Jonathan Wispe, MD (45235), has been appointed associate chief of Neonatology at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Dr. Wispe will assume the administrative and leadership activities for the Neonatology clinical programs and faculty at Nationwide Children's. He also will hold a faculty appointment at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
The thrill of flipping and jumping into water has become common practice among children and adolescents as they dive into more than eight million swimming pools across the United States. Competitive divers strive to gracefully enter the water without making a splash however these athletes, including the future Beijing 2008 Olympians, are not immune to the increase in diving-related injuries over the past two decades. Not only are competitive divers at risk for injury, but recreational divers are also being treated in emergency departments for diving-related injuries.
Heading a ball appears to spectators as one of the most dangerous plays in soccer. However, only 6.6 percent of injuries are caused by this flashy move"”and contact with the ball accounted for only 7 percent of concussions, while player-to-player contact resulted in more than 70 percent.
Allen Browne, MD (43206), has been appointed surgeon of the Bariatric Program and General Surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Dr. Browne will assist with the surgical activities for the Bariatric Program in the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Children's. Dr. Browne will also have an appointment at The Ohio State University as an associate professor of Clinical Surgery.
A Fourth of July tradition in many families, consumer fireworks continue to injure children in the U.S. at disproportionately high rates compared to the general population, causing injuries ranging from minor burns and corneal abrasions to severe burns, vision and hearing loss and even death.
For a generation of surgeons who have grown up playing video games, they are now learning temporal bone surgery of the skull in a similar way. Physicians and researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital are using state-of-the-art computer animation to help train the next generation of surgeons.
In 2007, Hong Kong businessman William Fung and central Ohio community leader Abigail Wexner established a fund to foster international exchange in congenital heart disease. The recipients of the first Fung Wexner Award, Loren Wold, PhD, of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Zhe Zheng, MD, PhD, of the Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital in Beijing, China, and their co-investigators, were announced on June 18, 2008.
Interventional cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons throughout the United States, North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, who treat patients with congenital heart disease, will gather at Nationwide Children's Hospital June 16-18, 2008 for the third International Symposium on the Hybrid Approach to Congenital Heart Disease (ISHAC).
The popularity of golf carts has skyrocketed in recent years, and unfortunately so has the number of golf cart-related injuries. In fact, a new study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital found that the number of golf cart-related injuries rose 132 percent during the 17-year study period.
Technology may be the key to identifying high-risk behaviors among adolescents. Injury risk, depressive symptoms and drug and alcohol use are the leading causes of adolescent morbidity and mortality; yet pediatricians often lack the time to screen for these behavioral concerns.
Although the overall rate of high school baseball-related injuries has decreased within the last 10 years, the severity of injuries that occur has increased, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Vitamin D insufficiency is common in adults and is emerging in the world of pediatrics. A mild degree of vitamin D deficiency, also known as vitamin D insufficiency, causes rickets in children and can be treated with increased amount of nutritional vitamin D intake as well as increased sun exposure.
Bunk bed-related injuries are not an issue of concern solely for parents of young children according to a study conducted by investigators at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. The study found although three-quarters of the children who sustain bunk bed-related injuries are younger than 10 years of age, there is a surprising spike in injuries among individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 years.
Nationwide Children's Hospital has been selected as one of only five institutions nationally to join a multi-institution clinical research study to understand the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery in adolescents.
Knee injuries, among the most economically costly sports injuries, are the leading cause of high school sports-related surgeries according to a study conducted at the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and published in the June issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Study findings presented at the May 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting indicate that childhood and adolescent obesity negatively impacts vascular endothelial function, which relates to cardiac health.
More than 12 percent of babies are born prematurely, up more than 20 percent from 1990*, and as premature birth rates continue to climb, neonatologists at Nationwide Children's Hospital are focusing their attention on the nutrition provided to premature infants during their first few days of life.
