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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

Orbital tuberculosis presenting as vision loss and headache: early management is paramount

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
Orbital tuberculosis is a rare form of extra pulmonary TB and may arise either by hematogenous route or spread directly from the paranasal sinus. We herein report two cases of orbital TB with a vision threatening complication.
Sandeep Pal, Narendra Patidar, Gunjan Tomar, Himanshu Gaikwad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Stem Cells to Model Diseases of the Outer Retina

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2015
Retinal degeneration arises from the loss of photoreceptors or retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). It is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide with limited effective treatment options.
Camille Yvon, Conor M. Ramsden, Amelia Lane, Michael B. Powner, Lyndon da Cruz, Peter J. Coffey, Amanda-Jayne F. Carr   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scalable and Configurable Electrical Interface Board for Bus System Development of Different CubeSat Platforms

Applied Sciences, 2022
A flight-proven electrical bus system for the 1U CubeSat platform was designed in the BIRDS satellite program at the Kyushu Institute of Technology. The bus utilizes a backplane board as the mechanical and electrical interface between the subsystems and ...
Marloun Sejera, Takashi Yamauchi, Necmi Cihan Orger, Yukihisa Otani, Mengu Cho   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Ideas to Efficacy: The ORBIT Model for Developing Behavioral Treatments for Chronic Diseases

Health Psychology, 2015
Objective Given the critical role of behavior in preventing and treating chronic diseases, it is important to accelerate the development of behavioral treatments that can improve chronic disease prevention and outcomes. Findings from basic behavioral and
Susan M Czajkowski, L. H. Powell, Nancy Adler, S. Naar-King, K. Reynolds, Christine Hunter, Barbara A. Laraia, Deborah H Olster, Frank M Perna, J. Peterson, E. Epel, Josephine E. A. Boyington, M. Charlson   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Serological Benefit of SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccination Relative to Infection in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of severe outcomes from SARS‐CoV‐2 (SCV2). In the post‐pandemic context, where most children have been infected with SCV2, there are limited data on whether vaccination remains beneficial in children with ALL.
Janna R. Shapiro, Freda Qi, Karen Colwill, Alina D. Dorogy, Ying Liu, Michelle Science, Anne‐Claude Gingras, James M. Rini, Sumit Gupta, Sarah Alexander, Shelly Bolotin, Tania H. Watts   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Ataxia‐Telangiectasia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ataxia‐telangiectasia (A‐T) is a DNA repair disorder characterized by neurodegeneration, immunodeficiency, and cancer predisposition. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an established therapy in related disorders such as Fanconi anemia (FA) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), but its role in A‐T is unclear.
Laila Alkhouli, Seth Rotz, Masatoshi Takagi, Richa Sharma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
wiley   +1 more source

Research on Actuator Control System Based on Improved MPC

Actuators
To improve the control accuracy and interference resistance of actuator control systems in complex environments, a complete actuator control system solution has been designed.
Qingjian Zhao, Qinghai Zhang, Shuang Zhao, Xiaoqian Zhang, Shilei Lu, Yang Guo, Liqiang Song, Zhengxu Zhao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inhaled liposomal ciprofloxacin in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis and chronic lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ORBIT-3 and ORBIT-4): two phase 3, randomised controlled trials.

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND In patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with frequent pulmonary exacerbations and admission to hospital for treatment, reduced quality of life, and increased mortality ...
C. Haworth, D. Bilton, J. Chalmers, A. Davis, J. Froehlich, I. Gonda, B. Thompson, A. Wanner, A. O'donnell   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source