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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis, Shauna R. Campbell, Jonathan Jang, Eashwar Somasundaram, Chandana A. Reddy, Jacob G. Scott, Lilyana Angelov, Peter M. Anderson, Matteo Trucco, Zachary Burke, Lukas Nystrom, Nathan Mesko, Anthony Magnelli, Erin S. Murphy   +13 more
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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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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
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Emergency Medical Service Personnel Satisfaction Regarding Ambulance Service Facilities and Welfare

طب اورژانس ایران, 2015
Introduction: Personnel job satisfaction, facilities and welfare are among the most important factors affecting quality of service. To date, no study has been done in the field of Emergency medical service (EMS) personnel satisfaction regarding ...
Ali Asghar Jesmi, Hadiseh Monadi Ziyarat, Mahmoud Marhamati, Taghi Mollaei, Hadi Ahmadi Chenari   +4 more
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Routing and Logistics of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients During Selection for Surgical Treatment in the Republic of Bashkortostan

Креативная хирургия и онкология, 2023
Introduction. Surgical intervention is recognized as an integral part of pulmonary tuberculosis treatment. Optimal routing of pulmonary tuberculosis patients to surgical treatment essentially improves the effectiveness of tuberculosis treatment.
A. R. Sabirova, R. A. Sharipov, R. K. Tukfatullin, M. M. Azamatova   +3 more
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Transition Planning Among US Youth With and Without Special Health Care Needs

Pediatrics, 2018
Health care transition performance results from the 2016 NSCH are presented for youth with and without SHCNs. BACKGROUND: Researchers have shown that most youth with special health care needs (YSHCN) are not receiving guidance on planning for health care
Lydie A. Lebrun-Harris, M. Mcmanus, Samhita M. Ilango, Mallory Cyr, S. McLellan, Marie Mann, P. White   +6 more
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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

Community and health systems barriers and enablers to family planning and contraceptive services provision and use in Kabwe District, Zambia

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
BackgroundUnmet need for contraception results in several health challenges such as unintended pregnancies, unwanted births and unsafe abortions. Most interventions have been unable to successfully address this unmet need due to various community and ...
A. Silumbwe, Theresa Nkole, M. Munakampe, C. Milford, J. Cordero, Yolandie Kriel, J. Zulu, P. Steyn   +7 more
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A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd, Melissa Taylor, Helen Fulbright, Bob Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing participation in a community-based health planning and services programme in Ghana

BMC Health Services Research, 2013
BackgroundCommunity participation is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for successful health service uptake. It is notoriously difficult to assess participation and little has been done to advance tools for the assessment of community participation ...
Leonard Baatiema, M. Skovdal, S. Rifkin, C. Campbell   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source