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* Abbreviations: aOR — : adjusted odds ratio CI — : confidence interval ED — : emergency department RR — : relative reduction Pain caused by long bone fractures is a common reason for opioid prescribing in the emergency department (ED) setting.1 Approximately 40% of opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription,2 and in response, opioid prescribing has declined in the last decade.3 We previously demonstrated racial and/or ethnic disparities in the ED management of pain among children with long bone fractures.4 We now perform this study to investigate whether racial and/or ethnic differences in provision of outpatient opioid prescriptions for children discharged from the ED with long bone fractures have attenuated over time. We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study of children aged 4 to

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Pediatric cervical spine injuries (CSIs) are rare and differ from adult CSIs. Our objective was to describe CSIs in a large, representative cohort of children. METHODS: We conducted a 5-year retrospective review of children RESULTS: A total of 540 children with CSIs were included in the study. CSI level was associated with both age and mechanism of injury. For children CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated a high degree of variability of CSI patterns, treatments and outcomes in children. The rarity, variation, and morbidity of pediatric CSIs make prompt recognition and treatment critical.