We conducted a retrospective, observational, population-based study to investigate the effect of staphylococcal infections on the hospitalization of children in California during 1985-2009. Hospitalized children with staphylococcal infections were identified through the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development discharge database. Infections were categorized as community on...

The nature of inpatient pediatrics is changing. Over the past decade, several factors have converged to influence the kinds of children currently being hospitalized. There has been a shift in the relative proportion of otherwise healthy children with acute illnesses being hospitalized to children with increasing medical complexity. This article focuses on hospitalist care of medically complex c...

We aimed to determine the clinical manifestations of tramadol intoxication in children and to find its potential poor prognostic factors. In a retrospective study, from 1363 cases of admitted pediatric poisoning, all tramadol-exposed hospitalized patients younger than 12 years were included in the study. They were hospitalized between March 2010 and April 2012 to the only referral hospital for ...

OBJECTIVE Hospitalized children experience significant pain despite improvement efforts. This study was undertaken to better understand the epidemiology of acute pain in hospitalized children and the extent to which existing measures reveal targets for improving pain management. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was used to audit pain assessment, intensity, prevalence, source, and treatment ho...