Medical College of Wisconsin

Inequalities in modern contraceptive use among men: a HEAT Plus analysis of population-based cross-sectional surveys in East Africa

Male involvement is essential for effective family planning, yet men in most of sub-Saharan Africa remain less engaged than women. Their participation is shaped by the socioeconomic context, but evidence on how modern contraceptive use varies across socioeconomic groups among men...

Association between clinician team structure and continuous pulse oximetry overuse among infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis: An Eliminating Monitor Overuse Trial substudy

Abstract Continuous pulse oximetry (cSpO 2 ) monitoring for hospitalized children with bronchiolitis not requiring supplemental oxygen is an established form of medical overuse. We examined whether clinician team structure influences cSpO 2 overuse. In this secondary analysis of...

Management of Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome: A survey of US pediatric hospitals

Abstract Objective To evaluate the management practices of Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS) across tertiary pediatric hospitals in the United States using a survey‐based approach. Methods A 21‐question survey focused on management setting, work‐up, follow‐up and treatme...

Lifetime Concussions and Head Impact Exposure During Collegiate Athletics: A CARE Consortium Study

OBJECTIVE: Despite a growing interest in the long-term effects of concussion and repetitive head impacts (RHIs) on brain health, understanding is limited regarding the clinical and cognitive changes that may accrue during collegiate athletics. METHODS: Collegiate student-athletes...

Fecal microbiome transplant in food allergy in humans and mice identifies a role for bile acid metabolites in oral tolerance

The gut microbiome has been implicated in the pathogenesis of food allergy (FA), prompting microbiome-focused interventions. We evaluated, in a phase 1 open-label trial (NCT02960074), the safety and efficacy of oral encapsulated fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT) in 15 adults...

Auricular Neurostimulation: A Novel Therapy for Abdominal Pain-Related Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction

Disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) are highly prevalent in the pediatric population. DGBI are heterogeneous disorders with presumed multifactorial pathophysiology. Emerging studies document autonomic nervous system alterations in at least a subset. There is significant sym...

Effect of time to palliative epilepsy surgery on outcomes

Abstract Objective Epilepsy duration is a modifiable risk factor in the outcome of definitive epilepsy surgery; however, an analogous effect in palliative procedures has not been shown. We reviewed the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Database data for an association between epilepsy d...