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1. Comparison of minor head trauma management in the emergency departments of a United States and Italian Children’s hospital

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Lois K. Lee, Egidio Barbi, Stefano Amoroso, Brittany M. Stopa, Elena Neri, Luca Ronfani, Stopa, Brittany M, Amoroso, Stefano, Ronfani, Luca, Neri, Elena, Barbi, Egidio, and Lee, Lois K

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Male, Clinical guidelines, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Population, Computed tomography, Head trauma, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Clinical Protocols, 030225 pediatrics, Chart review, medicine, Craniocerebral Trauma, Humans, Glasgow Coma Scale, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, Minor head trauma, education, Clinical guideline, Retrospective Studies, education.field_of_study, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Research, Head trauma management, Pediatric head trauma, Head injury, lcsh:RJ1-570, Infant, lcsh:Pediatrics, Hospitals, Pediatric, medicine.disease, Triage, United States, Italy, Child, Preschool, Female, Emergency Service, Hospital, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, business
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Background Pediatric head trauma management varies between emergency departments globally. Here we aim to compare the pediatric minor head trauma management between a US and Italian hospital. Methods We conducted a retrospective chart review of children 0–18 years old presenting after minor head trauma (Glasgow Coma Scale 14–15) from two emergency departments, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and Trieste, Italy, between January and December 2013. Frequencies of demographic, clinical, and management characteristic were calculated. We compared rate ratios for characteristics of patients receiving cranial computed tomography (CT) scans between the two populations. Results There were 1783 patients in Boston, Massachusetts and 183 patients in Trieste, Italy. Patients in Boston had more reported neurologic symptoms (61.2%) than in Trieste (6%) (p

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2019

2. Acute small bowel obstruction in a child with a strict raw vegan diet

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Egidio Barbi, Stefano Amoroso, Federico Poropat, Flora Maria Murru, Rita Giorgi, Maria Grazia Scarpa, Amoroso, Stefano, Scarpa, Maria-Grazia, Poropat, Federico, Giorgi, Rita, Murru, Flora Maria, and Barbi, Egidio

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Diet, Vegan, Vomiting, Physical examination, Pediatrics, bezoar, small bowel obstruction, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Bezoars, Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030225 pediatrics, Intestine, Small, medicine, Humans, Toddler, Laparoscopy, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, digestive, oral, and skin physiology, Infant, Vegan Diet, Air fluid levels, Perinatology and Child Health, medicine.disease, digestive system diseases, Surgery, Bowel obstruction, Bezoar, medicine.symptom, business, Intestinal Obstruction
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A 1-year-old toddler was admitted with a 12-hour history of repeated vomiting. He had not passed stools for the past 3 days, or flatus in the last 24 hours. Physical examination showed abdominal distention without pain or guarding. An abdominal X-ray showed multiple air fluid levels with a distended small bowel (figure 1). A video-assisted laparoscopy showed dilated small bowel loops. Figure 1 Multiple air fluid levels and distended small bowel loops with no …

Published
2018

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