Palliative Care Consultation and Cost of Stay in out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

: Cardiac arrest is a critical condition with high clinical, economic, and emotional burden. The role of palliative medicine in the management of critical patients has grown and, in some areas, has shown reduced cost of stay. This study set out to examine the association of palliative care involvement in out of hospital post cardiac arrest patients and cost of stay.

SARS-CoV-2 Testing of Aerosols Emitted During Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Prospective, Case-Controlled Study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant safety concerns for healthcare providers, especially those performing aerosol-generating procedures. Several surgical societies issued early warnings that aerosols generated during minimally invasive surgery (MIS) could harbor infectious quantities of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). This study tested the hypothesis that MIS-aerosols contain SARS-CoV-2.

The Effect of Earlier Bone Grafting, Prior to Orthodontic Treatment, on SWAG Ratings of Graft Outcomes.

Objective: To compare the outcomes between 2 groups of patients with complete clefts treated with early secondary alveolar bone grafting (ABG) at 2 centers (5-7 years, orthodontic intervention) and to a third group of patients treated at one of those centers (center 1) who had received later secondary ABG (8-10 years, orthodontic intervention).

Design: Blind retrospective analysis of cleft site radiographs using Americleft Standardized Way to Assess Grafts (SWAG) scale.

Patients: A total of 99 patients with complete clefts from 2 North American cleft/craniofacial centers.