Did you know approx. 1.8M US children experience an asthma exacerbation each year? In this #HospitalPediatrics 📰, authors characterize the prescribing trends & clinical outcomes related to azithromycin among children hospitalized for critical asthma: bit.ly/3WH4Vde

Asthma is a common, potentially serious chronic condition that disproportionately afflicts Black children. This #HospitalPediatrics 📰 provides evidence on racial disparities in asthma hospitalizations & ED visits among Medicaid-enrolled children: bit.ly/3UAMMLi

“It is imperative for hospital systems to destigmatize the discussion around litigation and create a culture of safety by introducing discussions about it in larger settings.” Learn more in this #HospitalPediatrics Perspectives: bit.ly/44Jrj7E

As the literature on inpatient screening implementation continues to grow, and to understand the impact of unmet social needs on hospitalized children, authors of this #HospitalPediatrics 📰 used QI methods to implement standardized social needs screening: bit.ly/3yhLgqf

This #HospitalPediatrics study explores physician attitudes about anti-reflux procedures and determines if there are relationships to clinical practice and personal characteristics: bit.ly/3yfC0Tx

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The goal of this #HospitalPediatrics study was to assess associations of perioperative health interventions with perioperative outcomes in children with chronic neuromuscular conditions: bit.ly/44C7zmm

“Protecting all infants from RSV infection with a highly effective drug is ground-breaking, but caution should be taken to further investigate how nirsevimab will affect the pediatric population.” Learn more in this Perspectives: bit.ly/3WB2toy #HospitalPediatrics

While features like dose error reduction software (DERS) can help ensure safe medication administration, improvement efforts to 📈 DERS compliance w/o 📈 alert burden are needed to ensure that benefits of this technology are optimized: bit.ly/4b8Bvcp #HospitalPediatrics

The objective of this #HospitalPediatrics study was to shorten the Pediatric psychoSocial Risk Index to create a brief, highly relevant, yet comprehensive instrument by evaluating its psychometric properties and validity evidence: bit.ly/3WvnX64

Hospital Pediatrics, AAP Hospital Pediatrics, has published a special issue to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month. Topics include suicide screening, identifying firearm access and holistic care of hospitalized children with autism.
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What is geocoding and why is it important for geospatial analysis? Learn more in this newly released Method/ology in #HospitalPediatrics : bit.ly/4bmTo6R

Did you know acute gastroenteritis is the 2nd leading cause of death in children worldwide? In this #HospitalPediatrics study, authors used data from a large, prospective surveillance study to assess risk factors associated with severe presentation: bit.ly/3xYMoyS

May is #MentalHealthMonth . 💚 As a call to action for hospitalists & the health care community, #HospitalPediatrics has dedicated the May issue to articles relating to the mental health crisis, which are currently open access to all readers. Learn more: bit.ly/4dnLb4k

This #HospitalPediatrics Research Brief describes the impact of #COVID19 on children’s hospital admissions for pediatric intentional acetaminophen ingestion requiring antidote therapy: bit.ly/49SK6i1

What effect did the #COVID19 pandemic have on hospitalizations for suicidality? Authors of this #HospitalPediatrics study examined retrospective data to thoroughly characterize a specific patient cohort of youth ages 10-17 yrs hospitalized for suicidality: bit.ly/3UvYNTt

Bending the Value Curve | Low-Value Care for Hospitalized Children with Dual Medical and Behavioral Complexity: bit.ly/49QQqGw

The critical shortage of mental health resources is a lived reality for many pediatric hospitalists. Learn more in this #HospitalPediatrics Perspectives about how physicians can improve the care of children with mental health concerns: bit.ly/3UtTQuH

In this #HospitalPediatrics Perspectives by Evan Dalton, MD, MSHP & authors, follow the case of a 10-year-old autistic boy with increasingly aggressive behaviors & a call to action for physicians to advocate for improvements to the care of children with ASD: bit.ly/3vWcCkT