Ewing’s sarcoma of the bone: ESMO Clinical Recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up M. Paulussen, S. Bielack, H. Jürgens & L. Jost On behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Working Group* Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, University Children’s Hospital Basel (UKBB), Basel, Switzerland; Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hemaology, Olgahospital, Stuttgart, Germany; Department o...

Publishing manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, such as Hospital Pediatrics, is critical for both the academic development of practitioners in pediatric hospital medicine and the scientific advancement of our field. Understanding the purpose of scientific writing and developing a structured approach to the writing process is essential. Doing so will improve the clarity of your work and likely...

OBJECTIVES This report presents data on the availability of pediatric services, expertise, and supplies for treating pediatric emergencies in U.S. hospitals. METHODS Data in this report are from the Emergency Pediatric Services and Equipment Supplement (EPSES), a self-administered questionnaire added to the 2006 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). NHAMCS samples nonfede...

From the Pediatric Palliative Care Program, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (B.P.H., A.M.B.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology–Oncology (B.P.H., A.M.B.), and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Neoplastic Diseases and Related Disorders (D.W.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; the Department of Pediatric Hematology– Oncology, Pediatric Palliat...

OBJECTIVE Pediatric surgical procedures are being performed in a variety of hospitals with large differences in surgical volume. We examined the frequency and variety of inpatient pediatric surgical procedures in the United States by hospital type and geographic region using a nationally representative sample. METHODS The 2009 Kids' Inpatient Database for patients <18 years old was used to ca...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently issued an extensive Clinical Report: Probiotics and Prebiotics in Pediatrics authored by Dan W. Thomas, MD, Frank R. Greer, MD, and the Committee on Nutrition and the Section on Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. Medscape asked Dr. Thomas, a pediatric gastroenterologist with Children's Hospital Los Angeles, to discuss the implications ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the additional cost attributable to nosocomial infection (NI) in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and related factors. METHODS A prospective cohort study was conducted in all children admitted to the PICU of a tertiary-care pediatric hospital between 2008 and 2009. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were conducted of total direct costs due to PICU stay and medical ...

Pediatric Inpatients Suchitra Rao, MB, BS; Joshua Williams, MD; Maureen Cunningham, MD; Donna Curtis, MD, MPH; Dayanand Bagdure, MD; Mary Glode, MD, FIDSA; Samuel R. Dominguez, MD, PhD; Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Colorado De...

The prevalence of children with medical complexity (CMC) has increased in recent decades. This increase is attributable, in part, to advances in medical care that improved survival of children with chronic, congenital, or critical illnesses. These children account for a disproportionate amount of inpatient utilization. Among 6.9 million pediatric discharges in 2006, just 10.1% of pediatric admi...

OBJECTIVE Seattle-King County (SKC) Washington is at risk for regional disasters, especially earthquakes. Of 1.8 million residents, >400,000 (22%) are children, a proportion similar to that of the population of the State of Washington (24%) and of the United States (24%). The county's large area of 2,134 square miles (5,527 km2) is connected through major transportation routes that cross numero...