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International Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature From 2008

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Issue 12 2009
Suzanne Lippert MD
Abstract As the specialty of emergency medicine (EM) continues to evolve in countries around the world, and as interest in international emergency medicine (IEM) continues to grow within the United States, the IEM Literature Review Group recognizes a need for a high-quality, consolidated, and easily accessible evidence base of literature. In response to that need, the group created an annual publication that strives to provide readers with access to the highest quality and most relevant IEM research. This publication represents our fourth annual review, covering the top 26 IEM research articles published in 2008. Articles were selected for the review according to explicit, predetermined criteria that include both methodologic quality and perceived impact of the research. It is our hope that this annual review will act as a forum for disseminating best practices while also stimulating further research in the field of IEM. [source]

Registration and classification of adolescent and young adult cancer cases

PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER, Issue S5 2008
Brad H. Pollock MPH
Abstract Cancer registries are an important research resource that facilitate the study of etiology, tumor biology, patterns of delayed diagnosis and health planning needs. When outcome data are included, registries can track secular changes in survival related to improvements in early detection or treatment. The surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) registry has been used to identify major gaps in survival for older adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients compared with younger children and older adults. In order to determine the reasons for this gap, the complete registration and accurate classification of AYA malignancies is necessary. There are inconsistencies in defining the age limits for AYAs although the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Progress Review Group proposed a definition of ages 15 through 39 years. The central registration and classification issues for AYAs are case-finding, defining common data elements (CDE) collected across different registries and the diagnostic classification of these malignancies. Goals to achieve by 2010 include extending and validating current diagnostic classification schemes and expanding the CDE to support AYA oncology research, including the collection of tracking information to assess long-term outcomes. These efforts will advance preventive, etiologic, therapeutic, and health services-related research for this understudied age group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2008:50:1090,1093. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]

Diagnosing abuse: a systematic review of torn frenum and other intra-oral injuries

CHILD: CARE, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Issue 2 2008
Richard Reading
Diagnosing abuse: a systematic review of torn frenum and other intra-oral injuries . MaguireS., HunterB., HunterL., SibertJ.R., MannM., KempA.M. , for the Welsh Child Protection Systematic Review Group . ( 2007 ) Archives of Disease in Childhood , 92 , 1113 , 1117 . DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.113001. Introduction A torn labial frenum is widely regarded as pathognomonic of abuse. Methods We systematically reviewed the evidence for this, and to define other intra-oral injuries found in physical abuse. Nine studies documented abusive torn labial frena in 30 children and 27 were fatally abused: 22 were less than 5 years old. Only a direct blow to the face was substantiated as a mechanism of injury. Results Two studies noted accidentally torn labial frena, both from intubation. Abusive intra-oral injuries were widely distributed to the lips, gums, tongue and palate and included fractures, intrusion and extraction of the dentition, bites and contusions. Conclusions Current literature does not support the diagnosis of abuse based on a torn labial frenum in isolation. The intra-oral hard and soft tissue should be examined in all suspected abuse cases, and a dental opinion sought where abnormalities are found. [source]

Domain Poisoning: The Redundancy of Current Models of Assessment through Art

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ART & DESIGN EDUCATION, Issue 3 2006
Tom Hardy
With the National Foundation for Educational Research concluding that schools which include Contemporary Art Practice (CAP) in their curriculum add significant value to their students' art experience, [1] and at a time when much of the discussion around contemporary art questions the value of the art object itself, this article addresses the question: how are we to engage students with the contemporary and, at the same time, make value judgments of their own work? And, while the professional fine art world subscribes increasingly to the ,rhizomatic' [2] template of art processes, how do we square this with current assessment criteria which require that students produce work where the preparation and finished product occupy separate domains and rely on ,procedures and practices that reach back to the nineteenth century'? [3] By way of a postscript to the inconclusive findings of the Eppi-centre art and design review group [4], this article will also address what we have lost in the drive for domain-based assessment and how to regain some of the ground lost since the introduction of Curriculum 2000. [source]