A significant development in pediatric critical care, we unpack the 2024 study that brought us the tool and another that reinforces its findings.
Score on the Floor!
Families were patient with medical students and residents, especially those with good bedside manner.
After an institution installed a protocol for hypoglycemia inclusive of oral dextrose gel, rates of hypoglycemia requiring NICU transfer significantly decreased—all whilie saving $77,000 per year in medical expenses.
On the Homefront
Particularly for children between the ages of 18-months and 2-years, the CDC’s growth chart overidentified drops in both weight and BMI Z-scores compared to experimental growth chart.
Up to 6 weeks after Pavlik harness initiation for DDH, mothers were more likely to report difficulties with breastfeeding compared to a control group; however, Pavlik harness use did not produce statistically significant early cessation rates of breastfeeding by the six-week study mark.
PICU Issues
A significant development in pediatric critical care, we unpack the 2024 study that brought us the tool and another that reinforces its findings.
Length of non-ICU hospitalization was ranked less important to families compared with limiting duration of all types of oxygen support—invasive, non-invasive, and nasal cannula.
Everything Else
We dive into two professional societies’ recommendations for common word choice discrepancies in medical documentation.
ChatGPT demonstrated statistically significant superiority in accuracy and comprehensiveness compared to Bard and Copilot, whereas Bard demonstrated better understandability than its two competitors.
The 90-Second Digest
Always 300 words or less, our 90-Second Digest series gets you the most critical information for clinical practice—fast.
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