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Suspected Acute Heart Failure Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department, ICU and Inpatient
The heart failure clinical pathway outlines the steps to be taken when treating a patient with suspected acute heart failure.
PDA Management in the First Month in High-risk Preterm Neonate Clinical Pathway — ICU and Inpatient
The pathway for management of PDA in the first month of the high risk pre-term neonate outlines the care for high risk neonates while decreasing variability in evaluation and treatment, standardizing echocardiographic readings and decreasing NPO time.
Kawasaki Disease or Incomplete Kawasaki Disease Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department and Inpatient
This pathway is meant to guide the evaluation for patients presenting with symptoms consistent with Kawasaki Disease (KD) or Incomplete Kawasaki Disease and to guide treatment for those diagnosed with KD or Incomplete KD.
Trauma Resuscitation Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department
This pathway provides guidance for the care of all patients who have sustained a traumatic injury with risk to life or limb. Patients with recognized life threatening injuries are classified as Trauma Level One or Trauma Level Two and require initial evaluation and resuscitation in the Trauma Bay.
Procedural Sedation Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department
This pathway is intended for Emergency Department patients requiring procedural sedation who are healthy or those with mild systemic disease that is well controlled.
Continuous IV Fluid Administration Clinical Pathway — Inpatient
The continuous administration of IV fluids inpatient pathway outlines the algorithm for selecting the initial IV fluid composition and rate when treating a hospitalized patient who requires IV fluids due to dehydration and/or the inability to take 100% of their fluid needs enterally.
Vascular Access Clinical Pathway — Inpatient
The vascular access clinical pathway outlines the care plan for vascular access initiation and management in the inpatient setting.
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Clinical Pathway — N/IICU
The Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) Clinical Pathway provides guidance of care for neonates/infants born at the CHOP SDU or referred from outside institutions for further evaluation and treatment with overgrowth features such as macroglossia, hyperinsulinism, omphalocele and/or a constellation of findings suspicious for BWS.
Infant with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Clinical Pathway, Pre and Post-operative Care — Inpatient and ICU
This pathway provides a detailed overview of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care for the infant diagnosed with CDH during their initial hospitalization.
Ventilator Weaning Clinical Pathway — CICU
The CICU pathway for ventilator weaning provides guidance on the management and weaning of conventional mechanical ventilation and extubation readiness in children in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.