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Language barriers and resource utilization in a pediatric emergency departmentL C Hampers
Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pediatrics 103:1253-6. 1999..Although an inability to speak English is recognized as an obstacle to health care in the United States, it is unclear how clinicians alter their diagnostic approach when confronted with a language barrier (LB)...
Fast track and the pediatric emergency department: resource utilization and patients outcomesL C Hampers
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA
Acad Emerg Med 6:1153-9. 1999..To examine differences in the evaluation, management, and outcomes for patients seen in an on-site "fast track" (FT) vs the main ED...
Setting-based practice variation in the management of simple febrile seizureL C Hampers
Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Acad Emerg Med 7:21-7. 2000..To identify provider-based differences in the ED assessment and management of children presenting with uncomplicated, first-time febrile seizures...
Children with first-time simple febrile seizures are at low risk of serious bacterial illnessJ L Trainor
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Acad Emerg Med 8:781-7. 2001..To describe the rates of serious bacterial illness (SBI) in children presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with first-time uncomplicated febrile seizures...
Primary care and emergency department decision makingJ E McNulty
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children s Memorial Hospital, Campus Box 62, 2300 Children s Plaza, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 155:1266-70. 2001..To determine the effect of primary care status on decision making in the pediatric emergency department (ED)...
