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Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of COVID-19 infection in Beijing

Journal of Infection, 2020
Background Since the first case of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection pneumonia was detected in Wuhan, China, a series of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 were found in Beijing.
S. Tian, N. Hu, J. Lou, Kun Chen, Xuqin Kang, Zhen Xiang, Hui Chen, Dali Wang, Ning Liu, Dong Liu, Gang Chen, Yongliang Zhang, Dou Li, Jian-rong Li, Hui-xin Lian, Shengmei Niu, Luxi Zhang, Jinjun Zhang   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Autophagy in inflammation, infection, and immunometabolism

Immunity, 2021
Summary Autophagy is a quality control, metabolic and innate immunity process. Normative autophagy affects many cell types, including hematopoietic as well as non-hematopoietic, and promotes health in model organisms and humans.
V. Deretic
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Subcutaneous Infection Caused by Corynespora Cassiicola, a Plant Pathogen

, 2011
We describe a 69-year-old female farmer with diabetes mellitus who developed subcutaneous infection due to a plant pathogen, Corynespora cassiicola. The organism was identified based on characteristic morphotypes and confirmed by sequence analysis of the
LIU, CHUN-ENG;LIOU, JIA-HUNG;HSIUE, HAN-CHUNG;HSIAO, CHENG-HSIANG;HSUEH, PO-REN, 劉尊榮;劉嘉鴻;薛涵中;蕭正祥;薛博仁   +1 more
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Commentary by the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) on the indication-based use of disposable medical gloves in the healthcare sector

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Introduction: When using disposable medical gloves, the indications for their use are not always clear in practice, so that they are often worn even in cases where this is neither necessary for the protection of the patient nor for self-protection.
Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO)
doaj   +1 more source

Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transplacental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Nature Communications, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 outbreak is the first pandemic of the century. SARS-CoV-2 infection is transmitted through droplets; other transmission routes are hypothesized but not confirmed.
A. Vivanti, C. Vauloup-Fellous, S. Prévôt, V. Zupan, Cécile Suffee, J. Do Cao, A. Benachi, D. De Luca   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ferroptosis in infection, inflammation, and immunity

Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2021
In this review, the authors focus on ferroptosis in innate and adaptive immunity. They also discuss and highlight the impact of ferroptotic death in infection, inflammation, and immune diseases.
Xin Chen, R. Kang, G. Kroemer, D. Tang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Staff perceptions of an infection control programme in long-term aged care

, 2004
Staff awareness and compliance with infection control (IC) policies and procedures is vital to achieve practice standards and minimise the risk of infection.
Creedy, Debra, Brumpton, Robyn, Moyle, Wendy   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Hygiene requirements for cleaning and disinfection of surfaces: recommendation of the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) at the Robert Koch Institute

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
This recommendation of the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) addresses not only hospitals, but also outpatient health care facilities and compiles current evidence.The following criteria are the basis for the indications ...
Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO)
doaj   +1 more source