Publications by authors named "C Uppaluri"
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- Testicular torsion is an emergency condition requiring timely surgery to either save or remove the affected testis, with urgency emphasizing the need to minimize ischemia time.* -
- The study aimed to explore how patient transfer impacts surgical outcomes, particularly focusing on race and socioeconomic factors, while determining the critical cutoff times for surgery to preserve the testis.* -
- Findings indicated that race and socioeconomic status did not significantly influence surgical success, but factors like age and timing from symptom onset were crucial, with optimal cutoffs identified at 10.5 hours for presentation and 14.5 hours for detorsion.*
Introduction: Ureteroscopy (URS) for urolithiasis in pediatric patients may be particularly challenging for patients with co-morbidities that increase the risk for stone formation and recurrence. Patients with neurogenic bladders (NGB) and/or patients that are non-ambulatory are reported to have higher rates of additional comorbidities and a particularly increased risk of developing urolithiasis, and higher rates of infections and post-operative complications.
Objective: To report outcomes of URS for stone disease in pediatric patients with NGB and/or non-ambulatory status and compare these outcomes to patients without these co-morbidities.
Objective: To analyze the clinical presentation and outcomes for patients who presented with symptomatic urolithiasis during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed Emergency Department (ED) presentations from a Philadelphia healthcare system for symptomatic urolithiasis between March and June 2020 and compared these with presentations for the same time period from the year prior. Patient demographics, stone characteristics, management, and clinical outcomes were compared between the 2 years.
Using the social clown anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris, whether individuals exhibited consistency in activity levels, boldness and sociability in a paired context, and whether these three behavioural traits were positively correlated within a single behavioural syndrome, was investigated. The results highlight that consistent individual differences in behaviour are expressed in a social fish and suggest that consistent behavioural traits and behavioural syndromes could influence the structure and functioning of their societies.
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