OBJECTIVE To determine whether catheter-associated bloodstream infections were associated with increased lengths of stay in pediatric intensive care units and hospitals and increased healthcare costs in critically ill children. Previous studies have shown that hospital-acquired bloodstream infections are associated with longer stays in pediatric intensive care units, increased hospital costs, a...

Department of Oncology, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Life Science Zurich Graduate School, Zurich, Switzerland; Children’s Research Center, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Zabrze, Medical Univer...

MARKUS SCHAICH,* THOMAS ILLMER,* GABRIELE SEITZ,° BRIGITTE MOHR,* ULRIKE SCHÄKEL,* JAMES F. BECK,# GERHARD EHNINGER* *Department of Medicine I, University Hospital “Carl Gustav Carus”, Dresden, Germany; °Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children’s Hospital Tübingen, Germany; #Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children’s Hospital Greifswald, G...

Pediatric hospital acquired venous thromboembolism (HA-VTE) is an increasing problem with an estimated increase from 5.3 events per 10,000 pediatric hospital admissions in the early 1990s to a current estimate of 30-58 events per 10,000 pediatric hospital admissions. Pediatric HA-VTE is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The etiology is multifactorial but central venous cathet...

INTRODUCTION The association between geographic factors, including transport distance, and pediatric emergency medical services (EMS) run clustering on out-of-hospital pediatric endotracheal intubation is unclear. The objective of this study was to determine if endotracheal intubation procedures are more likely to occur at greater distances from the hospital and near clusters of pediatric calls...

1 Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Pediatric Unit, Program of Endocrinology, University of Bologna, Italy 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bologna, Italy 3 Adolescent Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy 4Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Bologna, Italy 5 Pediatric Surg...

Marjolein Blink, Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Valerie de Haas, Jan-Henning Klusmann, Henrik Hasle, and C. Michel Zwaan Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Erasmus MC–Sophia Children’s Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Dutch Childhood Oncology Group, The Hague, The Netherlands; Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, AML-BFM Study Group, Medical High School, Hannover, German...

Pediatric hospital medicine programs have an established place in pediatric medicine. This statement speaks to the expanded roles and responsibilities of pediatric hospitalists and their integrated role among the community of pediatricians who care for children within and outside of the hospital setting. The statement is a revision of the policy written by Dr Jack Percelay in 2005 and reaffi rm...