How to

• Admit a child to the Clinical Center
  • 1 Northwest Inpatient and Day Hospital Preadmit Form
• Consult with the Pediatric Consult Service
• Consult with a pediatric subspecialty service or Children’s Hospital
• Consult with Pediatric Psychiatry
• Consult with the Rehabilitation Medicine Department
• Obtain clinical nutrition services for pediatric patients
• Refer a child to the NIH Children's School
• Refer a patient/family for social work services

Pediatric Care Guidelines

• Health screening for pediatric visitors 
• Sedation
• Sedation and Procedures Service: Critical Care Medicine Dept.
• Pediatric Anesthesia Service: The Department of Anesthesia and Surgical Services
• Intravenous fluid management
• Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
• Pediatric Blood Pressure Recommendations
• Electrolyte Management Recommendations
• Age-appropriate values
  • Vital signs
  • Pediatric blood pressure charts
  • Common laboratory values
  • Useful calculations (i.e., creatinine clearance, body surface area)
• Oral Contrast for CT Scan 
• Pediatric development and chronic illness (a chart providing information on pediatric developmental stages and their relevance for children with chronic illness)
• Child abuse and neglect
  • Information
  • Reporting 

Research Resources

• Protocol checklist for studies that anticipate including pediatric patients less than 2 years old 
• Protocol checklist for issues to consider in research with children 
• Pediatric IRB Consultants (NIH access only)

The Children's Inn (TCI)

• The Children's Inn homepage
• Information and scheduling a patient
  • Children's Inn Referral Form
  • General release form for patients over 18 registered at The Children's Inn 
  • General release form for patients under 18 (minors) registered at The Children's Inn  
• Medical Emergencies at The Children's Inn
  • Standard Operating Procedures for TCI residents sent to Suburban Hospital's Emergency Room
  • Standard Operating Procedures for 911 Calls to The Children’s Inn
• Policy regarding patients with DNR (“Do Not Resuscitate”) orders
  • DNR procedures for patients at The Children's Inn
  • DNR form letter for use at The Children's Inn

Policies involving pediatric care

• M92-5: Research Involving Children and Children’s Assent to Research 
• M92-8: Intravenous Potassium Chloride Infusions 
• M92-9: Administration of Sedation 
• M92-10: Children Visiting the Clinical Center 
• M94-2: Critical Care Medicine Department Pediatric Admission Policy 
• M94-5: Reporting Child Abuse/Neglect In The Clinical Center 
• M94-7: Direct Intravenous Injection of Therapeutic and Diagnostic Agents (I.V. Push) 
• M94-10: Restraint and Seclusion 
• M95-1: Emergency Medical Services 
• M95-9: Guidelines for Blood Drawn for Research Purposes in the Clinical Center 
• M95-10: Housing of Pediatric Patients in the Clinical Center 
• M97-6: Suspected Missing Patient 
• M03-2: Correct-Site Identification for Surgical/Invasive Procedures

List of all Medical Administrative Policies

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