Advance care planning for patients undergoing gastrostomy tube procedures; prevalence, outcomes, and disparities.

Background: Advanced care planning (ACP) is the process of establishing goals for end-of-life care. We aimed to examine ACP's prevalence, associated factors, and impact in a cohort of patients undergoing gastrostomy tube procedures.

Methods: Adult patients who underwent gastrostomy tube placement from 2016 to 2021 ​at a tertiary center were identified.

Cervical dilatation thresholds for initiation of group B streptococcus antibiotic prophylaxis for women with spontaneous preterm labor.

Objective: To determine the optimal time for initiating group B streptococcus (GBS) antibiotic prophylaxis for women in spontaneous preterm labor.

Methods: In total, 227 women delivering singleton infants after presenting with spontaneous preterm labor and intact membranes at 24 0/7-36 6/7 weeks were evaluated, as well as 150 undelivered women with threatened preterm labor during the same time period. The date and time of each cervical examination throughout labor were recorded.

Urodynamic testing and interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between symptom severity in interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome, urodynamic testing (UDT), and cystoscopy.

Methods: Charts of subjects who underwent cystoscopy and bladder overdistention (BOD) from January 2006 to July 2007 were reviewed for data points, questionnaires, UDT, and BOD findings. The independent T test and Mann-Whitney U test were performed between questionnaires, urodynamic data, and cystoscopic findings.