Objectives: Examine family safety-reporting after implementing a parent-nurse-physician-leader coproduced, health literacy-informed, family safety-reporting intervention for hospitalized families of children with medical complexity.
Methods: We implemented an English and Spanish mobile family-safety-reporting tool, staff and family education, and process for sharing comments with unit leaders on a dedicated inpatient complex care service at a pediatric hospital. Families shared safety concerns via predischarge surveys (baseline and intervention) and mobile tool (intervention).
Patients who speak languages other than English are frequently excluded from research. This exclusion exacerbates inequities, biases results, and may violate federal regulations and research ethics. Language justice is the right to communicate in an individual's preferred language to address power imbalances and promote equity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPenicillin allergy labels are common in hospitalized patients, and there is a frequent misconception that these patients cannot receive cephalosporins. Through retrospective review, we found that patients with reported penicillin allergies were significantly less likely to receive first-line therapy for acute hematogenous osteomyelitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although pediatric health care use declined during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the impact on children with complex chronic conditions (CCCs) has not been well reported.
Objective: To describe the impact of the pandemic on inpatient use and outcomes for children with CCCs.
Methods: This multicenter cross-sectional study used data from the Pediatric Health Information System.
Objectives: The demands of residency training may impact trainees' decision to have children. We examined characteristics of pediatric residents' decisions regarding childbearing, determinants of resident parental leave, and associations with well-being.
Methods: A survey of 845 pediatric residents at 13 programs was conducted between October 2019 and May 2020.
Objectives: Prior work across medical and surgical specialties shows that parenthood during residency training is associated with challenges including limited parental leave, lack of accommodations for breastfeeding, and concerns about career impact. Less is known about the experience of parenthood during pediatric residency training. The objective of this study was to identify themes related to the experience of parenthood during pediatric residency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Resident parents are at the intersection of converging challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and their perspective has yet to be explored. This qualitative study aimed to identify themes related to the experience of pediatric resident parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: We performed semistructured interviews with pediatric residents who were also parents.
Objective: Digital voice assistant technology provides unique opportunities to enhance clinical practice. We aimed to understand factors influencing pediatric providers' current and potential use of this technology in clinical practice.
Methods: We surveyed pediatric providers regarding current use and interest in voice technology in the workplace.
Clonal evolution and intratumoral heterogeneity drive cancer progression through unknown molecular mechanisms. To address this issue, functional differences between single T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) clones were assessed using a zebrafish transgenic model. Functional variation was observed within individual clones, with a minority of clones enhancing growth rate and leukemia-propagating potential with time.
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