Ensuring No Death Is Ignored: Development of a Hospital Mortality Review and Notification System.

Background And Objectives: Standardized review of mortalities may identify potential system improvements. We designed a hospitalwide identification, review, and notification system for inpatient pediatric mortalities.

Methods: Key stakeholders constructed a future state process map for identification and review of deaths.

A simulation procedure curriculum to increase pediatric resident exposure to procedures rarely performed in clinical practice.

Background: Pediatrics residents are expected by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to competently perform 13 procedures. However, residents are graduating with poor self-perceived competency for these procedures.

Objective: We developed a curriculum using simulation training at the beginning of internship and 'refresher' workshops throughout the year in order to increase procedure exposure and improve self-perceived competency.

Sleep-disordered breathing is common among term and near term infants in the NICU.

Objective: Among older infants and children, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has negative neurocognitive consequences. We evaluated the frequency and potential impact of SDB among newborns who require intensive care.

Study Design: Term and near-term newborns at risk for seizures underwent 12-h attended polysomnography in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).