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Pediatric Referrals to an Emergency Department From Urgent Care Centers

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Check out this study used to help describe pediatric emergency department (ED) referrals from urgent care centers and to determine the percentage of referrals considered essential and serious.

The study was conducted between April 2013 and April 2015 on patients younger than 21 years referred directly to an ED in central Pennsylvania from surrounding urgent care centers. Referrals were considered essential or serious based on investigations/procedures performed or medications/consultations received in the ED.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27753717

5 Things to know about AFM

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Medscape has released the new CDC Expert Commentary  “5 things to know about AFM.”
Title: 5 Things to Know About Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Expert/Faculty: Janell A. Routh, MD, MHS
Posting Date: October 15, 2019
Link: medscape.com/viewarticle/919704?src=par_cdc_stm_mscpedt&faf=1

Also this month, a paper on AFM was published in Nature Medicine, with main authors from UCSF with CDC as collaborators.
Date: 10/21/19
Type: Journal Article
Title: Pan-viral Serology Implicates Enteroviruses in Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Publication: Nature Medicine
Authors: Schubert RD, Hawes I, Ramachandran PS, et al.

How you can help:
To increase awareness about AFM among healthcare professionals, we need your help to continue to spread the word about AFM:

  • Consider forwarding this email to partners on your listserv
  • Post a link to the commentary and the article on your website

CDC Health Advisory: Increase in Influenza A(H3N2) Activity

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March 28, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory, notifying clinicians that influenza activity remains high in the United States, with an increasing proportion of activity due to influenza A(H3N2) viruses, continued circulation of influenza A(H1N1) viruses, and low levels of influenza B viruses. Influenza should be considered as a possible diagnosis for patients with respiratory illness while local influenza activity remains elevated. CDC recommends antiviral medications for treatment of influenza, regardless of a patient’s influenza vaccination status.  Details here. 

Call for Abstracts – SPUC 2019

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Abstract submission is open to physicians, physician assistants, medical students, residents, fellows, APRN’s, nursing staff and nurse managers as well as administrative and business professionals. Topics can range from clinical to research and quality improvement to business science. Case reports, clinical and administrative are also encouraged for submission.   Click here for Abstract Guidelines and to begin the submission process. Submission Deadline: May 15, 2019

Welcome New Board Members!

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The Society for Pediatric Urgent Care is pleased to announce the additional of two new board members.  Dr. Amy Romashko is a Pediatrics specialist at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Romashko facilitates “Language of Caring” modules created to help improve communication between providers and families.  She is an active member of the SPUC Program committee.  Dr.  John Santos joins us from Children’s Hospital Colorado. Dr Santos has received numerous Patient-Family awards.  He is chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) subcommittee on Urgent Care.