Fracture of Tibia is the most common amongst pediatric fractures. Most tibial shaft fractures are treated conservatively with close reduction and above knee cast application. Surgery is indicated only when the fracture is unstable, open fracture and associated with multiple injuries. Flexible intramedullary nailing is commonly used for diaphyseal tibial fracture and is also well used in other l...

Results: Twenty-four (48%) patients were male and 26 (52%) were female. The average age of the patients was 34 ± 21 (3–72). All patients had liver cysts and 37 had lung cysts. Forty-eight of the patients underwent thoracotomies, 1 a laparotomy, and 1 a median sternotomy. Frenotomy was the intervention in 49 liver cases and in the case of 1 lung. Excessive biliary drainage occurred in 2 patients...

Background It is controversial whether shortening the average length of hospital stay and increasing discharge from a rehabilitation facility to home with either health care or outpatient physical therapy is safe and cost-effective. Methods We computed the average length of hospital stay; the rate of discharge to a rehabilitation facility, home with health care, or home with outpatient physic...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We have previously reported the difference in length of stay and hospital charges for patients with cerebral aneurysms treated with either clipping or coiling at our institution. We now report an analysis of the same comparison at a national level conducted using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. METHODS We obtained the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the Healt...

Background and Purpose—We have previously reported the difference in length of stay and hospital charges for patients with cerebral aneurysms treated with either clipping or coiling at our institution. We now report an analysis of the same comparison at a national level conducted using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. Methods—We obtained the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the Healthc...

CONTEXT Neonates are being discharged from the hospital more rapidly, but the risks associated with this practice, especially for low-income populations, are unclear. OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of decreasing postnatal length of stay on rehospitalization rates in the immediate postdischarge period for Medicaid neonates. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective, population-based cohort study u...

OBJECTIVES To describe the level, preventability and categories of adverse events (AEs) identified by medical record review using the Global Trigger Tool (GTT). To estimate when the AE occurred in the course of the hospital stay and to compare voluntary AE reporting with medical record reviewing. DESIGN Two-stage retrospective record review. SETTING 650-bed university hospital. PARTICIPAN...