Proper diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children is becoming an increasingly problematic issue in China. This study investigated Chinese clinicians to provide information about their knowledge and experiences in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric TBI. We conducted a questionnaire survey among clinicians in the emergency departments and neurosurgery departments at 9 m...

1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 2Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 3Section of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA 4Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University, Providence RI, USA; 5Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA, USA 6Department of Neurosurge...

The New Oxford English Dictionary defines excellence as ‘‘the possession chiefly of good qualities in an eminent or unusual degree surpassing merit or skill.’’ The definition of medicine is ‘‘the art of restoring and preserving health.’’ Consequently, excellence in medicine is the art of restoring and preserving health with surpassing merit or skill. For patients, the price of mediocrity is hig...

Objective: Pediatric falls cause a significant burden for emergency departments and have negative patient outcomes such as prolonged length of stay increased costs. The objective this study was to evaluate results the management pediatric fall cases in an department.Material Methods: patients who presented our department due falling injury were evaluated analyzed according demographic data, inc...