An Online Survey of Practicing Emergency Medicine Clinicians' Pediatric Educational Needs.

Background: Clinicians caring for children in emergency departments have variable pediatric training. This study aimed to identify practicing emergency clinicians' perceptions on pediatric topic prioritization, information seeking behaviors, and preferred learning modalities.

Methods: A survey was iteratively developed by experts in general and pediatric emergency medicine utilizing survey science best practices.

Intravenous Magnesium: Prompt use for Asthma in Children Treated in the Emergency Department (IMPACT-ED), a pilot randomized trial.

Background: Asthma is the most common chronic illness of childhood and a leading cause of hospitalization and health care costs for children. Intravenous magnesium sulfate (IVMg) may help severely ill children avoid hospitalization when added to standard treatment in an emergency department (ED), but this has not been adequately evaluated in a large trial. We conducted a pilot trial to test procedures and gather information to plan a large multicenter trial.

Pediatric mental health emergency department visits from 2017 to 2022: A multicenter study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected children's mental health (MH) and changed patterns of MH emergency department (ED) utilization. Our objective was to assess how pediatric MH ED visits during the COVID-19 pandemic differed from expected prepandemic trends.

Methods: We retrospectively studied MH ED visits by children 5 to <18 years old at nine U.

Pediatric Knowledge Needs Assessment: A Pilot Study.

Objectives: We conducted a pilot knowledge needs assessment survey of providers at a general academic emergency department (ED) within the catchment area of an academic, tertiary care children's hospital.

Methods: We developed a 22-question electronic survey that was validated by combined emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine faculty members at the regional children's hospital. Three reminders were sent to the respondent pool at 2, 4, and 8 weeks after the initial survey.

Research Priorities for Pediatric Emergency Care to Address Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Language.

Importance: Health care disparities are well-documented among children based on race, ethnicity, and language for care. An agenda that outlines research priorities for disparities in pediatric emergency care (PEC) is lacking.

Objective: To investigate research priorities for disparities in PEC among medical personnel, researchers, and health care-affiliated community organizations.

Diversity among research coordinators in a pediatric emergency medicine research collaborative network.

We conducted a survey study of clinical research coordinators (CRCs) at the member institutions of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, to determine the demographic and linguistic characteristics of CRCs around the network, and any perceived impact of those characteristics on their duties. A total of 53/74 CRCs completed the survey. Most respondents identified as "female," "white," and "not Hispanic/Latino.

Cepheid Xpert Xpress Flu/RSV evaluation performed by minimally trained non-laboratory operators in a CLIA-waived environment.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the significance of readily available and easily performed viral testing for surveillance during future infectious pandemics. The objectives of this study were: to assess the performance of the Xpert Xpress Flu and/or RSV test, a multiplex PCR assay for detecting influenza A and B virus and respiratory syncytial virus nucleic acids in respiratory tract specimens, relative to the Quidel Lyra Influenza A+B assay and the Prodesse ProFlu+ assay, and the system's ease of use by minimally trained operators. Overall, the Xpert Xpress Flu/RSV test demonstrated a high positive and negative percent agreement with the comparator assays, and was easy to use and interpret results, based on the operators' feedback.

Fever in children with sickle cell disease: are all fevers equal?

Background: Sepsis is the most common cause of mortality in sickle cell disease (SCD). Empiric antibiotic administration after obtaining blood cultures in febrile children with SCD has been a standard practice parameter.

Objective: Our primary objective was to calculate the rate of bacteremia in febrile pediatric patients with SCD.

Role of urine drug screening in the medical clearance of pediatric psychiatric patients: is there one?

Objectives: Our primary objective was to investigate whether urine drug screen (UDS) results affected the medical management of pediatric psychiatric patients presenting to the pediatric emergency department (ED) for psychiatric evaluation and whether it affected the final disposition of these patients.

Methods: This was a retrospective chart review of patients who presented to an urban pediatric ED in Newark, NJ, with psychiatric or behavior problems for medical clearance before psychiatric evaluation between June 3, 2008, and June 3, 2009. Inclusion criteria were any patient between the ages of 0 to 20 years who presented to the pediatric ED and had a UDS performed.