Urban pediatric orthopaedic surgical practice audit: Implications for the future of this subspecialty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2992-2998

  Tuason, Dominick ^a   Hohl, Justin B ^a   Levicoff, Eric ^a   Ward, W Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; INFECTION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERTHES DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS; SPINE SURGERY; SPORTS MEDICINE; SURGEON; TRAUMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INJURY; MANPOWER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; ORTHOPEDICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; PENNSYLVANIA; TRAUMA CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 73349107770     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01708     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Danseco ER, Miller TR, Spicer RS. Incidence and costs of 1987-1994 childhood injuries: demographic breakdowns. Pediatrics. 2000;105:E27.
2. Spady DW, Saunders DL, Schopflocher DP, Svenson LW. Patterns of injury in children: a population-based approach. Pediatrics. 2004;113(3 Pt 1):522-9.
3. Guyer B, Freedman MA, Strobino DM, Sondik EJ. Annual summary of vital statistics: trends in the health of Americans during the 20th century. Pediatrics. 2000;106:1307-17.
4. Holmes MJ, Reyes HM. A critical review of urban pediatric trauma. 1984;24:253-5.
5. Hoyert DL, Freedman MA, Strobino DM, Guyer B. Annual summary of vital statistics: 2000. Pediatrics. 2001;108:1241-55.
6. Simon TD, Bublitz C, Hambidge SJ. External causes of pediatric injury-related emergency department visits in the United States. Acad Emerg Med. 2004;11:1042-8.
7. Kasser JR. Location of treatment of supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005;434:110-3.
8. Scherl SA, Rathjen KE, Gerardi J, Kiefer G, Georgopoulos G, Murphy-Zane MS, Blasier RD, Schoenecker PL, Epps H. Opinion survey regarding pediatric orthopaedic trauma call and emergency trauma management. J Pediatr Orthop. 2008;28:393-6.
9. Skaggs DL, Lehmann CL, Rice C, Killelea BK, Bauer RM, Kay RM, Vitale MG. Access to orthopaedic care for children with Medicaid versus private insurance: results of a national survey. J Pediatr Orthop. 2006;26:400-4.
10. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Position statement. On-call coverage and emergency care services in orthopaedics. AAOS Bull. 2006;54:32-3.
11. Beaty JH, Fine RC, Porucznik MA. Meeting the challenge: orthopaedists on-call. AAOS Bull. 2006;54:28-31.
12. Bosse MJ. Resuscitating orthopaedic emergency department coverage. Read at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; 2006 Mar 22-26; Chicago, IL.
13. Bosse MJ, Henley MB, Bray T, Vrahas MS. An AOA critical issue. Access to emergent musculoskeletal care: resuscitating orthopaedic emergency-department coverage. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006;88:1385-94. (Pubitemid 43837138)
14. Orthopaedic Trauma Association. On-call position statement. AAOS Bull. 2006;54:34-36.
15. Ward WT, Rihn JA. Demographic and financial implications of pediatric emergency department fracture manipulation. J Pediatr Orthop. 2007;27:877-81.
16. Smith SL, editor. Medicare RBRVS: the physicians' guide 2006. Chicago: American Medical Association; 2006.
17. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Department of Marketing and Planning. 2007 pediatric demographic profile of western Pennsylvania. CY 2011 projections PA DOH (births). 2007 Oct. p 2.
18. Ward WT, Rihn JA. The impact of trauma in an urban pediatric orthopaedic practice. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006;88:2759-64.
19. Phillips W. POSNA manpower report. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America committee, 2005. Unpublished report.
20. Galano GJ, Vitale MA, Kessler MW, Hyman JE, Vitale MG. The most frequent traumatic orthopaedic injuries from a national pediatric inpatient population. J Pediatr Orthop. 2005;25:39-44.
21. Dolan L. Report of the POSNA Workforce Ad Hoc Committee. 2006 Apr.
22. Salsberg ES, Grover A, Simon MA, Frick SL, Kuremsky MA, Goodman DC. An AOA critical issue. Future physician workforce requirements: implications for orthopaedic surgery education. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008;90:1143-59. (Pubitemid 351658893)