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Hospital Medicine Trainee Ongoing Projects: Clinical

Hospital Medicine Trainee Ongoing Projects: Quality Improvement + Systems/Population-based Research

TOP 41 - Clinical Comparison of Pediatric Cervical Lymphadenitis Patients by Imaging and Treatment Modalities

TOP 42 - Characteristics of Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia Discharged on Home Oxygen Versus Room Air: A Descriptive Study

TOP 43 - Comparing hospital outcomes for common respiratory diagnoses in children with caregivers who prefer languages other than English: a retrospective review

TOP 44 - Transfer Call Characteristics of Pediatric Interfacility Transfers for Asthma

TOP 45 - Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in the Acute Care Setting

TOP 46 - How soon is too soon? The association between observation time off supplemental oxygen and readmission rates for infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis

TOP 47 - Early Clinical and Laboratory Indicators for Differentiating Infectious from Autoimmune Encephalitis in Pediatric Patients: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study

TOP 48 - Systematizing the Approach to Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome at Boston Children’s Hospital

TOP 49 - Is One Enough? Single vs. Double Dexamethasone Dosing in Inpatient Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations

TOP 50 - National trends in NOWs management and outcomes before and after publication of Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) approach: A 2004-2024 PHIS Cohort Study

TOP 51 - No Shot, All Shock: Pediatric Influenza Severity in the Era of Declining Vaccination

TOP 52 - Clinician Perspectives on an Inpatient Communication-Focused Pediatric Family Navigation Program

TOP 53 - Promoting family voices: A QI initiative to increase in-person interpreter use on pediatric hospitalist rounds

TOP 54 - Improving Classification of Dehydration in Pediatric Patients Using a Standardized Scale

TOP 55 - From Admission to Discharge: Optimization of the Asthma Care Continuum

TOP 56 - Improving Inpatient Pediatric Firearm Safety Screening

TOP 57 - Right from the Start: Improving Pediatric Medication Reconciliation at Admission

TOP 58 - Reducing Weight Loss in Infants with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome: An Inter-Institutional QI Initiative

TOP 59 - Implementation of a Diagnostic Uncertainty Checklist During Family Centered Rounds

TOP 60 - Gauging the Temperature: A Qualitative Study Exploring Pediatric Resident Attitudes Towards Rapid Response Events

TOP 61 - Bridging The Gap: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Enhance Communication With Primary Care Providers At Discharge

TOP 62 - Pediatric Resident Autonomy and Supervision on Family-Centered Rounds

TOP 63 - Using Qualitative Methods to Inform the Development of a Family Meeting Educational Toolkit for Family Meetings on the Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Complex Care Services

TOP 64 - Take 5: Five Micro-Moments to Reset Your Mind

TOP 65 - Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Outcomes of Pediatric Hospitalizations for Pneumonia

335 - Nurturing the Communication Ecosystem: A Low-Investment Quality Improvement Bundle for Pediatric Hospital Teams

364 - Graduating Pediatric Residents Starting PHM Fellowships vs PHM Jobs

567 - Molecular Diagnostic Testing Variation and Outcomes in Pediatric Complicated Community-Acquired Pneumonia

582 - Higher value follow-up for mild antenatal urinary tract dilation: How many additional ultrasounds?

583 - Prevalence and Costs of US Pediatric Hospitalizations, 2022

599 - POwer Up to PO: Boosting Transitions from IV to PO of Gastric Acid Suppressive Medication in Patients admitted to Pediatric Hospital Medicine

343 - Disrupting Workflow or Improving Communication? Clinician Experiences with Secure Text Messaging

358 - Association of Patient Portal Enrollment and Use with Inpatient Hospitalization Outcomes

373 - The Relationship between In-Hospital Communication and Post-Discharge Healthcare Utilization

593 - Shedding a Light: Incidence of and Hospital Utilization Associated with Subthreshold Phototherapy in 2 Freestanding Children's Hospitals

607 - Improving Adherence to the 2021 AAP Well-Appearing Febrile Infant Clinical Practice Guideline within a Rural Health System