More than 600,000 children participate in school-sponsored and club-level gymnastics competitions annually in the United States. Yet gymnastics continues to be overlooked in terms of potential for injury, while having one of the highest injury rates of all girls' sports.
Investigators in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital have identified the role of a protein that could potentially lead to new clinical treatments to combat musculoskeletal diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Home to one of the largest intensive intervention and diagnostic centers for autism, Nationwide Children's Hospital has long been recognized as a leader in autism intervention efforts. Now the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Nationwide Children's Hospital is also setting the standard for the care of brothers and sisters of children with autism.
A study published in the February issue of Injury Prevention estimates that more than 98,000 sports injuries in U.S. high schools in 2005-2007 were directly related to an action that was ruled illegal activity by a referee, official or disciplinary committee.
In an effort to help curb the growing childhood obesity epidemic, Nationwide Children's Hospital is launching a new online tool aimed at helping parents and kids make healthy snack choices.
Without ever leaving the nursery, fragile babies born at Chillicothe's Adena Regional Medical Center are receiving clinical assessments from specialists an hour away at Nationwide Children's Hospital "” thanks to high-definition videoconferencing capabilities made possible via the Ohio Supercomputer Center.
The physical and emotional strains placed on the family of a childhood cancer patient can be extremely difficult, especially for siblings. That's why one of the nation's largest pediatric cancer centers, located at Nationwide Children's Hospital, created the Sibling Support Program.
Corey Raffel, MD, PhD (43209), has been named chief of Neurosurgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital, effective December 1. Dr. Raffel also holds an academic appointment as Professor of Neurosurgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He joins the Nationwide Children's Neurosurgery program alongside Ed Kosnik, MD, and Scott Elton, MD.
The innovative spirit of the cardiothoracic surgery and interventional cardiology teams in The Heart Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital have come together again to bring technology first developed in its Hybrid Catheterization Suites to a state-of-the-art operating suite "“ the first Hybrid Congenital Cardiac Operating Suite in the U.S.
The approach of winter season brings with it an increase in burn-related injuries to our nation's children. Annually in the United States, fires and burns result in almost 4,000 deaths and more than 745,000 non-hospitalized injuries among all age groups.
Nationwide Children's Hospital announced today its involvement in an expanded access program for sapropterin dihydrochloride, or sapropterin, an investigational treatment for phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare genetic metabolic disorder that, if left unmanaged in infants and children, can result in severe mental retardation. Currently, there are eight patients enrolled in the expanded access program at Nationwide Children's.
Speech pathologists at Nationwide Children's Hospital report an increasing number of patients diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech, a motor speech disorder in which children have difficulty saying basic sounds and words. As a result, they are urging parents and pediatricians to be on the lookout for symptoms of the condition.
A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital concludes that bicycle-related injuries among children and adolescents in the U.S. may be a more significant public health concern than previously estimated. The study estimates that bicycle-related injuries among children and adolescents result in nearly $200 million in hospital inpatient charges annually.
Nationwide Children's Hospital received a $299,779 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation made under its Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative to identify the linkages between the quality of nursing care processes and the quality of outcomes.
Nurses and physicians at Nationwide Children's Hospital are using the latest technology to help young burn victims endure the extreme pain of dressing changes and wound care. Instead of traditional distraction devices, such as books and music, Nationwide Children's Hospital Burn Center is now using virtual reality games to distract patients while nurses attend to the patients' burn wounds.
Columbus Children's Hospital officially became Nationwide Children's Hospital today in honor of a transformational gift from Nationwide Foundation and the landmark impact it will have on the delivery of world-class pediatric health care in central Ohio and beyond.
The Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Symposium (PICS) & Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium (AICS) Lifetime Achievement Award for 2007 was recently presented to John P. Cheatham, MD, Co-Director of The Heart Center at Columbus Children's Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics & Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Cheatham also serves as Director of Cardiac Catheterization & Interventional Therapy.
