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Item American Association for the Surgery of Trauma emergency general surgery guideline summaries 2018: acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, acute diverticulitis, acute pancreatitis, and small bowel obstruction(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-03-27) Schuster, Kevin M; Holena, Daniel N; Salim, Ali; Savage, Stephanie; Crandall, Marie; Surgery, School of MedicineIn April 2017, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) asked the AAST Patient Assessment Committee to undertake a gap analysis for published clinical practice guidelines in emergency general surgery (EGS). Committee members performed literature searches to catalogue published guidelines for common EGS diseases and also to identify gaps in the literature where guidelines could be created. For five of the most common EGS conditions, acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, acute diverticulitis, acute pancreatitis, and small bowel obstruction, we found multiple well-referenced guidelines published by leading professional organizations. We have summarized guideline recommendations for each of these disease states stratified by the AAST EGS anatomic severity score based on these published consensus guidelines. These summaries could be used to help inform evidence-based clinical decision-making, but are intended to be flexible and updatable in real time as further research emerges. Comprehensive guidelines were available for all of the diseases queried and identified gaps most commonly represented areas lacking a solid evidence base. These are therefore areas where further research is needed.Item American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Guideline 1: Minimum Technical Requirements for Performing Clinical Electroencephalography(Taylor & Francis, 2016) Sinha, Saurabh R.; Sullivan, Lucy; Sabau, Dragos; San-Juan, Daniel; Dombrowski, Keith; Halford, Jonathan J.; Hani, Abeer; Drislane, Frank W.; Stecker, Mark; Department of Neurology, School of MedicineItem Prescription of Panoramic Radiographs in Children: A Health Services Assessment of Current Guidelines(American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, 2017) Yepes, Juan F.; Powers, Elizabeth; Downey, Tim; Eckert, George J.; Tang, Qing; Vinson, LaQuia; Maupomé, Gerardo; Pediatric Dentistry, School of DentistryPurpose: To (1) determine adherence to guidelines when prescribing panoramic radiographs (PR) for patients 18 y.o. and younger; and 2) compare PR prescriptions between general dentists (GPs) and pediatric dentists (PDs). Methods: A retrospective analysis of insurance claims included codes for PRs and associated codes for two cities between 2008 and 2015. Chi-square tests ascertained the likelihood of a PR being associated within three days of routine exams. Results: A total of 81,699 pediatric patients were seen by 2,077 GPs and 103 PDs. There were 11,993 PRs, 119,068 routine exams (7,343 associated with a PR), 13,819 orthodontic procedures (378 associated with a PR), 798 third molar procedures (172 associated with a PR), and 16,636 procedures for acute problems (1,670 associated with a PR). Patients aged eight years old and younger had the largest discrepancy between GPs and PDs. GPs prescribed proportionally more films in patients five years old and younger, but PDs prescribed more in seven and eight year olds. Nine- to 18 year olds. had more similar patterns between GPs and PDs, except for 14- to 15 year olds, when GPs prescribed more. Conclusions: GPs prescribed PR in patients younger than five years old more often and were somewhat less likely to follow guidelines.