Comparing emergency department versus high school-based recruitment for a hypertension research study with adult-youth dyads.

Dyads can be challenging to recruit for research studies, but detailed reporting on strategies employed to recruit adult-adolescent dyads is rare. We describe experiences recruiting adult-youth dyads for a hypertension education intervention comparing recruitment in an emergency department (ED) setting with a school-based community setting. We found more success in recruiting dyads through a school-based model that started with adolescent youth (19 dyads in 7 weeks with < 1 hour recruitment) compared to an ED-based model that started with adults (2 dyads in 17 weeks with 350 hours of recruitment).

The Obesity Paradox in the Pediatric Trauma Patient.

Background: Obesity is a chronic disease that adversely impacts patient outcomes and increasingly affecting the pediatric population. According to the CDC, in 2020 the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents was estimated to be as high as 19.7%.

Pediatric Blunt Splenic Trauma: Disparities in Management and Outcomes.

Introduction: While nonoperative management has become widely accepted, whether nonoperative management of blunt splenic trauma is standardized across pediatric trauma centers and different racial groups warrants further investigation. Using the National Trauma Database, the purpose of this study was to quantify the differences in the management of pediatric splenic trauma across different pediatric trauma centers, with respect to injury severity, race, ethnicity, and insurance.

Methods: Patients under 20 y of age with blunt splenic trauma reported to the 2018 and 2019 National Trauma Data Bank were identified.

Pediatric Melanoma: Geographic Trends in Incidence, Stage, and Mortality in the United States.

Introduction: Pediatric melanoma is the most commonly diagnosed skin cancer in children, with the annual incidence recently increasing by an average of 2% each year. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from excessive sun exposure is an important carcinogenic risk factor, with penetration varying greatly throughout the country. Consequently, an individual's geographic location may play a role in how much exposure to high UV index rays they receive throughout their lifetime.