Pediatric Quality & Safety
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PQS is an international, peer-reviewed, #openaccess periodical providing #QI & patient safety initiatives that impact the lives of children. #impactfactor = 1.2
Joined April 2019
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Congratulations to this team on the publication of their work in @PQS_LWW 🎉. Reducing Time to Initiation of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Inborn Infants with Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy. Visit the link below to read this paper online now!👇. 🔗
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This project took place at 2 academically affiliated Level III NICUs. We included infants inborn with moderate or severe HIE who met standard criteria for TH. The team developed a driver diagram and...
Researchers at Children’s and @EmoryMedicine, led by neonatologist Dr. Liz Sewell, published work in @PQS_LWW noting quality improvement methodology has decreased the time to initiation of whole-body cooling for infants with HIE, improving neurodevelopmental outcomes. #research
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RT @PICUQI: April QI Spotlight: @UofUHealth and @primarychildren investigators used QI methods through collaborative huddles and digital pr….
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ards increasing PPC consultations in patients with heart disease and cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) length of stay (LOS) ≥ 14 days. Methods: We conducted a mixed methods QI study using CICU team...
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Our next issue has just landed!🚀We feature QI Projects on improving throughput efficiency, opioid-free laparoscopic appendectomy & promoting interdisciplinary communication using the pediatric early warning system. Read the full TOC & take your pick👉
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Peer review is an essential ingredient to a successful medical journal. PQS would not be possible without the strong support from a pediatric quality and safety community that serves as peer reviewers. We offer our sincere thanks to you all! 🙏⬇️ . 🔗
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RT @PICUQI: February QI Spotlight: from @PQS_LWW: @MUSCkids used QI methods to implement a formal ICU mobility protocol and showed decrease….
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ient mobilization at a single institution. Methods: A formal ICU mobility protocol was implemented as part of a unit-wide ICU liberation bundle. As part of the ongoing program assessment, over a...
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Check out this study at @PQS_LWW here 👇. 🔗 #patientsafety.
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higher communication challenges than before and lacked adequate opportunities for interprofessional learning and communication. Method: We evaluated perceptions of safety and communication among...
Study added to the hub today - Focused team engagements to enhance interprofessional collaboration and safety behaviours among novice nurses and medical residents (via @PQS_LWW) #patientsafety.
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Check out our final issue of 2024! ✨. 🟢Diagnostic safety education.🟢Screening for neonatal delirium in #NICU.🟢Business case for simulation-based hospital design testing.🟢A treatment pathway for pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus. And more!. 🔗
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Happy December! . Don't miss our final issue of 2024 by signing up to receive new issue alerts. Visit our homepage and click on either of the links highlighted here to sign up NOW! .🔗 #pediatrics #quality #safety #healthcare #health
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The intervention decreased the time to initiate phototherapy, the proportion of infants who received intravenous fluid, and the time from emergency room placement to final disposition. They sustained the improvements for over 18 months. #pediatric #emergencycare #neonatal.
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Collin Miller from @Nemours et al. describe the results of a quality improvement project in a #pediatric emergency room. The authors implemented a nurse-driven critical pathway to initiate the evaluation and treatment of a neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. 🔗
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This quality improvement initiative shows a decrease use of duplicate inflammatory markers (IM) & IM at @AkronChildrens without increasing length of stay or readmission rates, indicating safe reduction of IM testing is feasible in inpatient pediatric care.
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🚨New Supplement! 🚨. Solutions for Patient Safety Spring 2024 Learning Sessions: Top Abstracts. 📖Read all of the abstracts online here: .🔗 @sps4kids @LearningNetwrks. #PatientSafety #pediatrics
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Improving Pediatric Hypertension Screening in an Academic Primary Care Setting. Measuring BP at routine well-child visits enables the early detection of primary hypertension & detection of asymptomatic hypertension secondary to underlying disorders. 📖🔗
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🚨 REMINDER! 🚨. Don't miss out on our latest releases and subscribe to our eTOC alerts. Click on either of these highlighted links on our homepage to subscribe now! .🔗➡️ Be quick. the next issue is on its way! ✈️. #pediatrics #quality #safety
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We are pleased to announce Pediatric Quality & Safety's 2023 Impact Factor is 1.2! . Thank you to our editors, authors, and readers for their continued dedication and support. #pediatrics #safety.
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Ovarian torsion is a time-sensitive emergency and intervention is critical to preserve ovarian viability. Establishing diagnosis can prove challenging in the pediatric population & transabdominal pelvic ultrasound has emerged as the diagnostic procedure of choice in children.
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