Publications by authors named "B Abelson"
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- The ileovesicostomy (IV) is a surgical option for children with bladder dysfunction who can't manage other treatments, but long-term outcomes weren't well studied before this research.
- A retrospective review of patient records at a children's hospital showed a low rate of complications (0.11 per year) over an average follow-up of 6.4 years, with most complications occurring much later (average 84 months).
- The study concludes that IV not only presents a low risk of surgical issues but also helps preserve kidney function, although it has limitations like a small sample size and being retrospective.
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- The study focused on the impact of race and insurance status on high-grade renal trauma (HGRT) among children, analyzing data from a large trauma registry between 2007 and 2020.
- Out of 341 initially identified pediatric patients with HGRT, differences were observed in the mechanism of injury and presentation age based on race, with African American (AA) patients experiencing more penetrating trauma and younger age at presentation.
- Insurance status affected the rates of bowel injuries and blood transfusions, and private insurance patients had higher rates of follow-up care, but neither race nor insurance status impacted overall surgical intervention outcomes, post-injury complications, or mortality rates.
The Moralizing Effect: self-directed emotions and their impact on culpability attributions.
Front Integr Neurosci
November 2023
Introduction: A general trend in the psychological literature suggests that guilt contributes to morality more than shame does. Unlike shame-prone individuals, guilt-prone individuals internalize the causality of negative events, attribute responsibility in the first person, and engage in responsible behavior. However, it is not known how guilt- and shame-proneness interact with the attribution of responsibility to others.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurvey of the infant male urobiome and genomic analysis of Actinotignum spp.
NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes
December 2023
The urinary bladder harbors a community of microbes termed the urobiome, which remains understudied. In this study, we present the urobiome of healthy infant males from samples collected by transurethral catheterization. Using a combination of enhanced culture and amplicon sequencing, we identify several common bacterial genera that can be further investigated for their effects on urinary health across the lifespan.
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