Impact of Pediatric Dental Resident Availability in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to describe the impact of Delaware's first pediatric dental residency program on treatment of patients presenting to the pediatric emergency department (PED).

Methods: Charts were reviewed for patients presenting to the PED with a dental chief complaint over a 9-month period with a comparison period. Chief complaint, diagnosis, treatment interventions, disposition, and demographic information were included.

Oral Complaint Visits to the Pediatric Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: We aimed to describe differences in orofacial complaints presenting to a pediatric emergency department (PED) during the COVID-19 pandemic as compared to those presenting prior to the pandemic.

Study Design: A retrospective review was conducted in the PED from March 16, 2020, to August 16, 2020, and compared with the prior year.

Results: Despite a 41% reduction in total PED visits, oral visits as a percentage of PED volume increased (3% vs 2%) P < 0.

Epidemiology and disposition of burn injuries among infants presenting to a tertiary-care pediatric emergency department.

Objective: The objective of the study was to study the etiology of and factors determining the emergency department disposition of infants sustaining burn injuries.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed on all patients 12 months or younger with a burn injury presenting to our emergency department over a 5-year period. We collected the chief complaint and diagnosis, patient demographics, and circumstances surrounding the burn injury from the emergency department charts.

Facial nerve palsy: etiology and approach to diagnosis and treatment.

Facial nerve palsy has a broad differential diagnosis and possible psychological and anatomical consequences. A thorough investigation must be performed to determine the cause of the palsy and to direct treatment. If no cause can be found, therapy with prednisone with or without an antiviral medication can be considered and begun as early as possible after onset of symptoms.