Bedside Leukocyte Esterase Testing to aid in Diagnosing Bacterial Conjunctivitis in Children.

Background: Conjunctivitis is a frequent symptom in pediatric emergency departments; however, the etiology of conjunctivitis is difficult to clinically differentiate.

Objective: Our study objective was to evaluate the test performance characteristics of leukocyte esterase (LE) test strips in diagnosing bacterial conjunctivitis.

Methods: Patients aged from 3 months through 21 years presenting to an emergency department with symptoms of conjunctivitis were prospectively enrolled from September 2018 to March 2020.

Utility of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Hill-Sachs Deformity in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

We report a case of a 20-year-old man presenting to our pediatric emergency department with an anterior shoulder dislocation. Point-of-care ultrasound demonstrated a Hill-Sachs deformity. The potential role of ultrasound and the clinical importance of identifying patients with Hill-Sachs deformities are discussed.

Competency to stand trial evaluations in a multicultural population: Associations between psychiatric, demographic, and legal factors.

Data were examined from an archival sample of Competency to Stand Trial (CST) reports of 200 consecutive New York City pre-trial defendants evaluated over a five-month period. Approximately a fourth of defendants in the present study were immigrants; many required the assistance of interpreters. The examiners conducting the CST evaluation diagnosed approximately half of the defendants with a primary diagnosis of a psychotic disorder and deemed over half not competent.

Values of fathers for themselves and their newborns.

The paternal role has been neglected in parenting research. The present study focused on the values of fathers of newborns. Values of fathers of newborns drawn from the inner-city lower-class were compared with values of fathers of newborns drawn from the middle class.

Flashbulb memories of personal events of 9/11 and the day after for a sample of New York City residents.

The present study assessed consistency of recollections of personal circumstances of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack and events of the day before (9/10), and the day after (9/12), in a sample of 100 New York City college students. The day before 9/11 represented an ordinary event. A questionnaire was administered twice, 1 wk.

A comparative study of values and attitudes of inner-city and middle-class postpartum women.

This study compared postpartum women from the inner city (n = 94) and postpartum women from the urban middle class (n = 80) on values and goals for themselves and their newborn children. Terminal values of inner-city women for themselves related more to social and religious goals in contrast to the more intrapersonal and personal goals of middle-class women. Instrumental values of inner-city women for their newborn children demonstrated concern with conformity and control, whereas for the middle class there was more concern with competence.