Effectiveness of Lidocaine Infusion Versus Valproate Infusion for Pediatric Status Migrainosus.

Objective: To compare the efficacy (as measured by time to resolution of pain) and safety of valproate infusion and lidocaine infusion in the treatment of pediatric status migrainosus.

Methods: We conducted a single-center retrospective cohort study from March 2014 to June 2021 evaluating children and adolescents who received a lidocaine or sodium valproate infusion for the treatment of status migrainosus. During the study period, lidocaine infusion was exclusively used before March 2016, whereas sodium valproate infusion was exclusively used afterward.

Poke Plan: An Initiative to Improve Distraction and Pain Mitigation With Venous Access in Hospitalized Children.

Background: Adequate pain control and anxiety relief during peripheral intravenous cannula (PIV) placement improves patient, parental, and staff satisfaction and reduces health care-induced stress in children. We noted a low rate of analgesic/anxiolysis use (<20%) and child life utilization (3%) in our institution. This quality improvement project was initiated to increase pain mitigation strategies in hospitalized children requiring PIV access.

Capturing the patient's voice: Kano Analysis of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey.

Background: Traditional methods are not able to differentiate which feature customers regard as attractive, mandatory, performance, and which feature customers are indifferent about. These categories can only be differentiated based on a specific technique called Kano survey. Specific aim of this study was to categorize the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) patient satisfaction survey questions into Kano categories.