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Feasibility and Safety of Somato‐Cognitive Coordination Therapy for Cerebellar Ataxia Following Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cerebellar ataxia after pediatric brain tumor treatment can cause persistent gait, balance, and speech impairment, yet no established rehabilitation strategy exists. Somato‐cognitive coordination therapy (SCCT) is a virtual reality–guided intervention designed to promote sensorimotor integration through visually constrained reaching
Masanobu Takeuchi, Takashi Matsuzawa, Jun Yamanishi, Masahiro Yoshitomi, Junji Ikeda, Shin‐Ichi Tsujimoto, Yasuteru Yamaguchi, Norio Shiba, Dhroov Pathare, Ayumi Kato, Masahiko Hara   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei, Stephen Mihalcik, Sujith Baliga, Young Kwok, Dana Casey, Eric Ehler, Christiane Burton, John C. Breneman, Daphne A. Haas‐Kogan, Suzanne L. Wolden, Arnold C. Paulino, Nadia N. Laack, Natia Esiashvili, Sarah Milgrom, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, John A. Kalapurakal, Chia‐Ho Hua   +17 more
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Exploring the usability of EUCERD core indicators for rare diseases

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2015
In the context of the Community Programme in the field of Health, the European Commission financed a series of initiatives to support the development and use of indicators for planning health services for Rare Diseases (RDs).
Rita Maria Ferrelli, Marta De Santis, Amalia Egle Gentile, Domenica Taruscio   +3 more
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The challenges and achievements in the implementation of the natural childbirth instruction program: A qualitative study

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2020
Background: The natural childbirth instruction program, which aims to reduce the cesarean section (C-section) rates in the country and pay attention to demographic policies, has achieved significant accomplishments in the short time span since it was ...
Reza Dehnavieh, Rahil Ghorbani Nia, Zahra Nazeri   +2 more
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An Approach to Health Planning [PDF]

Public Health Reports (1896-1970), 1967
Planning-programing-budgeting (P-P-B) is the process by which objectives and resources and the interrelations among them are taken into account to achieve a coherent and comprehensive program of action for an organization. Input is related to results soi that more efficient and effective methods for attainment of goals is afforded than with the ...
Jerrold M, Michael, George, Spatafore, Edward R, Williams   +2 more
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Improved Early Referral in Long‐Term Survivor Care With Institutional Standardized Practice Among Childhood Leukemia Survivors#

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2018, the Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center Leukemia Program implemented a practice standard to support the transition from treatment to survivorship that includes shared, alternating care between leukemia and survivorship clinicians and a reminder to refer survivors to the long‐term survivor clinic (LTSC) 2 years after ...
Ji Yun Tark, Kayla L. Foster, Omar Shakeel, Mary C. Shapiro, Shawki L. Qasim, ZoAnn Dreyer, Eric S. Schafer, Ashley M. Butler, Austin L. Brown, Maria Monica Gramatges   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criteria and practical guidance for determination of brain death in adults (BQCC version)

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2015
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2015.12 ...
Brain Injury Evaluation Quality Control National Health and Family Planning Commission
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Early Impact of Childhood Opportunity on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurocognitive impairment is a well‐recognized complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that begins early in childhood and persists across development. While cerebrovascular injury contributes substantially to risk, neurocognitive deficits are also observed in children without overt or silent cerebral infarctions, suggesting ...
Julia E. LaMotte, Hannah Koch, Olivia A. Coughlin, Jillian R. Bouck, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob   +5 more
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Four Decades of Progress Evolution of the health system in Oman

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2010
Since 1970, Oman has witnessed rapid and significant improvements in health made possible largely because of the country’s success in building a state-of-the-art health care infrastructure.
Moeness M Alshishtawy
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Re‐Irradiation in Pediatric Diffuse Midline Glioma: A Multi‐Institutional Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with recurrent diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) have limited therapeutic options at recurrence. Re‐irradiation (RT2) may be used at progression, but with uncertainty about the benefit. Methods We conducted a multi‐institutional retrospective study of children aged < 18 with DMG treated at three centers (Toronto, Canada ...
Ajay Thomas Alex, Sean P. Hassan, Helen Benghiat, Liam Herbert, Jennifer Adamski, Shivani Bailey, Claire Esler, Louise Brookes, Molly Bamber, Grace Koudou, Karen Waite, Julie Bennett, Anirban Das, Derek S. Tsang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source