Publications by authors named "Lexi M Crawford"
Objective: To decrease referrals to cardiology of patients ages 7 to 21 years with low-probability cardiac pathology who presented to primary care with chest pain by 50% within 24 months.
Study Design: A multidisciplinary team designed and implemented an initiative consisting of 1) a decision support tool (DST), 2) educational sessions, 3) routine feedback to improve use of referral criteria, and 4) patient family education. Four pediatric practices, comprising 34 pediatricians and 7 nurse practitioners, were included in this study.
Article Synopsis
- Angiocentric glioma is a rare tumor recognized by the WHO in 2007, typically found in the cerebral hemispheres, with only one known case in the posterior midbrain prior to these reports.
- The article presents two pediatric cases of angiocentric glioma in the brainstem: a 5-year-old girl with a midbrain lesion and a 6-year-old boy with a pontine lesion.
- Both patients underwent endoscopic third ventriculostomy and were closely monitored, with follow-up suggesting an indolent, or slow-growing, nature for this type of tumor, similar to those in other brain regions.