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Prevalence of 21 Physician‐Defined Severe Toxicities Following Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment: Australian Retrospective Cohort Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, with an overall survival now surpassing 90% in developed countries. However, treatments are not without adverse effects. In this study, we apply the severe toxicity‐free survival (STFS) framework to determine the prevalence of 21 physician‐defined severe ...
Lane Collier, Brittany Grantham, Camilla Grud Nielsen, Louise Lundgren, Liv Andrés‐Jensen, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Chris Selman, Gareth Ball, Elyse Passmore, David A. Elliott, Rachel Conyers   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing a hospital-based case management intervention for people experiencing homelessness: the navigator program

BMC Health Services Research
Background People experiencing homelessness (PEH) have worse health than the general population, and higher rates of hospitalization. The transition period after discharge from hospital is often challenging for PEH, in part due to loss to follow-up ...
Jesse I. R. Jenkinson, Dinesh Moro, Oluwagbenga Dada, Kate Francombe Pridham, Jeremy Cygler, Stephen W. Hwang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contribution of high risk groups’ unmet needs may be underestimated in epidemic models without risk turnover: A mechanistic modelling analysis

Infectious Disease Modelling, 2020
Background: Epidemic models of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are often used to characterize the contribution of risk groups to overall transmission by projecting the transmission population attributable fraction (tPAF) of unmet prevention and ...
Jesse Knight, Stefan D. Baral, Sheree Schwartz, Linwei Wang, Huiting Ma, Katherine Young, Harry Hausler, Sharmistha Mishra   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of COVID-19 on the lives of people with severe mental illness—front-line community psychiatry workers observation from a provincial survey of assertive community treatment teams in Ontario, Canada

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2023
Using an online survey distributed to members of the provincial organization that represents the 88 Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Flexible ACT teams in Ontario, Canada, this descriptive study relied on the unique vantage points and observations
Aly Kassam, Michaela Beder, Saadia Sediqzadah, Matthew Levy, Madeleine Ritts, John Maher, Nicole Kirwan, Samuel Law   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Internet of things in medicine: A systematic mapping study

Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 2020
The current studies on IoT in healthcare have reviewed the uses of this technology in a combination of healthcare domains, including nursing, rehabilitation sciences, ambient assisted living (AAL), medicine, etc. However, no review study has scrutinized IoT advances exclusively in medicine irrespective of other healthcare domains.The purpose of the ...
Farahnaz Sadoughi, Ali Behmanesh, Nasrin Sayfouri   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Sustained Therapeutic Efficacy of Intravenous Plasminogen Concentrate in Pediatric Patients With Type 1 Plasminogen Deficiency: An Analysis of Dosing Parameters and Clinical Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Type 1 plasminogen deficiency (PLGD‐1) is an ultra‐rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by variants in the PLG gene and affects approximately 1.6 individuals per million. The condition is characterized by decreased plasminogen levels and impaired function, resulting in fibrin‐rich lesions on mucous membranes throughout the body.
Charles Nakar, Karen Thibaudeau, Mary Mathias, Heather McDaniel, Madlen Reschke, Klaus Tenbrock, Joseph M. Parker, Amy Shapiro   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of racial and socioeconomic status bias on medication prescribing practices: a qualitative study of family physician perspectives

BMC Primary Care
Background Physicians’ prescribing practices can be influenced by racial and socioeconomic status (SES) biases in a manner that impacts the well-being of patients. Little is known about this issue in the Canadian context.
Tadios Tibebu, Dylan Rose Balter, Stephen W. Hwang, Matthew To, Nav Persaud, Clara Juando-Prats, Jesse I. R. Jenkinson   +6 more
doaj   +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
wiley   +1 more source

“We don't have a good system for people who don't have a home and don't need a hospital”: Contextualizing the hospital discharge process for people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2022
Hospital discharge is a key transition in a patient's care pathway, providing an effective point of intervention to address a patient's ongoing health and social care needs. Addressing these needs may prevent hospital readmissions. The hospital discharge
Jesse I.R. Jenkinson, Stephen W. Hwang, Carol Strike, Erica Di Ruggiero   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Personalized Zebrafish Models for Fusion‐Positive Pediatric Sarcomas

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Clinical sequencing efforts have revolutionized our approaches to categorizing pediatric cancers in real time. This has dramatically improved our ability to profile pediatric tumors, identify actionable vulnerabilities, and influence clinical care.
Lisa H. Hall, Emma N. Harrison, Genevieve C. Kendall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source