Publications by authors named "Seen Chung"
Background: The Institute of Medicine calls for the use of clinical guidelines and practice parameters to promote "best practices" and improve patient outcomes. In 2006, The Trauma Association of Canada Pediatric Committee set out to create an evidence-based, national pediatric cervical spine (c-spine) clearance guideline based on the literature, existing algorithms from each pediatric trauma center and from expert opinion from across Canada.
Methods: A review of the literature took place in September 2006 using the PubMed database.
Background: Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) is a common procedure at pediatric tertiary care centres that can be painful as it involves a urinary catheter. Currently there are no widely utilized protocols for non-topical medications to decrease pain that children feel during catheterization.
Objective: To determine if intranasal (IN) fentanyl is effective at decreasing pain that children feel during catheterization of VCUG when compared with sterile water.
Unlabelled: ABSTRACT QUESTION: I have come across many pediatric patients with functional constipation. Is polyethylene glycol 3350 without electrolytes a safe and effective long-term treatment option for these patients?
Answer: Functional constipation is a common and often difficult problem for parents and families to deal with. Polyethylene glycol 3350 is a safe and effective long-term laxative in pediatric populations, but there are limited studies for its use in children younger than 2 years of age.