Pediatric Pain and Pain Management After Ambulatory Plastic Surgery: Trends in the Age of Opioid Awareness.

Background: Overprescribing by physicians has been shown to be a major contributor to the opioid epidemic. Although pediatric ambulatory plastic surgery patients are commonly prescribed opioids for postoperative pain control, there is a lack of evidence for their necessity. This study aimed to investigate the role of prescribed narcotics in the ambulatory pediatric plastic surgery setting.

Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium: Disease course, treatment, and outcomes.

Objective: Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the endometrium (NECE) is a rare malignancy. We examined the natural history and outcomes of women with NECE compared to patients with poorly differentiated endometrioid endometrial cancer (EC).

Methods: The National Cancer Database (NCDB) was used to identify women with NECE and women with poorly differentiated EC from 2004 to 2015.

A Comparison of Early Versus Late Prenatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Cleft Palate.

Background: Prenatal ultrasound is the standard modality to screen for fetal craniofacial malformations, but can be limited by sonographer experience, oligohydramnios, and maternal obesity. Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used as an adjunct to ultrasound, but there is a paucity of literature on its performance. The objective of this study was to examine the accuracy of fetal MRI for prenatal diagnosis of craniofacial abnormalities in an at-risk patient population and to determine if accuracy is maintained before and after 24 weeks gestational age (GA).

Whole-Genome and Whole-Exome Sequencing in Pediatric Oncology: An Assessment of Parent and Young Adult Patient Knowledge, Attitudes, and Expectations.

Purpose: The complexity of results generated from whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and whole-exome sequencing (WES) adds challenges to obtaining informed consent in pediatric oncology. Little is known about knowledge of WGS and WES in this population, and no validated tools exist in pediatric oncology.

Methods: We developed and psychometrically evaluated a novel WGS and WES knowledge questionnaire, the Precision in Pediatric Sequencing Knowledge Questionnaire (PIPseqKQ), to identify levels of understanding among parents and young adult cancer survivors (≥ 18 years old), off therapy for at least 1 year from a single-institution pediatric oncology outpatient clinic.

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

We report the important association of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS).