Clinical Decision Making in Early Wound Drainage Following Posterior Spine Surgery in Pediatric Patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozgur Dede ◽  
Patrick Bosch ◽  
Austin J. Bowles ◽  
William Timothy Ward ◽  
James W. Roach
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Spine Surgery ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Wound Drainage ◽  
Posterior Spine ◽  
Posterior Spine Surgery ◽  
Early Wound

DECISION MAKING IN PEDIATRIC SPINAL DEFORMITY

Neurosurgery ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (suppl_3) ◽  
pp. A54-A68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin S. Smith ◽  
Christopher I. Shaffrey ◽  
Mark F. Abel ◽  
Christopher P. Ames
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Spinal Deformity ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Nonoperative Treatment ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
Diagnosis And Classification

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To review the concepts involved in the decision-making process for management of pediatric patients with spinal deformity. METHODS The literature was reviewed in reference to pediatric deformity evaluation and management. RESULTS Pediatric spinal deformity includes a broad range of disorders with differing causes, natural histories, and treatments. Appropriate categorization of pediatric deformities is an important first step in the clinical decision-making process. An understanding of both nonoperative and operative treatment modalities and their indications is requisite to providing treatment for pediatric patients with spinal deformity. The primary nonoperative treatment modalities include bracing and casting, and the primary operative treatments include nonfusion instrumentation and fusion with or without instrumentation. In this article, we provide a review of pediatric spinal deformity classification and an overview of general treatment principles. CONCLUSION The decision-making process in pediatric deformity begins with appropriate diagnosis and classification of the deformity. Treatment decisions, both nonoperative and operative, are often predicated on the basis of the age of the patient and the natural history of the disorder.

scholarly journals The Utility of Procalcitonin to Support Clinical Decision Making in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Jacobs ◽  
Maya Holsen ◽  
Shirley Chen ◽  
Nicholas Fusco ◽  
Amanda Hassinger
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision

Exercise stress echocardiography: Impact on clinical decision‐making in pediatric patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 938-943
Author(s):  
Soham Dasgupta ◽  
Heather Friedman ◽  
Nicole Allen ◽  
Megan Stark ◽  
Eric Ferguson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Stress Echocardiography ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Exercise Stress ◽  
Exercise Stress Echocardiography

Debates in Dysphagia Management: How Do You Use Evidence-Based Practice in Your Dysphagia Patient Care?

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 121-123
Author(s):  
Jeri A. Logemann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Clinical Judgment ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Clinical Method ◽  
Do So

Evidence-based practice requires astute clinicians to blend our best clinical judgment with the best available external evidence and the patient's own values and expectations. Sometimes, we value one more than another during clinical decision-making, though it is never wise to do so, and sometimes other factors that we are unaware of produce unanticipated clinical outcomes. Sometimes, we feel very strongly about one clinical method or another, and hopefully that belief is founded in evidence. Some beliefs, however, are not founded in evidence. The sound use of evidence is the best way to navigate the debates within our field of practice.

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