Sentinel injuries in infants evaluated for child physical abuse.

Objective: Relatively minor abusive injuries can precede severe physical abuse in infants. Our objective was to determine how often abused infants have a previous history of "sentinel" injuries, compared with infants who were not abused.

Methods: Case-control, retrospective study of 401, <12-month-old infants evaluated for abuse in a hospital-based setting and found to have definite, intermediate concern for, or no abuse after evaluation by the hospital-based Child Protection Team.

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and rhinosinusitis: the utility of screening sinus computed tomography.

Objectives/hypothesis: To compare prehematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) sinus computed tomography (CT) scans to post-SCT sinus CT scans and to evaluate the relationship between pre-SCT sinus CT scans and the incidence of otolaryngology consultation after SCT.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Methods: Charts of 228 adult SCT patients from January 2003 to June 2009 with pre-SCT sinus CT scans were reviewed.

Medical malpractice and corticosteroid use.

Objective: To analyze malpractice litigation trends related to the administration of corticosteroids and the reported complications.

Study Design: Retrospective.

Setting: Tertiary medical center.