10 results match your criteria: "From the MedStar Washington Hospital Center.[Affiliation]"
A Comparison of U.S. Individual and Family Plan Medication Coverage for Overactive Bladder.
Urogynecology (Phila)
March 2024
MedStar National Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery, Washington, DC.
Importance: There is strong evidence for long-term cognitive effects with anticholinergic use. Differences in insurance coverage of anticholinergics and beta-3 agonists hinder individualization of overactive bladder (OAB) treatment.
Objectives: The aims of the study were to assess individual and family health insurance plan coverage for select OAB medications and to compare coverage of preferred medications to those with a greater risk of cognitive dysfunction.
Importance: In-office postoperative voiding trials (VTs) increase health care burden for patients and physicians. Adoption of an at-home VT option may decrease burden without increasing adverse events postoperatively.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare 30-day postoperative outcomes between participants who performed an at-home autofill VT after catheter self-discontinuation during the Assessing Healthcare Utilization and Feasibility of Transurethral Catheter Self-discontinuation (FLOTUS) study and a "historic" control cohort of patients who presented to the office for backfill-assisted VT on postoperative day (POD) 1.
Tags for Tears: The Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury Hashtag Ontology Project.
Urogynecology (Phila)
June 2024
From the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Importance: Social media is a powerful outlet for the dissemination of health care information. Adoption of a hashtag ontology-a standardized list of terms-may help better organize information and improve access to educational materials for health care providers (HCPs) and patients.
Objectives: The primary objective was to create a hashtag ontology specific to obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) based on Twitter usage.
#Menopause: the menopause ontology project.
Menopause
September 2022
From the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Objective: To create a hashtag ontology specific to menopause.
Methods: This study analyzed tweets including the hashtag #menopause between November 2019 and November 2021. Tweets performed by international or national societies as well as expert social media influencers were included in the analysis.
Assessing the need for transfer to the intensive care unit for Coronavirus-19 disease: Epidemiology and risk factors.
Respir Med
December 2020
From the Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 20010, United States. Electronic address:
Background: Although many patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) require direct admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), some are sent after admission. Clinicians require an understanding of this phenomenon and various risk stratification approaches for recognizing these subjects.
Methods: We examined all Covid-19 patients sent initially to a ward who subsequently required care in the ICU.
Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: Management of the open abdomen after damage control surgery.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
November 2019
From the MedStar Washington Hospital Center (J.S., H.B.A., G.V., M.M., C.V.R.B., K.B., E.E.M., D.C., K.I.), Washington, District of Columbia.
Risk Factors for Incomplete Bladder Emptying After Prolapse Repairs and Slings.
Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg
May 2020
From the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, South Washington, DC.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for catheter use and incomplete bladder emptying (IE) more than 1 week after prolapse repairs and slings.
Methods: This is a case-control study of women with prolapse repairs and/or sling from June 2011 to April 2016. All underwent standardized postoperative voiding trial before discharge.
Intravenously Delivered Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Systemic Anti-Inflammatory Effects Improve Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.
Circ Res
May 2017
From the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC (D.L., M.J.L., P.C.W., R.W., S.E.E.); University of Virginia, Charlottesville (D.K.G., J.D.); Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain (J.C.F.); GIBI230, Grupo de Investigación Biomédica en Imagen, IIS La Fe, Valencia, Spain (M.T.A.); and CardioCell Inc, San Diego, CA (S.S., A.K., G.V.).
Rationale: Virtually all mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) studies assume that therapeutic effects accrue from local myocardial effects of engrafted MSCs. Because few intravenously administered MSCs engraft in the myocardium, studies have mainly utilized direct myocardial delivery. We adopted a different paradigm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUretero-Uterine Fistula: Delayed Presentation After Ureteral Reimplantation for Vesicoureteral Reflux.
Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg
April 2016
From the *MedStar Washington Hospital Center; Departments of †Obstetrics and Gynecology, and ‡Urology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; §Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery; and Departments of ∥Obstetrics and Gynecology and ¶Urology, School of Medicine,Georgetown University, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
Article Synopsis
- - Primary cyclic hematuria at menstruation can indicate a fistula (abnormal connection) between reproductive structures and the urinary tract, often caused by congenital issues.
- - A case is discussed where a patient with a bicornuate uterus experienced cyclic hematuria starting at 14, linked to a fistula with the ureteral stump from childhood surgery.
- - Successful surgical repair of the fistula eliminated the hematuria, and the article also reviews relevant embroyology regarding this rare occurrence.
Building bridges to conquer cancer.
J Clin Oncol
October 2013
From the Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington Cancer Institute, Washington, DC.