Objective: Trampolines are popular among children, but trampoline injuries constitute a large number of emergency department visits. The purpose of this study was to determine how often neck injuries occur among children with trampoline-related injuries and to identify the mechanism of injury.
Methods: We analyzed the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) database to characterize patient demographics, injury types, injury subsite, and emergency department disposition status associated with trampoline related neck injuries between 2012 and 2021 in the United States.
This report describes the case of a child with a congenital palatal lesion that grew rapidly in the first year of life and was found to be a supernumerary tooth. A 14-month-old male presented with a congenital midline palatal lesion visible behind his newly erupted maxillary central incisors. The lesion had been present since birth and was round, raised, firm, and covered with normal-appearing mucosa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Otol Rhinol Laryngol
December 2023
Objective: To assess financial toxicity experienced by caregivers of children with long-term tracheostomies.
Methods: Cross-sectional survey study with comparison group conducted at a tertiary pediatric hospital and outpatient clinic. Pediatric (<18 years) patients with tracheostomies for ≥12 months were recruited for the study.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol
October 2023
Objective: Children with airway foreign bodies (AFB) occasionally have pneumothorax complicating their course. We aimed to compare the clinical course of these children to those without this complication.
Methods: Data was obtained from the 2016 Kids' Inpatient Database of Healthcare Cost Utilization Project.