Evaluating the poisoning cases in Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department

2017 ◽  
pp. 57-67
Author(s):  
Caner Araz ◽  
Mustafa Özgür Toklucu ◽  
Mehmet Nizamoğlu ◽  
Emin Pala ◽  
Hüsniye İşcan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Pediatric Emergency ◽  
Pediatric Emergency Department ◽  
Research Hospital ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
Hospital Pediatric

The Waiting Room Assessment to Virtual Emergency Department pathway: Initiating video-based telemedicine in the pediatric emergency department

2021 ◽  
pp. 1357633X2110440
Author(s):  
Esli Osmanlliu ◽  
Isabelle Gagnon ◽  
Saskia Weber ◽  
Chi Quan Bach ◽  
Jennifer Turnbull ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Care Pathway ◽  
Clinical Pathways ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Pediatric Emergency ◽  
Pediatric Emergency Department ◽  
Pilot Phase ◽  
Waiting Room ◽  
Hospital Pediatric

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented pediatric emergency departments with unique challenges, resulting in a heightened demand for adapted clinical pathways. In response to this need, the Montreal Children's Hospital pediatric emergency department introduced the WAVE (Waiting Room Assessment to Virtual Emergency Department) pathway, a video-based telemedicine pathway for selected non-critical patients, aiming to reduce safety issues related to emergency department overcrowding, while providing timely care to all children presenting and registering at our emergency department. The objective of the WAVE pilot phase was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of telemedicine in our pediatric emergency department, which was previously unfamiliar with this mode of care delivery. During the six-week, three-evening per week deployment, we conducted 18 five-hour telemedicine shifts. In total, 27 patients participated in the WAVE pathway. Results from this pilot phase met four of five a priori feasibility and acceptability criteria. Overall, participating families were satisfied with this novel care pathway and reported no disruptive technological barriers.

scholarly journals Decreasing the Time to Oral Antibiotics in a University Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 272-275
Author(s):  
R. Zachary Thompson ◽  
Brian Gardner ◽  
Thomas Carter ◽  
Aric Schadler ◽  
Joye Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Medication Administration ◽  
Pediatric Emergency ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Pediatric Emergency Department ◽  
Oral Antibiotics ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Hospital Pediatric

OBJECTIVES To compare time to administration of oral antibiotics in the pediatric emergency department (ED) when antibiotics are stored in the pediatric ED versus when they were dispensed by central pharmacy services within an academic medical center. METHODS This was a retrospective review of patients who received a one-time dose of oral antibiotics within the pediatric ED and were subsequently discharged home. Two 3-month time periods were compared to determine the metrics of providing oral antibiotics before and after these medications were stocked in the pediatric ED automated dispensing cabinet (ADC). The primary outcome was to compare the time to administration. Secondary outcomes were to assess wastage of stocked medications and time to ED discharge. RESULTS In the ADC time period (n = 74), the median time to administration was 17.5 minutes versus 57 minutes in the central pharmacy time period (n = 34) (p < 0.001). The ED length of stay during the ADC time period was 188.5 minutes versus 228.5 minutes (p = 0.094). 35.4% of doses from the ADC expired resulting in a wholesale acquisition cost of $53.14 wasted. CONCLUSION Stocking commonly used oral antibiotics in the pediatric ED led to a significant decrease in the time to medication administration. This decreased time to administration has the potential to lead to improved patient and nursing satisfaction. Routine surveillance is needed after implementation to ensure compliance and to minimize wastage.

THE CURRENT PREVALENCE OF GONOCOCCAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-377
Author(s):  
Lawrence F. Nazarian
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Young Child ◽  
Pediatric Emergency ◽  
Sexual Contact ◽  
Memorial Hospital ◽  
Pediatric Emergency Department ◽  
Young Girls ◽  
Current Prevalence ◽  
Hospital Pediatric ◽  
Genitourinary Infection

In one 6-month period, nine children, ages 11 months through 14 years, presented with gonococcal infections to the Strong Memorial Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department. These patients included young girls with vaginitis whose mothers had gonorrhea and a 10-year-old boy whose sexual contact was a 9-year-old girl. Gonorrhea in children is increasing and takes the form of conjunctivitis, arthritis, or genitourinary infection. The infection seems to be transmitted most often by contamination in the infant, involuntary sexual contact in the young child, and voluntary sexual contact in the older but not necessarily pubescent child. The physician treating children must be aware of the prevalence and characteristics of this type of infection and should use his influence in a preventive manner as well.

The Dynamics of Patient Visits to a Public Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department

2020 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Seabra Almeida ◽  
Margarida Sousa ◽  
Inês Mascarenhas ◽  
Ana Russo ◽  
Manuel Barrento ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Pediatric Emergency ◽  
Pediatric Emergency Department ◽  
Hospital Pediatric
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