Incidence and Risk Factors for Brown Adipose Tissue Uptake in PET Imaging in Pediatric Patients.

Background: Positron emission tomography (PET) scans are used in disease diagnosis and evaluation for pediatric oncology patients. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET uptake is reported in 35% to 47% of pediatric patients. Several risk factors may be associated with BAT uptake.

Achieving malaria testing and treatment targets for children under five in Mozambique: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Background: The entire population of Mozambique is at risk for malaria, which remains one of the leading causes of death. The 2017-2022 National Malaria Strategic Plan focuses on reducing malaria morbidity and mortality in high- and low-transmission areas. This study aimed to estimate the costs and health benefits of six variations of the World Health Organization's "test-and-treat" strategy among children under five.

Magnetic resonance imaging findings following button battery ingestion.

Background: Lithium button battery ingestions have been increasing in frequency since the early 2000s and can develop severe and sometimes fatal complications from caustic injury even after rapid battery removal. To aid in clinical decision-making, we began obtaining magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/MR angiography in these patients.

Objective: Our goal was to review MRI/MR angiography imaging in button battery ingestion cases and compare with other imaging, clinical data and outcomes in these patients.

Feasibility and Accuracy of Fast MRI Versus CT for Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Children.

Background: Computed tomography (CT) is commonly used for children when there is concern for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is a significant source of ionizing radiation. Our objective was to determine the feasibility and accuracy of fast MRI (motion-tolerant MRI sequences performed without sedation) in young children.

Methods: In this prospective cohort study, we attempted fast MRI in children <6 years old who had head CT performed and were seen in the emergency department of a single, level 1 pediatric trauma center.

Evaluating patients' unmet needs in hidradenitis suppurativa: Results from the Global Survey Of Impact and Healthcare Needs (VOICE) Project.

Background: A needs assessment for patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) will support advancements in multidisciplinary care, treatment, research, advocacy, and philanthropy.

Objective: To evaluate unmet needs from the perspective of HS patients.

Methods: Prospective multinational survey of patients between October 2017 and July 2018.

Button Battery Powered Fidget Spinners: A Potentially Deadly New Ingestion Hazard for Children.

Toys entering the marketplace may have unrecognized hazard risks until data on injury become known. The fidget spinner is a new popular toy mass marketed to children and is primarily sold without warning labels. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has recently issued a formal statement on potential safety concerns related to ingestion of the toy parts and other hazards.

A study of radiological features of healing in long bone fractures among infants less than a year.

Purpose: To create a timetable for dating long bone fractures in infants aged less than 1 year using previously defined radiographic signs of fracture healing.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional time series of long bone fractures in infants aged less than 1 year was conducted from 2006 to 2013. After exclusion criteria were applied 59 digital image series were available for review from 40 infants.

Radiological features of healing in newborn clavicular fractures.

Objectives: Given the frequency of abusive fractures among infants, and the lack of research and or evidence for the phases of fracture healing seen in this age group, this study aims to describe a timetable of radiological features of fracture healing among infants in the first months of life.

Methods: We completed a retrospective cross-sectional time-series study of birth-related clavicle fractures from 2006-2013. A total of 108 digital images were available for review from 61 infants.

CT outperforms radiographs at a comparable radiation dose in the assessment for spondylolysis.

Background: Lumbar spondylolysis, a unilateral or bilateral fracture at pars interarticularis, is a common cause of low back pain in children. The initial imaging study in the diagnosis of lumbar spondylolysis has historically been lumbar spine radiographs; however, radiographs can be equivocal or false-negative. Definitive diagnosis can be achieved with computed tomography (CT), but its use has been limited due to the dose of ionizing radiation to the patient.