A5010684975- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Hematological disorders and diagnostics
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Bone and Joint Diseases
Comer Children's Hospital
2021-2022
Advocate Christ Medical Center
2022
IMPORTANCE: Firearm injury accounts for significant morbidity with high mortality among children admitted to the PICU. Understanding risk factors PICU admission is an important step toward developing prevention and intervention strategies minimize burden of pediatric gunshot wound (GSW) injury. OBJECTIVES: The primary objective this study was characterize outcomes likelihood GSWs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Retrospective cohort GSW patients 0–18 years old evaluated at University...
In people with sickle cell disease (SCD), oral abscesses are concerning clinical conditions and carry a high risk of postoperative complications. We present an unusual case 14-year-old girl SCD whose initial presentation facial swelling, headaches, jaw pain, paresthesia mimicked odontogenic abscess. She was diagnosed vaso-occlusive crisis in the mandibular bone successfully managed noninvasively. This is among youngest cases lower lip SCD, which provided clue that postponing invasive...