The Utility of Hospitalization in Pediatrics

A lot of the things, it seems like history taking of feeding patterns, you know, doing the physical exam for a neurological exam and looking for signs of congestive heart failure on history and exam. But to your point, what are we doing for these kids when we hospitalize them? What's the game plan? What are we adding when we bring them into the hospital? So I think the most straightforward actual benefit is when kids are literally dehydrated and need some IV fluids or an NG2 feed,.