer. Medical checklists have been...
Accuracy of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE head injury decision rules in children: a prospective cohort study

Accuracy of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE head injury decision rules in children: a prospective cohort study

by Hans Rosenberg | Jul 9, 2018 | Journal Club, Pediatrics, Trauma

Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 4/5 Babl FE, et al. Lancet. 2017 Jun 17;389(10087):2393-2402. Question and Methods: This prospective observational study sought to externally validate and subsequently compare the relative performance of the PECARN, CATCH,...
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