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General and Miscellaneous

Access to pediatric emergency medical care. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Pediatrics. 2000 Mar;105(3 Pt 1):647-9.
Poole SR. The infant with acute, unexplained, excessive crying. Pediatrics. 1991 Sep;88(3):450-5.

Sedation and Pain

Committee on Drugs, American Academy of Pediatrics. Guidelines for monitoring and management of pediatric patients during and after sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Pediatrics. 2002 Oct;110(4):836-8.
Krauss B, Green SM. Sedation and analgesia for procedures in children. N Engl J Med. 2000 Mar 30;342(13):938-45.
Rogers MC. Do the right thing: pain relief in infants and children. N Engl J Med. 1992 Jan 2;326(1):55-6.
Walco GA, Cassidy RC, Schechter NL. Pain, hurt, and harm: The ethics of pain control in infants and children. N Engl J Med. 1994 Aug 25;331(8):541-4.

Fever in Infants and Toddlers

Baraff LJ, Bass JW, Fleisher GR, Klein JO, McCracken GH Jr, Powell KR, Schriger DL. Practice guideline for the management of infants and children 0-36 months of age with fever without source. Ann Emerg Med. 1993 Jul;22(7):1198-210. Erratum in: Ann Emerg Med 1993 Sep;22(9):1490.
Kramer MS, Shapiro ED. Management of the young febrile child: A commentary on recent practice guidelines. Pediatrics. 1997 Jul;100(1):128-34.
Mandl KD, Stack AM, Fleisher GR. Incidence of bacteremia in infants and children with fever and petechiae. J Pediatr. 1997 Sep;131(3):398-404. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Mandl in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
Provisional Committee on Quality Improvement, Subcommittee on Febrile Seizures, American Academic of Pediatrics. Practice parameter: The neurodiagnostic evaluation of the child with a first simple febrile seizure. Pediatrics. 1996 May;97(5):769-72; discussion 773-5.

Urinary Tract Infection

Hoberman A, Wald ER, Hickey RW, Baskin M, Charron M, Majd M, Kearney DH, Reynolds EA, Ruley J, Janosky JE. Oral versus initial intravenous therapy for urinary tract infections in young febrile children. Pediatrics. 1999 Jul;104(1 Pt 1):79-86.
Shaw KN, McGowan KL, Gorelick MH, Schwartz JS. Screening for urinary tract infection in infants in the emergency department: Which test is best? Pediatrics. 1998 Jun;101(6):E1.

Otitis Media

Dowell SF, Butler JC, Giebink GS, Jacobs MR, Jernigan D, Musher DM, Rakowsky A, Schwartz B. Acute otitis media: Management and surveillance in an era of pneumococcal resistance - a report from the Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Therapeutic Working Group. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999 Jan;18(1):1-9. Review. Erratum in: Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999 Apr;18(4):341.

Croup

Johnson DW, Jacobson S, Edney PC, Hadfield P, Mundy ME, Schuh S. A comparison of nebulized budesonide, intramuscular dexamethasone, and placebo for moderately severe croup. N Engl J Med. 1998 Aug 20;339(8):498-503.
Jaffe DM. The treatment of croup with glucocorticoids. N Engl J Med. 1998 Aug 20;339(8):553-5.

Bronchiolitis

Roosevelt G, Sheehan K, Grupp-Phelan J, Tanz RR, Listernick R. Dexamethasone in bronchiolitis: A randomized controlled trial. Lancet. 1996 Aug 3;348(9023):292-5.
Menon K, Sutcliffe T, Klassen TP. A randomized trial comparing the efficacy of epinephrine with salbutamol in the treatment of acute bronchiolitis. J Pediatr. 1995 Jun;126(6):1004-7. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Menon in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
Kuppermann N, Bank DE, Walton EA, Senac MO Jr, McCaslin I. Risks for bacteremia and urinary tract infections in young febrile children with bronchiolitis. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997 Dec;151(12):1207-14.
Liebelt EL, Qi K, Harvey K. Diagnostic testing for serious bacterial infections in infants aged 90 days or younger with bronchiolitis. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999 May;153(5):525-30.

Asthma

Becker JM, Arora A, Scarfone RJ, Spector ND, Fontana-Penn ME, Gracely E, Joffe MD, Goldsmith DP, Malatack JJ. Oral versus intravenous corticosteroids in children hospitalized with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1999 Apr;103(4):586-90. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Becker JM in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
Qureshi F, Pestian J, Davis P, Zaritsky A. Effect of nebulized ipratropium on the hospitalization rates of children with asthma. N Engl J Med. 1998 Oct 8;339(15):1030-5.

Surgery

Pollack ES. Pediatric abdominal surgical emergencies. Pediatr Ann. 1996 Aug;25(8):448-57.
Hechtman DH, Stylianos S. Surgical conditions in the newborn. Pediatr Ann. 1994 May;23(5):231-9.

Trauma

Jaffe D, Wesson D. Emergency management of blunt trauma in children. N Engl J Med. 1991 May 23;324(21):1477-82.
Yurt RW. Triage, initial assessment, and early treatment of the pediatric trauma patient. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1992 Oct;39(5):1083-91.
Committee on Quality Improvement. American Academy of Pediatrics. The management of minor closed head injury in children. Pediatrics. 1999 Dec;104(6):1407-15.
Manary MJ, Jaffe DM. Cervical spine injuries in children. Pediatric Annals 1996;25:423-428.
Gerardi MJ, Sacchetti AD, Cantor RM, Santamaria JP, Gausche M, Lucid W, Foltin GL. Rapid sequence intubation of the pediatric patient. Ann Emerg Med. 1996 Jul;28(1):55-74. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Gerardi in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
Schiller WR. Burn management in children. Pediatr Ann. 1996 Aug;25(8):431, 434-8; quiz 439.
Jackimczyk K, Pollack ES. Management of pediatric wounds. Pediatr Ann. 1996 Aug;25(8):440-7.

Injury Prevention

Annest JL, Mercy JA, Gibson DR, Ryan GW. National estimates of nonfatal firearm-related injuries. Beyond the tip of the iceberg. JAMA. 1995 Jun 14;273(22):1749-54.
Kellermann AL, Rivara FP, Rushforth NB. Gun ownership as a risk factor for homicide in the home. N Engl J Med. 1993 Oct 7;329(15):1084-91.

Emergency Medical Services

Schindler MB, Bohn D, Cox PN, McCrindle BW, Jarvis A, Edmonds J, Barker G. Outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac or respiratory arrest in children. Outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac or respiratory arrest in children. N Engl J Med. 1996 Nov 14;335(20):1473-9.
Gausche M, Lewis RJ, Stratton SJ, Haynes BE, Gunter CS, Goodrich SM, Poore PD, McCollough MD, Henderson DP, Pratt FD, Seidel JS. Effect of out-of-hospital pediatric endotracheal intubation on survival and neurologic outcome: A controlled clinical trial. JAMA. 2000 Feb 9;283(6):783-90.| Erratum in: JAMA 2000 Jun 28;283(24):3204.
Glaeser P. Out-of-hospital intubation of children. JAMA. 2000 Feb 9;283(6):797-8.

Toxicology

Liebelt EL, Shannon MW. Small doses, big problems: A selected review of highly toxic common medications. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1993 Oct;9(5):292-7.