Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM, FAAP, is associate clinical professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, and a hospitalist at both UCSD Medical Center and Rady Children’s Hospital. He is a former member of Team Hospitalist and has served as The Hospitalist's pediatric editor since 2012.
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PHM16: Pediatric Hospital Medicine Leaders Kick Off 2016 Conference
Speaker: Lisa Zaoutis, MD, Pediatric Residency Program Director at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Amid the skyscrapers of the Windy...
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VTEP Guidelines Can Be Systematically Implemented in Pediatric Inpatients
Clinical question: Can venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (VTEP) guidelines be systematically implemented in a pediatric inpatient population?...
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QUIZ: When Should You Suspect Kawasaki Disease as the Cause of Fever in an Infant?
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology that occurs in children. Because there is no specific diagnostic test or...
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Nebulized Hypertonic Saline Does Not Improve Outcomes for Non-ICU Infants with Acute Bronchiolitis
Clinical question: Does the use of nebulized 3% hypertonic saline shorten length of stay (LOS) in infants hospitalized with acute bronchiolitis?...
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Parental Perceptions of Nighttime Communication Are Strong Predictors of Patient Experience
Clinical question: How does parental perception of overnight pediatric inpatient care affect the overall patient experience? Background:...
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The Lone Hospitalist in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan
[caption id="attachment_11766" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: www.nytimes.comA screenshot of the New York Times website featuring...
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Standard Discharge Communication Process Improves Verbal Handoffs between Hospitalists, PCPs
Clinical question: Can a standardized discharge communication process, coupled with an electronic health record (EHR) system, improve the...
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Just-In-Time CPR Training Studied in Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Outcomes for JIT CPR training, with or without visual feedback, improves compliance with chest compression rate, depth guidelines during simulated...
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Pediatric Physicians React to Bronchiolitis Clinical Practice Guideline
Reading posts from multiple listservs is much like Cold War-era CIA monitoring of Russian phone calls—you have to scan through a lot of...
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Children with Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis Have Similar Outcomes When Discharged with Oral Antibiotics versus Prolonged IV Antibiotics and Escape PICC Complications
Clinical question: After hospitalization for acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHOM), do children discharged with oral antibiotics have similar...
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Use, Interpretation of SpO2 Treatment for Pediatric Bronchiolitis Is Questioned
Clinical question: Does artificial elevation of pulse oximetry measurement in bronchiolitis patients during ED evaluations affect hospitalization...
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Dexamethasone Equivalent to Prednisone/Prednisolone in Symptomatic Improvement, Risk of Revisit for Acute Asthma Exacerbations
Benefits found with dexamethasone use compared with corticosteroids for children with mild-to-moderate asthma exacerbations
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Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2014 Conference Draws Record-Setting Crowd
More than 800 hospitalists gather to hear from CMS’ Patrick Conway, healthcare system CEOs, experts in pediatric hospital medicine
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Frequency, Traits of Hospital-Acquired VTE in Children Reviewed
Children with renal, cardiac diagnoses, increasing age, central venous catheters associated with higher incidence of venous thromboembolism during...
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Aggregate Early Warning Score Results Mixed for High-Risk Pediatric Patients
Pediatric rapid response systems might not yield significant reductions in unadjusted rates of mortality, cardiopulmonary arrest, critical...