Henry Ford Hospital

The Technology Dependence Index (TDI): Development and Validation in Neonatal and Pediatric Populations

The survival of infants and children with complex medical conditions continues to increase, underscoring the need to quantify technology dependence more effectively. Existing measures emphasize mortality risk and fail to capture the burden of ongoing technological support. To add...

Autonomic Nerve Fiber Compositions of Zygomaticotemporal and Lacrimal Nerves: A Cadaveric Immunohistochemical Analysis

Key Points Zygomaticotemporal (ZTN) and lacrimal nerves (LN) both carried sympathetics and parasympathetics ZTNs had more parasympathetics than LNs, but markers varied significantly within and between nerves LN parasympathetics to the lacrimal gland may mitigate dry eye after vid...

Predictive pre-resection robotic ligament balancing in total knee arthroplasty is accurate across surgeons and patient factors

New robotic total knee arthroplasty (TKA) technology enables force-controlled pre-resection joint gap assessment. Its accuracy across surgeons and patient factors remains unknown. This study evaluated how accurately this technology achieved planned joint gaps and whether accuracy...

How Equity and Quality Are Considered by Cancer Centers Offering Practice-Integrated Telehealth Visits: A Qualitative Study

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic forever changed health care delivery and led to a rapid uptake in telehealth visits. However, the quality and equity of these visits compared to in-person visits are unknown. This analysis interviewed oncology practitioners to understand how US...

Beating the Odds: Successful Thrombectomy Followed By Heart Transplant in a Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Patient

Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are increasingly used in pediatric patients with end-stage heart failure as a bridge to heart transplantation (HT). Thromboembolic stroke remains one of the most devastating complications and may jeopardize transplant candidacy. We report a 13-ye...