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Abstract Number: 181
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: In utero opioid exposure can result in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). NAS incidence has increased five-fold in the last decade. NAS is a serious condition characterized by central nervous system hyperirritability and autonomic nervous system and gastrointestinal tract dysfunction. Newborns with NAS may have several potential complications, may require pharmacological management, have increased hospital […]
Abstract Number: 181
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Patient portals are a digital health technology that help caregivers engage with their child’s healthcare. Unfortunately, significant disparities in portal use exist, with caregivers who speak languages other than English (LOE) having lower usage rates compared with their English-speaking counterparts. No pediatric study has sought to understand why and how LOE caregivers use patient […]
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: 188
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Discharge education is a key component of safe transition from inpatient to outpatient care in the pediatric population. Project IMPACT (Improving Pediatric Patient-Centered Care Transitions) is a multi-site quality improvement project developed to improve care transitions for pediatric patients using a transition bundle. One bundle element focuses on thorough discharge education (DE) and the […]
Abstract Number: 189
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Pediatric venous thromboembolism (VTE), although less common than in adults, is increasingly recognized as a significant and preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. There are no universal pediatric VTE guidelines, although the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) limits prophylaxis recommendations to a limited set of risk factors. Multiple centers have published institutional guidelines […]
Abstract Number: 190
SHM Converge 2023
Background: As of March 30, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration now recommends follow up thyroid function testing (TFT) for children less than 4 years of age who have received IV iodinated contrast for imaging or procedures within 3 weeks of receiving contrast dye due to recent studies reporting subsequent thyroid dysfunction and the potential […]
Abstract Number: 194
SHM Converge 2023
Background: At the onset of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, asthma exacerbations reportedly decreased overall, raising the question if in contrast to other viruses, SARS-CoV-2 infection does not induce asthma exacerbations1,2. Like other viruses including endemic coronaviruses, there is theoretical risk of developing bronchospasm in response to viral infection with SARS-CoV-2 for patients with a […]
Abstract Number: 195
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Each year, 14 million Americans are diagnosed with HPV and 33,700 Americans are diagnosed with a cancer caused by HPV. The HPV vaccination can prevent 92% of these cancers. In 2018 only 42.74% of adolescents in Wisconsin ages 13-18 had completed the HPV series and only 56.47% had received the first dose. Hospitalization represents […]
Abstract Number: 198
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: The 2011 the updated IDSA guideline on Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in children recommends a blood culture in children with moderate to severe bacterial CAP requiring hospitalization. This recommendation was included in the Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH) Clinical Standard Work (CSW) CAP pathway, for several reasons: (1) blood culture results would drive treatment decisions, […]
Abstract Number: 198
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Family-centered rounds on our pediatric hospital medicine teaching service, which cares for patients in multiple units throughout the hospital, are often prolonged with unpredictable progression. This contributes to inconsistent nursing participation, inefficiencies in patient care, and variable end times. Through the implementation of scheduled-based rounding, our aims were to: 1) start 90% of rounds […]