PCORI-Funded Study to Compare Broad, Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD, recently received an approximately $1.8 million contract from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to compare...
View ArticlePrevention Bundle Reduces Hospital-acquired Infection in Pediatrics
Clinicians and researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are always striving to improve care, which is partly why the institution continues to rank as the No. 1 pediatric hospital in the...
View ArticleNew Guideline Curbs Overuse of Antibiotics for Tonsillectomies
Antimicrobial resistance is spreading around the world, hampering physicians’ capacity for treating bacterial infections swiftly and reliably. Partly to blame is clinical overuse of antibiotics, so...
View ArticleFear Shouldn’t Drive Policy: CHOP Expert Offers Vaccine Commentary
Noting “vaccine-preventable diseases remain a significant threat to children’s health,” in a recent editorial The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Kristen A. Feemster, MD, MPH, MSHP, calls for...
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