Biliary atresia is a devastating disorder of the newborn in which afflicted infants develop
inflammation and fibrosis of the extrahepatic biliary tract, resulting in cirrhosis and end-stage …

Hemorrhagic shock in pediatric trauma patients remains a challenging yet preventable
cause of death. There is little high-quality evidence available to guide specific aspects of …

BACKGROUND Recent mass casualty events in the United States have highlighted the
need for public preparedness to prevent death from uncontrolled hemorrhage. The Pediatric …

BACKGROUND Guidelines for nonoperative management (NOM) of high-grade pancreatic
injuries in children have not been established, and wide practice variability exists. The …

Background Intraabdominal injury (IAI) can result from blunt or penetrating mechanisms. Blunt
injuries are much more common than penetrating injuries (85% vs 15%). Among children …

OBJECTIVE The current gold-standard imaging modality for pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI)
is CT, but it confers risks associated with ionizing radiation. QuickBrain MRI (qbMRI) is a …

BACKGROUND Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death in children and adolescents.
Hemorrhagic shock remains a common and preventable cause of death in the pediatric …

Purpose Determining the integrity of the pancreatic duct is important in high-grade pancreatic
trauma to guide decision making for operative vs non-operative management. Computed …

BACKGROUND Significant variability exists in the triage of injured children with most systems
using mechanism of injury and/or physiologic criteria. It is not well established if existing …

Background Peripancreatic fluid collection and pseudocyst development is a common
sequela following non-operative management (NOM) of pancreatic injuries in children. Our …