Clinical PediatricsPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-02-20DOI: 10.1177/00099228241233803
Alyssa Eygnor, Abigail Angulo, Maritza Cobian, Rebecca Wilson, Elizabeth Coan, Ann Reynolds, Sandra Friedman, Richard E Boles
{"title":"Assessing Community Needs for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review of Rural/Frontier Needs Through Community Outreach With Developmental Pediatrics.","authors":"Alyssa Eygnor, Abigail Angulo, Maritza Cobian, Rebecca Wilson, Elizabeth Coan, Ann Reynolds, Sandra Friedman, Richard E Boles","doi":"10.1177/00099228241233803","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00099228241233803","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early intervention is known to improve long-term outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Access barriers to care limit timely engagement with supportive services. This report characterized the community needs and supportive services for children and families with suspected or diagnosed ASD. Families and providers participating in outreach clinics identified available services and their attitudes about support for ASD diagnosis. Chart reviews provided referral history, insurance, and current services. Children were nearly 6 years old, 95% of families relied on public health insurance, whereas 50% reported traveling 11 miles or greater for supportive services. Most providers (83%) were medically trained in primary care and placed 1-5 referrals per month to a tertiary referral hospital. Providers reported travel difficulty as the primary reason for referring patients for evaluation. Multiple barriers for supportive services were identified, highlighting the importance to increase the capacity and availability of local ASD supportive services.</p>","PeriodicalId":10363,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1568-1572"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139912183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical PediatricsPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-02-24DOI: 10.1177/00099228241234211
Hira Aslam, Maria Lane, Brian Alverson
{"title":"It is Not Just Bad Luck: A Case Report Exploring Pyloric Stenosis in Twins.","authors":"Hira Aslam, Maria Lane, Brian Alverson","doi":"10.1177/00099228241234211","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00099228241234211","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10363,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1624-1627"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139943971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical PediatricsPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-01-11DOI: 10.1177/00099228231224845
Jubel Puthusseril, Alicia Lowes, Ryan Heksch
{"title":"New Onset Diabetes Mellitus With COVID-19 Infection in a 5-Month Old.","authors":"Jubel Puthusseril, Alicia Lowes, Ryan Heksch","doi":"10.1177/00099228231224845","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00099228231224845","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10363,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1489-1493"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11462772/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139416554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical PediatricsPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-02-29DOI: 10.1177/00099228241234229
Julie A Wojtaszek, Hannah L Ham, Teryn P Bruni, Eleah Sunde, Claudia Drossel, Alexandros Maragakis
{"title":"Feasibility and Acceptability of a Pediatric Primary Care Physician Training for Anxiety Screening and Evidence-based Intervention.","authors":"Julie A Wojtaszek, Hannah L Ham, Teryn P Bruni, Eleah Sunde, Claudia Drossel, Alexandros Maragakis","doi":"10.1177/00099228241234229","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00099228241234229","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anxiety is one of the most prevalent psychological conditions in the pediatric population, and its associated impairments often persist into adulthood. Pediatricians are in a unique position to screen, briefly intervene, and facilitate treatment to prevent long-term impacts. However, they often do not have adequate training to do so. The current study addressed this gap by providing a brief online educational workshop aimed to promote: (1) screening for anxiety and (2) follow-up with appropriate evidence-based interventions. Fifty-three providers participated, and 38 completed surveys pre- and post-training. Findings indicate acceptability of the training to providers, improved knowledge related to anxiety, and increased readiness to manage anxiety during a medical visit. This study supports the utility of a brief, online training on screening and provision of evidence-based treatment for anxiety in pediatric primary care.</p>","PeriodicalId":10363,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1585-1591"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139989398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical PediatricsPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-02-21DOI: 10.1177/00099228241233867
Yusuke Matsuura, Melanie Simons, Laura Nell Hodo
{"title":"Abdominal Pain in a 17-Year-Old Boy with an Eating Disorder.","authors":"Yusuke Matsuura, Melanie Simons, Laura Nell Hodo","doi":"10.1177/00099228241233867","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00099228241233867","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10363,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1620-1623"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139912182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical PediatricsPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1177/00099228241230390
Jayalakshmi Narayan Bhat, Abbie Amato, Scott Schultz, Ricardo Gomez
