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The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann, Maike Wellbrock, Javier Louro, Arndt Borkhardt, Martin Schrappe, Claudia Trübenbach, Desiree Grabow, Cécile M. Ronckers, Joachim Schüz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Venetoclax‐Based Therapy as a Bridge to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed or Refractory Pediatric Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) pediatric acute leukemia carries a dismal prognosis, largely driven by chemoresistance to conventional salvage therapy. The BH3‐mimetic venetoclax, combined with chemotherapy or hypomethylating agents, has demonstrated efficacy in small clinical trials.
Katherine S. Colman, Deborah Meyran, Vajiranee Malalasekera, Heather Weerdenburg, Janine Campbell, Rachel Conyers, Stacie Wang, Hannah Walker, Seong Lin Khaw, Diane Hanna   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building a culture of suicide prevention and care: Implementation of an evidence-based guideline of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario in a Chilean occupational hospital

International Journal of Nursing Sciences
Objectives: We aimed to describe the implementation process and provide a baseline characterization of suicidal behavior during the first year of implementing the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) Best Practice Guideline (BPG) for suicide ...
Daniela Godoy, Pamela Vidal, Francisca Abarca, Javiera Peña   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing evidence-based maternity care in Iran: a quality improvement study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2008
Background Current Iranian perinatal statistics indicate that maternity care continues to need improvement. In response, we implemented a multi-faceted intervention to improve the quality of maternity care at an Iranian Social Security Hospital.
Mohammad Kazem, Lameei Aboulfath, Akbari Feizollah, Aghlmand Siamak, Small Rhonda, Arab Mohammad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of collaborative quality improvement on stillbirths, neonatal mortality and newborn care practices in hospitals of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India: evidence from a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study

Implementation Science, 2021
Background Improving quality of care is a key priority to reduce neonatal mortality and stillbirths. The Safe Care, Saving Lives programme aimed to improve care in newborn care units and labour wards of 60 public and private hospitals in Telangana and ...
Karen Zamboni, Samiksha Singh, Mukta Tyagi, Zelee Hill, Claudia Hanson, Joanna Schellenberg   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Evidence-Based Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use [PDF]

Respiratory Care, 2017
BACKGROUND: Inhaled nitric oxide (INO) reduces extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) use in term and near-term neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn; however, its overutilization is increasing.
Colleen A, Hughes Driscoll, Natalie L, Davis, Megan, Miles, Dina, El-Metwally   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Biphasic Clinical Course of Pediatric Cytomegalovirus‐Associated Immune Thrombocytopenia: Early Poor Treatment Response but Favorable Long‐Term Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a recognized trigger of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP); however, its incidence and impact on disease course in children remain controversial. Therefore, we aimed to characterize the clinical course of pediatric patients with CMV‐associated ITP.
Oded Gilad, Ohad Atia, Osama Tanous, Dafna Brik Simon, Michal Dvori, Miriam Cohen, Tracie A. Goldberg, Efraim Bilavsky, Joanne Yacobovich, Orna Steinberg‐Shemer   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutritional status, dental caries and tooth eruption in children: a longitudinal study in Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR

BMC Pediatrics, 2018
Background Untreated dental caries is reported to affect children’s nutritional status and growth, yet evidence on this relationship is conflicting.
Jed Dimaisip-Nabuab, Denise Duijster, Habib Benzian, Roswitha Heinrich-Weltzien, Amphayvan Homsavath, Bella Monse, Hak Sithan, Nicole Stauf, Sri Susilawati, Katrin Kromeyer-Hauschild   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bone Mineral Density After Contemporary Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: A Matched Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Reduced bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported in survivors of childhood and young adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL); however, data from cohorts treated with contemporary protocols and including matched controls remain limited.
Karen Schow Jensen, Mette Tiedemann Skipper, Niels Holtum Birkebæk, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Thomas Leth Frandsen, Bente Langdahl, Rikke Beck Jensen, Asger Roer Pedersen, Christian Mølgaard, Liv Andrés‐Jensen, Birgitte Klug Albertsen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Standardized nutritional screening and assessment for nasopharyngeal cancer patients: an evidence-based implementation project

BMC Nursing
Introduction Radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) frequently induces malnutrition, which is a serious complication that adversely affects patients’ quality of life and prognosis.
Wenwen Cai, Rufei Yang, Chao Tang, Yueyao Cao, Jing Li, Jinmei Huang, Yalan Song   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source