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Clinical and electrophysiological outcomes after eye muscle surgery in 81 adults with infantile nystagmus syndrome

Purpose: To characterize the effects of eye muscle surgery on patients older than 18 years with infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS) who have had only optical treatment. Methods: This was a prospective, single-center, interventional case series…

Tags: 2021, Akron Children's Hospital, April 2021 List, Boydstun I, Curtis M, Department of General Surgery, Evliyaoglu F, Hertle RW, Journal Of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, journalArticle, Juric A, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ricker I

Prioritization of Pediatric Palliative Care Field-Advancement Activities in the United States: Results of a National Survey.

BACKGROUND: The field of pediatric palliative care (PPC) continues to encounter challenges and opportunities to improving access to high-quality PPC services. In early 2019, a workshop identified eleven potential "next step" actions, and …

Acute kidney injury associated with urinary stone disease in children and young adults presenting to a pediatric emergency department.

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) due to urinary stone disease (USD) is rare in adults; AKI rates in children with USD may be higher, and emerging data links stones to chronic kidney disease (CKD) development in adults. Methods: This study is a …

Promoting bone health in children and adolescents following solid organ transplantation.

Solid organ transplantation in children and adolescents provides many benefits through improving critical organ function, including better growth, development, cardiovascular status, and quality of life. Unfortunately, bone status may be adversely…

Epidemiology of vestibular schwannoma in the United States, 2004-2016.

BACKGROUND: Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are nonmalignant tumors of the eighth cranial nerve and are the most common nonmalignant nerve sheath tumor. This study provides the most comprehensive and current analysis of VS epidemiology in the United…

Avoiding unnecessary bronchoscopy in children with suspected foreign body aspiration using computed tomography.

BACKGROUND: Bronchoscopy is the standard of care for diagnosis and treatment of foreign body aspiration (FBA). Drawbacks of this approach include its invasiveness, the potential for exacerbation of reactive airway disease, and the need for general …

Improving pediatric readiness in general emergency departments: A prospective interventional study.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the impact of a national interventional collaborative on pediatric readiness within General Emergency Departments. STUDY DESIGN: A prospective, multicenter, interventional study measured pediatric readiness in general…

Using and interpreting electrodiagnostic tests.

Electrodiagnostic testing, consisting of nerve conduction studies and needle electrode examination, serves as an extension of a neurologic examination for evaluating a variety of focal and generalized neuromuscular conditions. By providing …

Tags: 2020, Akron Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ginsberg MR, journalArticle, Levin K, Morren JA, NEOMED College of Medicine, October 2020 List

Semaphorin-3F, a potential biomarker for lymphatic anomalies and bone cell function

Lymphatic anomalies (LA) are rare conditions characterized by abnormal vascularization of lymphatic vessels (lymphangiogenesis). Gorham‐Stout Disease (GSD) is an aggressive type of LA which invades cortical bone and makes it “disappear”. There is…

Tags: 2020, Akron Children's Hospital, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Faseb Journal, journalArticle, Kelly M, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Safadi F, September 2020 List, Solorzano E

Enough sight to fight? The history of military visual system requirements.

Medicine has a six-fold role to play in war; (1) Selection of suitable military personnel, (2) To protect against disease, (3) To give medical attention and treatment to those who are ill and injured, (4) To assist in the rehabilitation of the…

Tags: 2020, Akron Children's Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Hertle RW, journalArticle, Military History, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ophthalmic History, September 2020 List, Survey of Ophthalmology, Vision Testing Methods

Topical lambda-cyhalothrin in reducing eye oscillations in a canine model of infantile nystagmus syndrome.

