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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

Radiotherapy Delivery in Deep Inspiration for Pediatric Patients—Final Results of the Phase II Feasibility Study TEDDI

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction The TEDDI trial tested the feasibility and reproducibility of deep‐inspiration breath‐hold (DIBH) in pediatric patients referred for radiotherapy. This report presents final results, including patient‐reported outcomes (PRO) and dosimetric comparison of DIBH and free‐breathing (FB).
Daniella Elisabet Østergaard, Anni Young Lundgaard, Laura Ann Rechner, Danijela Dejanovic, Hanne Krogh Rose, Jolanta Hansen, Leila Vaalavirta, Miia Mokka, Marianne Aznar, Peder Skov Wehner, Lisa Lyngsie Hjalgrim, Maja Vestmø Maraldo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex differences in inflammation and markers of gut integrity in long COVID

Scientific Reports
Endothelial damage represents an essential pathogenic mechanism of respiratory and multiorgan dysfunction as seen in the post-acute phase of COVID-19.
Jared C. Durieux, Ziad Koberssy, Joviane Daher, Jhony Baissary, Marc Abboud, Ornina Atieh, Christopher Woolverton, Grace A. McComsey   +7 more
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Follow Up: Medical Rhetoric – Making the Case for Oral Presentations [PDF]

, 2019
Goal: •Oral case presentation skill is fundamental in clinical communication •This skill is first developed in medical school pre-clinical training •Continued development is often by “Trial and Error” – often without a formal curriculum Purpose ...
Qaiser, Rabia
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Benign retroperitoneal schwannoma presenting as colitis: A case report [PDF]

, 2007
We report a case of a patient presenting with clinical , radiological and endoscopic features of colitis due to a compressive left para-aortic mass.
Claes, Kathleen, da Costa, Pierre Mendes, Duttmann, Ruth, Fass, Gary, Hossey, Didier, Nyst, Michel, Saligheh, Esmail Najar, Smets, Dirk   +7 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

Factors related to the role of programme directors in association with quality in postgraduate medical education – a cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education, 2019
Background Educational leaders have been pointed out as being important for quality of medical education. However, their actual influence on the education can be limited.
Hanna Wijk, Sari Ponzer, Hans Järnbert-Pettersson, Lars Kihlström, Jonas Nordquist   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Veterans Health Administration: Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Homes in the Nation's Largest Integrated Delivery System [PDF]

, 2011
Describes the implementation of a model that organizes care around an interdisciplinary team of providers who work to identify and remove barriers to access and clinical effectiveness in primary care clinics.
Sarah Klein
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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

Papular-purpuric gloves-and-socks syndrome. Presentation of a clinical case [PDF]

, 2007
Papular-Purpuric Glove-and-Sock Syndrome is a rare, infectious disease, of viral etiology, characterized by the presence of pruritus, edema and symmetrical erythema, very well defined at the wrists and ankles with a gloves-and-socks distribution.
Martínez-Sahuquillo Márquez, Ángel
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