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AAP: Guidelines on Forgoing Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment

Collaborative decision making around LSMT is improved by thorough communication among all stakeholders, including medical staff, the family, and the patient, when possible, throughout the evolving course of the patient’s illness. Clear communication of overall …

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Collaborative decision making around LSMT is improved by thorough communication among all stakeholders, including medical …

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AAP: Health Information Technology and the Medical Home

The AAP supports universal, secure, and vendor-neutral portability of health information for all patients contained within the medical home across all care settings (ambulatory practices, inpatient settings, emergency departments, pharmacies, consultants, support service providers, and …

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The AAP supports universal, secure, and vendor-neutral portability of health information for all patients contained …

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AAP: Immunization information systems

The American Academy of Pediatrics continues to support the development and implementation of immunization information systems, previously referred to as immunization registries, and other systems for the benefit of children, pediatricians, and their communities.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics continues to support the development and implementation of immunization information …

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AAP: Increasing immunization coverage- policy statement

Pediatricians should work individually and collectively at the local, state, and national levels to ensure that all children without a valid contraindication receive all childhood immunizations on time

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Pediatricians should work individually and collectively at the local, state, and national levels to ensure …

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AAP: Management of pediatric trauma

The entire process of managing childhood injury is enormously complex and varies by region. Only the comprehensive cooperation of a broadly diverse trauma team will have a signifi cant effect on improving the care of …

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The entire process of managing childhood injury is enormously complex and varies by region. Only …

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AAP: Nonemergency acute care: When its not the medical home

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) affirms that the optimal location for children to receive care for acute, nonemergency health concerns is the medical home.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) affirms that the optimal location for children to receive …

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AAP: Patient safety in the pediatric emergency care setting

Unique aspects of pediatric care may increase the risk of medical error and harm to patients, especially in the emergency care setting. Although errors can happen despite the best human efforts, given the right set …

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Unique aspects of pediatric care may increase the risk of medical error and harm to …

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AAP: Patient- and Family-Centered Care of Children in the ED

This revised technical report draws on previously published policy statements and reports, reviews the current literature, and describes the present state of practice and research regarding patient- and family-centered care for children in the emergency …

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This revised technical report draws on previously published policy statements and reports, reviews the current …

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AAP: Pediatric and adolescent mental health emergencies in the EMS system- technical rep ort pediatric observation units

The report also addresses special issues related to mental illness in the ED, such as minority populations, children with special health care needs, and children’s mental health during and after disasters and trauma. This clinical …

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The report also addresses special issues related to mental illness in the ED, such as …

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AAP: Pediatric mental health emergencies in the EMS system

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians support advocacy for increased mental health resources, including improved pediatric mental health tools for the emergency department, increased mental health insurance coverage, and …

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The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians support advocacy for …

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AAP: Principles of Pediatric Patient Safety: Reducing Harm due to Medical care

In this Policy Statement, we provide an update to the 2011 Policy Statement “Principles of Pediatric Patient Safety: Reducing Harm Due to Medical Care.”

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In this Policy Statement, we provide an update to the 2011 Policy Statement “Principles of …

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AAP: Radiation Risk to Children From Computed Tomography

Pediatric health care professionals’ roles in the use of computed tomography on children include deciding when a computed tomography scan is necessary and discussing the risk with patients and families.

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Pediatric health care professionals’ roles in the use of computed tomography on children include deciding …

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AAP: Supporting the Family After the Death of a Child

This statement gives guidelines to help the pediatrician provide such support. It describes the grief reactions that can be expected in family members after the death of a child. Ways of supporting family members are …

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This statement gives guidelines to help the pediatrician provide such support. It describes the grief …

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AAP: The Medical Home

This new policy statement contains an expanded and more comprehensive interpretation of the concept and an operational definition of the medical home.

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This new policy statement contains an expanded and more comprehensive interpretation of the concept and …

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AAP:Consent for Emergency Medical Services for Children and Adolescents

Parental consent generally is required for the medical evaluation and treatment of minor children. However, children and adolescents might require evaluation of and treatment for emergency medical conditions in situations in which a parent or …

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Parental consent generally is required for the medical evaluation and treatment of minor children. However, …

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ACEP: Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting

The emergency department has frequent workflow interruptions, multiple care transitions, and barriers to effective communication. In addition, the high volume of patients, high decision density under time pressure, diagnostic uncertainty, and limited knowledge of patients’ …

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The emergency department has frequent workflow interruptions, multiple care transitions, and barriers to effective communication. …

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ACEP: Unscheduled Procedural Sedation: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Practice Guideline

The purpose of this guideline is to serve as a resource for practitioners who perform unscheduled procedural sedation regardless of location or patient age

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The purpose of this guideline is to serve as a resource for practitioners who perform …

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ACR Appropriateness Criteria Suspected Physical Abuse—Child

Recommendation for imaging for pediatric patients being evaluated for suspected physical abuse .

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Recommendation for imaging for pediatric patients being evaluated for suspected physical abuse .

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AHA Pediatric Resuscitation

The purpose of this summary is to highlight areas of conflict or controversy in current pediatric basic and advanced life support guidelines, outline solutions considered, and provide recommendations reached by consensus of the working group.

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The purpose of this summary is to highlight areas of conflict or controversy in current …

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