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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

Where teachers are few: documenting available faculty in five Tanzanian medical schools. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND:Faced with one of the lowest physician-to-population ratios in the world, the Government of Tanzania is urging its medical schools to train more physicians.
Goodell, Alex J   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioral Changes Under Levetiracetam Treatment in Dogs

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
In veterinary medicine levetiracetam (LEV) is a well-tolerated antiepileptic drug (AED) with only mild to moderate side effects. Behavioral changes are rarely reported in animals.
Johannes Roland Erath   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Negativity Bias Predicts Response Rate To Behavioral Activation For Depression [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background and Objectives: This treatment study investigated the extent to which asymmetric dimensions of affective responding, specifically the positivity offset and the negativity bias, at pretreatment altered the rate of response to Behavioral ...
Cacioppo, J.   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for hypertension-related psychological distress: a two-phase randomized controlled trial in a Nigerian tertiary hospital

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
BackgroundHypertension is a major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity globally and is frequently accompanied by psychological distress, including anxiety and depression.
Addah Temple Tamuno-opubo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychosocial Characteristics of Optimum Performance in Isolated and Confined Environments (ICE) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The Behavioral Health and Performance (BHP) Element addresses human health risks in the NASA Human Research Program (HRP), including the Risk of Adverse Behavioral Conditions and the Risk of Psychiatric Disorders.
Keeton, Kathryn E.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A systematic review of interventions in primary care to improve health literacy for chronic disease behavioral risk factors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions used in primary care to improve health literacy for change in smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity and weight (SNAPW).
Dennis, S   +7 more
core   +4 more sources

Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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