Publications by authors named "Poppas D"

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  • This study looked at how having a child with unusual genital appearance affects parents' daily lives and feelings, called "illness intrusiveness."
  • Researchers created a survey to measure this and tested it with 102 parents of young kids with a condition called DSD.
  • They found that the survey worked well in measuring how illness affects parents, either as one single score or split into two parts: daily living and feeling connected to the community.
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Objective: We queried the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) to evaluate the presentation, management, and outcomes of renal trauma in children from birth to 18 years from 2007-2018.

Methods: Patients were categorized as infants (0-1 year), toddlers (2-4 years), children (5-9 years), preteen (10-14 years), and teens (15-18 years), and patient demographics, grade of injury, and mechanism of injury including sports-related trauma (SRT) were collected. Each group was then evaluated for the level of management and patient outcome.

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Objective: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an inherited condition in which individuals require multiple daily doses of medication and are at risk for life-threatening adrenal crisis. The chronic nature and severity of CAH place children at risk for psychiatric morbidity. The aim was to assess the degree of anxiety and depressive symptoms in children with CAH.

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Objective: Differences of sex development (DSD) are congenital conditions in which individuals are discordant in their chromosomal, phenotypic, and/or gonadal sex. Treatment of DSD can involve surgical intervention to external genitalia to make anatomy seem male-typical (i.e.

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Objective: Illness uncertainty is a salient experience for caregivers of children with disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) presenting with ambiguous genitalia; however, no validated measure of illness uncertainty exists for this unique population. Thus, the current study aimed to preliminarily identify the factor structure of the Parental Perception of Uncertainty Scale (PPUS) in caregivers of children with DSD presenting with ambiguous genitalia and examine the convergent validity of the PPUS.

Methods: Participants included 115 caregivers (Mage = 32.

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Study Objective: Infants with genital development considered atypical for assigned female sex may undergo feminizing genitoplasty (clitoroplasty and/or vaginoplasty) in early life. We sought to identify factors associated with parent/caregiver decisions regarding genitoplasty for their children with genital virilization.

Design: Longitudinal, observational study SETTING: Twelve pediatric centers in the United States with multidisciplinary differences/disorders of sex development clinics, 2015-2020 PARTICIPANTS: Children under 2 years old with genital appearance atypical for female sex of rearing and their parents/caregivers INTERVENTIONS/OUTCOME MEASURES: Data on the child's diagnosis and anatomic characteristics before surgery were extracted from the medical record.

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Stigma is a salient experience for both caregivers/parents and individuals with Disorders/Differences of Sex Development (DSD) as evidenced through qualitative and preliminary quantitative reports. However, few validated measures of associative stigma (i.e.

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Introduction: Treatment options for refractory neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) in children include botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) and augmentation cystoplasty (AC). Although BTX-A is accepted in contemporary pediatric urologic practice, cost and long-term outcomes data for BTX-A are limited relative to the gold standard, AC. The purpose of this study was to compare the projected 10-year costs of AC versus BTX-A.

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  • Caregivers of baby girls with a condition called congenital adrenal hyperplasia have to make tough choices about their child's surgery.
  • A study looked at how these caregivers felt about their decisions after the surgery, finding that most were happy, but some had regrets.
  • Improving communication and providing clear information could help caregivers feel better about their choices, and more research is needed on the effects of surgery decisions on families.
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Background: Children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) are at risk for adrenal crises in the perioperative period and require higher doses of glucocorticoids. However, there are no specific protocols detailing the appropriate stress dosing required for children with CAH undergoing surgery with anesthesia.

Objective: To evaluate CAH patients using our current hydrocortisone stress dose surgical protocol.

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Introduction: Differences of sex development (DSD) are congenital conditions in which there is atypical chromosomal, gonadal and/or phenotypic sex. A phenotype of severe genital atypia in patients raised as male is a relatively rare occurrence and standards for management are lacking. Decision making for early surgical planning in these rare cases includes, but is not limited to, degree of atypia, location of testes, and presence of Mϋllerian remnants.

