Our goal in this paper was to use the 2006-2013 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) database to describe trends of annual patient number, patient demographics and hospital characteristics of pediatric traumatic brain injuries (TBI) treated in U.S. emergency departments (EDs); and to use the same database to estimate the available sample sizes for various clinical trials of pediatric T...

OBJECTIVE Our objective with this study was to assess the extent to which patients who are seen by practitioners in Pediatric Research in Office Settings, a national primary care practice-based research network, are representative of those who are seen in ambulatory office-based pediatric primary care in the United States. METHODS Pediatric Research in Office Settings patient data were collec...

Cranioplasty in pediatrics often results a poor outcome. Therefore, proper consideration and decision-making are needed choosing surgical techniques for cranioplasty children, especially autologous, which can cause abnormal skull brain growth. A 3-year-old girl presented to our outpatient clinic with complaint of left front-temporo-parietal defect due history acute subdural hemorrhage evacuatio...

Since the publication of early studies highlighting the prevalence, impact, and costs of medical errors in the 1990s, patient safety has been the subject of considerable attention and study, primarily focused on adults and the inpatient setting. Less progress has been made with regard to pediatric patient safety and even less in the prehospital environment. This article reviews the issues and l...