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Abstract Number: 178
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Pediatric (ped) short stay admissions of
Abstract Number: 179
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Healthcare delivery has become more expensive, with a portion of the elevated cost due to increased utilization of laboratory studies. The Choosing Wisely campaign is an initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation focused on preventing wasteful care. Accordingly, the Critical Care Societies Collaborative developed an evidence-based list describing overutilization practices. This […]
Abstract Number: 182
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Children with sleep apnea are at increased risk for adverse respiratory events following surgical procedures involving the airway such as tonsillectomy. Risk following sedation for non-invasive procedures is unclear. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors for overnight desaturation events (ODE) in patients with sleep apnea admitted after sedated magnetic resonance […]
Abstract Number: 269
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Decreasing Use of Continuous Pulse Oximetry in Pediatric Inpatients Lavanya G. Shankar, MD, Lurie Children’s at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. Abstract Text: Background: Pediatric inpatients with simple respiratory diagnoses and hypoxia do not have clear guidelines on when Continuous Pulse Oximetry (CPO) may be discontinued after initially being placed. As a result, patients who have been […]
Abstract Number: 316
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: There is increasing recognition that high quality transitions of care are essential to ensuring patient safety. While no universal standard has been identified, using available literature and data from provider surveys, Project Impact identified key elements for acute care discharge education. However, no studies have focused on the parent perspective. Objective: To determine parental […]