Pediatrics
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We aimed to characterize the demographics, diagnoses, and management of transferred patients who were directly discharged from the emergency department (ED) or admitted less than 24 hours. ⋯ A significant proportion of interfacility transfers to academic pediatric EDs is discharged directly from the ED or is admitted for less than a day. These patients and their clinical outcomes provide insight into the educational needs and medical capabilities of referring hospitals and clinicians.
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There is a high risk for morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients with fever if antibiotics are not received in a timely manner. We designed a quality improvement effort geared at reducing the time to antibiotic delivery for this high risk population. ⋯ A multidisciplinary team approach and standardization of the process of care were effective in reducing the time from arrival to antibiotic delivery for febrile neutropenic patients in the pediatric emergency department.
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Case Reports
Everolimus: a challenging drug in the treatment of multifocal inoperable cardiac rhabdomyoma.
Primary cardiac tumors are rare in childhood. The most common of these are rhabdomyomas. Considering that rhabdomyomas often show spontaneous regression, close follow-up may be sufficient in hemodynamically stable cases. ⋯ Herein, we report a newborn infant with multifocal cardiac rhabdomyomas treated with everolimus. The optimal dose of the drug was 0.25 mg 2 times per day, 2 days per week. Patients with inoperable cardiac rhabdomyomas and with symptoms may be candidates for everolimus treatment.