Sensitivity and Specificity of 2 Autism Screeners Among Referred Children Between 16 and 48 Months of Age.

Objective: Autism screening is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at ages 18 and 24 months. Popular screening tests have been validated for the age range of 16 to 30 months. However, only a minority of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are identified by age 3 years, and many are not identified until after they enter school.

Health-related quality of life in Hodgkin lymphoma: a systematic review.

Purpose: Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) is highly curable with well-established treatment regimens; however, the impact on patient's health-related quality of life (HRQL) from diagnosis through survivorship is unclear. This systematic review aimed to describe the available literature on HRQL in HL, assess the quality of these studies, identify gaps in the literature and recommend further areas of research.

Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, we performed a systematic review to include studies assessing the HRQL in HL patients.

Hip resurfacing is less painful at 24 hours than hip replacement.

This article quantifies pain differences in the immediate postoperative period between patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) and metal-on-metal hip resurfacing (MoMHR). Patients less than 65 years old indicated for either a primary MoMHR or THA were screened for consent. A total of 51 patients completed the study.

Predicting need for allogeneic transfusion after total knee arthroplasty.

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can lead to substantial blood loss. To avoid the high costs of autologous blood predonation programs and efficiently allocate limited blood resources, we sought to identify preoperative and intraoperative factors associated with allogeneic blood transfusion (AllTx) after primary TKA and, subsequently, develop a model to predict patients who will require AllTx. We analyzed 31 independent variables in 644 primary unilateral TKAs without autologous blood predonation for requirement of AllTx.

Does ipsilateral knee pain improve after hip arthroplasty?

Background: Intraarticular hip disease is commonly acknowledged as a cause of ipsilateral knee pain. However, this is based primarily on observational rather than high-quality evidence-based studies, and it is unclear whether ipsilateral knee pain improves when hip disease has been treated.

Questions/purposes: We asked whether (1) hip disease was associated with preoperative ipsilateral knee pain and (2) ipsilateral knee pain would improve after hip arthroplasty.

Early adverse results with bicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a prospective cohort comparison to total knee arthroplasty.

This prospective cohort study compares functional outcomes of bicompartmental knee arthroplasty (BKA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the patellofemoral and medial compartments. Eligibility criteria included bicompartmental OA with less than grade 2 OA in the lateral compartment and intact cruciate ligaments. Fifty-six patients met eligibility criteria (21 BKA, 33 TKA).

The accuracy and reliability of preoperative templating for metal-on-metal hip resurfacing.

The purposes of this study were to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of preoperative templating on conventional radiographs (CRs) for metal-on-metal hip resurfacing and to determine the factors affecting the accuracy. Four observers templated 80 CRs on 2 separate occasions in a blinded fashion. Eight independent variables were evaluated to investigate their effect on the accuracy of templating.