1Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON; 2Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; 3Stroke Program, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Pediatric and Clinical Neuroscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; 4Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON; 5Department of Medical Imaging...

background: adolescents admitted to hospital are either surrounded by children or adults. however, age-appropriate facilities are often not provided to meet the needs of adolescents, which should be incorporated in the wards. this study compares the satisfaction level about physical environment of the wards among adolescents who have been admitted to pediatric and adult wards. materials and met...

BACKGROUND Trauma systems reduce mortality and improve functional outcomes. The aim of this study was to analyse the demographic and geospatial characteristics of pediatric trauma patients in Scotland, and determine the level of destination healthcare facility which injured children are taken to, to determine the need for, and general feasibility, of developing a pediatric trauma system for Sco...

1Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, AB; 2Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany; 3Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 4The Israel National Hemophilia Centre, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; 5Centre D’activité D’Hematologie Oncologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D’Amiens, Amiens, France; 6Department of Pediatric Hematolog...

Coralien Di Santo1, Caroline Goumaz2, Annick Galetto3, Florence Hugon3, Alain Gervaix3, Patrick Cohen4 and Nicolas Vuilleumier4,5* Author Affiliations 1Division of General Pediatric, Hospital Nyon, Switzerland 2Medicine faculty Geneva University, 3Division Pediatric Emergency, University Children’s Hospital, 4Division Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostic Department, Hospitals, 5Department internal m...

OBJECTIVES To determine morbidity and mortality from measles and to estimate measles vaccine effectiveness among children hospitalised with measles in two hospitals in Nairobi. DESIGN A review of hospital records (index cards). SETTING Kenyatta National Hospital and Mbagathi District Hospitals covering the years 1996-2000. METHOD A review of index cards for measles morbility and mortality...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine comprehensively the incidence of pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and its contribution to total pediatric mortality, the causes of pediatric OHCA, and the outcome of resuscitation of pediatric OHCA patients. BACKGROUND There is a paucity of complete studies on incidence, causes, and outcomes of pediatric OHCA. METHODS In this prospect...

1Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hos...

1Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; 2Department of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 3Department of Pediatric Hematology, Hacettepe University, Children’s Hospital, Ankara, Turkey; 4Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; and 5Department o...

A few years ago, I was interviewing candidates for a position in our community hospital group. I was telling a resident who was graduating from a highly specialized university program about our range of activities and proudly describing our relationships with community practitioners when she abruptly ended the interview, explaining that she did not want to be what we were; she wanted to be a ho...