Incidence and outcomes of pediatric patients with dual diagnosis of traumatic spinal cord injury and brain injury on an inpatient rehabilitation unit.

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are diagnoses commonly encountered on the pediatric rehabilitation unit. However, there is limited evidence in the literature addressing the incidence of or rehabilitation outcomes in pediatric patients with a dual diagnosis of TBI and SCI.

Objective: To determine incidence and functional outcomes of the dual diagnosis population.

Functional Impairment in Pediatric Cancer Survivorship.

Care for pediatric cancer survivors must include scheduled, thorough evaluations of potential chronic and late effects resulting from multidimensional cancer treatments. Assessment of functional independence with activities and participation is critical in assuring that survivors can optimally access their environments and pursue educational, occupational, and leisure activities appropriate to their interests and capabilities. Owing to their expertise in both rehabilitation and habilitation, pediatric physiatrists are of great benefit in the care of survivors of pediatric cancer.

Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Multidisciplinary Protocol to Optimize Diagnosis and Evaluation.

Acute flaccid myelitis is an emerging neurologic disease, first described in 2014 and predominantly affecting young children. Acute flaccid myelitis cases tend to spike every 2 years, in the late summer to fall, and the next peak is expected in 2020. The diagnosis of acute flaccid myelitis is often delayed, leading to suboptimal evaluation, including incomplete laboratory assessment.

Biopsychosocial Factors Associated With Attention Problems in Children After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review.

Objective: The aim of this review was to examine biopsychosocial factors associated with an increased risk of attention problems after a traumatic brain injury in children.

Design: A systematic review of the literature was conducted using data sources of MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL up to August 30, 2020. Literature primarily examined pediatric patients with traumatic brain injury and attention problems.

Electrophrenic pacing and decannulation for high-level spinal cord injury: a case series.

Background: In 1997, guidelines were developed for the management of high-level ventilator-dependent patients with spinal cord injury who had little or no ventilator-free breathing ability (VFBA). This article describes the three categories of patients, the decannulation criteria, and the successful decannulation of four patients with no VFBA and electrophrenic/diaphragm pacing, using these criteria.

Method: Case series.