Increasing Early Childhood Screening in Primary Care Through a Quality Improvement Collaborative.

Objectives: Multiple early childhood screenings are recommended, but gaps persist in implementation. Our aim for this project was to improve screening, discussion, referral, and follow-up of development, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), maternal depression, and social determinants of health (SDoH) to 90% by July 2018.

Methods: This 1-year national quality improvement collaborative involved 19 pediatric primary care practices.

Emergency Department Management of Pediatric Unprovoked Seizures and Status Epilepticus in the State of Illinois.

The purpose of this survey and record review was to characterize emergency department management of unprovoked seizures and status epilepticus in children in Illinois. The survey was sent to 119 participating emergency departments in the Emergency Medical Services for Children program; responses were received from 103 (88% response rate). Only 44% of the emergency departments had a documented protocol for seizure management.

Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Children With Simple Febrile Seizures.

Workup of simple febrile seizures (SFS) has changed as the American Academy of Pediatrics made revisions to practice guidelines. In 2011, revisions were made regarding need for lumbar puncture (LP) as part of the SFS workup. This study surveyed more than 100 emergency departments regarding workup of children with SFS and performed a medical record review of workup that was performed.

Current variability of clinical practice management of pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis in Illinois pediatric emergency departments.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the management of pediatric patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) presenting to emergency departments (EDs) participating in the Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Facility Recognition program.

Methods: In 2010, Illinois EMSC conducted a survey (including case scenarios) and medical record review regarding management of pediatric patients with DKA. Data were submitted by 116 EDs.