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- Jun 2016
OBJECTIVES: To describe the disposition of young children diagnosed with physical abuse in the emergency department (ED) setting and identify factors associated with the decision to discharge young abused children. STUDY DESIGN: We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study…
- May 2016
ABSTRACT: Advances in prenatal diagnosis create a unique set of clinical ethics dilemmas. Doctors routinely obtain genetic screening, radiologic images, and biophysical profiling. These allow more accurate diagnosis and prognosis than has ever before been possible. However, they…
- May 2016
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the national prevalence and racial/ethnic differences in psychiatric diagnoses and pharmacologic treatment in a US Medicaid beneficiary population of youth with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: We included youth aged 10 to 18 years with a…
- May 2016
PURPOSE: To analyze the relationship of the gender of the clinician, child, and guardian to the child's receipt of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, which prevents a sexually transmitted infection, compared to tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) and meningococcal dose 1…
- May 2016
BACKGROUND: Obesity is widespread and treatment strategies have demonstrated limited success. Changes to obstetrical practice in response to obesity may support obesity prevention by influencing offspring growth trajectories. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study examined growth…
- May 2016
Intergenerational family services are services provided to parents, caregivers and their children in pediatric health care settings. This family-centered approach recognizes that children’s health is directly connected to the physical, mental and social well-being of their caregivers…
- Apr 2016
BACKGROUND: Primary care pediatricians increasingly care for children’s mental health problems, but little is known about practice-level variation in diagnosis and psychotropic medication prescribing practices. METHODS: This retrospective review of electronic heath records…
- Apr 2016
OBJECTIVES: We created a clinical decision support (CDS) tool and evaluated its feasibility, acceptability, usability, and clinical impact within the electronic health record to help primary care pediatricians provide smoking cessation treatment to parents/caregivers who smoke. …
- Apr 2016
OBJECTIVE: To identify targets for improving mental healthcare of adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by assessing current practices and perceived barriers for mental health intervention by pediatric rheumatology clinicians. METHODS: Members of the…
- Apr 2016
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to develop a model of the illness experience for youth with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)/mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). METHODS: We conducted 32 semi-structured interviews with 16 outpatient youth with SLE/MCTD, age 11 to 22 years, and their…