Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and spectrum of spinal dysraphism in a cohort of children with cloacal exstrophy (CEX) using MRI.
Methods: Children with CEX presenting between 1999 and 2019 with baseline spinal MRI were included. The images were reviewed in consensus to assess the type of dysraphism.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the content available on Facebook pharmacy groups in Jordan regarding the perception of the pharmacists' role during the coronavirus pandemic in Jordan.
Methods: Researchers identified Facebook pharmacy groups through the search engine on the Facebook website. The main search keywords were pharmacy, pharmacist, pharmacists, and Jordan using both Arabic and English.
Purpose: Following a previously published 1 year audit of readmissions, this is a reaudit of our readmission rate (ReAd) in paediatric surgery, asking: is ReAd reproducible, can it be an indicator of quality of care in paediatric surgery, and can it be improved?
Method: Prospectively collected Hospital Episode statistics were used to identify readmissions over 1 year. Patients were subdivided into emergency vs elective regarding the first admission and outcomes compared including with our previously published ReAd data.
Results: 2616 children (67% male) were admitted during 2016: 1398 (53%) elective and 1218 (47%) emergency admissions.
Deliberate ingestion of foreign bodies is common amongst prison inmates. The motives behind the ingestion are variable. As the only designated hospital in Northern Ireland treating acute surgical pathologies in the prison population, we reviewed our experience of foreign body ingestion between March 1998 and June 2007.
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