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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The TLR-M-CSF axis is implicated in increased bone turnover and curve progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Arthritis Research & Therapy
Background Facet joint osteoarthritis (OA) is prevalent in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). The most pronounced OA presents above and below the curve's apex where the intervertebral rotation is the greatest.
Kai Sheng, Daniel G. Bisson, Neil Saran, Jake Bourdages, Christopher Coluni, Kirby Upshaw, Kerstin Tiedemann, Svetlana V. Komarova, Jean A. Ouellet, Lisbet Haglund   +9 more
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Spinal muscular atrophy with hypoplasia of the corpus callosum: a case report

BMC Neurology, 2023
Background Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a severe neuromuscular disorder due to a defect in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum is underdevelopment or thinness of the corpus callosum.
Xiaomei Zhu, Hui Li, Chaoping Hu, Min Wu, Shuizhen Zhou, Yi Wang, Wenhui Li   +6 more
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Point-of-care measurement of blood lactate in children admitted with febrile illness to an African District Hospital. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Lactic acidosis is a consistent predictor of mortality owing to severe infectious disease, but its detection in low-income settings is limited to the clinical sign of "deep breathing" because of the lack of accessible technology for its ...
Acierno, B. Amos, B. Nadjm, Day, English, English, English, F. Muro, G. Mtove, Gore, H. Reyburn, I. C. E. Hendriksen, J. Todd, Kahigwa, Krishna, Krishna, Maitland, Marsh, Marsh, Molyneux, Nadjm, Reyburn, Taylor   +22 more
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Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura, Kentaro Ueno, Takuro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Koji Nakae, Yasuhiro Okamoto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guidelines for library service for young adults

BiD: Textos Universitaris de Biblioteconomia i Documentació, 2001
Directrius per a la planificació i avaluació de serveis adreçats a adolescents en biblioteques ...
IFLA. Section of Library for Children and Young Adults
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Food Allergy as a Preformation Factor For Bronchial Asthma Diagnosis in Children

Zdorovʹe Rebenka, 2015
There was reviewed literature data on development and diagnosis of food allergy in children with bronchial asthma to optimization remedial rehabilitation measures.
V.M. Levitsky, E.V. Yurchyshena, O.M. Yurchyshen, L.V. Mysko, Yu.L. Mysko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Absence of spontaneous action anticipation by false belief attribution in children with autism spectrum disorder [PDF]

, 2010
Recently, a series of studies demonstrated false belief understanding in young children through completely nonverbal measures. These studies have revealed that children younger than 3 years of age, who consistently fail the standard verbal false belief ...
Atsushi Senju, Baron-Cohen, Dairoku, Gergely Csibra, Hiroo Osanai, Minshew, Raven, Sugishita, Tager-Flusberg, Tager-Flusberg, Tomoko Matsui, Toshikazu Hasegawa, Ueno, Victoria Southgate, von Hofsten, Yoshikuni Tojo, Yui Miura   +16 more
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Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical training and trainee follow-up systems to improve access to long-acting reversible contraception in conflict settings

The Lancet Global Health, 2017
Background: Long-acting contraceptive methods (LARC)—intra-uterine device (IUDs) and contraceptive implants—are highly effective in the prevention of unintended pregnancy.
Ribka Amsalu, MD, Maria Tsolka, MPH, Jean Bosco Muyisa, MD, Felipe Rojas Lopez, MPH, Amy Cannon, MPH   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source