Estimating the Weight of Children During Simulated Emergency Situations Using the Broselow Tape: Are We Underestimating the Risks of Errors?

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether residents can accurately estimate children's weight using the Broselow tape.

Method: We conducted a preplanned secondary analysis from an experimental trial. Participants were residents in pediatrics, family medicine, and emergency medicine rotating in the ED.

Decreasing Prescribing Errors During Pediatric Emergencies: A Randomized Simulation Trial.

Objective: To evaluate whether a clinical aid providing precalculated medication doses decreases prescribing errors among residents during pediatric simulated cardiopulmonary arrest and anaphylaxis.

Methods: A crossover randomized trial was conducted in a tertiary care hospital simulation center with residents rotating in the pediatric emergency department. The intervention was a reference book providing weight-based precalculated doses.

Treatment of children with migraine in the emergency department: a qualitative systematic review.

Objective: To evaluate which treatment could be effective in the emergency department (ED) for children with migraine and status migrainosus, we carried out a qualitative systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated treatment that could be used for those conditions.

Methods: Databases (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, MedLine, and EMBASE) were searched for RCTs that evaluated treatment of migraine in children (<18 years of age). Guidelines published on the subject were checked for missed references.