BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the cost of radiologic imaging in pediatric trauma patients admitted to the pediatric emergency department. METHODS All patients were retrospectively evaluated according to age, gender, details of injury, radiological investigations ordered and their results, cost of radiologic imaging, length of stay, outcome of the injury, and hospitalization ...

BACKGROUND Trauma resuscitations require a high level of team performance. This study evaluated the impact of a comprehensive effort to improve trauma care through multidisciplinary education and the use of simulation training to reinforce training and evaluate performance. METHODS For a 1-year period, expanded trauma education including monthly trauma simulation sessions using high-fidelity ...

OBJECTIVES Since trauma has a great impact on mortality and preventable morbidity among children and adolescents, in addition to its social consequences, the aim of this study is to evaluate peculiarities regarding prehospital, in-hospital, and interhospital assessment of injured pediatric patients. SOURCES OF DATA The Cochrane database was searched for systematic reviews and controlled trial...

AIM This study aimed to make a retrospective analysis of pediatric patients with head traumas that were admitted to one hospital setting and to make an analysis of the patients for whom follow-up CT scans were obtained. METHODS Pediatric head trauma cases were retrospectively retrieved from the hospital's electronic database. Patients' charts, CT scans and surgical notes were evaluated by one...

INTRODUCTION Questions surround the appropriate emergency department (ED) disposition of children who have sustained blunt head trauma (BHT). Our objective was to identify physician disposition preferences of children with blunt head trauma (BHT) and varying computed tomography (CT) findings. METHODS WE SURVEYED PEDIATRIC AND GENERAL EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS (EP), PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGEONS (PNSURG)...

Most pediatric dentists provide clinical and after-hours care for dental injuries in their private offices, clinics and hospitals. They are trained and capable to perform the surgery, fracture reduction, splinting and single root endodontic treatment that are part and parcel of dental trauma management. However, for many clinicians, specialists included, dental trauma cases present infrequently...

Flail chest is a rare complication in pediatric patients with blunt chest trauma. There is no general consensus on which treatment is most appropriate for flail chest in pediatric patients, although it has been reported that surgical fixation is associated with beneficial outcomes for flail chest in adults. The present report described two pediatric cases of flail chest, which was rare in pedia...

Introduction: Pediatric procedural sedation (PPS) is widely used to facilitate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures outside the operating room. Effective sedation decreases anxiety, discomfort, and pain. In addition, children can be effectively immobilized without the psychological trauma of physical restraint, thereby increasing the success rate of the procedure or investigation performed. De...

In order to minimize the amount of ionizing radiation to which young trauma patients are subjected, a cervical spine clearance project was implemented. The aim was to increase the number of pediatric trauma patients clinically cleared and decrease the number of such patients undergoing cervical spine CT imaging when they met clinical clearance criteria. To accomplish the goals, a brief educatio...

Regionalization of health care is a method of providing high-quality, cost-efficient health care to the largest number of patients. Within pediatric medicine, regionalization has been undertaken in 2 areas: neonatal intensive care and pediatric trauma care. The supporting literature for the regionalization of these areas demonstrates the range of studies within this field: studies of neonatal i...