Purpose: To determine the ocular and systemic safety of using topical Lambda-Cyhalothrin (LCL) in a canine model of infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS). The rationale for this proposal is based on a case study of a patient whose INS improved after…

Tags: 2020, Akron Children's Hospital, Canine nystagmus, Dell'Osso LF, Department of General Surgery, Dumire J, Evano-Chapman M, eye-drop treatment, Hertle RW, Indian journal of ophthalmology, infantile nystagmus, Jacobs JB, journalArticle, NEOMED College of Medicine, September 2020 List, Yang D

"Living life as if i never had cancer": A study of the meaning of living well in adolescents and young adults who have experienced cancer

Background Cancer diagnoses pose challenges to adolescents' and young adults' (AYA) physical, mental, and emotional health, and developmental tasks. In order for AYAs, caregivers, clinicians, and other collaborators to optimize health outcomes…

Letter to the editor regarding dosing accuracy of female low dose syringes.

Tags: 2020, Akron Children's Hospital, Cober Mary Petrea, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, journalArticle, June 2020 Update II, Lyman Beth, NEOMED College of Pharmacy

Mitochondrial diseases in North America: An analysis of the NAMDC Registry.

Objective: To describe clinical, biochemical, and genetic features of participants with mitochondrial diseases (MtDs) enrolled in the North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium (NAMDC) Registry. Methods: This cross-sectional, multicenter,…

Tags: 2020, Akron Children's Hospital, Barca Emanuele, Bedoyan Jirair K, Buchsbaum Richard, Camp Kathryn, Cohen Bruce H, Cooley Victoria, criteria, DeBrosse Susanne D, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, DiMauro Salvatore, DNA, Emmanuele Valentina, Engelstad Kristin, Enns Gregory M, Falk Marni J, Ganesh Jaya, Gavrilova Ralitza H, Goldstein Amy C, Grier Johnston, Gropman Andrea, Haas Richard, Hirano Michio, Journal Article, journalArticle, June 2020 Update I, Karaa Amel, Kriger Joshua, Krotoski Danuta, Larson Austin, Long Yuelin, melas, merrf, natural-history, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neurology. Genetics, nuclear, Parikh Sumit, Prevalence, Rosales Xiomara Q, Saneto Russell P, Scaglia Fernando, Schoenaker Robert, Stacpoole Peter W, Tarnopolsky Mark, Thompson John L P, Van Hove Johan L K, Vladutiu Georgirene D, Zolkipli-Cunningham Zarazuela

Bone mineral density in adolescent urinary stone formers: is sex important?

Urinary stone disease (USD) is affecting a greater number of children and low bone mineral density (BMD) and increased skeletal fractures have been demonstrated in stone patients; however, the mechanism(s) driving bone disease remain unclear. This…

Stability of extemporaneously compounded temozolomide 10 mg/mL suspensions in Oral Mix SF(R) in glass and plastic bottles and plastic syringes.

ASPEN Consensus Recommendations for Refeeding Syndrome.

INTRODUCTION: In the spring of 2017, the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) Parenteral Nutrition Safety Committee and the Clinical Practice Committee convened an interprofessional task force to develop consensus…

What Is That? Innumerable Mysterious Densities Identified on Abdominal Imaging.

Radiopaque densities can be observed on imaging after the ingestion of either foreign bodies or some medications. Our case report discusses an 11-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder and attention deficient disorder who presented to the…

Tags: 2020, Akron Children's Hospital, Blackford Martha G, Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Nicole, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pediatric emergency care

Chemotherapy Strategies for Young Children Newly-Diagnosed with Medulloblastoma up to the Era of Molecular Profiling - A Comparative Outcomes Analysis

Clinical and Electrophysiological Outcomes After Eye Muscle Surgery in 81 Adults with Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome (INS)

Tags: 2019, Akron Children's Hospital, Curtiss Molly, Department of General Surgery, Ghering Alyssa, Hertle Richard W, Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, Journal Article, NEOMED College of Medicine, November 2019 Update, Ricker Isabel

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Ugh. I am ashamed to say that is the first word that comes to my mind when I see Jake’s name on my schedule for the day. He is 10 and he has been my patient since he was born. He has an 8-year-old sister Annie and a 5-year-old brother Jimmy. They…

Tags: 2019, Akron Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Family support, Health Disparities : Weaving A New Understanding Through Case Narratives, Health Psychology, Journal Article, Medical Sociology, Medicine, Medicine & Public Health, Mental Health, NEOMED College of Medicine, November 2019 Update, Pediatrics, Premedical Education, Sladjana Courson, Social Work

Sharp Recanalization of a Chronically Occluded Superior Vena Cava in a Patient with Multiple Prior Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters.

