Decision-making for pediatric cervical spine imaging after blunt trauma: Investigating team dynamics in the emergency department.

Objective: Cervical spine imaging decision-making for pediatric traumas is complex and multidisciplinary. Implementing a risk assessment tool has the potential to reduce variation in these decisions and unnecessary radiation exposure for pediatric patients. We sought to determine how emergency department-trauma team dynamics may affect implementation of such a tool.

A Cross-Sectional Geographic Information Systems Study of a Pediatric Emergency Department Child Restraint System Distribution Program.

Introduction: A pediatric ED program sought to promote injury prevention through distribution of child restraint systems. Program funds are paid for child passenger safety technician certification of all personnel. Pediatric emergency nurses distributed child restraint systems at hospital discharge and dedicated technicians at fitting stations.

Symptoms upon postural change and orthostatic hypotension in adolescents with concussion.

: Concussion is associated with dysautonomia, altered blood pressure (BP) control, and may cause Orthostatic Hypotension (OH). We measured prevalence of OH using the 1-minute supine-to-standing OH Test in adolescents with concussion and controls.: Adolescents within 10 days of injury (Concussion Group, n = 297, 15.

Resting-State Power and Regional Connectivity After Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Background: Physiological recovery from pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (pmTBI) as a function of age remains actively debated, with the majority of studies relying on subjective symptom report rather than objective markers of brain physiology.

Purpose: To examine potential abnormalities in fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) or regional homogeniety (ReHo) during resting-state fMRI following pmTBI.

Study Type: Prospective cohort.

Neurosensory Screening and Symptom Provocation in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Objective: To evaluate diagnostic/prognostic implications of neurosensory testing during the subacute stage in patients with pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (pmTBI).

Setting: Recruitment from pediatric emergency department and urgent care clinics, assessment in a controlled environment.

Participants: In total, 146 pmTBI patients evaluated 7.

Persistent alterations in cerebrovascular reactivity in response to hypercapnia following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury.

Much attention has been paid to the effects of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) on cerebrovascular reactivity in adult populations, yet it remains understudied in pediatric injury. In this study, 30 adolescents (12-18 years old) with pediatric mTBI (pmTBI) and 35 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC) underwent clinical and neuroimaging assessments during sub-acute (6.9 ± 2.

Radiologic common data elements rates in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury.

Objective: The nosology for classifying structural MRI findings following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (pmTBI) remains actively debated. Radiologic common data elements (rCDE) were developed to standardize reporting in research settings. However, some rCDE are more specific to trauma (probable rCDE).

Proactive inhibition deficits with normal perfusion after pediatric mild traumatic brain injury.

Although much attention has been generated in popular media regarding the deleterious effects of pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (pmTBI), a paucity of empirical evidence exists regarding the natural course of biological recovery. Fifty pmTBI patients (12-18 years old) were consecutively recruited from Emergency Departments and seen approximately 1 week and 4 months post-injury in this prospective cohort study. Data from 53 sex- and age-matched healthy controls (HC) were also collected.

Implementing lower-risk brief resolved unexplained events guideline reduces admissions in a modelled population.

Rationale: American Academy of Pediatrics released a clinical practice guideline (CPG) in 2016 recommending the term apparent life-threatening events (ALTE) be replaced by brief resolved unexplained events (BRUE). The CPG provides recommendations for the clinical evaluation and management of infants with this condition based on the risk of a serious underlying disorder or repeat event. The lower-risk CPG was applied to a modelled population, studying predictors of hospital admission, defined as length of stay (LOS) ≥ 24 hours.