[HTML][HTML] Typical and atypical presentations of appendicitis and their implications for diagnosis and treatment: a literature review

S Echevarria, F Rauf, N Hussain, H Zaka, N Ahsan… - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Appendicitis, an acute inflammation of the appendix, affects all demographic groups and
exhibits various incidences and clinical manifestations. While acute appendicitis typically …

Racism and pediatric health outcomes

M Fanta, D Ladzekpo, N Unaka - … in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 2021 - Elsevier
Racism–a system operating at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, and structural
levels–is a serious threat to the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents. This …

Five strategies for clinicians to advance diagnostic excellence

H Singh, DM Connor, G Dhaliwal - Bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
• Diagnosis is a process that is influenced by systems, cognitive, teamwork, and social
factors that may either enhance or reduce diagnostic accuracy• Clinicians can integrate …

The COVID-19 pandemic and early child cognitive development: a comparison of development in children born during the pandemic and historical references

SCL Deoni, J Beauchemin, A Volpe, V D'Sa… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Objective To characterize cognitive function in young children under 3 years of age over the
past decade, and test whether children exhibit different cognitive development profiles …

Health care disparities in radiology—a review of the current literature

CM DeBenedectis, LB Spalluto, L Americo… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Health care disparities exist in all medical specialties, including radiology.
Raising awareness of established health care disparities is a critical component of …

Race, ethnicity, language, and the treatment of low-risk febrile infants

CK Gutman, PL Aronson, NV Singh, ML Pickett… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Febrile infants at low risk of invasive bacterial infections are unlikely to benefit
from lumbar puncture, antibiotics, or hospitalization, yet these are commonly performed. It is …

Opportunities for diagnostic improvement among pediatric hospital readmissions

M Congdon, B Rauch, B Carroll, A Costello… - Hospital …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES Diagnostic errors, termed “missed opportunities for improving
diagnosis”(MOIDs), are known sources of harm in children but have not been well …

Racial and ethnic disparities in length of stay for common pediatric diagnoses: trends from 2016 to 2019

Y Harrington, DA Rauch, JC Leary - Hospital Pediatrics, 2023 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Inequities in pediatric illness include unequal treatment
and outcomes for children of historically marginalized races/ethnicities. Length of stay (LOS) …

Racial and ethnic inequities in the quality of paediatric care in the USA: a review of quantitative evidence

N Slopen, AR Chang, TJ Johnson… - The Lancet Child & …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Racial and ethnic inequities in paediatric care have received increased research attention
over the past two decades, particularly in the past 5 years, alongside an increased societal …

Delayed diagnosis of serious paediatric conditions in 13 regional emergency departments

KA Michelson, FLE McGarghan… - BMJ Quality & …, 2024 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Objective To evaluate rates, risk factors and outcomes of delayed diagnosis of seven serious
paediatric conditions. Methods This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study of children …