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Development And Validation Of A Predictive Model For Childhood Mortality After A Traumatic Brain Injury: Analysis Of The National Trauma Data Bank, Jooby Joy, Axel Moreira, Kevin Chorath, Karthik Rajasekaran, Alvaro Moreira

Research Colloquium

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children. While most TBI-related admissions are mild, identifying early predictors of poor outcome may assist clinicians with timely medical decisions and effective triage utilization.

Objective: We sought to develop and validate a clinical tool for predicting in-hospital death in children after a traumatic brain injury.

Methods: Data was collected for children (≤18 years) from the National Trauma Data Bank between the years of 2007 to 2015. We included children who sustained any TBI, defined as: (i) open and closed skull fractures, (ii) cerebellar, cortical, or brain …

Long-Term Survival After Stage Iiib Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma, Shiv Govindji, Rohan Jeyarajah, Shankar Logarajah

Research Colloquium

Patients with gallbladder adenocarcinomas are rare but present with low five-year survival rates. However, there are patients that survive long after their diagnosis with late-stage gallbladder cancer. The objective of this clinical case report is to highlight factors which may have contributed to this patient’s current 15-year survival to provide further insight on the prognosis of aggressive gallbladder adenocarcinomas.

A 43-year-old woman presented to the clinic with back pain. She had an ultrasound which showed dilated bile ducts and a filling defect with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. A gall bladder mass was found and biopsied. Biopsy concluded the mass to be …