Examining Violence Against Women at a Regional Level 1 Trauma Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Introduction: There is a growing concern that certain public health restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could result in more violence against women (VAW). We sought to determine if the rates and types of VAW changed during the COVID-19 pandemic at our level 1 trauma center (L1TC).

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of female patients who presented to our L1TC because of violence from 2019 through 2020.

Cancer Care in the Incarcerated Population: Barriers to Quality Care and Opportunities for Improvement.

Importance: Cancer is the leading cause of mortality in incarcerated individuals older than 45 years and the fourth leading cause of mortality overall. Health care professionals face increasing challenges to provide high-quality care under the confines of prison regulations and procedures.

Observations: Adjusted for age, race, sex, and year of diagnosis, the standardized incidence ratio for all cancers is more than 2-fold higher in incarcerated vs general populations.

Guidelines for Thrombolytic Therapy for Frostbite.

The data are insufficient to support standardized treatment of all patients with frostbite with thrombolytic therapy. The following guidelines, however, should be applied to all patients with cyanosis persisting proximal to the distal phalanx (Grade 3 or 4 frostbite injury) and demonstrated loss of perfusion at or proximal to the middle phalanx immediately after rewarming.

Multicystic adenomatoid hamartoma of the pancreas: a hitherto undescribed pancreatic tumor occurring in a 3-year-old boy.

This report describes an unusual pancreatic tumor in a 3-year-old boy. He presented with abdominal pain secondary to pancreatitis and was found to have a complex, multicystic lesion within the head of the pancreas. He subsequently underwent a pancreatoduodenectomy.