Publications by authors named "Kendra Kesty"
Introduction And Hypothesis: Previous studies have found that administration of phenazopyridine decreased short-term urinary retention following surgery but other more recent trials have shown mixed results. This study sought to investigate the potential benefit of preoperative administration of oral phenazopyridine in relation to the prevention of short-term urinary retention following urogynecologic surgery.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of a convenience sample of women undergoing urogynecologic surgery from June 2016 to March 2019.
Introduction And Hypothesis: We tested the hypothesis that women can subjectively determine if they have emptied their bladder after a spontaneous voiding attempt following urogynecological surgery to rule out post-operative urinary retention as determined by a voiding trial.
Methods: This is a prospective observational study of women undergoing urogynecological surgery at two academic institutions from June 2016 to March 2019. Following surgery, subjects underwent a voiding trial followed by measurement of the PVR via ultrasound bladder scan or straight catheterization.
Objective: Simulation training has been demonstrated to increase medical student confidence with vaginal deliveries; however, effect on skill performance is still lacking. To determine if integration of simulation training into the OB/GYN clerkship improves performance of vaginal deliveries, we assessed the effectiveness of simulation in third-year medical students.
Methods: During the OB/GYN clerkship, third-year students were assigned to receive vaginal delivery simulation (n=54) or cervical exam simulation (n=56), with each group serving as a simulation naïve control for the other skill.
Objective: To estimate whether simulation training improves medical students' cervical examination accuracy.
Background: The training paradigm for the labor cervical examination exposes patients to additional examinations, lacks a gold standard, and does not objectively assess trainee competence. To address these issues and optimize training, we assessed the effectiveness of cervical examination simulation in third-year medical students.
Introduction: A stratification system is useful in deformational plagiocephaly (DP) to help categorize patients and reproduce a consistent treatment strategy. The Argenta classification is a clinical 5-point scale for unilateral DP and 3-point scale for central DP (CDP).
Methods: A retrospective review was completed for patients with DP and classified using the Argenta clinical classification by plastic surgeons at a tertiary medical center over a 12-year period.
Background: In 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics discouraged prone sleeping positions because of its association with sudden infant death syndrome. After this was an increased incidence of deformational plagiocephaly (DP).
Methods: A retrospective review was completed for patients with DP and craniosynostosis seen by plastic surgeons at a tertiary medical center during a 19-year period.