Effect of Presenting Survival Information as Text or Pictograph During Periviable Birth Counseling: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Objectives: To examine whether presenting a 30% or a 60% chance of survival in different survival information formats would influence hypothetical periviable birth treatment choice and whether treatment choice would be associated with participants' recall or their intuitive beliefs about the chances of survival.

Study Design: An internet sample of women (n = 1052) were randomized to view a vignette with either a 30% or 60% chance of survival with intensive care during the periviable period. Participants were randomized to survival information presented as text-only, in a static pictograph, or in an iterative pictograph.

Caregiver Reports of Infant Distress and Injury in Abused Infants.

Objectives: To determine whether in infants evaluated for physical abuse, medical encounters for infant distress are correlated with physical abuse or a history of sentinel injuries.

Study Design: This retrospective, case-control analysis of infants aged <12 months evaluated for physical abuse identified demographic characteristics, prior injuries, and medical encounters for infant distress. Variables were compared between abused infants and nonabused infants with and without sentinel injuries.

Information Order for Periviable Counseling: Does It Make a Difference?

Objectives: To examine whether the order of presenting survival vs disability information, with or without the description of infant neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) experiences would influence treatment choice during hypothetical periviable birth counseling.

Study Design: An internet sample of childbearing-aged women (n = 839) viewed a pictograph displaying the chances of survival and a pictograph on the chances of disability for a baby resuscitated during the periviable period. The sample was randomized to the order of pictographs and level of description of infant NICU experiences.

Gastric emptying in healthy children using the Spirulina breath test: The impact of gender, body size, and pubertal development.

Background: There are no pediatric norms for gastric emptying (GE) measured by nuclear scintigraphy. The C-labeled, stable isotope GE breath test (GEBT) is a non-radioactive alternative. We aimed to determine normative GEBT ranges in a cohort of healthy children and examine the influence of age, gender, puberty, and body surface area (BSA).