It’s a common practice — maintaining peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) in stable hospital patients even after the need for IV therapy has been resolved. And the thinking goes, why not? After ...

Children's veins are small and sometimes difficult to access during necessary medical treatment. When caregivers used ultrasound to guide placement of intravenous (IV) lines in children with presumed ...

When caregivers used ultrasound to guide placement of intravenous lines in children with presumed difficult access, they had higher success rates on their first attempt. Researchers report that this ...

U.S. hospitals vary widely in their readiness to provide high-quality emergency care for children, which translates into differing outcomes for critically ill and injured children. Several groups have ...

Purpose: Demand for pediatric sedation/ anesthesia services outside the operating room is increasing. Many children's hospitals in the USA are using inpatient pediatricians (hospitalists) to deliver ...