Clinical pediatrics
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Clinical pediatrics · May 2015
Decolonization of children after incision and drainage for MRSA abscess: a retrospective cohort study.
Whether decolonization following incision and drainage (I&D) for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) abscess decreases repeat I&D and MRSA-positive cultures in children is unknown. ⋯ We detected no statistically significant association between decolonization and repeat I&D or MRSA-positive culture.
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Clinical pediatrics · Apr 2015
Comparative StudyAfter-hours pediatric care compared with emergency department care: a retrospective charge analysis.
To compare financial charges between children treated and released from an emergency department (ED) with those evaluated in an after-hours (AH) pediatric clinic. ⋯ We found that financial charges for pediatric health care delivered in an AH clinic were less than those in an ED. We found significantly higher charges for the ED when like diagnoses were compared. Patients should be encouraged to attend AH clinics for urgent care needs when appropriate, which could result in significant cost savings to the health care system.
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Clinical pediatrics · Apr 2015
Provider recommendation mediates the relationship between parental human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine awareness and HPV vaccine initiation and completion among 13- to 17-year-old U.S. adolescent children.
To examine the association between parental human papillomavirus (HPV) awareness and HPV vaccine initiation/completion based on 13- to 17-year-old US adolescent children and to explore whether these associations were mediated by provider recommendation. ⋯ Future studies are needed to better understand why physicians may not provide a recommendation for the HPV vaccine as well as to identify strategies to improve providers' ability to effectively communicate their recommendations.