PharmD Education Program Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: Aligning Accreditation, Curricula, and the Oath.

In November 2021, the Oath of a Pharmacist was updated to include the following statement, "I will promote inclusion, embrace diversity, and advocate for justice to advance health equity." These words underscore the responsibility of Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) programs and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education to reconsider how diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism are integrated within curricula and programmatic processes. To fully embrace the new Oath, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and PharmD programs should consider the incorporation of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism concepts utilizing the recommendations of external expert bodies with overlapping and complementary frameworks.

Relationship of a Metopic Ridge and Anterior Cranial Volume Measured by a Noninvasive Laser Shape Digitizer.

Cranial dysmorphology observed in patients with metopic craniosynostosis varies along a spectrum of severity including varying degrees of metopic ridging, bitemporal narrowing, and trigonocephaly. Management has been based upon the subjective clinical impression of presence and severity of trigonocephaly. Severity of cranial dysmorphology does not predict the occurrence or severity of associated abnormal neurodevelopment, as children with mild-to-moderate trigonocephaly may also experience developmental delays.

Intraoperative tissue expansion in the surgical correction of craniosynostosis.

Background: Wound healing complications can occur after calvarial vault expansion due to tension on the scalp flaps.

Objectives: To compare wound healing outcomes in patients with craniosynostosis undergoing calvarial vault expansion with and without intraoperative tissue expansion of the scalp.

Methods: The present analysis was an institutional review board-approved, retrospective cohort study involving 40 consecutive patients at the University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics (Columbia, Missouri, USA) who underwent calvarial vault expansion for nonsyndromic craniosynostosis between June 1, 2009 and June 30, 2012.

Use of the On-Q Pain Pump in Alveolar Bone Grafting: Effect on Hospital Length of Stay.

Objective: Alveolar bone grafting (ABG) with iliac crest bone graft can be associated with significant pain at the donor site. The On-Q pain pump has been shown to be efficacious in treating postsurgical pain. The aim of this study was to compare the length of postoperative hospital stay in patients undergoing ABG who received the On-Q pain pump at the iliac crest donor site (On-Q+) with that of patients who did not receive the On-Q pain pump (On-Q-).

Does the use of particulate bone graft increase the incidence of postoperative infection in surgery for craniosynostosis?

Objective: The use of particulate bone graft (PBG) has become an accepted technique for filling cranial defects created during cranial vault expansion for craniosynostosis. However, the use of PBG may be a risk factor for postoperative infection. The aim of this study was to compare the rate of postoperative infection in patients who received particulate bone graft (PBG+) with that in patients who did not (PBG-).

Prenatal counseling's effect on rates of neonatal intensive care admission for feeding problems cleft lip/palate infants.

Prenatal counseling and feeding instruction is standard at our institution for parents of cleft lip and palate patients. We studied this intervention's effect on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) admission solely for feeding. Ten percent (2/20) of patients whose parents received counseling were admitted to the NICU for feeding issues alone compared to 21% (5/24) of the non-counseling group.

Endoscopy-assisted wide-vertex craniectomy, barrel stave osteotomies, and postoperative helmet molding therapy in the management of sagittal suture craniosynostosis.

Object: Endoscopic techniques were introduced 7 years ago for the surgical management of patients with sagittal synostosis. In this study of 139 patients with sagittal synostosis, the authors assessed the efficacy, safety, complications, and outcomes after performing endoscopy-assisted wide-vertex craniectomies with bitemporal and biparietal barrel stave osteotomies.

Methods: The sample population consisted of a total of 99 boys and 40 girls who ranged in age from 0.

Endoscopic strip craniectomy: a minimally invasive treatment for early correction of craniosynostosis.

Traditionally, surgical correction of craniosynostosis involves calvarial remodeling, large blood losses necessitating transfusions, hospital stays of several days, and less-than-satisfactory results. In this study, outcomes from a minimally invasive technique called endoscopic strip craniectomy, along with a postoperative molding helmet, to correct craniosynostosis in young infants were evaluated. The endoscopic strip craniectomy was performed on 185 patients with clinical signs of craniosynostosis, with the following distribution: 107 sagittal, 42 coronal, 37 metopic, and 7 lambdoid, for a total of 198 sutures.

Early management of craniosynostosis using endoscopic-assisted strip craniectomies and cranial orthotic molding therapy.

Objective: To assess the safety, efficacy, and results of the early treatment of infants with craniosynostosis using minimally invasive endoscopic strip craniectomies and postoperative helmet molding therapy.

Methods: A total of 100 patients with documented diagnosis of craniosynostosis were prospectively studied and treated with endoscopic strip craniectomies. A total of 106 stenosed sutures were operated on with the following distribution: 61 sagittal, 23 coronal, 18 metopic, and 4 lambdoid sutures.