Acute care settings provide a unique and impactful environment to provide evidence-based,
gender-affirming care that can make patients feel validated, mitigate future care avoidance, …

BACKGROUND: Dual-patient, single-ventilator protocols (ie, protocols to ventilate 2 patients
with a single conventional ventilator) may be required in times of crisis. This study …

Purpose: Pediatric caffeine use has become increasingly prevalent. The American Academy
of Pediatrics discourages caffeine use by children and adolescents due to its adverse …

BACKGROUND: Chronic sleep loss amongst youth is a major public health crisis globally
and is associated with a multitude of physical and mental health issues. Flourishing describes …

Background The standard bag‐valve mask (BVM) used universally requires that a single
healthcare practitioner affix the mask to the face with 1 hand while compressing a self‐inflating …

Recent focus has demonstrated point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to be an invaluable tool
in the pediatric acute care setting. Interpretation can be performed in real time at the bedside, …

This chapter provides easy to follow algorithms to manage the most acutely ill children presenting
to the emergency department, including those presenting in cardiac arrest (Lavonas et …

CASE REPORT An 11-year-old female presented to the pediatric emergency department (PED)
after a truck collided into her. She had lost consciousness initially but had a Glasgow …

Importance The prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI), bacteremia, and bacterial meningitis
in febrile infants with SARS-CoV-2 is largely unknown. Knowledge of the prevalence of …

The differential diagnosis for mural thickening of the gallbladder is broad and includes many
extra-cholecystic conditions, especially in pediatrics. Primary cholecystitis is a rare cause of …