Annals of emergency medicine
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Comparative Study Webcasts
The utility of adding expiratory or decubitus chest radiographs to the radiographic evaluation of suspected pediatric airway foreign bodies.
This study aimed to compare test characteristics of standard (lateral and posteroanterior or anteroposterior) chest radiographs with and without special views (expiratory or bilateral decubitus) in the emergency department evaluation of children with suspected airway foreign bodies. ⋯ The addition of decubitus to standard views increases false positives without increasing true positives and lacks clinical benefit. The addition of expiratory to standard views increases true positives without increasing false positives, but test accuracy remains low and the clinical benefit is uncertain.
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Multicenter Study Webcasts
Performance of the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale for children: a multicenter database study.
We evaluate the association between triage levels assigned using the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale and surrogate markers of validity for real-life children triaged in multiple emergency departments (EDs). ⋯ The strong association between triage level and multiple markers of severity in 12 Canadian pediatric EDs suggests validity of the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale for children.