{"title":"Protocol-Based Standardized Endocrinological Evaluation of Children With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Quality Improvement Initiative.","authors":"Jayalakshmi Narayan Bhat, Abbie Amato, Scott Schultz, Ricardo Gomez","doi":"10.1177/00099228241230390","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00099228241230390","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can disrupt the hypothalamo-pituitary axis, causing neuroendocrine dysfunction. As a third of children can develop post-traumatic hypothalamo-pituitary axis dysfunction (HPAD), a longitudinal follow-up is required in children with TBI.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The study comprised a pre-quality improvement (QI) phase (baseline phase) and a QI phase (post-intervention phase). Retrospective data were collected on children with TBI at our hospital during the pre-QI phase of the study to estimate the baseline data on HPAD prevalence and pediatric endocrine referral rate. Guidance protocol for standardizing the pediatric endocrine referral, evaluation, and follow-up of children with TBI was implemented. Prospective data were collected to estimate outcome measures (prevalence of HPAD, rate of initial endocrine consultation and outpatient follow-up) and process measures (protocol adherence rate).</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Twenty-seven children, aged ≤19 years, were admitted with TBI in the pre-QI phase. The median age was 9 years. Motor vehicle accidents predominated. Thirty percent had limited endocrine evaluation, and 4% had transient cranial diabetes insipidus (DI). The QI phase included 8 children. Demographic data were similar to those in the pre-QI phase. Both outcome and process measures increased to 75% from the pre-QI phase following the protocol implementation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A lower prevalence rate of HPAD in the current cohort may be owing to underevaluation and a smaller sample size. The QI initiative incorporating a guidance protocol-based endocrinological approach to children with TBI improved the pediatric endocrinology referral and follow-up rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":10363,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1551-1558"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139702096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical PediatricsPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-01-30DOI: 10.1177/00099228241228104
Zachary Semenetz, Amanda M Lewis, Kamyar Arasteh, Tullis Liu, Matthew Demczko
{"title":"Comparison of 2 Models of Care for Children With Medical Complexity Following Spinal Fusion.","authors":"Zachary Semenetz, Amanda M Lewis, Kamyar Arasteh, Tullis Liu, Matthew Demczko","doi":"10.1177/00099228241228104","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00099228241228104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients with neuromuscular scoliosis following spinal fusion surgery who were cared for post-operatively by either a hospitalist/orthopedics co-management team or a complex care clinic (CCC). Assignment to either treatment group was not random. To account for baseline differences between groups, we calculated propensity scores and used these as probability weights in generalized linear models. After matching, the CCC had a shorter length of stay (LOS, coefficient = -2.60; <i>P</i> = .04) without a significant difference in 30-day readmission rate (<i>P</i> = .62). For secondary outcomes, there were some significant resource utilization benefits favoring the complex care group without significant difference in complication outcomes between groups. In managing patients after spinal fusion surgery, both groups had similar LOS compared with prior studies of children after spinal fusion surgery. Management by the CCC may confer some outcome benefits for their patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":10363,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1537-1543"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139575315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical PediatricsPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-02-09DOI: 10.1177/00099228241227756
Seth J Scholer, Hannah K Martin, LauraBeth Adams, Mary S Dietrich
{"title":"A Brief Intervention in Primary Care to Improve Parents' Discipline Practices and Reach Other Caregivers.","authors":"Seth J Scholer, Hannah K Martin, LauraBeth Adams, Mary S Dietrich","doi":"10.1177/00099228241227756","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00099228241227756","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parents (N = 599) of 6-month-old to 10-year-old children were given a handbook intervention that educates about healthy discipline in a pediatric clinic serving low-income families in Nashville, Tennessee. A research assistant spent approximately 1 minute introducing the intervention. A total of 440 parents (73.4%) responded to a follow-up survey 2 to 4 months later. Most parents (88%) who completed the follow-up survey had read at least part of the handbook. Of parents who received the handbook, 63% reported that the handbook helped them discipline their children. Half of parents reported specific changes they made because of the handbook. The most frequently reported changes were more talking/explaining/communicating (25%), more redirecting (7.8%), more patience/listening (6.0%), less anger/yelling (10.8%), and less spanking (7.5%). 42% of parents reported that they shared the handbook with other caregivers, friends, relatives, and children. A brief clinic intervention improves parents' discipline practices and reaches other caregivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":10363,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Pediatrics","volume":" ","pages":"1502-1509"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11465596/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139706295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}