Pediatrics – Surgery
M-A: Efficacy and safety of laparoscopy for mild and moderate pediatric abdominal trauma.
27 Apr, 2022 | 07:39h | UTC
Giant tube slides and broken legs: why the latest playground craze is a serious hazard.
26 Apr, 2022 | 07:50h | UTC
M-A: The clinical effect and safety of new preoperative fasting time guidelines for elective surgery.
12 Apr, 2022 | 09:51h | UTCRelated:
Does my hospitalized patient need an NPO-after-midnight order preoperatively?
Pro-Con Debate: 1- vs 2-Hour Fast for Clear Liquids Before Anesthesia in Children.
Development of a consensus-based definition of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) in children.
1 Apr, 2022 | 08:35h | UTCCommentaries:
New FAST Definitions May Improve Trauma Assessment of Children – Medscape (free registration required)
Commentary on Twitter
Qualitative study describes the development of an expert definition for high-quality & accurate pediatric Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST), including recommended views, landmarks & imaging quality. @aaronkornblith @nkpluso @pocusnetwork https://t.co/4CTvGp2Rqs
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) March 18, 2022
Review | Imaging findings of gastrointestinal tract tumors in children and adolescents.
25 Mar, 2022 | 08:38h | UTC
Observational Study: Comparison of intracranial pressure measurements before and after hypertonic saline or mannitol treatment in children with severe traumatic brain injury.
14 Mar, 2022 | 00:51h | UTCInvited Commentary: ADAPTing to a New Era of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury—Generating Evidence From Observational Data – JAMA Network Open
Commentary on Twitter
For children with severe TBI, hypertonic saline is recommended in published guidelines. However, mannitol is in wide-spread clinical use. In this comparative effectiveness, hypertonic saline was associated with improved ICP compared to mannitol. https://t.co/7JW224Dbio
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) March 10, 2022
National, regional, and global causes of mortality in 5–19-year-olds from 2000 to 2019: a systematic analysis.
3 Mar, 2022 | 08:51h | UTCInvited commentary: Child and adolescent deaths: a call for strengthening mortality surveillance systems – The Lancet Global Health
IPSO Pediatric Surgical Oncology Surgical Practice Guidelines.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:44h | UTCInternational Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology (IPSO) Surgical Practice Guidelines – eCancer
Does my hospitalized patient need an NPO-after-midnight order preoperatively?
4 Feb, 2022 | 09:58h | UTCRelated:
Pro-Con Debate: 1- vs 2-Hour Fast for Clear Liquids Before Anesthesia in Children.
Position Paper: Diagnosis, management, and prevention of button battery ingestion in childhood.
15 Dec, 2021 | 08:32h | UTCVisual summary: Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Button Battery Ingestion in Childhood
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Button battery ingestion in children⚠️: Important? guidelines for diagnosis and management from @ESPGHANSociety #GITwitter https://t.co/TQ1rfjQOpShttps://t.co/fxzzCEl2F2
— ESGE (@ESGE_news) December 14, 2021
Editorial: The rationale for the recommendations of the European Pediatric Fasting Guideline – “the authors of the 2021 ESAIC pediatric guideline have found reasons to recommend reductions to the minimum fasting times for infant formula to 4 h, for breast milk to 3 h and for clear fluids to 1 h”.
5 Dec, 2021 | 23:26h | UTCOriginal Guideline: Pre-operative fasting in children: A guideline from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care – European Journal of Anesthesiology
Related:
Pro-Con Debate: 1- vs 2-Hour Fast for Clear Liquids Before Anesthesia in Children.
Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000–19: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals.
19 Nov, 2021 | 10:40h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Progress is still needed to improve child health and end preventable deaths among children <5 years
New cause-specific estimates of infant mortality for 2000-19 are explored in this Article by Jamie Perin and colleagues @JohnsHopkinsSPH, @LSHTM & @WHO https://t.co/QJEDAd5jYT pic.twitter.com/Wis0v8YSav
— The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (@LancetChildAdol) November 18, 2021
Pneumonia remains #1 postneonatal killer for children <5. Most deaths occur in children who live in poverty or humanitarian settings, have poor access to quality care, are malnourished & unimmunised. Many health centres don’t have antibiotics or O2. It’s 2021 not the Middle Ages. https://t.co/P7EhDN9KJ2
— Fiona Russell (@Fiona_M_Russell) November 18, 2021
Cohort study suggests low-dose vs. standard radiation dose CT have similar diagnostic accuracy in suspected acute appendicitis.
14 Nov, 2021 | 19:37h | UTCNews release: Doctors can use CT scans with less radiation to diagnose appendicitis – Oxford University
Original study: Diagnostic accuracy using low-dose versus standard radiation dose CT in suspected acute appendicitis: prospective cohort study – British Journal of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
14 Nov, 2021 | 19:45h | UTCCommentary: Nearly two-thirds of those who died young in 2019 were male, research finds – The Guardian
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
✨?✨#GBDStudy 2019 analysis published by @TheLancet examined the global, regional, and national #mortality among young people aged 10-24 between 1950-2019, finding that mortality increased in 2019 with age globally?, particularly in males
Read here ⤵https://t.co/6gprq6gM0Z
— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) October 29, 2021
Review: Wilms Tumor.
19 Oct, 2021 | 08:44h | UTCWilms tumour – Nature Reviews Disease Primers (free for a limited period)
Infographic: Wilms tumour
Commentary on Twitter
This is a schematic showing the timeline of key advances that established the modern clinical management of children with #Wilms tumour https://t.co/lT9ECVeuiZ pic.twitter.com/7KbMSo7qY3
— Nature Reviews Disease Primers (@DiseasePrimers) October 15, 2021
Review | Prevention of unintentional injuries in children under five years.
17 Sep, 2021 | 09:58h | UTCPrevention of unintentional injuries in children under five years – BMC Pediatrics
Five hundred patients with gut malrotation: thirty years of experience with the introduction of a new surgical procedure.
16 Sep, 2021 | 09:48h | UTC
Pro-Con Debate: 1- vs 2-Hour Fast for Clear Liquids Before Anesthesia in Children.
3 Sep, 2021 | 09:55h | UTC
Bleeding in critically ill children—review of literature, knowledge gaps, and suggestions for future investigation
19 Feb, 2021 | 02:23h | UTC
Cohort study: Tomographic radiation in patients who underwent appendectomy linked to increased risk of hematologic malignant neoplasms
22 Jan, 2021 | 08:25h | UTCRisk of Hematologic Malignant Neoplasms From Abdominopelvic Computed Tomographic Radiation in Patients Who Underwent Appendectomy – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Optimizing the Gold Standard—Low-Dose Computed Tomography Modalities as a Part of Clinical Practice in Acute Appendicitis Imaging – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: Risk of Hematologic Malignant Neoplasms From Abdominopelvic CT Radiation