Many causes of chest pain in children are benign and self-limited. Nonetheless, serious and
life-threatening etiologies exist, and the challenge to the practitioner is to be able to identify …

OBJECTIVE. To determine the proportion of children evaluated in an emergency department
because of crying who have a serious underlying etiology. Secondary outcomes included …

OBJECTIVE. The goal was to determine, in children with myocarditis, the frequency of
various presenting symptoms and the sensitivity of clinical and laboratory investigations …

Objective To determine the proportion of children diagnosed with constipation assigned a
significant alternative diagnosis within 7 days (misdiagnosis), if there is an association …

Importance The prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI), bacteremia, and bacterial
meningitis in febrile infants with SARS-CoV-2 is largely unknown. Knowledge of the …

Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine whether intravenous fluid administration is
independently associated with a reduction in unscheduled emergency department (ED) …

Implementation of high reliability principles in healthcare delivery is recognized as an
effective strategy for reducing harm to patients and healthcare workers. 1, 2, 3 With the …

Quality improvement (QI) is a science that is built upon testing small changes and quickly
learning from the results observed. Changes in normal operations, either as a deliberate …

Introduction Children and youth with mental health and addiction crises are a vulnerable
patient group that often are brought to the hospital for emergency department care. We …

Objectives: Limited knowledge exists surrounding the pharmacologic management of
pediatric constipation in the emergency department (ED) setting and the success of …