Month: <span>January 2025</span>
Month: January 2025

Month: January 2025

Paediatrics

Synthesizing and assessing influenza vaccine evidence: Strengths and limitations of the recent ECDC report on the effectiveness of new and enhanced influenza vaccines. Communication on: the “European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Systematic review update on the efficacy, effectiveness and safety of newer and enhanced seasonal influenza vaccines for the prevention of laboratory confirmed influenza in individuals aged 18 years and over. Stockholm: ECDC; 2024”

Germs. 2024 Sep 30;14(3):301-305. doi: 10.18683/germs.2024.1441. eCollection 2024 Sep. ABSTRACT High quality research is critical for evidence-based decision making in public health and fundamental to …

Paediatrics

Characterization of children’s prospective prescription review and exploration of factors influencing the success of interventions

Ther Adv Drug Saf. 2025 Jan 6;16:20420986241311448. doi: 10.1177/20420986241311448. eCollection 2025. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Medication safety is crucial in clinical care. Although many hospitals have implemented …

Paediatrics

Lessons Learned from a Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination in Hospitalized Children

Pediatr Qual Saf. 2025 Jan 7;10(1):e782. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000782. eCollection 2025 Jan-Feb. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Pediatric coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rates in the United States remain …

Paediatrics

Transitioning to Opioid-free Anesthesia for Pediatric Supracondylar Fracture Repairs: A Patient Safety Report

Pediatr Qual Saf. 2025 Jan 7;10(1):e777. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000777. eCollection 2025 Jan-Feb. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Supracondylar fractures are among the most common injuries in the pediatric population. …

Paediatrics

Improving Antibiotic Use in Argentine Pediatric Hospitals: A Process Evaluation Using Normalization Process Theory

Pediatr Qual Saf. 2025 Jan 7;10(1):e788. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000788. eCollection 2025 Jan-Feb. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: In the pediatric setting, overprescribing of antibiotics contributes to the rise of …

Paediatrics

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery

Pediatr Qual Saf. 2025 Jan 7;10(1):e785. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000785. eCollection 2025 Jan-Feb. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: This project aimed to decrease surgical site wound infections (SSIs) to less …

Paediatrics

Cathelicidin, but not vitamin D, is associated independently with sepsis in pediatric patients with cancer and febrile neutropenia

Mol Clin Oncol. 2024 Dec 19;22(2):22. doi: 10.3892/mco.2024.2817. eCollection 2025 Feb. ABSTRACT Sepsis and septic shock are major complications of febrile neutropenia (FN) in pediatric …