Purpose: To present a unique case in which intravenous medications were administered intermittently through a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line over 2 years in the presence of an occluded superior vena cava (SVC) due to impressive…

Pediatric Migraine Action Plan (PedMAP)

Emergent high fatality lung disease in systemic juvenile arthritis

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics and risk factors of a novel parenchymal lung disease (LD), increasingly detected in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). METHODS: In a multicentre retrospective study, 61 cases were investigated…

Tags: 2019, Abulaban Khalid, adult onset still's disease, Akron Children's Hospital, Annals of the rheumatic diseases, Balise Raymond, Baszis Kevin, Behrens Edward M, Bejerano Gill, Birgmeier Johannes, Birmingham James, Bouzoubaa Layla, Canna Scott, Casey Alicia, Chen Guangbo, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Investigators, Cidon Michal, Cron Randy Q, Davis Mark M, De Aliva, De Benedetti Fabrizio, Department of Pediatrics, Desai Tushar, Deterding Robin, Deutsch Gail H, DMARDs (biologic), Ferguson Ian, Fishman Martha P, Goodman Steven I, Graham T Brent, Grom Alexei A, Guillerman R Paul, Haines Kathleen, Hazen Melissa, Henderson Lauren A, Ho Assunta, Ibarra Maria, Inflammation, Inman Christi J, Jagadeesh Karthik, Jerath Rita, Journal Article, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Khatri Purvesh, Khawaja Khulood, Kingsbury Daniel J, Klein-Gitelman Marisa, Lai Khanh, Lapidus Sivia, Leung Ann N, Lin Clara, Lin Jenny, Liptzin Deborah R, Lu Ying, Mellins Elizabeth D, Milojevic Diana, Mombourquette Joy, NEOMED College of Medicine, November 2019 Update, Onel Karen, Ozen Seza, Perez Maria, Phillippi Kathryn, Prahalad Sampath, Radhakrishna Suhas, Reinhardt Adam, Riskalla Mona, Rosenwasser Natalie, Roth Johannes, Sönmez Hafize Emine, Saper Vivian E, Schneider Rayfel, Schonenberg-Meinema Dieneke, Schulert Grant, Shenoi Susan, Smith Judith A, Stoll Matthew L, Tian Lu, Towe Christopher, Treatment, Vargas Sara O, Vehe Richard K, Xu Jianpeng, Yang Jacqueline, Young Lisa R

Brain microvascular pathology in Susac syndrome: an electron microscopic study of five cases

Susac syndrome is a rare, immune-mediated disease characterized by encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusion, and hearing loss. Herein, we describe the electron microscopic findings of three brain biopsies and two brain autopsies performed on…

Diagnosis of 'possible' mitochondrial disease: an existential crisis.

Primary genetic mitochondrial diseases are often difficult to diagnose, and the term 'possible' mitochondrial disease is used frequently by clinicians when such a diagnosis is suspected. There are now many known phenocopies of mitochondrial disease.…

The influence of family environment on dissociation in pediatric injury patients.

