Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Advance Praise
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Prologue
- Section 1 Administration
- Section 2 Clinical Setting and Education
- Section 3 New Developments
- Section 4 Clinical
- Section 5 Disasters Including Pandemics
- Section 6 Financial
- Section 7 Observation Medicine Regulations and Guidelines
- Section 8 Observation Medicine Administration
- Section 9 International
- Section 10 Administrative Policies
- Section 11 Protocols
- Section 12 Order Sets
- Index
64 - Pediatric Observation Medicine at a Children’s Hospital
from Subsection 4P - Clinical – Pediatrics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 June 2025
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Advance Praise
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Prologue
- Section 1 Administration
- Section 2 Clinical Setting and Education
- Section 3 New Developments
- Section 4 Clinical
- Section 5 Disasters Including Pandemics
- Section 6 Financial
- Section 7 Observation Medicine Regulations and Guidelines
- Section 8 Observation Medicine Administration
- Section 9 International
- Section 10 Administrative Policies
- Section 11 Protocols
- Section 12 Order Sets
- Index
Summary
Pediatric medicine is inherently seasonal, with influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and other viruses peaking in the winter; this may result in an observation unit (OU) that is full at certain times of the year, while near-empty at others. In order to offset this problem, many pediatric OUs have become hybridized. A hybrid unit is one that serves other functions in addition to the primary role of caring for the typical observation patients. Set standards (including admission criteria, documentation, discharge criteria, length of stay, chain of command and proper staffing) and compliance with these standards is necessary for a pediatric OU to function optimally.
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- Observation MedicinePrinciples and Protocols, pp. 390 - 396Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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