Quality of Care in the Last Two Years of Life for Children With Complex Chronic Conditions.

Context: Limited data exists about care received by children with complex chronic conditions (CCCs) in the final years of their disease and end-of-life (EOL).

Objective: To examine hospital performance on EOL quality measures and to describe healthcare services during the last two years of life for children with CCCs who died in-hospital.

Methods: Retrospective automated electronic health record review of children with ≥1 CCC ICD-10 diagnosis code, who died inpatient between October 2020 and March 2023 at a single quaternary U.

Identifying pediatric emergency department visits for aggression using administrative claims data.

Objective: Violence and aggressive behaviors among youth are a leading cause of Emergency Department (ED) mental health (MH) encounters. A consistent method is needed for public health research, to identify ED encounters associated with aggression. The aim of this study was to develop such a screening procedure.

Major adverse kidney events after acute kidney injury in the pediatric intensive care unit: a propensity score-matched cohort study.

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is associated with poor short-term and long-term outcomes. Greater awareness of long-term AKI-associated outcomes is needed to optimally plan follow-up and management after ICU discharge. We used propensity score methods to study associations between pediatric AKI and major adverse kidney outcomes, including mortality.

Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Child and Adolescent Health, 1990 to 2017: Findings From the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2017 Study.

Importance: Understanding causes and correlates of health loss among children and adolescents can identify areas of success, stagnation, and emerging threats and thereby facilitate effective improvement strategies.

Objective: To estimate mortality and morbidity in children and adolescents from 1990 to 2017 by age and sex in 195 countries and territories.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This study examined levels, trends, and spatiotemporal patterns of cause-specific mortality and nonfatal health outcomes using standardized approaches to data processing and statistical analysis.