Disparities in postdischarge follow-up and risk of readmission between Medicaid and privately insured patients.

Background: Studies have identified higher risk of readmission for patients with Medicaid compared to those with private insurance. Postdischarge follow-up is utilized as an intervention to reduce readmissions in the Medicare population, but it is unclear whether follow-up reduces risk of readmission for patients with Medicaid.

Objective: To assess whether follow-up within 30 days of discharge reduces risk of readmission and mitigates readmission disparities based upon insurance status.

Common in Adults and Often Overlooked in Pediatrics: A Case Report of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in an Adolescent Patient.

Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a rare clinical entity in pediatric patients relative to adults. Consequently, the diagnosis is often delayed in pediatric patients, and children and adolescents are more likely to present with symptoms of hypercalcemia and end-organ damage. Here, we present the case of an adolescent patient with chest pain who was found to have a lytic bone lesion secondary to pHPT.

Hospital Discharge Instructions: Characteristics, Accessibility, and National Guideline Adherence.

Objectives: The content of pediatric hospital discharge instructions is highly variable. This study aimed to describe the characteristics, accessibility per patient literacy level and language, and national guideline adherence of pediatric hospital discharge instructions.

Methods: This retrospective study assessed discharge instructions at a tertiary children's hospital.

Identifying and Supporting the Needs of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residents Interested in Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship.

Background: Pediatric hospital medicine (PHM) became a subspecialty of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) in 2016. Starting in 2019, residency graduates are required to complete fellowship training to qualify for PHM board eligibility. These requirements pose unique challenges to internal medicine-pediatrics (med-peds) residents interested in practicing combined adult hospital medicine (HM) and PHM.

Trends in Technology Assistance Among Patients With Childhood Onset Chronic Conditions.

Objective: To describe the prevalence, types, and trends over time of medical technology assistance (TA) in patients at the age of transition to adult care with childhood onset chronic conditions (COCCs) cared for at children's hospitals.

Patients And Methods: In this retrospective repeated annual cross-sectional cohort study of the Pediatric Health Information Systems inpatient data, patients with at least 1 hospitalization from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2018 with a selected COCC were included. The COCCs investigated were brain and spinal cord malformation, cerebral palsy, heart and great vessel malformation, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, and chronic renal failure.

Performance of commonly used respiratory questionnaire items in a cohort of infants born preterm.

Background: Items from respiratory questionnaires validated in older children are often used in research studies of preterm infants, although they have not been validated in this population. We aimed to assess both test-retest reliability and convergent validity of a group of commonly used respiratory questionnaire items in a cohort of preterm infants.

Methods: The health status of 300 preterm infants was assessed by telephone questionnaire as part of a prospective cohort study.

Keratinizing squamous dysplasia pap test: a case for colposcopy.

Objective: This study characterized women with Pap tests showing keratinizing squamous dysplasia (KSD) and helped develop management strategies in these patients.

Methods: This is a retrospective chart review of women presenting to Palmetto Health Women's Center with KSD on a Pap test from 1999 to 2009. Data analysis was performed with standard statistical computer programming; null hypothesis was rejected for p values .