Background and Purpose—
Subpial hemorrhage of the neonate is a rare stroke subtype reported in few case series. Birth trauma and coagulopathy are commonly proposed etiologies. We evaluated our subpial hemorrhage of the neonate patient cohort to expand current understanding
Methods—
Cases of subpial hemorrhage of the neonate were identified by keyword searches of the institutional database. The medical records and magnetic resonance imagings were reviewed.
Results—
Seventeen cases were identified. Assisted delivery occurred in 12% of cases, and acute coagulation abnormalities occurred in 77%. Subpial hemorrhage of the neonate was located in the temporal lobe in 82%, with cytotoxic edema and medullary vein congestion and thrombosis subjacent to the hemorrhages in 100% and 76% of cases, respectively. Neurological disability was present in 44% of survivors. Three patients had chronic coagulation abnormalities.
Conclusions—
In our cohort, clinical findings supporting a potential relationship with birth trauma were infrequent. The imaging findings suggest a nonarterial, deep venous pattern of hemorrhagic ischemia.
While radiographic findings of frank hip dysplasia are well defined, there is a lack of diagnostic criteria for patients with radiographically ‘normal’ hips who have borderline morphologic deficits and clinical instability. In this study, we aim to define and validate a new radiographic finding associated with hip instability known as the upsloping lateral sourcil (ULS). Patients (316) were reviewed for lateral center edge angles, generalized joint laxity assessed with the Beighton Hypermobility Score and the presence of the ULS. The ULS was defined as a caudal-to-cranial inclination of the middle-to-far lateral aspect of the acetabular sourcil with loss of the normal lateral acetabular concavity. The prevalence of the ULS correspondingly increased with the degree of under-coverage as defined by LCEA. Within the normal coverage group, hips with a ULS had smaller LCEAs than those without ULS (29° versus 32°, P < 0.001). Among hips with a ULS, 59.00% had generalized joint laxity. The association between the ULS finding and generalized joint laxity was statistically significant (P < 0.01). The ULS is seen with higher prevalence in patients with clinical hip laxity and radiographically decreasing LCEA and may serve as an adjunctive finding in patients presenting with hip pain and instability. The ULS may help to characterize patients with borderline hip dysplasia and laxity that fall outside conventional imaging criteria for dysplasia.
Objective To assess the current practice patterns of pediatric otolaryngologists in managing obstructive sleep-disordered breathing 6 years following the 2011 publication of the clinical practice guideline “Polysomnography for Sleep-Disordered Breathing prior to Tonsillectomy in Children.” Study Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO) members. Subjects and Methods An electronic survey to assess ASPO members’ adherence to polysomnography guidelines prior to tonsillectomy. Results Forty percent (170 of 427) of ASPO members completed the survey, with 73% in academic practice and 27% in private practice. Snoring represented, on average, 48% of the respondents’ practices. The percentage of respondents who requested a polysomnogram prior to tonsillectomy ≥90% of the time was 55% (n = 94) for Down syndrome, 41% (n = 69) for a child <2 years old, and 29% (n = 49) for obese children. A total of 109 (73%) and 112 (75%) respondents admit at least 90% of the time for a child with Down syndrome and for a child <3 years of age, respectively, but only 52 (35%) have a similar practice for an obese child. Only 37% adhere to the inpatient admission recommendation for children with documented obstructive sleep apnea on polysomnogram. Conclusion The current polysomnogram practice patterns for responding pediatric otolaryngologists are not aligned with the clinical practice guideline of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. The threshold for overnight observation when a preoperative polysomnogram has not been performed may be too low. A campaign is necessary to educate clinicians who take care of children with obstructive sleep-disordered breathing and to obtain more evidence to further define best practice.
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