Predicting Thoracic Injury in Children With Multitrauma.

Objectives: Previous pediatric trauma studies focused on predictors of abnormal chest radiographs or included patients with low injury severity. This study identified predictors of thoracic injury (TI) diagnoses in a high-risk population and determined TI rate without predictors.

Methods: This study was a retrospective trauma registry analysis of previously healthy children aged 0 to 17 years with multisystem blunt trauma requiring trauma team activation and chest radiography who were divided into those with and without TI.

Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Diaphragmatic Hernia in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

We present a case series of 2 patients who presented to a pediatric emergency department with history and symptoms suggestive of diaphragmatic hernia. Point-of-care ultrasound was used at the bedside to demonstrate the presence of bowel in the thorax and accurately guided the care of these children.

Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Findings Associated With Foreign Body Aspiration in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) continues to generate new and interesting clinical findings as its use expands in the pediatric emergency department. This case report describes the novel findings identified during a POCUS focused lung examination of a pediatric patient with suspected foreign body aspiration.