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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
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Practices and perceived barriers regarding pain management among Emergency Department physicians: a nationwide multicenter survey in Moroccan hospitals

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2016
Aim To describe pain management practices in Moroccan emergency departments, and to identify perceived barriers among emergency department physicians regarding pain management. Methods Eleven Moroccan emergency departments participated in the study.
Maha Louriz, Jihane Belayachi, Naoufal Madani, Khalid Abidi, Tarek Dendane, Abdellatif Belabes Benchekroun, Amine Ali Zeggwagh, Redouane Abouqal   +7 more
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Applications of ocular point-of-care ultrasound assessment in the emergency setting: a scoping review [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
Objective To evaluate the current body of literature pertaining to the use of ocular point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the emergency department (ED).
Christopher D. Yang, Christine K. Kim, Melissa M. Chang, Pooya Khosravi, Ajeet Pal Bayo Bhatia, Amanda dos Santos, Kyle Dornhofer, Megan Guy, Edmund Hsu, Soheil Saadat, John Christian Fox   +10 more
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Emergency Department Visits in Massachusetts: Who Uses Emergency Care and Why? [PDF]

, 2009
Analyzes the characteristics of working-age adults using emergency departments for non-urgent care, including health, work, and insurance status; demographics; education; income; type and frequency of visit; and remaining barriers to health ...

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

Pediatric 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, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency Department Utilization and Capacity [PDF]

, 2009
Synthesizes research on who utilizes emergency departments, how often for non-urgent or preventable conditions and why, how cost-sharing affects utilization, and how utilization patterns affect hospital finances, overcrowding, and cost ...
Derek DeLia, Joel Cantor
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bomb blast injuries: an exploration of patient characteristics and outcome using Pakistan National Emergency Departments Surveillance (Pak-NEDS) data. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Bomb blast injuries result in premature deaths and burdening of healthcare systems. The objective of this study was to explore the characteristics and outcome of patients presenting to the emergency departments in Pakistan with bomb blast ...
Afridi, Shiraz Qayoom, Allen, Kate, Hyder, Adnan A., Kerai, Salima, Khan, Irum Qamar, Khan, Nadeem Ullah, Khan, Uzma Rahim, Naeem, Rubaba, Razzak, Junaid Abdul, Shahbaz, Sana, Siddiqui, Emaduddin, Zia, Nukhba   +11 more
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Patient’s Satisfaction of Emergency Department Affiliated Hospital of Babol University of Medical Sciences in 2013 -14

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2016
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Patient satisfaction in emergency departments is an indicator of healthcare quality, evaluation of which can promote awareness of the relevant authorities regarding its status.
H Datobar, Sh Alijanpour, S Khafri, MA Jahani, R Naderi   +4 more
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source