With or without the bags, families of young children prescribed opioids after surgery properly discard drugs at more than double the rate of adults prescribed post-operative opioids.
A novel software tool for calculating radiation burden has determined that pediatric trauma patients, evaluated using CT imaging primarily at adult trauma centers, demonstrate higher radiation exposure than those imaged primarily at a pediatric trauma center.
In a pilot study, laser hair depilation was shown to prevent recurrence of pilonidal disease in adolescents and young adults.
Black children and children insured by Medicaid make more repeat emergency department visits for Crohn’s disease than their white and privately insured peers.
Deena Chisolm, PhD, shares how primary care physicians can support youth who may experience behavioral health issues related to justice involvement.
Lack of money and expertise, risk and stigma appear to forestall community benefit programming.
