WMJ

April 2022

Children’s Health and the Impact of COVID-19

Clinicians who take care of children understand that there are many factors – some beyond their control – that can impact a child’s health and well-being, including access to health care. In this issue of WMJ, authors explore several issues related to caring for kids, both with and without the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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EDITORIAL

In This Issue
Children’s Health in Wisconsin
Sarina Schrager, MD, MS, WMJ Editor-in-Chief

Commentary
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Call for Improving Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Paula Soung, MD

Commentary
Systems Thinking Is Vital to Long-Term Equitable COVID-19 Response and Recovery in Wisconsin
Sarah Davis, JD, MPA; Eunice Y. Park, MIS; Maria Morgen, BS; Baila Khan, BS; Kylie Donovan, BS; Manpreet Kaur, BS; Margaret B. Hackett, BA

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

COVID-19 Surveillance Testing in Secondary Schools: Findings and Barriers to Implementation
Amy Falk, MD; Mikaela Decoster, BS; Zachary Wallace, BS; Peter Falk, OD; Sarah Steffen, MMP; Alison Benda, BS; Tracy Beth Høeg, MD, PhD

Does Unconscious Bias Affect How Pediatricians Manage Their Patients?
Gisela Chelimsky, MD; Pippa Simpson, PhD, Mingen Feng, MS; Earnestine Willis, MD

Retrospective Evaluation of Return Rates in Pediatric Patients Treated With Inhaled Racemic Epinephrine for Croup
Inimfon Udoh, MD; David Heegeman, MD; Shalini Ravi, MD

Current Practice and Rationale of Prescribing Dexamethasone for Pediatric Patients Hospitalized for Asthma
Shelby Nelipovich, BS; Kelsey Porada, MA; Sarah Vepraskas, MD; Paula Soung, MD; Erica Chou, MD

Idiopathic Congenital Talipes Equinovarus in Wisconsin Newborns: Incidence and Associated Risk Factors
Brooke J. Olson, BS; Scott Van Valin, MD; Xue-Cheng Liu, MD, PhD

Telehealth in Genetics: The Genetic Counselor Perspective on the Utility of Telehealth in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Wisconsin
Sarah H. Choi, MGCS; Marwat N. Salamin, BS; Catherine A. Reiser, MS; Lauren E. Rachow, BS; Michael R. Lasarev, MS; M. Stephen Meyn, MD, PhD; Elizabeth M. Petty, MD

REVIEW

Hereditary Angioedema: A Review
Heidi Zafra, MD

BRIEF REPORTS

Pediatric Respiratory Illness Hospitalizations Prior to COVID-19 and During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Southeast Wisconsin
Tracey Liljestrom, MD; Sarah Corey Bauer, MD; Francesca Moral, MD; Erin Preloger, MD; Mariann Chelampath, MD

COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbates Childhood Immunization Disparities
Brittany J. Lehrer, MD; Lauren Lawton, RN, BSN; Amy Kastens, RN, BSN; Larissa Malmstadt, MD; Robert Rohloff, MD; Peter L. Havens, MD, MS; Anna R. Huppler, MD

Transaminase Elevation in Nutritional Infantile Failure to Thrive
Kristen A. Marten, DO; Nicole E. St. Clair, MD; Daniel M. O’Connell, MD; Daniel J. Sklansky, MD

Pilot Study of Feeding Tube Education Using a Graphic-Based Course
Lauren Johnson, MD; Theresa Maatman, MD

CASE REPORTS

Chronic Phenibut Use: Symptoms, Severe Withdrawal, and Recovery
Bryan VanDreese, DO; Ashley Holland, DO; Andrew Murray, DO

Clostridioides difficile Pyogenic Liver Abscess With an Empyema
Suhas P. Dasari, BS; Mit A. Patel, BS; Vishmayaa Saravanan, BS; Sanjana Jha; Kayla L. O’Sullivan BS; Harpreet S. Gill, BS; Pramod Acharya, MD; Pinky Jha, MD

Identification of Wernicke Encephalopathy in a Patient Presenting With Altered Mental Status and Dehydration
Leilani Hernandez, MPH; Taylor Brockman, BS; Tej Mehta, MD

Significantly Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase Caused by Congestive Hepatopathy in the Setting of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
James F. Wu, MD; Pinky Jha, MD, MPH; Saryn Doucette, MD; Haisam Abid, MD