Emergency Medicine News

While the number of visits to one ED declined overall among children in the early months of the pandemic, the proportion of trauma-related visits increased significantly, researchers reported.

A risk score based on patient comorbidities, obesity, vital signs, age and sex accurately predicted death or respiratory decompensation within 7 days among patients with pneumonia, suspected COVID-19 or confirmed COVID-19, data show.

The 33-year-old Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will be held virtually for the first time on Nov. 21 and 22.

In contrast to previous pandemics, the pediatric unit of a New York City community hospital saw a 29% decline in admissions during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

The Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will shift from an in-person to a virtual format for 2020, organizer Healio LIVE announced.

Rural counties in the United States — especially the least-populated, most remote counties — continue to lose basic obstetric services, according to a study published in JAMA.

The FDA issued an advisory against nine hand sanitizing products from chemical manufacturer Eskbiochem SA de CV for potentially containing methanol.

Practicing pediatricians have been using telehealth technology to communicate with patients who are not able to physically visit offices because of social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infectious Diseases in Children asked Editorial Board Member Eugene Shapiro, MD, professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine, if patients should pay the same amount for a telehealth visit as they would for an in-person visit.

Many practices, if they did not have them already, set up telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic — one of several ways that clinicians have adapted to care for patients during ongoing social distancing measures.

Boston Children’s Hospital, once again, has claimed the top spot in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings for Best Children’s Hospital.