Paper Chase #2 - HVP Vaccine for warts
From January 2020, Year of the EyeHPV vaccination as a treatment for ordinary cutaneous warts seems to work about as well as other common studied methods. •
5min 46Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #5 - Risk factors for falling asleep during lectures
From January 2020, Year of the EyePeople fall asleep frequently in lectures. Speaker-related shortcomings, especially a monotonous tone, lead the way in identifiable risk factors.
6min 30Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #1 - Montelukast and nasal steroids for OSA
From January 2020, Year of the EyeTreatment with montelukast, with or without concurrent nasal steroids, is potentially helpful for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea, at least in the short term.
6min 2Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #3 - Prevention of aspiration pneumonia in neuro impaired kids
From January 2020, Year of the EyeAspiration pneumonia in neurologically impaired children remains a challenge, though it's probably not caused by food aspiration. Improving dental hygiene may prevent recurrent pneumonia in this population.
7min 33Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #4 - Excluding bacteremia after 24 hrs of negative blood cultures
From January 2020, Year of the EyeThe growth of a genuine pathogen in a blood culture past 24 hours in a blood culture is very very rare.
5min 30Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #5 - Prednisilone vs Dex for Croup
From December 2019, Master of MastoiditisIn a randomized controlled trial for croup in the emergency room similar efficacy was seen with oral doses of 1mg/kg prednisolone, 0.15mg/kg dexamethasone, and 0.6mg/kg dexamethasone.
6min 18Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #3 - Renal Scarring and Number of UTIs
From December 2019, Master of MastoiditisRenal scarring is uncommon after the first febrile UTI but does become fairly common after two or more.
8min 13Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #1 - Maternal Fluoride in Pregnancy and Child IQ
From December 2019, Master of MastoiditisA recent study in JAMA peds and gotten a lot of attention regarding the safety of prenatal fluoride exposure for neurodevelopment. The study has limitations and should not change anything we are doing immediately.
9min 5Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #4 - Oral Immunotherapy and Peanut Allergies
From December 2019, Master of MastoiditisOral immunotherapy for desensitization for peanut allergy has higher risk of anaphylaxis when compared to avoidance or placebo in this meta analysis.
6min 32Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #2 - Ibuprofen Dosing for Acute Pain
From December 2019, Master of MastoiditisIn adults ibuprofen is equally effective for analgesia for acute pain in 400, 600 and 800 mg doses.
4min 47Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #5 - Does Head Gear Help in Soccer Related Head Injury
From November 2019, UmbilicologyUse of headgear in soccer does was not shown to prevent concussions.
6min 8Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #3 - Are Two (or More) Heads Better than One to Make Diagnoses
From November 2019, UmbilicologyCombined answers of multiple users on an online case platform were more likely to have the correct diagnosis than single users.
6min 39Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #1 - Nutrition and Atopic Disease
From November 2019, UmbilicologyThis clinical report from the AAP summarizes the current evidence for dietary interventions in prevention of atopic disease. There is mostly not benefit to any dietary intervention.
5min 43Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
The AAP Says What: IVF in Hospitalized Children
From November 2019, UmbilicologyThe new AAP policy statement recommends isotonic fluids for hospitalized children 28 days to 18 years of age. • These recommendations do not apply to neurosurgical disorders, congenital or acquired cardiac disease, hepatic disease, cancer, renal dysfunction, diabetes insipidus, voluminous watery …
11min 39Liza Green Golan Mackintosh, MD and Solomon Behar, MD
Paper Chase #2 - Team Sports and ACEs
From November 2019, UmbilicologyTeam sports participation does seem to be protective against the adverse effects of adverse childhood experiences(ACEs).
5min 34Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #4 - Outcomes in Pediatric Gastric Bypass
From November 2019, UmbilicologyAdolescents had similar response to gastric bypass to adults in terms of weight loss and respond better in regards to remission of diabetes and hypertension.
7min 14Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #1 | Efficacy of varicella and pertussis vaccines
From October 2019, He Barfs... He Scores!Study 1 Bottom line: This study was a retrospective database study looking at health system records of 6.4 million children from 2003 through 2014 looking. They looked at the change in cases of herpes zoster per 100 000 person years. • Paper 2 Bottom line: Undervaccinated and unvaccinated …
7min 52Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #2 | PPI use in infants and fracture risk
From October 2019, He Barfs... He Scores!Use of a proton pump inhibitor(PPI) but not H2 blocker in infancy was associated with higher risk of fracture in childhood.
4min 57Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #3 | Fill rate of antibiotic Rxs for STIs
From October 2019, He Barfs... He Scores!In this retrospective review only 58% of adolescents who were diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease or chlamydia filled prescriptions for antibiotics.
6min 20Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
Paper Chase #4 | Prediction Rule for Rebound in Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
From October 2019, He Barfs... He Scores!Children with a gestational age greater than or equal to 38 weeks who are treated until they have a bilirubin level two points less than the criteria for which phototherapy was initiated are unlikely to have rebound hyperbilirubinemia.
4min 58Roy Benaroch, MD and Geoffrey R. Simon, MD
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