Pediatric patients are often subjected to procedures that can cause pain and anxiety. Although
pharmacologic interventions can be used, distraction is a simple and effective technique …

… Ran D Goldman Ran D Goldman MD, Director, Pediatric Research in Emergency
Therapeutics (PRETx) Program Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick …

QUESTION: A 26-year-old patient in our clinic, who was 18 weeks pregnant at the time,
experienced acute abdominal pain and was diagnosed with appendicitis. The inflamed appendix …

Vaccines against COVID-19 are likely to be approved for children under 12 years in the near
future. Understanding vaccine hesitancy in parents is essential for reaching herd immunity. …

… Author links open overlay panel Ran D. Goldman MD, FRCPC 1 , Shashidhar R. Marneni …
Goldman has accepted full responsibility for the work and/or the conduct of the study, had …

Background More than 100 COVID-19 vaccine candidates are in development since the
SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequence was published in January 2020. The uptake of a COVID-19 …

Aim: Studies have shown increasing Internet use for health information. We aimed to broadly
examine parents' utilisation of information sources for their children's health, their trust in …

Question Pain and anxiety are common in children who need procedures such as administering
vaccines or drawing blood. Recent reports have described the use of virtual reality (VR) …

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively validate the Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS), developed on
a cohort of children with abdominal pain suggestive of appendicitis, in unselected children …

OBJECTIVE: To develop a clinical dehydration scale for use in children <3 years of age.
STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study of children between 1 and 36 months of age who …