Publications by authors named "E D McFeely"
Background: In most parts of the world, men access health services less frequently than women, and this trend is unrelated to differences in need for services. While male involvement in healthcare as partners or fathers has been extensively studied, less is known about the health-seeking behavior of men as clients themselves. This interventional research study aimed to determine how the introduction of male-friendly clinics impacted male care-seeking behavior and to describe the reasons for accessing services among men in rural Kenya.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Parents and patients are actively involved in the clinical learning environment, yet scant literature exists about their involvement in the residency interview process. We aimed to pilot a process of including parents in resident interviews and to determine its value.
Methods: During the 2016-17 residency interview cycle, 22 parent volunteers, blinded to applicant credentials, conducted brief structured interviews with 118 applicants.
Background: Previous studies in adults have suggested that donor dopamine treatment may improve recipient outcomes in organ transplantation; in this analysis, we aimed to determine if donor dopamine reduces the incidence of postoperative right heart failure (RHF) in pediatric heart transplant recipients.
Methods: Data for recipients aged 18 years or younger transplanted at our institution between January 1, 2000, and June 15, 2011, and their respective donors were obtained. The presence of postoperative RHF was assessed for in all subjects.
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- The study focuses on understanding labral injuries in rowers, highlighting their symptoms and MRI findings, with an emphasis on femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) as a potential risk factor.
- Researchers reviewed cases from 2003 to 2010, identifying 21 hips from 18 rowers, mostly young females, with a high percentage displaying groin pain and impingement symptoms, leading to significant surgical interventions.
- Post-surgery, over half of the athletes returned to rowing within eight months, indicating that while these injuries are common in rowers, treatment can facilitate a return to sport, though not all athletes successfully resume their activity.
Pediatric donor hearts are regularly refused for donor quality with limited evidence as to which donor parameters are predictive of poor outcomes. We compare outcomes of recipients receiving hearts previously refused by other institutions for quality with the outcomes of recipients of primarily offered hearts. Data for recipients aged ≤18 and their donors were obtained.
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