{"title":"Changes in pediatric injury-related visits during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic at a single regional emergency medical center in Korea","authors":"Doo Hyeon Nam, S. Jung, Sohyun Bae","doi":"10.22470/pemj.2022.00500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2022.00500","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":151011,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123653856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jihye Kim, Kyung Yol Lee, J. Na, Jae-Woon Oh, Yong Joo Kim, Young-Jin Choi
{"title":"An adolescent boy with epiploic appendagitis presenting with pain in the left lower quadrant lasting for more than 10 days","authors":"Jihye Kim, Kyung Yol Lee, J. Na, Jae-Woon Oh, Yong Joo Kim, Young-Jin Choi","doi":"10.22470/pemj.2022.00493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2022.00493","url":null,"abstract":"We report a case of a 14-year-old Korean boy presenting with pain in the left lower quadrant, persisting for over 10 days. Except for the persistent pain, no other symptoms, such as vomiting and diarrhea, were observed. In addition, laboratory findings were normal. He was eventually diagnosed with epiploic appendagitis, a rare disease in children. This case highlights the need for imaging study for early diagnosis of epiploic appendagitis or surgical emergencies in children who visit emergency departments with pain in the left lower quadrant without specific clinical findings.","PeriodicalId":151011,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124826111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jung Il Kwak, Jun Sung Park, S. Choi, Jong Seung Lee, J. Ryu, Jeong-Yong Lee
{"title":"Changes in pediatric psychiatric emergency during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic","authors":"Jung Il Kwak, Jun Sung Park, S. Choi, Jong Seung Lee, J. Ryu, Jeong-Yong Lee","doi":"10.22470/pemj.2022.00465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2022.00465","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose : The lifestyle changes during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic possibly affected mental health among the pediatric population. We aimed to analyze changes in psychiatric emergency-related visits to the emergency department (ED). Methods : We reviewed cases of pediatric patients ( ≤ 18 years) who visited the ED of a tertiary hospital with psychiatric emergency as a chief complaint from March 2019 through February 2021. The study period was dichotomized by March 2020, starting point of social distancing, into the pandemic and control periods. Clinical data were collected and compared between the 2 periods. Results : A total of 246 cases with a mean age of 15.2 years were included. The overall visits to the ED decreased to 43.8% whereas the proportion of psychiatric emergency-related visits increased during the pandemic period, compared to the con-trol period (0.5% vs. 1.0%; P < 0.001). The cases with suicidality, including ideation and attempt, increased in both number and proportion during the pandemic period (51 [38.9%] vs. 63 [54.8%]; P = 0.013). Conclusion : Pediatric psychiatric emergency-related visits, particularly suicidality, proportionally increased during the pandemic. This finding may be useful to prepare psychiatric resources in EDs.","PeriodicalId":151011,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121263447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chanyoung Chung, Hoon Ko, Joung-Hee Byun, Tae Hong Kim, H. Lee
{"title":"Kawasaki disease shock syndrome rescued by a combination of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, steroids, and intravenous immunoglobulin","authors":"Chanyoung Chung, Hoon Ko, Joung-Hee Byun, Tae Hong Kim, H. Lee","doi":"10.22470/pemj.2022.00479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2022.00479","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":151011,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129060891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical experience of hemoperfusion treatment in children with paraquat poisoning","authors":"Hee Yeoun Jeon, D. Roh","doi":"10.22470/pemj.2022.00458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2022.00458","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":151011,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128236151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic-related change in children’s visits to the emergency department","authors":"Dae-Ho Kang","doi":"10.22470/pemj.2022.00451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2022.00451","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":151011,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132685154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Errors in pediatric death certificates issued in an emergency department","authors":"B. Park, Sun Hyu Kim","doi":"10.22470/pemj.2022.00444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2022.00444","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":151011,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114072220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of single dose intravenous dexamethasone as an adjunctive therapy for primary treatment on concentrations of inflammatory biomarkers in children with Kawasaki disease","authors":"J. Kwon","doi":"10.22470/pemj.2022.00423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2022.00423","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":151011,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal","volume":" 40","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114053279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk stratification of intermediate-risk children with minor head injury: a secondary publication translated into Korean","authors":"Jung Heon Kim","doi":"10.22470/pemj.2022.00437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2022.00437","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":151011,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122100667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enterobius vermicularis appendiceal infestation: a case of false-positive ultrasound-confirmed appendicitis","authors":"Cameron Elward, Sebrina D. Perkins","doi":"10.22470/pemj.2022.00430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2022.00430","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":151011,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123311048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}