Warren Frankenberger, PhD, RN, received $100,000 in federal funding to conduct research aimed at improving a triage tool that impacts the level of urgent care children receive in the emergency setting.
In the midst of flu season, our researchers are learning about what might influence a child's immune response, such as past exposure, age, and severity.
Working in primary care practice six years ago, Saba Khan, MD, medical irector of our Healthy Weight Program, met a young man who described his hunger as a belly pain that wouldn't go away.
A two-step electronic alert system successfully reduced missed sepsis diagnoses in children by 76 percent. The new pediatric protocol, which incorporates the use of vital signs, risk factors, and a clinician's judgment, shows promise as a sensitive and specific tool that can help pediatricians working in the emergency department (ED) save lives.
The majority of adolescent males receiving care in the pediatric emergency department after experiencing a violence-related injury - typically from peer assaults - felt they needed mental health services, according to a study by researchers from the Violence Intervention Program (VIP) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.