Publications by authors named "D W Storm"
Prenatal diagnosis of left multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) and ureterocele was made in a male fetus at 24-week gestation. The initial postnatal course was uneventful. At 4 weeks of age, he developed urosepsis and respiratory distress.
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- The study investigates the relationship between ultrasound measurements of pyramidal thickness (PT) and parenchymal thickness (ParT) in children with high-grade unilateral hydronephrosis and their differential renal function (DRF) to potentially reduce the necessity for expensive and stressful MAG3 scans.
- Researchers analyzed data from 71 children, focusing on various ratios of renal measurements to better predict the need for surgical interventions, such as pyeloplasty.
- The findings suggest that certain ultrasound measurements correlate well with DRF, indicating that they could be used to guide decisions about further imaging and treatment for children at risk of impaired kidney function.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease of cervids that has spread across much of North America. Although gold standard CWD diagnostics involve postmortem testing of medial retropharyngeal lymph nodes or obex (brain stem), a key tissue sample for antemortem testing is rectoanal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (RAMALT). However, collection of an adequate sample (i.
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- Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is spreading in wild cervids, harming wildlife conservation, draining resources, and complicating management strategies.
- Researchers developed a regional model to predict CWD incidence using surveillance data from 16 states and found that the Light Boosting Gradient model was the most accurate.
- The new predictive model can help improve surveillance efforts by identifying areas for targeted monitoring, but discrepancies with actual surveillance data highlight the need for a multi-faceted approach by wildlife professionals.
The impact of the distal ureteral diameter ratio, bladder volume at onset of vesicoureteral reflux, and/or grade in predictive models of clinical outcomes in children with vesicoureteral reflux.
J Pediatr Urol
August 2024
Purpose: Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) grade has been used as a primary factor in assessing a child's risk of clinical outcomes. Unfortunately, grade has poor inter-observer reliability. We hypothesized that more objective and reliable VCUG parameters including the distal ureteral diameter ratio (UDR) and volume at onset of VUR (Vol) may either augment or replace the current grading system to provide more reliable prediction of clinical outcomes.
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