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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
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Long-stay institutions for the elderly: physical-structural and organizational aspects

Escola Anna Nery, 2017
Objective: To characterize long-stay institutions for the elderly in respect to physical-structural and organizational aspects. Method: This descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative research was carried out in four long-stay institutions for the ...
Manuela Bastos Alves, Maria do Rosário de Menezes, Ridalva Dias Martins Felzemburg, Valdenir Almeida da Silva, Juliana Bezerra do Amaral   +4 more
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Influenza vaccination uptake among people aged over 85 years: an audit of primary care practice in the UK [PDF]

, 2014
Public health research and national guidelines have advocated for seasonal influenza vaccination in the elderly. General practice has established itself as an ideal setting for the safe administration and monitoring of vaccines.1 Due to waning immune
Arnott, ND, Fitchett, JR
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This Is Not a Myeloproliferative Neoplasm…

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Stephanie Juané Kennedy
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
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HEALTH, AGING AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO [PDF]

We investigate the long-term effect of childhood and adult socio-economic conditions on the health of the elderly in Mexico. We utilize a panel of individuals aged 50 and above from the Mexican Health and Aging Survey to examine whether the transition ...
Franque Grimard, Sonia Laszlo, Wilfredo Lim   +2 more
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Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song, Jonathan Baron, Carlos Chavez Perez, Sidharth Ramesh, Jane Minturn, Kavita A. Desai, Amish C. Shah, Jean M. Belasco, Kristina A. Cole, Michael J. Fisher, Phillip B. Storm, Peter M. Madsen, Goldie Kurtz, Robert A. Lustig, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Michael J. LaRiviere   +15 more
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Declines in Activities in Daily Living of Older Adults with Sarcopenia Were Associated with Gait Speed

Medicina
Background and Objectives: Early assessment interventions are recommended for older adults with sarcopenia. Gait speed in older adults considerably decreases activities of daily living (ADL).
Ryo Sato, Yohei Sawaya, Tamaki Hirose, Takahiro Shiba, Lu Yin, Shuntaro Tsuji, Masahiro Ishizaka, Tomohiko Urano   +7 more
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Health education as a strategy for the promotion of the health of the elderly: an integrative review

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2019
Objective: To identify the key issues and health education strategies for the health promotion for the elderly. Method: An integrative literature review was conducted during the months of March and April 2018, by means of the Virtual Health Library, in ...
Cícera Amanda Mota Seabra, Samyra Paula Lustoza Xavier, Yana Paula Coêlho Correia Sampaio, Mirna Fontenele de Oliveira, Glauberto da Silva Quirino, Maria de Fátima Antero Sousa Machado   +5 more
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On the Long-Run Equilibrium Relationship among Health Care Expenditures, Public Pension and Social Insurance Burden Rate in Japan [PDF]

Despite a decrease in the number of working generations supporting Japan's social security system, the relationship between public pension benefits and health care expenditures since the inception of universal health insurance system has not been ...
Kumagai, Narimasa
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