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View article: Comparison of Cervical Spine Injury Clinical Prediction Rules for Children After Blunt Trauma
Comparison of Cervical Spine Injury Clinical Prediction Rules for Children After Blunt Trauma Open
Importance Pediatric cervical spine injury (CSI) is a rare occurrence; however, CSI can result in significant disability and death. It is essential to determine the optimal CSI clinical prediction rule to risk stratify children with potent…
View article: Comparing injury severity scores from trauma registries with those mapped from injury diagnosis codes in injured adolescents
Comparing injury severity scores from trauma registries with those mapped from injury diagnosis codes in injured adolescents Open
Background : Injury severity classification is crucial for trauma-related clinical care, quality improvement, and research. This study compared injury severity score (ISS) values derived from the abbreviated injury scale (AIS) scores assig…
View article: Firearm Homicide in Pregnant Women and State-Level Firearm Ownership
Firearm Homicide in Pregnant Women and State-Level Firearm Ownership Open
Importance Homicide is the leading cause of death among pregnant women, mostly from firearms. State-level variability in pregnancy-associated homicide rates and their association with firearm ownership is not well characterized. Objectives…
View article: Singapore Myeloma Study Group consensus guidelines for the management of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
Singapore Myeloma Study Group consensus guidelines for the management of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma Open
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common haematologic malignancy and remains incurable. Significant advances have been made in both supportive care and definitive therapy for MM, leading to marked improvements in survival and qualit…
View article: Systems-Based Care of the Injured Child: Policy Statement
Systems-Based Care of the Injured Child: Policy Statement Open
Injury is the leading cause of death and a frequent cause of disability in children and negatively affects physical health, mental health, and quality of life in both the short- and long-term. The goal of a pediatric trauma system is to op…
View article: Systems-Based Care of the Injured Child: Technical Report
Systems-Based Care of the Injured Child: Technical Report Open
Injury is the leading cause of death and a cause of disability in children and negatively affects physical health, mental health, and quality of life in both the short- and long-term. The goal of a pediatric trauma system is to optimize th…
View article: Association between infant mortality and community social vulnerability in the USA: a cross-sectional study
Association between infant mortality and community social vulnerability in the USA: a cross-sectional study Open
Introduction Infant mortality rates in the USA demonstrate significant disparities among marginalised racial and ethnic groups. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Social Vuln…
View article: A qualitative process evaluation of SBIRT implementation in pediatric trauma centers using the Science to Service Laboratory implementation strategy
A qualitative process evaluation of SBIRT implementation in pediatric trauma centers using the Science to Service Laboratory implementation strategy Open
Clinicaltrials.gov NCT03297060 . Registered 29 September 2017.
View article: So, you want to be a health policy scholar - Now what? Challenges and opportunities related to mentorship, academic support, and institutional environments in health policy scholarship
So, you want to be a health policy scholar - Now what? Challenges and opportunities related to mentorship, academic support, and institutional environments in health policy scholarship Open
Health policy research is foundational to advocacy within the academy of medicine and benefits from experienced mentors, research support, and institutional prioritization. In this insight article, the authors describe experiences with and…
View article: Variations by State in Firearm Suicide Among US Children and Young Adults, 2016-2021
Variations by State in Firearm Suicide Among US Children and Young Adults, 2016-2021 Open
This cross-sectional study examines variations by state in firearm suicide rates in US children and young adults from 2016 to 2021 using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
View article: Child Fatality Review
Child Fatality Review Open
Understanding why children die is necessary to implement strategies to prevent future deaths and improve the health of any community. Child fatality review teams (CFRTs) have existed since the 1970s and provide a necessary framework to ens…
View article: Safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of obeticholic acid in subjects with fibrosis or cirrhosis from NASH
Safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of obeticholic acid in subjects with fibrosis or cirrhosis from NASH Open
Background & Aims Fibrosis stage is a strong predictor of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) outcomes. Two blinded studies evaluated the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety of obeticholic acid (OCA) in subjects with staged NASH …
View article: Adolescents’ Perceptions of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Service at Pediatric Trauma Centers
Adolescents’ Perceptions of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Service at Pediatric Trauma Centers Open
Objective: Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for adolescent alcohol and drug (AOD) use is recommended to occur with adolescents admitted to pediatric trauma centers. Most metrics on SBIRT service delivery onl…
View article: Racial & ethnic disparities in geographic access to critical care in the United States: A geographic information systems analysis
Racial & ethnic disparities in geographic access to critical care in the United States: A geographic information systems analysis Open
Objective It is important to identify gaps in access and reduce health outcome disparities, understanding access to intensive care unit (ICU) beds, especially by race and ethnicity, is crucial. Our objective was to evaluate the race and et…
View article: Reporting and Representation of Participant Race and Ethnicity in National Institutes of Health–Funded Pediatric Clinical Trials
Reporting and Representation of Participant Race and Ethnicity in National Institutes of Health–Funded Pediatric Clinical Trials Open
Importance Enrolling racially and ethnically diverse pediatric research participants is critical to ensuring equitable access to health advances and generalizability of research findings. Objectives To examine the reporting of race and eth…
View article: Child Pedestrian Safety
Child Pedestrian Safety Open
The field of pedestrian safety has advanced with new evidence related to pediatric pedestrian education, the risks of distracted walking, the benefits of design and programming in safe routes to school, and the emergence of the “Vision Zer…
View article: Epidemiology and Prevention of Child Pedestrian Injury
Epidemiology and Prevention of Child Pedestrian Injury Open
This report supports policy recommendations in the accompanying policy statement “Child Pedestrian Safety” (www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2023-62506). It reviews trends in public health and urban design relevant to pedestrian saf…