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Rosenfeld RM, Schwartz SR, Pynnonen MA, et al. Clinical practice guideline:
tympanostomy tubes in children.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
. 2013; 149(1S):S1-S35.
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Summary: Rosenfeld et al provide an excellent, state-of-the-art review and clinical
practice guideline regarding tympanostomy tubes in children that makes very clear
recommendations for this extremely common surgical procedure.
Semenov YR, Yeh ST, Seshamani M, et al. Age-dependent cost-utility of pediatric
cochlear implantation.
Ear Hear
. 2013; 34(4):402-412. EBM level 2..................205-215
Summary: An excellent, multi-center NIH funded study yielded this analysis of the
effect of age at the time of cochlear implantation on educational placement, quality
of life, and cost to society amongst many other findings. Early implantation (patient
age <18 months) is shown to be clearly beneficial to individuals and society. Some
barriers to early implantation are exposed along with the difficulties in overcoming
these barriers.
VI.
Head and Neck
Collins B, Stoner JA, Digoy GP. Benefits of ultrasound vs. computed tomography in the
diagnosis of pediatric lateral neck abscesses.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
. 2014;
78(3):423-426. EBM level 4....................................................................................216-219
Summary: This article investigates the utility of ultrasound vs computed tomography
(CT) in the diagnosis of pediatric lateral neck abscesses. This retrospective study
compares ultrasound and CT accuracy to diagnose lateral neck abscesses which were
confirmed by incision and drainage procedures. Ultrasound imaging was found to
have similar sensitivity and positive predictive value and higher specificity as
compared to CT imaging for the diagnosis of lateral neck abscesses.
Drolet BA, Frommelt PC, Chamlin SL, et al. Initiation and use of propranolol for
infantile hemangioma: report of a consensus conference.
Pediatrics
. 2013; 131(1):128-
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Summary: This article summarizes the report of the multidisciplinary consensus
conference on the initiation and use of propranolol for infantile hemangiomas (IH).
The pharmacologic properties and adverse events of propranolol in the pediatric
population were reviewed. Recommendations were made regarding when to treat
IH; contraindications to treatment with propranolol; pretreatment ECG; propranolol
use in PHACE syndrome; formulation, target dose, and frequency of propranolol;
initiation of propranolol; and monitoring during treatment.