Seeds of Discomfort: An Unusual Case of Pediatric Abdominal Pain.

This case describes a seven-year-old healthy boy who presented with seven days of abdominal pain, small-volume liquid stools, tenesmus, fevers, and dehydration after consuming an unknown amount of shelled watermelon seeds. He was ultimately found to have a large rectal seed bezoar that caused irritation, resulting in stercoral colitis with rectal inflammation. He was additionally found to have sigmoid volvulus during one of his disimpactions, which was also likely secondary to his rectal seed bezoar.

Biliblanket Utilization for Outpatient Treatment of Newborn Jaundice.

Hyperbilirubinemia is a common neonatal diagnosis. Biliblankets have the potential to reduce readmission for hyperbilirubinemia. The study purpose was to characterize home biliblanket treatment for hyperbilirubinemia using retrospective medical record review of newborns with total serum bilirubin of 0.

Practicing What We Preach: An Effort to Improve Safe Sleep of Hospitalized Infants.

Introduction: To prevent sudden unexpected infant death, pediatric providers recommend the ABCs of infant sleep: Alone, on the Back, and in an empty Crib. This study's objective was to document sleep practices of infants admitted to a large children's hospital, examine adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep guidelines, and develop interventions to improve guideline adherence.

Methods: We conducted a pre/post quality improvement study at a single quaternary care medical center from 2015 to 2019.

Inter-Clinician Variability in Primary Care Providers' Adverse Childhood Experience Knowledge, Training, Screening Practices, and Perceived Intervention Barriers: an Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study.

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur before the age of 18 that can have immediate and long-term negative health, behavioral, and social outcomes. Primary care providers (PCPs) can help mitigate the negative effects of ACEs by identifying at-risk children and families in need of support. This cross-sectional study, that incorporates inter-clinician variability into the sample, explored PCPs ACE knowledge, training, screening practices, and perceived intervention barriers to addressing ACEs.

Missed Opportunities: Healthcare Encounters Prior to Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.

Introduction: Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is the leading cause of death in children 28 days to 1 year of age. The study aim was to identify opportunities for healthcare professionals to provide families with education on sleep and prevention of SUID.

Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of SUID infants over 10 years (12/2010-12/2020).

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Resident Elective: A Novel Resident Curriculum for an Evolving Field.

Background Although 8-10% of pediatric residents pursue a career in Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM), many report an incomplete understanding of PHM careers and would benefit from a PHM elective. Methodology We followed Kern's six-step curriculum development framework. A general needs assessment via literature review revealed a lack of published PHM elective curricula.