344 - A US Pilot Pediatric Hospital at Home: The Screening Cascade for a Pediatric Hospital at Home Unit

359 - Regionalization of Pediatric Inpatient Care: A Scoping Review of Trends, Causes, and Impacts

374 - Delays in medically necessary imaging tests and procedures for hospitalized children in Ontario

576 - Reducing Length of Stay Without Increasing Adverse Events, Revisits or Readmissions: A Systematic Review to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Inpatient Beta-Agonist Weaning Protocols

594 - Virtual Reality Goggles During Venipuncture: Effective Anxiety Reduction in Pediatric Patients

608 - Rounding Smarter, Not Harder: Improving Rounding Efficiency Through Workflow Redesign

345 - A US Pilot Pediatric Hospital at Home: Who Are Our Patients?

360 - Hospital utilization in children with medical complexity before and after enrollment in a tertiary care complex care program

375 - Research Prioritization Studies in Paediatric Hospital Medicine: A Scoping Review

577 - Fourteen-Year Trends in Pediatric Empyema Admissions, Management, and Outcomes in a Tertiary Care Pediatric Hospital

595 - Treating Nicotine Addiction in Caregivers of Children on the Pediatric Ward

609 - Hydrogen Peroxide Fogging of the Operating Room Reduces Deep Spinal Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Scoliosis Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion: A Quality Improvement Project

346 - A US Pilot Pediatric Hospital at Home: Why We Were Able to Launch the First US Pediatric Hospital at Home Unit

361 - Association between Declining to Respond to Social Risk Screening and Readmission among Hospitalized Children

376 - Impact of a nationwide blood culture bottle shortage on antibiotic use among hospitalized pediatric patients with fever

578 - Experiences of Hospitalized Children and Caregivers with IV and Oral Antibiotics for Pneumonia

596 - Predictors of Caregiver Anxiety upon Child Hospital Admission

610 - Using Quality Improvement to Decrease Chest Radiograph Use in Children Hospitalized with Bronchiolitis

347 - Improving Documentation of Behavioral Crisis Events: A Quality Improvement Initiative

377 - Comparative Analysis of Faculty vs Resident Performance in Facilitation of Direct Admissions

579 - Bronchiolitis after Introduction of RSV Vaccines: Shifting Patterns in Pediatric Hospitalizations

580 - Evaluating Direct Admission as an Efficient Alternative to ED Admission for Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia: A Community Hospital Experience

597 - Risk of Refeeding Syndrome in Infants Admitted for Malnutrition

611 - Reducing Average Admission Boarding Time From Pediatric Emergency Department To Pediatric Inpatient Unit At King’s County Hospital: A Multidisciplinary QI Project

348 - Implementing Trauma-Informed Care Training for Interdisciplinary Pediatric Hospitalist Teams at Two Academic Medical Centers

362 - Variation in Patient Characteristics Across Pediatric Intermediate Care Units

378 - Who’s Who in the Hospital: Public Understanding of Provider Roles and Training

581 - Nutritional status and respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis severity in infants

598 - Identifying clinical predictors of negative urine testing in children with spina bifida

612 - Implementing enteral hydration and nutrition via nasogastric tube in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis

349 - Identifying Disparities in Bronchiolitis Quality Metrics

363 - Pandemic effect on all-cause pediatric inpatient mortality

379 - Association of Race/Ethnicity and Social Determinants of Health After Adjustment for Household Income and Caregiver Education Levels

350 - Navigating Rural Pediatric Care: A Multi-Site Longitudinal Qualitative Study of Clinician Perspectives and Adaptive Strategies

365 - Understanding Pediatric Hospital Safety Reporting from the Perspective of Parents and Staff: A Mixed Methods Study

568 - Examining routine daily chest radiograph use for children hospitalized with parapneumonic effusions requiring chest tube placement

584 - Sedation/Anesthesia Use for Inpatient Pediatric Brain MRIs: National Trends and Outcomes

585 - Sherlock and the Machine: A Meta-Cognitive Quest

600 - Reducing unnecessary oxygen use in the community setting

336 - Improving Documentation and Accuracy of Medical Consent for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients

