Do major televised events affect pediatric emergency department attendances or delay presentation of surgical conditions?
We have demonstrated that the live broadcast of soccer games from a major sporting tournament does not significantly decrease emergency department workload. In addition, it does not reduce the number of children who require admission to a pediatric surgical department. This suggests that the staffing organization of a pediatric emergency department cannot be altered on the basis that a major sporting tournament is being televised.
Our results suggest that laminin promotes ENCC migration in mice. This technique allowed us to visualize the effects of extracellular molecules on ENCC migration and it potentially provides us with an insight into the pathophysiology of developmental disorders of the ENS, such as Hirschsprung's disease.