Julia Lynch, MD, Joe Wathen, MD, Eric Tham, MD, Patrick Mahar, MD, Stephen Berman, MD* Military Infectious Disease Research Program, US Army, Medical Research and Material Command (US Army, MRMC), 504 Scott Street, Fort Detrick, MA 21702, USA Department of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, The Children’s Hospital, 13123 East 16th Avenue, B251, Aurora, CO 80045, USA Departm...

OBJECTIVE To investigate patterns and trends of adolescent (10-19 years) inpatient activity in England by sex, disease category, and admitting speciality. DATA 9 632 844 Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs) from English patients aged 1-19 between 1999/2000 and 2010/2011 (Hospital Episode Statistics data). ANALYSES Age trends by sex and major International Classification of Disease 10 (ICD10)...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this qualitative study was to characterize the adequacy, effectiveness, and barriers related to research mentorship among junior pediatric hospitalists and general pediatricians at a large academic institution. METHODS Junior faculty and staff physicians in hospital medicine and general pediatrics at a large academic institution were invited to participate in this qua...

Yoko Yoshida, MD, Keiichi Hirono, MD, PhD, Kae Nakamura, MD, Tsugutoshi Suzuki, MD, PhD, Yukiko Hata, MD, PhD, Naoki Nishida, MD, PhD From the Department of Pediatric Electrophysiology, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan, and Dep...

1 Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, 2 Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 3 Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 4 Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, P...

From the Division of General and Community Pediatrics (Drs Real, Beck, and Klein), Division of Hospital Medicine (Drs Beck and Klein), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio; and Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (Dr Michelson), Mass The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Address correspondence to Francis J. Real, MD, 3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 2011, C...

Department of pediatric pulmonology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Department of pediatrics, Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of pediatrics, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, the Netherlands; Department of pediatrics, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands; Department of pediatrics, HagaTeaching Hospital/Juliana Chi...

background: interventional cardiology procedures such as coronary angiography (ca) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography (ptca) has been increased recent years. the purpose of this study was to measurement of effective dose to cardiology staffs who operate near the patient and are exposed to non-uniform radiation field due to patient scattered radiation. materials and methods: this...

We measured the rate of inappropriate admissions, and associated factors, in 3 general hospitals in Egypt. A total of 1191 admissions were reviewed using the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol for adult patients and the Pediatric Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol for paediatric patients. Inappropriate admissions were 66.3% and 78.9% of admissions in the surgery departments of 2 hospitals com...

Children with cystic fibrosis are usually admitted to the hospital many times through their lives. This study aims to know the perceptions of these children towards the multiple hospital admissions, as well to identify what they realize about the treatment and the care they get. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The study subjects were seven children who suffer from cysti...