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Reliability of the color analog scale: repeatability of scores in traumatic and nontraumatic injuriesBlake Bulloch
Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:465-9. 2009..The objective was to assess in a pediatric emergency department (ED) the reliability of the color analog scale (CAS) for acute pain assessment, overall and between traumatic and nontraumatic pain etiology...
Oral dexamethasone for the treatment of pain in children with acute pharyngitis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialBlake Bulloch
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Ann Emerg Med 41:601-8. 2003..We compare oral dexamethasone with placebo for the relief of pain in children with acute pharyngitis...
Child abuse education: an objective evaluation of resident and attending physician knowledgeMargaret Menoch
Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 27:937-40. 2011..The objective of the study was to evaluate residents' and practicing physicians' medical knowledge of child abuse and maltreatment...
Validation of the Ottawa Knee Rule in children: a multicenter studyBlake Bulloch
Department of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ann Emerg Med 42:48-55. 2003..The secondary objective was to determine post hoc whether use of the rules would reduce the number of knee radiographs ordered...
A randomized trial of a single dose of oral dexamethasone for mild croupCandice L Bjornson
Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta, Canada
N Engl J Med 351:1306-13. 2004..Although the long-term effects of this treatment are not known, our data support the use of dexamethasone in most, if not all, children with croup...
Defining mild, moderate, and severe pain by using the color analogue scale with children presenting to a pediatric emergency departmentTom McConahay
Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:341-4. 2006..This information should be used to properly triage children with painful conditions and to identify appropriate patients for enrollment in analgesic studies...
Utility of portable spirometry in a pediatric emergency department in children with acute exacerbation of asthmaWilliam Vincent Schneider
Emergency Department, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA
J Asthma 48:248-52. 2011..The secondary purpose of this study was to determine if a validated clinical asthma score (CAS) correlates with the spirometry results in children with an acute exacerbation of asthma...
Clinically significant changes in acute pain in a pediatric ED using the Color Analog ScaleTom McConahay
Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA
Am J Emerg Med 25:739-42. 2007..The purpose of this study is to quantify, using the Color Analog Scale (CAS), the degree of change in pain severity required to achieve a clinically significant improvement in pain...
Early analgesia for children with acute abdominal painRobert Green
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Pediatrics 116:978-83. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Our data show that morphine effectively reduces the intensity of pain among children with acute abdominal pain and morphine does not seem to impede the diagnosis of appendicitis...
Using appendicitis scores in the pediatric EDKATHERINE MANDEVILLE
Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA
Am J Emerg Med 29:972-7. 2011..The aims of the study were to prospectively evaluate the Alvarado and Samuel (pediatric appendicitis score [PAS]) appendicitis scoring systems in children and determine performance based on sex...
Prevalence of occult bacteremia in children aged 3 to 36 months presenting to the emergency department with fever in the postpneumococcal conjugate vaccine eraMatthew Wilkinson
Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:220-5. 2009....
Accuracy of a state immunization registry in the pediatric emergency departmentDawn S Stecher
Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:71-4. 2008..The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether either parental recall or a state immunization registry was as accurate as the medical record in determining immunization status in the emergency department (ED)...
Efficacy of racemic albuterol versus levalbuterol used as a continuous nebulization for the treatment of acute asthma exacerbations: a randomized, double-blind, clinical trialMatthew Wilkinson
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dell Children s Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, TX, USA
J Asthma 48:188-93. 2011..To compare racemic albuterol (RAC) with levalbuterol (LEV) in continuous form for the treatment of acute pediatric asthma exacerbations in the emergency department...
Bedside ultrasound in the diagnosis of pediatric clavicle fracturesMing Chien
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 27:1038-41. 2011..The objective of the study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of pediatric emergency physicians in diagnosing clavicle fractures by bedside ultrasound (US)...
Constipation: diagnosis and management in the pediatric emergency departmentBlake Bulloch
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, and the Division of Emergency Medicine, Winnipeg Children's Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Pediatr Emerg Care 18:254-8. 2002
Assessment of clinically significant changes in acute pain in childrenBlake Bulloch
Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Acad Emerg Med 9:199-202. 2002..To quantify, using two pain assessment scales, the amount of change in pain severity required to achieve a clinically significant improvement in pain in children presenting to a pediatric emergency department (ED) with pain...
Validation of 2 pain scales for use in the pediatric emergency departmentBlake Bulloch
Children s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Pediatrics 110:e33. 2002..To determine the construct, content, and convergent validity of 2 self-report pain scales for use in the untrained child in the emergency department (ED)...
Epinephrine auto-injectors: is needle length adequate for delivery of epinephrine intramuscularly?Dawn Stecher
Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, USA
Pediatrics 124:65-70. 2009..The objective of this study was to determine if the needle length on epinephrine auto-injectors is adequate to deliver epinephrine intramuscularly in children...
Changing incidence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus skin abscesses in a pediatric emergency departmentAnthony Pickett
Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix Children s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:831-4. 2009..The secondary objective was to characterize MRSA infections by antibiotic susceptibility during the same period...
Initial oxygen saturation as a predictor of admission in children presenting to the emergency department with acute asthmaLaine Keahey
Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Winnipeg Children's Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ann Emerg Med 40:300-7. 2002..CONCLUSION: This large, clinical multicenter study does not support earlier findings that SaO (2) alone is a clinically useful predictor of hospital admission in children who present to the ED with acute asthma...
Children with bacterial meningitis presenting to the emergency department during the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine eraLise E Nigrovic
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:522-8. 2008..The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in children in the era of widespread heptavalent conjugate pneumococcal vaccination (PCV7) is unknown...
Eighth grade students become proficient at CPR and use of an AED following a condensed training programmeJames Kelley
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Department of Emergency Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Resuscitation 71:229-36. 2006..This is the first study to document the ability of middle school students to learn and retain CCC-CPR and AED skills for adult sudden cardiac arrest victims with such a curriculum...
Diagnostic accuracy of a rapid antigen test for GABHS performed by nurses in a pediatric EDLaine Keahey
Am J Emerg Med 20:128-30. 2002
Practice variation among pediatric emergency departments in the treatment of bronchiolitisAmy C Plint
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L1
Acad Emerg Med 11:353-60. 2004....
Clinical prediction rule for identifying children with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis at very low risk of bacterial meningitisLise E Nigrovic
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
JAMA 297:52-60. 2007....
