Outcomes for children hospitalized with abusive versus noninflicted abdominal trauma.

Background: Abusive abdominal trauma (AAT) is the second leading cause of child abuse mortality. Previous outcome studies have been limited to data from trauma centers.

Objectives: The goals of this study were (1) to examine mortality, length of hospitalization, and hospital charges among a national sample of children hospitalized for AAT; and (2) to compare these outcomes with children with noninflicted abdominal trauma.

Serum alkaline phosphatase and phosphate and risk of mortality and hospitalization.

Background And Objectives: Elevated alkaline phosphatase (AlkPhos) and phosphate levels are associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients receiving dialysis. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to test these associations in outpatients with an estimated GFR > or =60 ml/min/1.73 m(2).

The familial aggregation of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Objective: To determine the role of genetic mechanisms in the development of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).

Design: Genetic-epidemiologic survey of families of index children with laboratory-confirmed OSAS.

Setting: Tertiary care academic medical center.