Purpose: Pediatric emergency patients have clinical characteristics that differ from adult patients, making the timely provision of emergency medical services crucial. Currently, 12 pediatric emergency centers (PECs) operate in Korea with uneven geographic distribution, creating...
Purpose: Despite the high burden of neonatal sepsis in emergency departments (EDs), most studies focus on inpatient settings or post-discharge outcomes, leaving a gap in understanding infection signs within EDs. We aimed to identify early signs of neonatal sepsis in an ED of a l...
Purpose: Parapneumonic effusion (PPE) is one of the major complications of pediatric pneumonia. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of systemic inflammatory biomarkers in distinguishing between simple and complicated PPE and to determine whether these markers could s...
