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Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara, George Bogonko, Festus Njuguna, Sandra Langat, Martha Kipngetich, Dennis Njenga, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Terry Allen Vik   +7 more
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ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya, Selena Murcia Mendez, Jennifer Kellett, Sarah Wright, Marisel Ponton, Robin T. Higashi, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Ayesha Zia, Joanne Wolfe, Sandi L. Pruitt, Kira Bona   +11 more
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Immunoglobulin Depletion and Recovery Following Blinatumomab in Infants With KMT2A‐Rearranged ALL

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adding blinatumomab to standard chemotherapy for infants with KMT2A‐rearranged acute B‐cell lymphoblastic leukemia (KMT2A‐r B‐ALL) improves outcomes. Although blinatumomab impairs immunoglobulin G (lgG) production, increasing infection susceptibility, IgG recovery remains poorly understood.
Miguel Vieira Martins, Paola de Lorenzo, Rishi S. Kotecha, Andishe Attarbaschi, Gabriele Escherich, Karsten Nysom, Jan Stary, Alina Ferster, Benoit Brethon, Franco Locatelli, Martin Schrappe, Peggy E. Scholte‐van Houtem, Maria G. Valsecchi, Rob Pieters, Inge M. van der Sluis   +14 more
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Outcome of Patients Admitted with Presumptive Diagnosis of Influenza During 2009 Emerging H1N1 Pandemia in Referral Hospital of Ardabil City

Journal of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, 2013
Background & Objectives: Considering new pandemic attack with new emerging (H1N1) influenza virus, the study was designed for evaluating clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of patients in Imam Khomeini hospital, admitted with presumptive diagnosis
Shahram Habibzadeh, Ahmad Ghasemi, Moharram Aghabalaii, Jafar Mohammad Shahi, Bita Shahbazzadegan, Naser Mahmoodi, Jafar Hoseini, Younes Sheshgelani, Nahid Pourmohammadjan   +8 more
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Emergency Department disposition decisions and associated mortality and costs in ICU patients with suspected infection

Critical Care, 2018
Background Following emergency department (ED) assessment, patients with infection may be directly admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) or alternatively admitted to hospital wards or sent home.
Shannon M. Fernando, Bram Rochwerg, Peter M. Reardon, Kednapa Thavorn, Andrew J. E. Seely, Jeffrey J. Perry, Douglas P. Barnaby, Peter Tanuseputro, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng   +8 more
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Inpatient Exposure, Confidence, and Knowledge in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: Evaluating General Pediatric Residents During 2025 ACGME Curriculum Change

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background General pediatricians often evaluate hematologic and oncologic presentations before subspecialty consultation, yet the 2025 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) pediatric requirements reduce inpatient pediatric hematology/oncology (PHO) time, raising questions about resident readiness.
Colburn Yu, Rohini Jain
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Admitting Service Affects Cost and Length of Stay of Hip Fracture Patients

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, 2018
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the admitting service on cost of care for hip fracture patients by comparing the cost difference between patients admitted to the medicine service versus those admitted to a surgical ...
Ariana Lott MD, Jack Haglin BS, Rebekah Belayneh MD, Sanjit R. Konda MD, Kenneth A. Egol MD   +4 more
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Standard of surgical venous thrombo-prophylaxis in admitted patients

Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery, 2017
Objective: To determine the standard of venous-thrombosis prophylaxis at the Surgical Department of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar. Methods: A retrospective clinical audit of patients admitted to the surgical department over a one-year period from ...
Muhammad Salman Rafiq, Muhammad Imran Rafiq, Maria Rafiq, Seema Gul Salman, Sania Hafeez   +4 more
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Infantile Central Nervous System Juvenile Xanthogranuloma With Somatic CSF1R Mutation Responsive to Imatinib Monotherapy

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) of the central nervous system (CNS) is a rare non‐Langerhans cell histiocytosis. CSF1R mutations have been reported for peripheral JXG, but not in CNS JXG. A 3‐month‐old male presented with fever, lymphadenopathy, and macrocephaly with bulging fontanelles.
Sima Vazquez, Kayla Etienne, Long Di, Valerie Martinez‐Torres, Andrew Rosenberg, Sakir H. Gultekin, Aditi Dhir, Bradley Gampel, Heather J. McCrea   +8 more
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Acute Neurological Events in Children With Hemoglobin SC Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurological manifestations in children with hemoglobin SC (HbSC) disease remain insufficiently characterized, particularly regarding acute events. The aim of this study was to describe the spectrum and frequency of acute neurological events in a multicenter cohort of children with HbSC disease.
Célia Paulmin, Bérengère Koehl, Audrey Maudoux, Hanine Mansour, Marie‐Hélène Odievre, Nathalie Garrec, Emilie Georget, Cécile Arnaud, Slimane Allali, Lydia Doumdo, Marie Belloy, Corinne Guitton   +11 more
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