Introduction: The ability to perform flexible ureteroscopy in children may be limited due to a smaller pediatric ureterovesical junction and ureteral diameter. Tamsulosin has been shown to improve success rates of ureteral instrumentation in adults. To date, the efficacy of this medication to facilitate pediatric ureteral access remains unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Alcohol impairment is a major contributor to road traffic crashes and has increased across the United States in recent years. In 2022, over 13,000 people were killed in drunk driving crashes. Enforcement of impaired driving laws is an essential strategy to reduce alcohol-impaired driving and subsequent crashes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis reply to Conway et al. (2025) illustrates how points of contention in the evaluation of mindreading (or theory of mind) measures can arise from the use of divergent validity concepts. The construct validity model used in Wendt et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRationale: The impact of respiratory exacerbation on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is well established. The effects of respiratory exacerbations in people with cigarette smoking but normal spirometry are unknown.
Objective: To assess the association of respiratory exacerbations with lung function decline and mortality in people with normal spirometry and current or former cigarette smoking history.
Purpose: Evidence to guide the application of damage control laparotomy (DCL) in emergency surgery patients is limited. We assessed whether DCL use for emergent small bowel or colon surgery increased over time and its impact on outcomes. We hypothesized that DCL would be utilized more often in patients with significant comorbidities or septic shock with improved outcomes.
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