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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle, Kiersten Ricci, Kelly Blache, Rebecca A. Marsh, Adrienne M. Hammill, Elissa Engel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Properties of patient-reported outcome measures in individuals following acute whiplash injury [PDF]

, 2010
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the acceptability, reliability, validity and responsiveness of the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12) and its preference-based derivative (SF-6D), the EQ-5D and the Neck Disability Index (NDI) in patients ...
Leikykh, Dmytro Volodymyrovych, Symonovskyi, Vitalii Iovych, Лейких, Дмитрий Владимирович, Лейких, Дмитро Володимирович, Симоновский, Виталий Иович, Симоновський, Віталій Іович   +5 more
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Health Utility, Social Interactivity, and Peristomal Skin Status

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing (WOCN), 2018
PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to examine relationships among social interaction, health utility, and peristomal skin status in adults with ostomies. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, descriptive.
T. Nichols
semanticscholar   +1 more source

NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poverty, Children's Health, and Health Care Utilization [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 1999
The issue of the links between poverty, health, and access to medical care is one that has received considerable attention from a variety of perspectives. Health influences most other activities of life, from the ability to engage in learning to the ability to enjoy life itself.
openaire   +1 more source

Improvement in health utility after transcervical radiofrequency ablation of uterine fibroids with the sonata system: Health utility after radiofrequency ablation.

European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, 2018
OBJECTIVES To establish the improvement in patient health utilities following treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids with the Sonata™ System. STUDY DESIGN A prospective, single-arm trial was conducted in which 49 women in the United Kingdom ...
J. Huirne, E. Brooks
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pulmonary Dysfunction Is Associated With Sleep Study Abnormalities in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Multicenter Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary dysfunction and sleep abnormalities are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Whether spirometry abnormalities are associated with polysomnography (PSG) findings remains unclear.
Ammar Saadoon Alishlash, Anis Rabbani Nourani, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Dima Ezmigna, Tarig Ali‐Dinar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Association Between Equity-Related Factors and EQ-5D-3L Health Utilities of Patients with Cancer

Current Oncology
Background: EQ-5D-3L health utilities inform health technology assessments in oncology, often derived from clinical trials enrolling highly selected populations, which may over-estimate real-world health utilities.
Teresa C. O. Tsui, Rebecca E. Mercer, Eleanor M. Pullenayegum, Kelvin K. W. Chan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association between disease activity and health utility value in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study based on the CREDIT cohort [PDF]

Jichu yixue yu linchuang
Objective To explore the association between disease activity and health utility values(HUV) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA) in China, and to analyze other factors that may affect health utility values, providing a basis for individualized ...
YU Bing, LI Lu, LI Mengtao, WANG Yanhong
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating utility value for female genital mutilation

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a clear violation of women’s rights and can have adverse and irreversible health effects as well. Worldwide, more than 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM/C.
Cyrus Alinia, Bakhtiar Piroozi, Fariba Jahanbin, Hossein Safari, Amjad Mohamadi-Bolbanabad, Ali Kazemi-Karyani, Ghobad Moradi, Fariba Farhadifar, Mohammad Ebrahimi   +8 more
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