Pediatric Emergencies – Common Pediatric Emergencies
Pediatrics · Topic 24
Source: NMC CBME Curriculum 2024 · Volume II · Pediatrics · Topic 24 · combined PDF page 342
Practice questions
- In the population-based pediatric emergency department study of neurological visits, approximately what proportion of all visits were neurological?
- Which pair of chief complaints accounted for 64% of neurological visits in the study?
- Which presenting complaint pattern was reported in the highest-acuity neurological visits?
- Compared with non-neurological visits, neurological visits in the study had approximately what relative risk of requiring immediate lifesaving intervention?
- Half of the highest-acuity neurological patients in the study were in which age group?
- Which statement best describes the association between acuity and hospitalization in the neurological visit study?
- Which interpretation of the finding that 87% of neurological patients followed one of four common pathways is most appropriate?
- What feature distinguished patients who needed advanced tests from the common pathway group in the neurological study?
- A clinician notes that headache was linked to lower-acuity visits in this cohort. Which conclusion is best supported by the study?
- The T-RECS pilot introduced a prehospital protocol and checklist for which patient group?
- Which set of interventions was included in the T-RECS prehospital protocol?
- Which design best characterizes the T-RECS pilot?
- After protocol introduction, combined use of albuterol/ipratropium and dexamethasone changed from 16.7% to which reported level?
- What was the primary outcome collection measure in the T-RECS pilot, and how complete was it?
- Which conclusion about clinical effectiveness is justified by the T-RECS pilot findings?
- Which implementation challenges were reported by paramedics in the T-RECS pilot?
- In the caregiver outreach pilot after youth mental health emergencies, approximately how many caregivers were contacted over one year?
- What proportion of caregivers did the outreach program successfully reach with only one follow-up attempt?
- Additional assistance was provided to 21% of which group in the caregiver outreach pilot?
- Which description best matches the setting and design of the caregiver outreach evaluation?
- Which set of outcomes was among the stated goals of the caregiver outreach program?
- Which conclusion is most appropriate from the caregiver outreach pilot's reported contact and assistance rates?
- Which method was used to develop the consensus research agenda for acute pediatric mental and behavioral health emergencies?
- Which group was represented among the 23 partners who contributed to the research agenda?
- How many research priorities were retained as priorities on which the panel reached consensus?
- Which combination correctly describes the priority-development counts reported in the Delphi agenda?
- Which condition was part of the stated threshold for a research priority to be classified as top tier?
- Which topic was identified among the top-tier research priorities for pediatric mental and behavioral health emergencies?
- Which set of issues was represented among the agenda's top-tier research priorities?
- A proposed intervention appears among the Delphi panel's top-tier research priorities. What does this designation establish?