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Reducing hospital associated infection : a role for social marketing [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose: Although hand hygiene is seen as the most important method to prevent the transmission of hospital associated infection in the UK, hand hygiene compliance rates appear to remain poor.
Conway, A, Langley, S
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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 +4 more
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Cancers of unknown primary diagnosed during hospitalization: a population-based study [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Cancers of Unknown Primary (CUP) are the 3-4th most common causes of cancer death and recent clinical guidelines recommend that patients should be directed to a team dedicated to their care.
Allardice, Gwen +5 more
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Germline TP53 Mutations Causing Diamond–Blackfan Anemia: A French Report
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Diamond–Blackfan anemia is a rare congenital erythroblastopenia typically caused by mutations in ribosomal protein genes. Recently, gain‐of‐function mutations in TP53 have been identified as a novel cause of Diamond–Blackfan anemia. We report two French patients who both harbored a heterozygous TP53 deletion (NM_000546.5: c.1077delA; p ...
Rafael Moisan +6 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu +8 more
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DST, 2013 Introduction: Prevalence of HIV seropositivity among pregnant women in Distrito Federal, Brazil, is unknown. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of HIV infection among parturient women and to describe the coverage of serology testing during prenatal ...
Leonor Henriette de Lannoy Coimbra Tavares +4 more
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Linking migration and hospital data in England: linkage process and evaluation of bias
International Journal of Population Data ScienceIntroduction Difficulties ascertaining migrant status in national data sources such as hospital records have limited large-scale evaluation of migrant healthcare needs in many countries, including England.
Rachel Burns +7 more
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What older people tell us about the role of physical activity in the management of depression [PDF]
, 2008 Reports on a study which set out to explore the way in which older people admitted to hospital with depression experience exercise groups and the manner in which they engage in physical activity once discharged.
Cattan, Mima, Wright, Alan
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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 +9 more
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Matching Known Patients to Health Records in Washington State Data
, 2013 The State of Washington sells patient-level health data for $50. This publicly available dataset has virtually all hospitalizations occurring in the State in a given year, including patient demographics, diagnoses, procedures, attending physician ...
Sweeney, Latanya
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