Tags: 2011, Accidents – Adverse Effects, Adolescence, Akron Children's Hospital, Analysis of Covariance, Bivariate Statistics, Checklists, Chi Square Test, Child, Child Development, Christopher Norman C, Clinical Child Psychology & Psychiatry, Confidence Intervals, Correlational Studies, Data Analysis Software, Delahanty Douglas L, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Descriptive Research, Descriptive Statistics, Dissociative Disorders – Risk Factors, Family, Family Coping, Family Relations, Female, Funding Source, Human, Income, Interview Guides, Male, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nugent Nicole R, Ohio, Parametric Statistics, Parenting Education, Patient-Family Relations, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient, Pretest-Posttest Design, Prospective Studies, Questionnaires, Retrospective Design, Scales, Self Report, Semi-Structured Interview, Severity of Illness Indices, Sledjeski Eve M, Social Environment, Socioeconomic Factors, Wounds and Injuries – Complications

Evaluation of Nonpharmacologic Methods of Pain and Anxiety Management for Laceration Repair in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

BACKGROUND. Nonpharmacologic interventions, such as distraction, have been shown to be powerful adjuncts in reducing pain and anxiety in children with both acute and chronic painful conditions. There are no controlled studies evaluating these…

Tags: 2006, Akron Children's Hospital, ANXIETY in children, Children, Christopher Norman C, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, DISTRACTION (Psychology), Fenn Robin, LETTERS to the editor, NEOMED College of Medicine, PAIN in children, Pain Management, PEDIATRIC emergency services, Pediatrics, Reeves Laurie, Sinha Madhumita

Initial physiological responses and perceived hyperarousal predict subsequent emotional numbing in pediatric injury patients.

The present study tested the hypothesis that acute posttraumatic hyperarousal would lead to the development of emotional numbing (EN) symptoms in a pediatric injury population. Eighty-two youths aged 8–18 years were recruited from the emergency…

Tags: 2006, Akron Children's Hospital, Avoidance (Psychology), CHILDREN'S accidents, CHILDREN'S injuries, Christopher Norman C, Delahanty Douglas L, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, DEPRESSION in children, EMOTIONS (Psychology), HEART beat, HOSPITAL emergency services, Journal of Traumatic Stress, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nugent Nicole R, POST-traumatic stress disorder, Urine

Emergency medical service and in-hospital vital signs as predictors of subsequent PTSD symptom severity in pediatric injury patients.

Background: The present study investigated the extent to which heart rate (HR) levels soon after a traumatic event predicted posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity assessed 6 weeks and 6 months later in child trauma victims. Methods:…

Tags: 2006, Akron Children's Hospital, CARDIOVASCULAR diseases, Christopher Norman C, Delahanty Douglas L, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, HEART beat, Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, JUVENILE diseases, MEDICAL emergencies, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nugent Nicole R, PEDIATRIC trauma centers, POST-traumatic stress disorder

Brief Report: The Impact of Maternal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Child Gender on Risk for Persistent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Child Trauma Victims.

Objective To longitudinally examine the impact of maternal posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSS) on child adjustment following a child's traumatic injury, focusing on child gender differences. Methods Forty-one child traumatic injury victims…

Tags: 2007, Akron Children's Hospital, Children, Christopher Norman C, Delahanty Douglas L, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEUROSES, Ostrowski Sarah A, POST-traumatic stress disorder, STRESS (Psychology), TRAUMATIC neuroses

Parental Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms as a Moderator of Child's Acute Biological Response and Subsequent Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Pediatric Injury Patients.

Objective To examine how parental responses following pediatric injury may influence their child's posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Methods Heart rate (HR) from 82 pediatric injury patients was measured during emergency medical services (EMSs)…

Tags: 2007, Akron Children's Hospital, Children, Christopher Norman C, Delahanty Douglas L, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEUROSES, Nugent Nicole R, Ostrowski Sarah, Parents, POST-traumatic stress disorder, STRESS (Psychology)

Acute child and mother psychophysiological responses and subsequent PTSD symptoms following a child's traumatic event.

