Identifying behaviors that characterize emergence delirium: An observational study.

Background: Diagnostic criteria for emergence agitation are sensitive but not specific; they misclassify patients who are angry or upset as having emergence delirium.

Aims: The aim of this three-phase study was to determine expert agreement on the behaviors that differentiate children with emergence delirium from those without.

Methods: In the first phase of this observational study, pediatric dental patients were video recorded while awakening from anesthesia.

Neurosurgical Consequences of e-Scooter Use: Strategies to Prevent Neurological Injury.

Rideshare electric scooter accidents have led to increasing emergency department (ED) visits and neurosurgical consultations. This study categorizes e-scooter-related injuries requiring neurosurgical consultation at a single level 1 trauma center. Patients who required neurosurgical consultation from June 2019 to June 2021 with a positive finding on computed tomography imaging were selected for review of patient and injury characteristics, resulting in a sample size of 50 cases.

Assessment of the reliability of virtual preanesthetic airway evaluation compared to traditional in-person airway evaluation: a prospective observational study.

Purpose: Airway evaluation is a fundamental component of the preanesthetic examination. Virtual care has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to assess the reliability of a virtual preanesthetic airway evaluation compared with a traditional in-person airway evaluation.

Spinal cord tethering after selective dorsal rhizotomy below the conus medullaris.

Background: Two techniques for selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) involve stimulating and sectioning nerve rootlets either below the conus medullaris or above the entrances to their respective dural root sleeves. In general, both techniques lead to sustained improvements in lower extremity spasticity with low complication rates. To our knowledge, spinal cord tethering has not been previously reported as a complication of SDR using either technique.