Epidemiology of pediatric hospitalizations at general hospitals and freestanding children's hospitals in the United States

JAK Leyenaar, SL Ralston, MS Shieh… - Journal of hospital …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Children may be hospitalized at general hospitals or freestanding children's
hospitals. Knowledge about how inpatient care differs at these hospitals is important to …

Biomarkers and disease severity in children with community-acquired pneumonia

TA Florin, L Ambroggio, C Brokamp, Y Zhang… - …, 2020 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Host biomarkers predict disease severity in adults with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP). We evaluated the association of the white blood cell (WBC) …

Comparative effectiveness of intravenous vs oral antibiotics for postdischarge treatment of acute osteomyelitis in children

R Keren, SS Shah, R Srivastava, S Rangel… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Postdischarge treatment of acute osteomyelitis in children requires weeks of
antibiotic therapy, which can be administered orally or intravenously via a peripherally …

Macrolides in children with community-acquired pneumonia: panacea or placebo?

CC Blyth, JS Gerber - Journal of the Pediatric Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Pneumonia, most often caused by a respiratory virus, is common in childhood. Mycoplasma
pneumoniae also is detected frequently, particularly in older children in the era of …

The impact of viral bronchiolitis phenotyping: Is it time to consider phenotype-specific responses to individualize pharmacological management?

CE Rodríguez-Martínez, JA Castro-Rodriguez… - Paediatric respiratory …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although recent guidelines recommend a minimalist approach to bronchiolitis, there are
several issues with this posture. First, there are concerns about the definition of the disease …

Identifying conditions with high prevalence, cost, and variation in cost in US children's hospitals

PJ Gill, MR Anwar, T Thavam, M Hall… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Identifying high priority pediatric conditions is important for setting a research
agenda in hospital pediatrics that will benefit families, clinicians, and the health care system …

Common diagnoses and costs in pediatric hospitalization in the US

SV Kaiser, J Rodean, ER Coon, S Mahant… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| We performed a cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2016 (most recent
available) Kids' Inpatient Database (KID), the only all-payer, administrative data set …

Predicting severe pneumonia outcomes in children

DJ Williams, Y Zhu, CG Grijalva, WH Self… - …, 2016 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Substantial morbidity and excessive care variation are seen with pediatric
pneumonia. Accurate risk-stratification tools to guide clinical decision-making are needed …

Recommendations for centers performing pediatric heart surgery in the United States

CL Backer, DM Overman, JA Dearani… - World Journal for …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Care and outcomes for the more than 40,000 patients undergoing pediatric and congenital
heart surgery in the United States annually are known to vary widely. While consensus …

Disparities in outcomes and resource use after hospitalization for cardiac surgery by neighborhood income

BR Anderson, ES Fieldston, JW Newburger… - …, 2018 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Significant disparities exist between patients of different races and with
different family incomes; less is understood regarding community-level factors on outcomes …