Pediatric Tracheostomy Outcomes After Development of a Multidisciplinary Airway Team: A Quality Improvement Initiative.

Objectives: To analyze a multidisciplinary tracheostomy team's effect on length of stay and cost.

Methods: An airway management program using a balanced scorecard was created to track key performance measures. Interventions included weekly rounding, standardized placement, postoperative care, and caregiver education.

Perioperative Outcomes After Tracheostomy Placement Among Complex Pediatric Patients.

Objectives/hypothesis: To compare perioperative outcomes after pediatric tracheostomy placement based on patient complexity.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Methods: All patients that underwent tracheostomy placement at a tertiary children's hospital between 2015 and 2019 were followed.

The 4th Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference, 5-9 April 2014, Florence, Italy: a summary of topics and trends.

The 4th Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference was held in Florence, Italy, April 5-9, 2014 and this year had as its emphasis, "Fostering Collaboration in Schizophrenia Research". Student travel awardees served as rapporteurs for each oral session, summarized the important contributions of each session and then each report was integrated into a final summary of data discussed at the entire conference by topic. It is hoped that by combining data from different presentations, patterns of interest will emerge and thus lead to new progress for the future.