Background Appendicitis remains a common indication for urgent surgical intervention in
the United States, and early appendectomy has long been advocated to mitigate the risk of …

BACKGROUND Blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) is the second most common cause of
death in trauma patients. Eighty percent of patients with BTAI will die before reaching a trauma …

Urea, commonly referred to as blood urea nitrogen (BUN) when measured in the blood, is a
product of protein metabolism. BUN is considered a non-protein nitrogenous (NPN) waste …

Purpose The commonly cited ages at presentation of many pediatric conditions have been
based largely on single center or outdated epidemiologic evidence. Thus, we sought to …

Purpose Laparoscopy is being increasingly applied to pediatric inguinal hernia repair. In
younger children, however, open repair remains preferred due to concerns related to …

Background For a number of pediatric and adult conditions, morbidity and mortality are
increased when patients present to the hospital on a weekend compared to weekdays. The …

Methods: The Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) was queried from 2000 to 2009 for patients<
18 years undergoing noncardiac surgery. Hospitals nationwide were grouped into …

Purpose: Layered nanoparticles have the potential to deliver any number of substances to
cells both in vitro and in vivo. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a relatively …

Importance The number of practicing pediatric surgeons has increased rapidly in the past 4
decades, without a significant increase in the incidence of rare diseases specific to the field. …

Background Reducing healthcare costs while maintaining quality of care is one of the challenges
of the current healthcare system. The purpose of this study was to compare the hospital …