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Objective: This study identifies trajectories of parent depressive symptoms after having a child born with genital atypia due to a disorder/difference of sex development (DSD) or congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and across the first year postgenitoplasty (for parents who opted for surgery) or postbaseline (for parents who elected against surgery for their child). Hypotheses for four trajectory classes were guided by parent distress patterns previously identified among other medical conditions.

Methods: Participants included 70 mothers and 50 fathers of 71 children diagnosed with a DSD or CAH with reported moderate to high genital atypia.

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Disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) are congenital conditions in which there is atypical chromosomal, gonadal and/or phenotypic sex. While there remains controversy around the traditionally binary concept of sex, most patients with DSD are reared either male or female depending on their genetic sex, gonadal sex, genital phenotype and status of their internal genital tract. This study uses prospective data from 12 institutions across the United States that specialize in DSD care.

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Purpose: We evaluated demographic, financial and support predictors of distress for parents of young children with disorders of sex development including atypical genital development, and characterized early parental experiences. This work extends our previous findings to identify those parents at risk for distress.

Materials And Methods: Participants included mothers (76) and fathers (63) of a child (78) diagnosed with disorders of sex development characterized by moderate to severe genital atypia.

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Purpose Of Review: To review the presentation, natural history and treatment of renal cell carcinoma in children and young adults with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Recent Findings: Complete resection of lymph nodes at the time of tumor resection can improve clinical outcomes and limit the need for adjuvant chemotherapy. Genetic alterations that lead to translocation tumors are a therapeutic target of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

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Article Synopsis
  • Parents of children with disorders of sex development (DSD) experience significant psychological distress, with mothers showing consistently higher rates of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) than fathers.
  • The study involved 52 mothers and 41 fathers of infants recently diagnosed with DSD, measuring PTSS and illness uncertainty, a known factor linked to distress.
  • Results indicate that while mothers reported greater PTSS (21.2% clinical levels) compared to fathers (7.3%), factors like parent sex and illness uncertainty play key roles in PTSS, suggesting that interventions focused on reducing illness uncertainty could help these parents.
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Purpose: Little is known about the phenotypes, diagnoses, and sex of rearing of infants with atypical genital development in the United States. As part of a multicenter study of these infants, we have provided a baseline report from US difference/disorder of sex development clinics describing the diagnoses, anatomic features, and sex of rearing. We also determined whether consensus guidelines are followed for sex designation in the United States.

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Background/aims: Parents of children born with disorders of sex development (DSD) often experience anxiety, but risk factors, including parental perception of the severity of their child's DSD, have not been examined. We hypothesized that severity of illness (SOI) ratings would relate to parental anxiety, and would be higher for parents of children with a potentially life-threatening DSD (e.g.

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Introduction: Prior studies of outcomes following genitoplasty have reported high rates of surgical complications among children with atypical genitalia. Few studies have prospectively assessed outcomes after contemporary surgical approaches.

Objective: The current study reported the occurrence of early postoperative complications and of cosmetic outcomes (as rated by surgeons and parents) at 12 months following contemporary genitoplasty procedures in children born with atypical genitalia.

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Renal obstruction is frequently found in adults and children. Mechanical stimuli, including pressure and stretch in the obstructed kidney, contribute to damage; animal models of obstruction are characterized by increased cellular proliferation. We were interested in the direct effects of pressure and stretch on renal tubular cell proliferation.

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Mutations of CYP21A2 variably decrease 21-hydroxylase activity and result in a spectrum of disease expressions in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). We examined the association between CYP21A2 mutations and virilization (Prader score) in females with CAH. The study population included 187 CAH females with fully characterized CYP21A2 mutations.

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Purpose: We examined the psychological adjustment of parents of children born with moderate to severe genital atypia 12 months after their child underwent genitoplasty.

Materials And Methods: Parents were recruited longitudinally from a multicenter collaboration of 10 pediatric hospitals with specialty care for children with disorders/differences of sex development and/or congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Parents completed measures of depressive and anxious symptoms, illness uncertainty, quality of life, posttraumatic stress and decisional regret.

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