Novel screening intervention to address food insecurity in hospitalized children.

Despite efforts to standardize and optimize screening of hospitalized children for food insecurity, rates of identified food insecurity (4.1%) remained far below the known community rate (18.3%-23.

It's More Complicated Than Interpreter Use: Improving Care for Non-English-Speaking Families.

Mateo is a 2-week-old male who presented for evaluation of neonatal fever and whose parents speak Spanish. Workup revealed pyelonephritis, underlying renal anomalies, and vesicoureteral reflux. A complex interplay of individual and contextual factors contributed to Mateo not receiving prophylactic antibiotics, which ultimately led to a potentially preventable subsequent admission for sepsis secondary to Escherichia coli pyelonephritis with bacteremia.

Disparities and Biases in Food Insecurity Screening Among Admitted Children.

Background And Objectives: Food insecurity (FI) has increasingly become a focus for hospitalized patients. The best methods for screening practices, particularly in hospitalized children, are unknown. The purpose of the study was to evaluate results of an electronic medical record (EMR) embedded, brief screening tool for FI among inpatients.

Clinical guideline highlights for the hospitalist: The use of blended diets in children with enteral feeding tubes.

The Use of Blended Diets in Children With Enteral Feeding Tubes: A Joint Position Paper of the ESPGHAN Committees of Allied Health Professionals and Nutrition RELEASE DATE: January 1, 2023 PRIOR VERSION(S): n/a DEVELOPER: ESPGHAN Committees of Allied Health Professionals and Nutrition FUNDING SOURCE: ESPGHAN Committees of Allied Health Professionals and Nutrition TARGET POPULATION: Pediatricians, Pediatric Hospitalist.