Tag: Kids: Misc.
Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits With Prolonged LOS Up During 2021
Pediatric mental health visits with length of stay >12 and >24 hours accounted for 20.9 and 7.3 percent of all visits
Factors Linked to Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Revisits Identified
Psychiatric comorbidities, chemical restraint use, public insurance tied to emergency revisits; substance use disorders associated with lower likelihood of revisits
Atopic Dermatitis Raises Subsequent Fracture Risk in Children
Findings show dose-response relationship, with higher risk tied to more severe atopic dermatitis
Children’s Firearm Injuries Up During the Pandemic
Significant increases seen among children who are Black, very young, and with public insurance
Child Homicides Up Across Several Subpopulations
Children ≤10 years often victims perpetrated by parents/caregivers, while children ≥11 years more often perpetrated by friends/acquaintances
Black Race, Male Sex Tied to Use of Pharmacological Restraint in Pediatric Emergency Visits
No significant association observed between average annual emergency department volume and restraint use
In Face of Tripledemic, CVS and Walgreens Limit Purchases of Pediatric Pain Meds
Medication limits are meant to 'ensure equitable access,' according to a CVS statement
Coinfection With Flu, SARS-CoV-2 Described in Children
SARS-CoV-2 coinfection occurred in 6 percent of pediatric influenza-associated hospitalizations
New Surveillance Case Definition Developed for MIS-C
Four changes included in new case definition, including no required duration of subjective or measured fever
Not All Pediatric Cases of Type 2 Diabetes Have Obesity
Prevalence of obesity with type 2 diabetes highest in White children and lowest in Asian children
