Publications by authors named "Randa Blenden"
Research Question: What is the utilization of direct-to-consumer fertility tests (DTCFT) among fertility patients? How does the perceived utility of DTCFT differ between patients and reproductive endocrinologists (REI)?
Design: Infertility patients visiting the Duke Fertility Center between December 2020 and December 2021 were sent an electronic invitation to participate in a patient survey. Members of the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility were also sent e-mail invitations to participate in the REI survey. DTCFT were defined as tests not ordered by a physician or performed at a physician's office, including calendar methods of ovulation prediction, urinary ovulation prediction kits, basal body temperature (BBT) monitoring, hormone analysis, ovarian reserve testing and semen analysis.
Background: Cardiac surgeons have a significant history of participating in humanitarian work; however, the outcomes in this arena are not well delineated. We sought to define and describe failure to rescue (FTR) in this setting by analyzing the outcomes of the International Children's Heart Foundation.
Methods: From 2008 to 2017, 3009 patients underwent operations during the course of an International Children's Heart Foundation mission.
Programmatic Changes to Reduce Mortality and Morbidity in Humanitarian Congenital Cardiac Surgery.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg
January 2018
Background: This report documents the outcomes of cardiac surgical mission trips organized by the International Children's Heart Foundation (ICHF), a nongovernmental organization that provides congenital heart surgery services to the developing world, and discusses factors associated with a reduction of mortality and morbidity in this setting.
Methods: A retrospective review of a prospectively maintained database was conducted to identify any patient who underwent surgical intervention during the course of an ICHF mission trip.
Results: From 2008 to 2016, a total of 223 trips were made to 23 countries and 3,783 operations were performed.