Pediatric Priorities

Priorities for pediatric prehospital research.

UNLABELLED Up to 3 million US children are cared for by emergency medical services (EMSs) annually. Limited research exists on pediatric prehospital care. The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) mission is to perform high-quality research for children, including prehospital research. Our objective was to develop a pediatric-specific prehospital research agenda. METHODS ...

Priorities for pediatric injury prevention counseling.

Research priorities in pediatric palliative care: a Delphi study.

BACKGROUND Pediatric palliative care is increasingly recognized to be a specialized type of care requiring specific skills and knowledge, yet, as found in several countries, there is little available research evidence on which to base care. OBJECTIVES The goal of the project was to achieve consensus among palliative care practitioners and researchers regarding the identification of pertinent ...

Rethinking surgical technique and priorities for pediatric tonsillectomy.

The past 100years have witnessed dramatic shifts in the concept of ideal surgical goals and operative technique in tonsil surgery. Surgeons are reviving a technique of intracapsular tonsillectomy with increasing precision thanks to modern technology. With intracapsular tonsillectomy, pediatric patients recover faster, use less pain medication, and have a lower risk of dehydration and hemorrhage...

Parents' priorities and satisfaction with acute pediatric care.

OBJECTIVE To identify parents' priorities and satisfaction in relation to pediatric care to assess nurses' and physicians' ability to provide care and treatment that fulfill parents' needs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS The study took place in the pediatric ward of a regional hospital in Denmark. It included 300 parents of children admitted for acute care, and the data were collected by m...