Society of Physicians at Kazan University. Pediatric section. Meeting on October 17, 1929

1) Dr. G.B. Myasnik and Ts. V. Haskina. Demonstration of a patient with chondrodystrophy. A 5-year-old Chuvashin boy with a symptom complex characteristic of chondrodystrophy is demonstrated, and a series of radiographs from this case is presented. Along the way, a literary review was made about this disease.Debate: pr.-Assoc. Gasul showed radiographs of a case of chondrodystrophy in an adult.

Society of Physicians at Kazan University. Pediatric section. Meeting on June 3, 1929

1) Dr. S. M. Marcuse. On the issue of chronic anemia in schoolchildren. The report was published in No. 10 Kaz. honey. magazine ".2) Dr. EP Krever. On the pathogenesis of anemia in children. The report will be published in Kaz. honey. magazine ". 3) Dr. 3. I. Malkina. On the question of reticulo-endotheliosis. Debate: prof. Vasiliev, Lepsky, assistant professor Vorobiev, and prof. Menshikov. 4) Dr. O.S. Gershtein. "Experience of helminthological examination of children in Kazan with the data of blood hemoglobin and body weight before and after deworming." The speaker examined the pupils of 2 schools of the 1st stage (Tatar and Russian) for helminthic infestations, using the Flleborn, Teleman and scraping methods to find the eggs of the helminths. In total, 466 hours were examined. The total infection of children with worms is very significant, reaching 71.6%. There is no difference in the infection of children based on ethnicity. The greatest percentage of infection falls between the ages of 8-15 years. Of the types of worms, enterobius (87.6%) and ascaris lumbricoides are most common. Before and after treatment, the patients' blood was examined, and their weight was measured. As expected, in most children, the weight and% Hb increased after the expulsion of the worm. Debate: Dr. Rozov, assistant professor Vorobiev, prof. Lepsky and Menshikov.

Time Tracking of Standard Ultrasound Examinations in Pediatric Hospitals and Pediatric Medical Practices – A Multicenter Study by the Pediatric Section of the German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM)

Purpose Ultrasonography is the primary imaging modality in pediatrics but still lacks sufficient reimbursement in Germany. In this multicenter study, national data for the duration of standard ultrasound in pediatrics were systematically documented in order to specify the actual time required. Materials and Methods N = 10 hospitals (N = 5 university hospitals, N = 5 non-university hospitals) and N = 3 medical practices in Germany recorded the entire process of an ultrasound examination in a special protocol developed by the Pediatric Section of the DEGUM. The duration of each of seven single steps during ultrasonography (from data input to final discussion of the results) of different organ systems was logged. Results In total, N = 2118 examinations from different organ systems were recorded. N = 10 organ systems were examined frequently (> 30 times). The total duration of an ultrasound examination was statistically significantly longer in hospitals compared to medical practices (median (IQR) 27 min. (18–38) vs. 12 min. (9–17), p < 0.001). The “hands-on” patient time was approximately one half of the total required time in both settings (49.9 % vs. 48.9 %). Ultrasonography of the abdomen and brain lasted longer in university hospitals than in non-university hospitals (p < 0.001, and p = 0.04, respectively). Cooperation and age did not uniformly correlate with the total duration. Conclusion This study provides novel comprehensive national data for the duration of standardized ultrasound examinations of children and adolescents in Germany. These data are essential for a further evaluation of the economic costs and should support better remuneration in the future.

Oral presentation to publication: publication rates of abstract presentations across two pediatric neurosurgical meetings

OBJECTIVEBoth the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery (AANS/CNS Pediatric Section) and the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN) annual meetings provide a platform for pediatric neurosurgeons to present, discuss, and disseminate current academic research. An ultimate goal of these meetings is to publish presented results in peer-reviewed journals. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the publication rates of oral presentations from the 2009, 2010, and 2011 AANS/CNS Pediatric Section and ISPN annual meetings in peer-reviewed journals.METHODSAll oral presentations from the 2009, 2010, and 2011 AANS/CNS Pediatric Section and ISPN annual meetings were reviewed. Abstracts were obtained from the AANS/CNS Pediatric Section and ISPN conference proceedings, which are available online. Author and title information were used to search PubMed to identify those abstracts that had progressed to publication in peer-reviewed journals. The title of the journal, year of the publication, and authors’ country of origin were also recorded.RESULTSOverall, 60.6% of the presented oral abstracts from the AANS/CNS Pediatric Section meetings progressed to publication in peer-reviewed journals, as compared with 40.6% of the ISPN presented abstracts (p = 0.0001). The journals in which the AANS/CNS Pediatric Section abstract-based publications most commonly appeared were Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics (52%), Child’s Nervous System (11%), and Journal of Neurosurgery (8%). The ISPN abstracts most often appeared in the journals Child’s Nervous System (29%), Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics (14%), and Neurosurgery (9%). Overall, more than 90% of the abstract-based articles were published within 4 years after presentation of the abstracts on which they were based.CONCLUSIONSOral abstract presentations at two annual pediatric neurosurgery meetings have publication rates in peer-reviewed journal comparable to those for oral abstracts at other national and international neurosurgery meetings. The vast majority of abstract-based papers are published within 4 years of the meeting at which the abstract was presented; however, the AANS/CNS Pediatric Section abstracts are published at a significantly higher rate than ISPN abstracts, which could indicate the different meeting sizes, research goals, and resources of US authors compared with those of authors from other countries.