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Hennepin Healthcare’s pediatric mobile unit brings care directly to families
“There was a decline in the rate of childhood immunizations, unfortunately, and when our patients are not protected then our community is not protected,” Amy Green, a nurse practitioner with Hennepin Healthcare, said.
“We were seeing large populations of people of color in our ICUs (Intensive Care Units), having the harder time with COVID,” said Nneka Sederstrom, the chief health equity officer for Hennepin Healthcare.
What rising COVID-19, flu and RSV infections mean for students this winter
There is currently a higher volume of serious RSV infections than in recent years, said Stacene Maroushek, a pediatrician at Hennepin County Health Center in Minneapolis and assistant professor in the University’s Department of Pediatrics.
MDH, Hennepin Healthcare launch first-of-its-kind pain treatment map
“This is critical that people have this knowledge,” said Dr. Arti Prasad, the director of NO PAIN MN (Non-Opioid Pain Alleviation Information Network) and Hennepin Healthcare chief strategic development officer.
It took two years to create the map. Dr. Prasad worked with Hennepin Healthcare Chiropractor Dr. Rick Printon. He collaborates with physical therapists and acupuncturists to help patients with chronic pain.
“It’s really a combination of care,” said Dr. Printon, NO PAIN MN Co-director. “We’re the non-medication option and we can put one, two, three, four different therapies with the patients to help them reduce their pain.”
Minnesota pharmacies see children’s medication shortage during early flu surge
“It’s a very early start to our respiratory viral season, particularly for influenza. It’s come much earlier than we expected,” said Dr. Leslie King-Schultz, a pediatrician at Hennepin Healthcare’s Brooklyn Park clinic.
Numerous respiratory viruses are keeping the pressure on Minnesota hospitals
People who are sick can reduce viral spread by staying home and particularly avoiding the very old and the very young, said Dr. Ashley Strobel, an emergency medicine physician at Hennepin Healthcare who specializes in pediatrics.
“Tripledemic” causes Hennepin Healthcare to expand hours
“We definitely have a backlog certainly in our emergency room,” said Natalie Ikeman, physician assistant with Hennepin Healthcare. “That’s why the clinics have opened extra visits for patients to be able to be seen, especially these pediatric patients since that is such a high-risk population.”
MMA, healthcare systems offer advice to families before holiday season
On November 21, the MMA and several Minnesota healthcare systems held a press conference in downtown Minneapolis to sound the alarm ahead of the holiday season, to raise awareness about the spike in cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and other respiratory illnesses.
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Dr. Iesha A. Galloway-Gilliam is an internal medicine physician and obesity medicine director of the Comprehensive Weight Management Center.
Fentanyl exposures in children spike, public health official sounds alarm: “Lock up your drugs”
“We now regularly see cases of toddlers or small children reversed with Narcan after they’ve been poisoned. And that is something that I used to not see in my practice,” Dr. Jon Cole told
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Health officials: RSV, flu cases spike ahead of holidays
“We’re all working extra hours and pulling extra shifts trying to help out. But we’re still having difficulty overcoming the patient volumes,” explained Dr. Ashley Strobel, Emergency Pediatrician at Hennepin Healthcare
Clogged hospitals prompt warnings from Minnesota doctors
The doctors walked a fine line in their messaging Monday, not wanting to discourage parents from bringing in children needing hospital-level care.
Parents should probably consult with their local pediatricians first, said Dr. Ashley Strobel, an emergency physician at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis, which hosted the news conference.
But she said parents should bring in children who are dehydrated (often exhibited by dry diapers), have fevers above 100.4 degrees for five or more days or are struggling to breathe so much that their ribs can be seen as they inhale or “their nostrils are flaring out and in, kind of like that bull that you see on cartoons, back in the day of Looney Tunes.”
Health officials offer advice, urge precautions during holidays as viral illnesses rise
“We want to help everyone out, we want to have space to help everyone out and please have mercy on us, we are working very hard and doing our absolute best, we are parents just like you, we are Minnesotans just like you and we want to take care of you,” Dr. Ashley Strobel, an emergency and pediatric physician at Hennepin Healthcare, said.
Minnesota healthcare systems sounding the alarm on RSV
“In my 25 years of being a pediatrician, I’ve never seen anything like this,” said pediatric infectious disease specialist Stacene Maroushek, MD with Hennepin Healthcare, in a statement. “I have seen families who just aren’t getting a break. They have one viral illness after another. And now there’s the secondary effect of ear infections and pneumonia that are prompting amoxicillin shortages.”
Minnesota medical community addresses spike in child respiratory illnesses ahead of holiday season
“Please have mercy on us. We are working very hard and doing our very best. We are parents too, just like you,” said Ashley Strobel, with Hennepin Healthcare.
As respiratory viruses spike, health care systems ask Minnesotans to reduce strain on providers
“Please have mercy on us,” said Dr. Ashley Strobel, emergency physician at Hennepin Healthcare. “We are working very hard and doing our absolute best. We are parents just like you. We are Minnesotans just like you and we want to take care of you.”
Healthcare system stresses as sicknesses rise throughout Minnesota
“The advice is, you know, preventive – washing your hands, wearing your mask, staying at home when you’re sick,” said Dr. Stacene Maroushek, with Hennepin Healthcare pediatric infectious disease.
“RSV affects those who are less than two years old the most, but we also have all the other viruses,” said Dr. Ashley Strobel, FACEP, FAAP, emergency physician, with Hennepin Healthcare. “I’ve seen Rhino and Enterovirus 17, influenza viruses – these viruses do not need a name; they are virus.”
Amoxicillin shortage impacting parents of sick kids
“Bacterial infections — like an ear infection, strep throat, pneumonia — can pop up while a child is dealing with a virus like RSV or influenza,” Hennepin Healthcare pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Stacene Maroushek explained.
Viruses suppressed during COVID-19 pandemic now prevalent among children
“Every three to four weeks we’re seeing these kids get a new infection, especially those that are in school and in daycare,” said Dr. Stacene Maroushek, a pediatric infectious disease specialist from Hennepin Healthcare. “And of course they infect their parents, parents have to miss work, kids are missing school, the parents are really worried like ‘they’ve been sick all the time,’ so they’re coming into the doctor a little more often as well. And it’s just a bad post-Covid resurgence of virus.”
Plea from a trauma nurse: Stay away from me.
We want every biker in a helmet, every child in a car seat/booster, every passenger in every vehicle wearing a seat belt. Every time. Kelly Maynard is a pediatric nurse at Hennepin County Medical Center and a part-time copy editor at the Star Tribune.
