Availability of stock epinephrine in schools is needed to address health disparities in anaphylaxis.

Significant health disparities exist in the diagnosis, prevalence, and management of anaphylaxis. This case acted as a community-level sentinel event for advocacy efforts to place stock epinephrine into schools throughout the greater New Orleans area.

Obesity: Risk Factor for Increased Resource Utilization at Bidirectional Glenn.

Background: Underweight infants with single-ventricle cardiac physiology have been shown to have increased morbidity, mortality, and resource utilization. The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients who were overweight, as defined by weight-for-length z score >90th percentile, were similarly at risk for increased resource utilization, as defined by mechanical ventilation hours (VHs) and intensive care unit length of stay (ICU LOS).

Methods: We evaluated resource utilization for 109 patients from our institution who underwent bidirectional Glenn surgery from January 2010 to June 2015 and met prespecified inclusion criteria.