What's important in a contract beyond the salary? A primer for pain physicians and trainees.

This manuscript is designed to complement the previously published primer on salary structures for new pain physicians. The previous manuscript "Employment Contract Financial Models for the Pain Physician: A Primer" had a goal of increasing understanding of financial models by pain fellows when preparing for contract negotiations. This manuscript illustrates the many equally important considerations of "non-monetary" values that are a significant part of contract negotiation outside of salary.

A narrative review of data collection and analysis guidelines for comparative effectiveness research in chronic pain using patient-reported outcomes and electronic health records.

Chronic pain is a widespread and complex set of conditions that are often difficult and expensive to treat. Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is an evolving research method that is useful in determining which treatments are most effective for medical conditions such as chronic pain. An underutilized mechanism for conducting CER in pain medicine involves combining patient-reported outcomes (PROs) with electronic health records (EHRs).

Factors associated with the development of severe asthma exacerbations in children.

Background: Asthma exacerbations are one of the most common causes of hospitalization in children and account for approximately 10,000 intensive care unit (ICU) admissions per year in the United States. Despite the prevalence of this disease in children, the factors associated with the development of these severe exacerbations are largely unknown.

Methods: A retrospective case-control study was conducted involving all eligible children admitted to the hospital with asthma for a 1-year period.

Use of a massive transfusion protocol with hemostatic resuscitation for severe intraoperative bleeding in a child.

Use of a defined massive transfusion (MT) protocol for severe intraoperative bleeding in a pediatric patient has never been described. Herein we present a case whereby use of hemostatic resuscitation delineated in an MT protocol optimally treated hemorrhage resulting from a large tumor during right hepatectomy. The MT protocol principles, benefits, and postoperative course of the patient are described.

Survey of transfusion policies at US and Canadian children's hospitals in 2008 and 2009.

Background: Previous surveys have reported variation in transfusion practice or policies in specific pediatric populations. Our objective was to determine the current transfusion policies in US and Canadian children's hospitals for both neonatal and pediatric general populations.

Study Design And Methods: US and Canadian blood bank (BB) personnel at children's hospitals that provide blood products between the dates of October 2008 and January 2009 were surveyed.