Long-term survival of implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients with end-stage renal disease.

Background: The efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) has not been studied in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and left ventricular dysfunction. We sought to identify predictors of long-term survival among ICD recipients with and without ESRD.

Methods: Patients implanted with an ICD at our institution from January 2006 to March 2014 were retrospectively identified.

Medical risks and benefits of newborn male circumcision in the United States: physician perspectives.

Introduction: In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published recommendations that physicians should discuss with parents the benefits and risks of newborn male circumcision. Our objective was to assess physicians' perspectives of newborn male circumcision.

Methods: A self-administered, cross-sectional electronic survey of US physicians was conducted in 2008 (N = 1500).