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Sirolimus for Extracranial Arteriovenous Malformations: A Scoping Review of the Evidence in Syndromic and Non‐Syndromic Cases

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare, high‐flow, vascular anomalies that can occur either sporadically or as part of a genetic syndrome. AVMs can progress with serious morbidity and even mortality if left unchecked. Sirolimus is an mTOR inhibitor that is effective in low‐flow vascular malformations; however, its role in AVMs is unclear.
Will Swansson, Ingrid Winship, Gary Hammerschlag, Laura Scardamaglia   +3 more
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Cause-specific mortality of 1-year survivors of subarachnoid hemorrhage [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: To assess long-term, cause-specific mortality rates and rate ratios of the patients alive at 1 year after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). METHODS: The population-based, prospective, cohort study with a nested case-control design consisted of 64,
Jousilahti, Pekka Juhani, Kaprio, Jaakko, Korja, Miikka, Laatikainen, Tiina, Salomaa, Veikko, Silventoinen, Karri   +5 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric 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, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The association of cold weather and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the island of Ireland between 1984 and 2007 [PDF]

, 2014
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work ...
A Analitis, A Atsumi, AG Barnett, AG Barnett, AG Barnett, AJ McMichael, AL Braga, Ariana Zeka, B Revich, BG Anderson, C Liddell, CB Field, D Levy, GC Donaldson, H McAvoy, Helen McAvoy, I Gemmell, J Diaz, J Schwartz, J Schwartz, J Schwartz, J Schwartz, JD Healy, JD Healy, JP Buckley, JT Lee, K Ebi, M Carder, M Maclure, ME Payton, MS Goldberg, P Goodman, Patrick Goodman, PG Goodman, PL Kinney, PL Staddon, R Walker, S Hajat, Stephen Browne, T Lumley, TF Bateson, TF Bateson, The Marmot Review Team, U Dubois, W Yu, Y Guo, Y Lu, YC Hong   +47 more
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Cause-Specific Mortality in a Population With Diabetes [PDF]

Diabetes Care, 2002
OBJECTIVE—To describe the mortality of a population with diabetes compared with the local nondiabetic population, using age-, sex-, and cause-specific death rates and relative and absolute differences in death rates. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A population-based cohort of 4,842 people with diabetes living within South Tees, U.K., was ...
Nick A. Roper, Rudy W. Bilous, William F. Kelly, Nigel C. Unwin, Vincent M. Connolly   +4 more
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survival extrapolation in the presence of cause specific hazards. [PDF]

, 2014
Health economic evaluations require estimates of expected survival from patients receiving different interventions, often over a lifetime. However, data on the patients of interest are typically only available for a much shorter follow-up time, from ...
Benaglia, Tatiana, Jackson, Christopher H, Sharples, Linda D   +2 more
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Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Apgar score and the risk of cause specific infant mortality: a population based cohort study of 1,029,207 livebirths [PDF]

, 2014
Background<p></p> The Apgar score has been used worldwide as an index of early neonatal condition for more than 60 years. With advances in health-care service provision, neonatal resuscitation, and infant care, its present relevance is ...
Iliodromiti, Stamatina, Mackay, Daniel F., Nelson, Scott M., Pell, Jill P., Smith, Gordon C.S.   +4 more
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Income distribution and cause-specific mortality [PDF]

The European Journal of Public Health, 1997
The aim was to identify the age-, sex- and cause-specific premature mortality rates contributing to the association between life expectancy and income distribution in developed countries. Income distribution was calculated for the 13 OECD countries and years for which the Luxembourg Income Study held data.
S. J. MCISAAC, R. G. WILKINSON
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