Update Course Rewind: ED Utilization 2022

The 10th Annual Pediatric Surgery Update Course was held on August 30, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio and was livestreamed to a global audience. The full day symposium is designed to give an update each year on the contemporary management of common problems in pediatric surgery. We highlight what's new in pediatric surgery that you need to know!

In this session we are summarizing the main topics on this talk.

As hosts we have Brittany Levy and Cecilia Gigena

Topics and articles discussed:

1. Spontaneous pneumothorax

Changing the Paradigm for Management of Pediatric Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Simple Aspiration Test Predicts Need for Operation

Conservative versus Interventional Treatment for Spontaneous Pneumothorax

2. Asymptomatic spontaneous pneumomediastinum

Are esophagrams indicated in pediatric patients with spontaneous pneumomediastinum?

3. Equivocal US for appendicitis

Cost-Effectiveness of Diagnostic Approaches to Suspected Appendicitis in Children

4. Straddle injuries

Pediatric female genital trauma managed under conscious sedation in the emergency department versus general anesthesia in the operating room- a single center comparison of outcomes and cost

5. Loss of consciousness with negative CT

Admission of Pediatric Concussion Injury Patients: Is It Necessary?

6. Intussusception

Outpatient management of intussusception: a systematic review and meta-analysis

7. Skull fractures

Observation for isolated traumatic skull fractures in the pediatric population: unnecessary and costly