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.
Looking at ways to improve children's health from different perspectives is what pediatric research at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is all about.
As the nation celebrated Emergency Medical Services Week, PolicyLab's Tiffani Johnson, MD, MS, posted a new blog that