Motor vehicle crashes (MVC) are the leading cause of death due to unintentional injury from ages 1 to 64 years. According to a new study published in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, patients 20-years-old and younger injured in MVCs in the United States accounted for more than 62,000 hospitalizations and more than 304,000 days of hospitalization during the study's one-year period. They also accrued more than $2 billion in hospital charges.
Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is the sudden, abnormal narrowing closure of the vocal cords during inhalation causing obstruction of the airflow, and is characterized by a noise that can mimic the sound of wheezing. A VCD attack can easily be mistaken for an asthma attack though it does not respond to asthma medications.
In light of the recent national recalls of products containing lead, the Central Ohio Poison Center at Columbus Children's Hospital offers advice to parents related to the need for testing of lead levels in children.
Football, one of the most popular sports in the United States, is also the leading cause of sports-related injuries. During the 2005-06 season, high school football players sustained more than half a million injuries nationally. A study conducted by researchers at Columbus Children's Hospital, is the first to compare injuries among high school and collegiate football players using a nationally representative sample.
Although all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related injuries are a serious concern, so are pediatric injuries related to other types of non-automobile motorized vehicles. A study is the first to use a nationally representative sample to describe the epidemiology of pediatric (19-years-old and younger) non-automobile motorized vehicle-related injuries, and to compare ATV-related injuries with injuries sustained from other types of non-automobile motorized vehicles.
According to preliminary results of an ongoing study at Columbus Children's Hospital, to be presented at the American Headache Society's June meeting in Chicago, parents of adolescents with migraines may have an influence on the level of pain reported.
Falls from ladders can result in serious injury and affect people of all ages. The general public is at risk for ladder injuries, yet receives little, if any, instruction on ladder use and safety.
Nationally, the number of All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV)-related emergency department visits has more than doubled in recent years, from 52,800 in 1997 to 136,100 in 2004. In Ohio there are now more than 10,000 hospital visits each year for ATV-related injuries. In addition, Ohio ranks in the top one-third nationally in the number of deaths caused by ATVs.
According to a new study, conducted by the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice (CIPP) at Columbus Children's Hospital and published in the April 18 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), there is more information for parents about the risks and benefits of antidepressant treatment for children with depression and anxiety disorders.
Preliminary results from the largest genome scan ever attempted in autism research have just been published in Nature Genetics. Investigators from Columbus Children's Research Institute at Columbus Children's Hospital, joined scientists from around the world to form the first-of-its-kind autism genetics consortium known as the Autism Genome Project (AGP).
Columbus Children's Hospital is one of several pediatric institutions in the country involved in an investigational clinical trial using a gastric band in severely obese adolescents 14-years-old to 17-years-old. During the trial, researchers will study the effects of the band over a long-term follow-up period.
Soccer, one of the most prevalent sports in the world, has continued to grow in popularity in the United States. As the number of children participating in organized and unorganized soccer leagues increases, so does the number of children at risk for injury. A study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) at Columbus Children's Hospital is the first comprehensive look at the total number of pediatric soccer-related injuries seen in emergency rooms across the country.
In PNAS, scientists present research describing the strategies Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria use to evade the body's natural defenses against urinary tract infections. Urinary tract infections are a useful model to study molecular details between the host and pathogen because the bladder uses diverse tactics to combat infectious organisms. E. coli bacteria cause 70 to 90 percent of these infections.
Each year in the United States, 23.5 million children travel billions of miles on school buses. A study out of the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) at Columbus Children's Hospital is the first to use a national sample to describe nonfatal school bus-related injuries to children and teenagers treated in hospital emergency departments across the country.
Childhood obesity is an urgent and growing problem in the United States. A recent study out of the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Columbus Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, asked young girls a simple question "“ "What do you think of your body?" First, they asked the young girls. Then they asked their mothers. The answers were very different and could shed light on one reason why children are getting bigger.
Veronica Vieland, PhD, was recently appointed director of the Columbus Children's Research Institute (CCRI) Center for Quantitative and Computational Biology at Columbus Children's Hospital.
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