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Tracheal intubation practice and maintaining skill competency: survey of pediatric emergency department medical directorsJoseph D Losek
Pediatric Department, Medical University of South Carolina, SC 29425, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:294-9. 2008..The purpose of this survey study was to determine the practice of TI in pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) and the methods used by PED medical directors to maintain TI competency among PED physicians...- Blunt laryngeal trauma in children: case report and review of initial airway managementJoseph D Losek
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:370-3. 2008..In this case, the appearance of the laryngeal laceration was similar to the glottis, highlighting the importance of developing airway management guidelines for blunt laryngeal injuries in children... - Atopic dermatitis and treatment with topical immunomodulatorsJoseph D Losek
Pediatric Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Children's Hospital, Charleston, SC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 20:852-4; quiz 855-7. 2004 - Effects of initial pain treatment on sedation recovery time in pediatric emergency careJoseph D Losek
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina Children s Hospital, Charleston, SC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 22:100-3. 2006..The purpose of this study is to compare the sedation recovery times of children receiving ketamine/midazolam (K/M) versus K/M and initial pain treatment (morphine or meperidine) in pediatric emergency care... - Survey of academic pediatric emergency departments regarding use of evaluation and management codesJoseph D Losek
Division of Pediatric Emergency Critical Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 21:578-81. 2005.... - Age limits and transition of health care in pediatric emergency medicineJoseph V Dobson
Emergency Critical Care Division, Pediatric Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:294-7. 2007..To describe the practice reported by pediatric emergency department (PED) medical directors regarding age limits and transition of health care in their emergency departments and institutions... - Enema-reduced intussusception management: is hospitalization necessary?Kathryn Herwig
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:74-7. 2009..To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of hospitalized children with enema-reduced intussusception and to determine the necessity of hospitalization... - Pediatric emergency medicine fellowship research curriculum: a survey of fellowship directorsM Olivia Titus
Emergency Critical Care Division, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:550-4. 2009..To determine how pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) fellowship directors organize research training and to identify factors believed to be associated with successful research training... - Gastrostomy tube-related complaints in the pediatric emergency department: identifying opportunities for improvementHeather Saavedra
Pediatric Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:728-32. 2009..To describe the pediatric emergency medicine management of patients who present with gastrostomy tube (G-tube)-related complaints and identify opportunities for improving care and preventing G-tube complications... - Anaphylaxis management in the pediatric emergency department: opportunities for improvementScott Russell
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:71-6. 2010..To determine the rate, immediate treatment, and outpatient management for anaphylaxis in patients receiving care in a pediatric emergency department (ED)... - Delayed repeat enema in the management of intussusceptionAdner Pazo
Medicine Department, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Rutledge Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:640-5. 2010..To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of children with intussusception and failed initial air enema reduction who were managed by delayed repeat enema attempts and identify predictors associated with successful reduction... - Central venous access via external jugular vein in childrenFred W Tecklenburg
Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, MUSC Children s Hospital, 135 Rutledge Ave, PO Box 250566, Charleston, SC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:554-7. 2010..To determine the success rate and complications of using the external jugular (EJ) vein for central venous access in pediatric patients... - Nasal foreign body removal in childrenJames R Kiger
Pediatric Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:785-92; quiz 790-2. 2008..Magnets and button batteries require emergent removal as they carry the risk of septal perforation or necrosis, which may develop within a relatively short time... - Alignment of cricoid cartilage and esophagus and its potential influence on the effectiveness of Sellick maneuver in childrenKurtis Dotson
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:722-5. 2010.... - Temporal artery thermometry utilization in pediatric emergency careM Olivia Titus
Pediatric and Epidemiology Department, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 48:190-3. 2009..To determine the effectiveness of temporal artery thermometry (TAT) as an alternative for temperature assessment of children 1 to 4 years of age in the pediatric emergency department... - Ocular foreign bodies in childrenJana E Upshaw
Pediatric Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:409-14; quiz 415-7. 2008..We review a systemic approach to both the identification and management of foreign bodies in the eye... - Dacryocystitis: Diagnosis and initial management in pediatric emergency medicineJames Kiger
Pediatric Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:667-9. 2009..The pathophysiology, associated anatomical abnormalities, differential diagnosis, complications, and management of dacryocystoceles are reviewed... - Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in children: diagnosis and treatmentBenjamin F Jackson
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 27:874-80; quiz 881-3. 2011..Long-term follow-up should involve pediatric neurology and ophthalmology and, whenever indicated, rehabilitational therapy as well... - Myasthenia gravis: myasthenia vs. cholinergic crisisKelly A Hetherington
Pediatric Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 21:546-8; quiz 549-51. 2005..Due to the unpredictable development of respiratory failure, hospitalization is recommended for most patients with exacerbations or complications of myasthenia gravis... - Pediatric trauma and initial stabilizationRebecca R Reamy
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J S C Med Assoc 100:317-21. 2004 - Acute liver failure in childrenJoel B Cochran
Pediatric Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:129-35. 2007..To review the incidence, etiologies, pathophysiology, and treatment of acute liver failure (ALF) in children. Emphasis will be placed on the initial management of the multiple organ system involvement of ALF... - Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage and pediatric emergency careJeffrey Peterson
Children's Hospitals and Clinics--St. Paul, St. Paul, MN 55102, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 43:445-8. 2004..Surgical management is recommended for children who have signs of bleeding, while observation appears to be appropriate for children who have no signs of bleeding... - Acetaminophen dose accuracy and pediatric emergency careJoseph D Losek
Children s Hospitals and Clinics St Paul, Emergency Department, 345 North Smith Avenue, St Paul, MN 55102, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 20:285-8. 2004..To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of children who receive acetaminophen per emergency department standing orders and identify factors associated with supratherapeutic doses (>or=16 mg/kg)... - Hypoglycemia complicating dehydration in children with acute gastroenteritisSamuel R Reid
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospitals and Clinics, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
J Emerg Med 29:141-5. 2005..6, SD +/- 1.8), 95% CI 0.13 to 1.88. Hypoglycemia may complicate dehydration due to acute gastroenteritis in young children. Clinicians should examine the serum glucose concentration in these children... - Office preparedness for pediatric emergenciesJoseph D Losek
J S C Med Assoc 100:337-41. 2004 - Imaging before appendectomySamuel R Reid
Pediatrics 112:1461-2; author reply 1461-2. 2003 - Pediatric pericardial tamponade presenting as altered mental statusDonna Milner
Emergency Department, Children's Hospitals and Clinics, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 19:35-7. 2003..Hypotension was not responsive to intravenous volume expansion treatment. Diagnostic delays would have been prevented if focused cardiac ultrasound had been included in the resuscitative care of shock...