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Clinical Correlates of Anxiety and Depression After Diagnosis of a Pediatric Brain Tumor

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The prevalence and clinical correlates of symptoms of anxiety and depression in pediatric patients with brain tumors are not well described. We aimed to identify clinical characteristics that are correlated with elevated symptoms of anxiety and depression following initial diagnosis.
Bryony J. Lucas, Se‐Kang Kim, Joan Yu, Ana Sofia C. Ibarrola, Heather H. Stancel, Kavyaa Choudry, Mary Elizabeth Moody, Krystal K. Christopher, David R. Grosshans, Arnold C. Paulino, Guillermo Aldave, M. Fatih Okcu, Murali M. Chintagumpala, Austin L. Brown, Michael E. Scheurer, Kimberly P. Raghubar, Lisa S. Kahalley   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Advance Directives

The Journal of Medicine, Law & Public Health
The use of an advance directive, when drafted in accordance with the MCA, allows a person the right to refuse specified treatment at a later stage of their life, should they become incapacitated.
Lisa Kachina Poku
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Preoperative Cytopenia in Patients Affected by High‐Risk Neuroblastoma: Just a Matter of Platelets?

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims In patients affected by high‐risk neuroblastoma (HR‐NB), complete macroscopic resection (CMR) is associated with better outcomes. These patients are often cytopenic due to intensive induction regimens. The aim of the present study is to assess the impact of preoperative cytopenia on surgical outcome in patients with HR‐NB ...
Giorgio Persano, Valerio Voglino, Federico Beati, Cristina Martucci, Chiara Grimaldi, Francesca Del Bufalo, Annalisa Serra, Francesco Fabozzi, Carmen Malaspina, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Gian Luigi Natali, Simone Reali, Maria Antonietta De Ioris, Alessandro Crocoli   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency surgery and Limitation of therapeutic effort in relation to neurologic deterioration in elderly patients – a survey of European surgeons [PDF]

, 2017
Background. In emergency surgery, a very heterogeneous approach is required in the decision making process, especially when considering the patient’s postoperative quality of life as well as medical, ethical, and legal factors.
Casas, Isidro M., Landaluce-Olavarria, Aitor, Mariani, Diego, Paduraru, Mihai, Pereira, Jorge, Ponchietti, Luca   +5 more
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What to Do When Medical Evidence Can Only Be Generated Through Routine Data: An Example From Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation often receive off‐label rituximab treatment for Epstein–Barr virus reactivation, using adult dosing without pediatric evidence. This project aims to develop a clinical decision support tool (CDSS) that provides evidence‐based dosing scenarios by analyzing real‐world patient data.
Birgit Burkhardt, Antje Walz, Dietrich Knoerzer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revealing the structure of land plant photosystem II: the journey from negative‐stain EM to cryo‐EM

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Advances in cryo‐EM have revealed the detailed structure of Photosystem II, a key protein complex driving photosynthesis. This review traces the journey from early low‐resolution images to high‐resolution models, highlighting how these discoveries deepen our understanding of light harvesting and energy conversion in plants.
Roman Kouřil
wiley   +1 more source

Willingness to develop an advance directive: perspectives of older persons at a national referral hospital in Uganda

BMC Medical Ethics
Background Understanding the treatment preferences of terminally ill patients is critical for the provision of quality care at the end of life. However, there is limited literature on the perspectives and willingness to develop advance directives among ...
Catherine Alupo, Erisa S. Mwaka, Betty Kwagala, Joseph Ochieng   +3 more
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ADVANCE DIRECTIVES IN ROMANIA AND LITHUANIA

Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Philosophia, 2019
Advance directives, a set of written instructions that a person gives that specify what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity, are a well-implemented tool in America, but few ...
Ştefana Maria MOISĂ, Angela Mariana ENACHE, Andrada PÂRVU, Silvia DUMITRAȘ, Rodica GRAMMA, Gabriel ROMAN, Beatrice IOAN   +6 more
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Advance Directives Under State Law and Judicial Decisions (Medical Decision-Making and the ‛Right to Die’ After Cruzan) [PDF]

, 1991
In the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health on June 25, 1990, a majority of the Court announced that it will leave to the states the question of what legal requirements may be imposed on ...
Areen, Judith C.
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Advance directive and end-of-life care preferences among Chinese nursing home residents in Hong Kong [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the present study were to describe the knowledge and preferences of Hong Kong Chinese older adults regarding advance directives and end-of-life care decisions, and to investigate the predictors of preferences for advance ...
Chan, CSY, Chiu, PKC, Chu, LW, Hui, E, Kwan, SM, Kwok, T, Lee, D, Luk, JKH, Woo, J   +8 more
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