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Articles by Lenora M. Olson
Statewide Pediatric Facility Recognition Programs and Their Association with Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Departments in the United States
High-quality emergency care for sick or injured children is expected regardless of where in the US emergency care is delivered. However, a 2006 Institute of Medicine report characterized the state of pediatric emergency care as “uneven.”1x1 ()Emergency care for children: growing pains. National Academy Press, Washington, DC; 2006 Google ScholarSee all References Over the past 2 decades, efforts have been implemented to improve pediatric emergency care.
Not all emergency departments are alike
A medical emergency requires timely, immediate care. With that in mind, the notion that certain conditions require special expertise is not new, nor the concept that outcomes are improved when emergent care is provided in specified centers rather than in the closest available emergency department (ED). The result is the creation of trauma centers, stroke centers, and the like.The same could be said for the ability to render appropriate care to children.
Access to High Pediatric-Readiness Emergency Care in the United States
Publication HistoryPublished online: January 12, 2018Accepted: October 26, 2017; Received in revised form: October 17, 2017; Received: July 28, 2017;
Social Intuition and Social Information in Physical Child Abuse Evaluation and Diagnosis
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Social Intuition and Social Information in Physical Child Abuse Evaluation and Diagnosis
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Critical Elements in the Medical Evaluation of Suspected Child Physical Abuse
BACKGROUND: Previous research has described variability in medical evaluation of suspected abuse. The objective of this study was to identify, through expert consensus, required and highly recommended elements of a child abuse pediatrics (CAP) evaluation for 3 common presentations of suspected physical abuse in children aged 0 to 60 months. METHODS: Twenty-eight CAPs recruited from 2 national organizations formed the expert panel for this modified Delphi Process.
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