This study examined the relationship between acute cortisol responses to trauma and subsequent PTSD symptoms (PTSS) in children and their biological mothers. Urinary cortisol levels were assessed in 54 children aged 8–18 upon admission to a level-1…

Tags: 2007, Akron Children's Hospital, Children, Christopher Norman C, Delahanty Douglas L, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hydrocortisone, Journal of Traumatic Stress, MENTAL depression, Mothers, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ostrowski Sarah A, POST-traumatic stress disorder, Research, STATISTICAL sampling, Trauma Centers, Urine, van Dulmen Manfred HM

Pediatric Urolithiasis: Clinical Predictors in the Emergency Department.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to identify factors that predict the presence of urolithiasis detected with unenhanced computed tomography (UCT) in children. METHODS: A retrospective study of all subjects \textless21 years of age who…

Tags: 2009, Akron Children's Hospital, BLADDER stones, CHILDREN'S hospitals, Christopher Norman C, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, DISEASE risk factors, HEMATURIA in children, LOGISTIC regression analysis, McMahon Daniel R, NEOMED College of Medicine, PEDIATRIC diagnosis, Pediatrics, Persaud Andre C, Stevenson Michelle D, Tomography, Urinalysis, URINARY calculi – Diagnosis

The efficacy of early propranolol administration at reducing PTSD symptoms in pediatric injury patients: A pilot study.

Initial research supports the use of propranolol to prevent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); research has not examined pharmacological prevention for children. Twenty-nine injury patients (ages 10–18 years old) at risk for PTSD were randomized…

The Impact of Caregiver Distress on the Longitudinal Development of Child Acute Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Pediatric Injury Victims.

Objective The present study prospectively examined the development of child PTSD symptoms (PTSS) and the impact of caregiver PTSS on child PTSS following injury. Methods One hundred and eighteen ED patients and their caregivers were interviewed…

Tags: 2011, Akron Children's Hospital, Analysis of Variance, CHILD health services, CHILDREN'S injuries, Christopher Norman C, Ciesla Jeffrey A, Delahanty Douglas L, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Irish Leah, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Lee Timothy J, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ostrowski Sarah A, POST-traumatic stress disorder in children, Psychology, STRUCTURAL equation modeling, VARIATION in child development

Clinical and electrophysiological results of eye muscle surgery in 17 patients with downbeat nystagmus.

Purpose: To test the hypothesis that eye muscle surgery in treatment of patients with acquired downbeat nystagmus results in improvement measures of visual and ocular motor function. Methods: This is a prospective, interventional case series analysis…

Tags: 2019, Ahmad Ashraf, Akron Children's Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Downbeat nystagmus, eye muscle surgery, Hertle Richard W, Indian journal of ophthalmology, NEOMED College of Medicine, vision rehabilitation

Screening for adolescent depression in a pediatric emergency department.

OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms in adolescents presenting to the emergency department (ED) and to describe their demographics and outcomes compared with adolescents endorsing low levels of depressive symptoms. METHODS:…

Tags: *Adolescent Behavior, 2006, Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Akron Children's Hospital, Alexander Heather, Christopher Norman C, Comorbidity, Cross-Sectional Studies, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Depression/classification/*diagnosis/*epidemiology, Emergency Service, Female, Fenn Robin L, Hospital/*statistics & numerical data, Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data, Humans, Logistic Models, Luxmore Brett, Male, Mass Screening/*instrumentation/*statistics & numerical data, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio/epidemiology, Patient Participation/statistics & numerical data, Pediatrics/*statistics & numerical data, Prevalence, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Scott Emily Gale, Transportation of Patients/statistics & numerical data, Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology

Ethyl vinyl chloride vapocoolant spray fails to decrease pain associated with intravenous cannulation in children.

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of ethyl vinyl chloride vapocoolant spray on pain reported by children undergoing intravenous cannulation. A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial was conducted on eligible children…

Diagnosis of 'possible' mitochondrial disease: an existential crisis.

Primary genetic mitochondrial diseases are often difficult to diagnose, and the term 'possible' mitochondrial disease is used frequently by clinicians when such a diagnosis is suspected. There are now many known phenocopies of mitochondrial disease.…

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