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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

Ultrasonographic assessment of thyroid volume in oldest-old individuals

Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2016
Objective The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between thyroid volume and age, gender, anthropometric characteristics, and echogenicity in oldest-old subjects in an iodine-sufficient area.
Glaucia Cruzes Duarte, Lara Miguel Quirino Araujo, Felix Magalhães Filho, Clineu Mello Almada Filho, Maysa Seabra Cendoroglo   +4 more
doaj   +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

Informal caregivers’ perspectives on health of and (potentially inappropriate) medication for (relatively) independent oldest-old people – a qualitative interview study

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Oldest-old persons frequently receive potentially inappropriate medication. Medication use takes place under the patients’ informal caregivers’ influence.
Nadine Janis Pohontsch, Antje Löffler, Tobias Luck, Kathrin Heser, Debora Parker, Britta Haenisch, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Frank Jessen, Martin Scherer   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tea drinking and cognitive function in oldest-old Chinese [PDF]

, 2012
10.1007/s12603-012-0077-1The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging169754 ...
A.F. Fotenos, C.F. Haskell, D.E. Ehmhoefer, D.M. Rentz, E. -H. Kua, E. Nurk, G.N. Owen, J. Li, K. Rezai-Zadeh, L. Arab, L. Feng, L. Feng, Lei Feng, M. Richards, M.F. Folstein, M.H. Eskelinen, M.L. Daviglus, N.M. Kemppainen, P.J. Nathan, R. Koenig, S. Kuriyama, S. Kuriyama, S.A. Mandel, T. -P. Ng, T. -S. Lee, T. Kakuda, T.-P. Ng, T.O. Cheng, T.P. Ng, Y. Zeng   +29 more
core   +1 more source

A High‐Sensitivity Circulating Nucleic Acid Sequencing Assay for Assessing Treatment Response to Alectinib in a Pediatric Patient With ALK‐Rearranged Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Alberto D. Guerra, Nicholas F. Evageliou, Vandana Batra, Kristen L. Dalton, Stephanie Ortel, Usman Ashraf, Tricia R. Bhatti, Lisa J. States, Lea F. Surrey, Theodore W. Laetsch   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polypharmacy in the oldest old (≥80 years of age) patients in China: a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background The oldest old generally have worse health and more comorbidities than the general population of older adults, and they are more likely to be exposed to polypharmacy.
Xiaoxing Lai, Hongwei Zhu, Xiaopeng Huo, Zheng Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Middle pleistocene glaciation in Patagonia dated by cosmogenic-nuclide measurements on outwash gravels [PDF]

, 2009
The well-preserved glacial record in Argentine Patagonia offers a ~ 1 Ma archive of terrestrial climate extremes in southern South America. These glacial deposits remain largely undated beyond the range of radiocarbon dating at ca. 40 ka.
Ackert, Ackert, Anderson, Andrew S. Hein, Bagnold, Balco, Benson, Bevington, Briner, Brocard, Chadwick, Chorley, Christoph Schnabel, Clapperton, Douglass, Dunai, Flint, Gillespie, Gosse, Granger, Hallet, Hancock, Hulton, Inbar, Kaplan, Kaplan, Kaplan, Kaplan, Kaplan, Lal, Mark Naylor, Martinson, Meglioli, Mercer, Mercer, Michael R. Kaplan, Nicholas R.J. Hulton, Nishiizumi, Nishiizumi, Owen, Petit, Phillips, Phillips, Phillips, Putkonen, Putkonen, Putkonen, Rabassa, Rabassa, Repka, Schildgen, Schäfer, Shanahan, Sheng Xu, Singer, Singer, Small, Staiger, Stone, Sugden, Suárez, Sylwan, Tibor J. Dunai, Ton-That, Vermeesch, Wenzens, Wenzens, Zentmire, Zreda, Zreda   +69 more
core   +2 more sources