351 - Patterns of Admission Leading to Interfacility Transfers in Pediatric Care

366 - Performance of GPT-5 for Extraction of Key Clinical Characteristics Around Oseltamivir Use in Hospitalized Pediatric Influenza Patients

569 - Mycoplasma pneumoniae Testing, Diagnosis, and Treatment in Hospitalized Children Across the US: A 10-year Retrospective Analysis

586 - Development and Evaluation of a Health Literacy-Informed, Multilingual Caregiver Electronic Rounds Summary

601 - Screening While Admitted: Increasing Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Rates in Adolescent Patients by Testing in the Inpatient Setting

337 - Learner Perceptions of Teaching Quantity and Techniques During Pediatric Bedside Rounds

352 - Association between Hospital Occupancy and Mortality, 2016-2024

367 - Socioecological factors influencing food and nutrition security of hospitalized families

570 - Barriers and Strategies to Promote Oral over Intravenous Antibiotics for Children Hospitalized with Pneumonia: Insights from Nurses, Clinicians, and Caregivers

587 - MRSA swab utilization in children’s hospitals and their association with outcomes

602 - A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Appropriate Antibiotic Selection for Hospitalized Children with Community Acquired Pneumonia

338 - Trainee Perspectives on the Learning Environment and Provision of Teaching During Pediatric Bedside Rounds

353 - Trends in Avoidable Mental Behavioral Health (MBH) Hospital Days at US Children's Hospitals

368 - Prevalence and predictors of food and nutrition security among low-income hospitalized families

571 - Assessing Geographic Associations of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Spread and Nirsevimab Administration

588 - Provider Experiences Caring for Pediatric Patients Admitted with Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders: A Qualitative Study

339 - Optimizing Medication Withdrawal Therapy Protocols While Decreasing Length of Hospitalization

354 - Investigating Disparities in Patient and Family Experience on Pediatric Hospital Medicine Teams

369 - (Mis)Understanding Jargon: Characterizing Patients’ Comprehension of Medical Terms

572 - Variation in Swallow Function Evaluations in Children After Ventilatory Support for Acute Respiratory Illness in U.S. Children’s Hospitals

589 - Is there a weekend effect for pediatric respiratory hospitalizations?

603 - Decreasing Time to Discharge in Hospital Medicine Patients

340 - Parent Health Literacy and Medication Comprehension for Children with Medical Complexity

355 - Drivers of Morning Hospital Discharges in US Children's Hospitals.

370 - Household Hunger after Hospitalization

573 - Exploring Provider Perceptions and Practices in Managing Pediatric Aspiration Pneumonia

590 - Treating Pediatric Deep Neck Infections: A Cohort Study Comparing Early, Late, and Non-Surgical Approaches

604 - Improving Pediatric Peripheral IV Access through a Learning Team and DIVA Scoring System at a Children’s Hospital

341 - Standardizing Gastrostomy Tube (GT) Teaching for Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers​

356 - Neighborhood Child Opportunity Index and Caregiver-Reported Healthcare Needs and Barriers

574 - Variation in Inpatient Management of Viral Respiratory Tract Infections in Preschool-Aged Children

591 - Sniffing Out Staph: Correlation between MRSA Nasal Surveillance and Wound Cultures in Pediatric Patients Admitted for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and Musculoskeletal Infections

605 - Improving Rates of Hospital Discharge Instruction Translation for Spanish-Preferring Patients through Technology and Workflow Solutions

342 - Evaluation of Factors Associated with Readmission for Growth Faltering

357 - Strengthening Rural Health Systems Through Learning: Findings from a Collaborative Content Analysis

372 - A Qualitative Study of PHM Leaders’ Perceptions of the 2025 ACGME Pediatric Residency Changes on the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Workforce

575 - Development and Acceptability of a Parental Education Video to Wean Simple Nasal Cannula Oxygen for Hospitalized Children

592 - The Associations Between Clinical Uncertainty and Practice Intensity Among Pediatric Inpatient Providers

606 - Closing the Gap: Improving Inpatient Contraception Screening for Adolescents Through a Confidential Digital Tool