Reducing Psychotropic Medication Use in Foster-Care Children with a Personalized Medication Review.

Investigators and government agencies have expressed concern about the high percentage of foster youth who receive psychotropic medication, the number of psychotropic medications prescribed, and the extended duration for which many foster youth receive psychotropic medication. One contributor to the duration of medication use is the absence of clear guidelines for de-prescribing in pediatric psychiatry. The present study evaluated whether medication review letters crafted by medical professionals and sent to caregivers prompted a reduction in psychotropic medication in foster youth.

Incidence of Post Operative VTE following Panniculectomy in Patients with History of COVID-19.

Purpose: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a well-documented post operative complication with potentially life-threatening sequela. While the risk of VTE in plastic surgery patients is low, these devastating consequences pose a critical need for assessment of risk factors in elective operations. Recent research has elucidated that a history of COVID-19 infection may be an additional predisposing risk factor to VTE formation.

Are we all seeing the same thing? Discrepancies between parent-reported and physician-reported positional plagiocephaly severity scores.

Purpose: Positional plagiocephaly (PP) and brachycephaly are conditions characterized by head flattening. There has been a sharp rise in the number of patients diagnosed since the American Academy of Pediatrics initiated the "Back to Sleep" policy to combat sudden infant death syndrome. This study compares providers' and guardians' perceived head shape differences, highlighting how these scores can alleviate parental anxiety.

Management of sterile abdominal pseudocysts in the context of ventriculoperitoneal shunts: a systematic review.

This systematic review investigates the management of sterile abdominal pseudocysts (APCs), a complication associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS). Management options for sterile APCs include repositioning and externalization, but there remains no consensus on which management technique is superior in terms of outcomes in recurrence or overall complication rates. Therefore, a comparison of outcomes between shunt externalization and repositioning was conducted.

Comparing and intervening on behavioral demand for snack foods among justice-involved adolescents: A preliminary translational analysis.

Obesity may be more prevalent among populations who are of low socioeconomic status, have limited access to nutrient-dense foods, or both. One such population is justice-involved youth. This series of translational experiments builds on previous research on food reinforcement and behavioral demand by (a) assaying demand for snack foods among justice-involved adolescents and (b) evaluating the effect of a nutrition intervention on justice-involved adolescents' demand for healthier alternatives.