Stump appendicitis-a rare, delayed complication of appendectomy-is most commonly managed with surgical exploration and stump appendectomy. Conservative management in the pediatric population is poorly characterized in the literature. We report a case of a 10-year-old male who was diagnosed with stump appendicitis and initially treated nonoperatively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Bronchiolitis is the most common cause for hospitalization in infants. While the use of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has increased, it has not uniformly reduced intubation rates.
Objective: We identified factors associated with respiratory failure in children with bronchiolitis on HFNC.