Pediatric Farm Injuries Presenting to United States Emergency Departments, 2001-2014.

Purpose: While it is well-known that injuries are a common cause of morbidity among children, limited information is available on injuries that occur in agricultural settings. This study characterizes pediatric farm injuries that present to United States emergency departments and compares them to injuries that occur in the normal course of childhood, at homes and residences.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program, 2001-2014, compared injuries occurring on farms to those at homes in youth ages <20 years.

Concussion Among Youth Skiers and Snowboarders: A Review of the National Trauma Data Bank From 2009 to 2010.

Objective: There are limited data regarding concussion among youth skiers and snowboarders. The objective of this study was to examine the frequency of concussion among helmeted and unhelmeted youth skiers and snowboarders presenting to trauma centers.

Methods: Subjects 18 years or younger with a ski- or snowboard-related injury were studied using data from the National Trauma Data Bank from 2009 to 2010.

Childhood death attributable to trauma: is there a difference between accidental and abusive fatal injuries?

Background: Trauma is a leading cause of death among children worldwide. Detailed knowledge of the epidemiology of childhood fatal injuries is necessary for preventing injuries.

Objective: To determine clinical differences between children who were treated in an emergency department for accidental or abusive injuries.

Current issues in the diagnosis of pediatric cervical spine injury.

Cervical spine injury in pediatric trauma occurs rarely; however, there is significant potential for considerable morbidity when it does occur. Screening for cervical spine injuries has been shown to be most sensitive in adult trauma centers when combined with reliable physical examination findings. Because pediatric trauma patients suffer from a different range of injuries than adults, and often are not reliable due to age limitations or associated head injury, the same strategies employed in adult trauma do not always hold true in children.

Transdiaphragmatic adrenalectomy for metastatic cervical adenocarcinoma: a technical case report.

We present a 60-year old woman with recurrent cervical adenocarcinoma who presented with metastasis to both lungs and to her right adrenal gland. A thoracotomy was performed for resection of her pulmonary metastasis and then the right adrenal gland was excised through a trans-diaphragmatic approach. The adrenal gland resection was more complex due to involvement of the tumor with the inferior vena cava (IVC) which was repaired with a PTFE patch graft.

American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery hernia survey revisited.

Background: The aim of the study was to describe current treatment and trends in surgical management of pediatric inguinal hernias (IHs), specifically contralateral exploration.

Methods: Surveys were sent to 599 Surgical Section members. Questions paralleled the 1993 American Academy of Pediatrics survey and addressed recent controversial topics.