Pediatrics - Organization & administration
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The U.S. military wartime pediatric trauma mission: how surgeons and pediatricians are adapting the system to address the need.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: Over 3,500 infants and children, many critically ill and injured, have been admitted to military combat support hospitals (CSH) in Afghanistan and Iraq, which are not doctrinally staffed or equipped to provide their care. This report ... Read more...

Pediatric disaster preparedness: are we really prepared?

30 Jul 2009 Pediatric disaster preparedness implies that systems are in place to ensure the rapid triage and emergency management of children as patients in a natural, manmade, or terrorist-initiated disaster. Children are a vulnerable population for a number ... Read more...

Pediatric critical care surge capacity.

30 Jul 2009 For many pediatric intensive care units that routinely operate at near maximal census, planning for a surge of critically ill children in the event of a disaster can be daunting. This brief review discusses the framework of surge planning, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pediatrics - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Catherine Wilfert. 29 Oct 2009
• ACH fitness clinic. Combating pediatric obesity in clinic and through teaching. 29 Sep 2009
• Federation of Pediatric Organizations Task Force on Women in Pediatrics II: survey of active members of the Society for Pediatric Research regarding part-time and flexible work. 29 Sep 2009
• Hoosen Coovadia: an icon of South African health. Interview by Clare Kapp. 3 Sep 2009
• The U.S. military wartime pediatric trauma mission: how surgeons and pediatricians are adapting the system to address the need. 30 Aug 2009
• The medical home: an essential competency for pediatric residents. 30 Aug 2009
• On the threshold to the adult medical home: care coordination in transition. 30 Aug 2009
• Family-centered, culturally, and linguistically competent care: essential components of the medical home. 30 Aug 2009
• Communication, comanagement, and collaborative care for children and youth with special healthcare needs. 30 Aug 2009
• Achieving effective care coordination in the medical home. 30 Aug 2009
• Medical home 2009: what it is, where we were, and where we are today. 30 Aug 2009
• This issue: the family-centered medical home in pediatrics. 30 Aug 2009
• Patient safety as an academic discipline. 30 Aug 2009
• Pediatric disaster preparedness: are we really prepared? 30 Jul 2009
• Pediatric critical care surge capacity. 30 Jul 2009
• The role of health information technology in quality improvement in pediatrics. 30 Jul 2009
• Model for improvement - Part Two: Measurement and feedback for quality improvement efforts. 30 Jul 2009
• Model for improvement - Part 1: A framework for health care quality. 30 Jul 2009
• Developing a transition program from pediatric- to adult-focused cardiology care: practical considerations. 29 Jun 2009
• Addressing pediatric wait times using the model of human performance technology. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Pediatrics'

Definition: A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.

Descriptor UI: D010372

Alternative terms: Pediatrics;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.776.610;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; when permitted for "pediatric dis": Manual 28.10.1