Research Spotlight: Pediatrics-Research Spotlight: Pediatrics

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Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. In this video, we have five speakers presenting their research on various topics related to pediatrics. The first speaker, Dr. Hannah Oh, discusses the use of amantadine in the pediatric brain injury population. She explains that amantadine is commonly used to improve arousal levels after traumatic brain injury in adults, but there is limited research on its use in children. Dr. Oh presents the results of a retrospective analysis of pediatric patients with acquired brain injury who were treated with amantadine during acute rehab care. The study found that there was a significant improvement in functional improvement and change in patients who received amantadine. The next speaker, Dr. Nijer Dursun, discusses a study on the efficacy and safety of apobutulinumtoxin A injections in reducing upper limb spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. The study showed that apobutulinumtoxin A injections significantly reduced upper limb spasticity and resulted in global improvement and goal attainment in the study population. The third speaker, Dr. Charles Kenyon, presents a study on gender differences in health-related quality of life measures in typically developing children and adolescents. The study found that parents of females reported higher health-related quality of life compared to parents of males. The fourth speaker, Dr. Joshua Leiter, discusses the reliability of the balance error scoring system (BEST) in pediatric concussion assessment. The study compared novice raters to expert raters and found that there was good reliability between the two groups, suggesting that non-expert raters can be trained to administer the BEST with good interrater reliability. The final speaker, Dr. Caroline Gormley, presents a study on urinary retention following selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) in children with cerebral palsy. The study found that patients who received SDR at the CONUS level had a higher risk of urinary retention compared to those who received SDR at the cauda equina level. Overall, the research presented in this video provides valuable insights into various pediatric-related topics and has the potential to improve clinical practices and patient outcomes.

Keywords

pediatrics

amantadine

pediatric brain injury

functional improvement

upper limb spasticity

cerebral palsy

gender differences

health-related quality of life

balance error scoring system