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News
High-flow nasal cannula safe outside of pediatric ICU, but may up length of stay
August 7, 2017
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Children don’t need to be in the PICU for high-flow nasal cannula treatment, at least up to a certain level.
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News
PHM17 session summary: Demonstrating teaching excellence with an educator’s portfolio
August 7, 2017
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Development of a medical educator’s portfolio is a necessary, but daunting, task for clinician educators when they enter the promotion process, an expert panel says.
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News
PHM17 session summary: Kawasaki Disease updates
August 2, 2017
Hospitalists agree that Kawasaki Disease, both classic and incomplete, is being diagnosed more frequently than even a few years ago.
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Video
VIDEO: How to discharge new pediatric diabetes cases in 2 days
July 28, 2017
Can children who present to the hospital with new-onset diabetes be discharged sooner?
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Opinion
Student Hospitalist Scholars: Preventing unplanned PICU transfers
July 25, 2017
SHM Student Hospitalist Scholar Farah Hussain wants to help design interventions to prevent pediatric clinical deterioration and unplanned transfers to the PICU.
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News
Corticosteroid therapy in Kawasaki disease
July 20, 2017
Corticosteroids combined with intravenous immunoglobulin as initial therapy for Kawasaki disease showed a more protective effect against coronary artery abnormalities, compared with conventional IVIG therapy.
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News
Pediatric hospital medicine marches toward subspecialty recognition
July 19, 2017
Although the development process will take more than 2 years, subspecialty board certification is coming for pediatric hospitalists.
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News
Pediatrics Committee’s role amplified with subspecialty’s evolution
July 7, 2017
This month, The Hospitalist spotlights Sandra Gage, MD, PhD, SFHM, associate professor of pediatrics in the section of hospital medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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News
Tipoffs that an infant hospitalized with pertussis may require ICU
June 21, 2017
MADRID – Apnea is a strong predictor.
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News
Everything We Say and Do: Setting discharge goals and visit expectations
June 8, 2017
I always ensure at the end of my visit with a patient and their family that they know when to expect me to return to see their child again.
