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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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?
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
[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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
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
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- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM
Pediatric rapid response systems might not yield significant reductions in unadjusted rates of mortality, cardiopulmonary arrest, critical...