Literature Highlights

Sutureless circumcision using 2-octyl cyanoacrylate (Dermabond): appraisal after 18-month experience.
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Jack Barney Award. The changing spectrum of intestinal malrotation: diagnosis and management. Learn more...

Intermediate outcomes after serial transverse enteroplasty in children with short bowel syndrome.
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Dietary fat for infants with enterostomies. Learn more...

Low recurrence rate after Gore-Tex/Marlex composite patch repair for posterolateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Read the abstract...

Short-term Results in 53 U.S. Obese Pediatric Patients Treated with Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding. Learn more...

Surgical Excision Versus Antibiotic Treatment for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Cervicofacial Lymphadenitis in Children: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Read the abstract...

US or CT for Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Children and Adults? A Meta-Analysis. Read the abstract...

Long-term complications following intestinal malrotation and the Ladd's procedure: a 15 year review. Read about the study…

Effects of ropivacaine infiltration on cortisol and prolactin responses to postoperative pain after inguinal hernioraphy in children. Find out more…

MIS Access Can Be Performed Using Stab Incisions Instead of Ports
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A Consistent Approach to Instituting and Advancing Enteral Nutrition Among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Patients <2000 Gg Birth Weight. Learn more...

Babies with esophageal and duodenal atresia: a 30-year review of a multifaceted problem. Learn more…

Fetal intervention for congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the European experience. Read more about this…

Oral probiotics reduce the incidence and severity of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants. Read more...

Colorectal carcinoma in childhood and adolescence: a clinicopathologic review. Read the abstract...

Positron emission tomography for staging of pediatric sarcoma patients: results of a prospective multicenter trial. Learn more...

Significance of Pleural Effusion in Neuroblastoma. Read the abstract...

Female Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight Among Their Children. Learn More...

Dendritic cell deficiencies in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients. Find out more…

Papillary thyroid carcinoma of childhood an adolescence: A 30-year experience at the istituto nazionale tumori in Milan. Read the abstract…

Survival with germ cell tumors of the ovary is excellent and protocol changes are recommended. Click for more...

Preoperative Chemotherapy Increases Odds of Complete Resection and Avoidance of Radiation Therapy in Children with Chest Wall Ewing Sarcoma/PNET
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Like Mother Like Daughter: Developing Safety Habits in Children and the Importance of Parents as Role Models
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Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire: Caution for Parents When Cooking with Their Children
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Simulated pediatric trauma team management: assessment of an educational intervention. Learn more...

Trauma in Adolescents Causes Long-Term Marked Deficits in Quality of Life: Adolescent Children do not Recover Preinjury Quality of Life or Function up to Two Years Postinjury Compared to National Norms. Read the abstract...

A Trauma Series in the Injured Child: Do we really need it? Learn more...

Variation in the diagnosis of child abuse in severely injured infants. Get the details…

Fentanyl trauma analgesia use in air medical scene transports. Learn more…

CT scan and the pediatric trauma patient--are we overdoing it? View abstract...

When should the kidney be saved in severe renal trauma? View abstract...

Salvaging the severely injured kidney appears to be associated with good outcomes. Read more...

Lower Socioeconomic Status Is Associated With More Frequent and Severe Trauma, but Similar Care
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Many Children Are Treated in Nontrauma Center Facilities Even Though Pediatric Trauma Centers Are Available
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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Mediated Proliferation of Enterocytes Requires p21waf1/cip1 Expression. Read the abstract...

Lipopolysaccharide induces cyclooxygenase-2 in intestinal epithelium via a noncanonical p38 MAPK pathway. Read the abstract…

Intestinal and Hepatic Expression of BNIP3 in Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Regulation by Nitric Oxide and Peroxynitrite. Click to read abstract…

Increasing rates of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in healthy children. View more information…

Updated: January 25, 2008