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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

How does feedback shared with interprofessional health care teams shape nursing performance improvement systems? A rapid realist review protocol

Systematic Reviews, 2019
Background Nursing care quality varies between hospitals, and even between departments within the same institution. Suboptimal care can have deleterious consequences for patients such as lengthened hospital stay, nosocomial infection, pressure ulcers or ...
Joachim Rapin, Joanie Pellet, Cedric Mabire, Sylvie Gendron, Carl-Ardy Dubois   +4 more
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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

The Chelsea critical care physical assessment tool (CPAx): validation of an innovative new tool to measure physical morbidity in the general adult critical care population; an observational proof-of-concept pilot study

, 2013
Objective To develop a scoring system to measure physical morbidity in critical care – the Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment Tool (CPAx). Method The development process was iterative involving content validity indices (CVI), a focus group and ...
Corner, EJ, Grant, RL, Englebretsen, C., Thomas, A, Nikoletou, D, Soni, N., Soni, N, Nikoletou, D., Grant, R. L., Wood, H, Thomas, A., Englebretsen, C, Corner, E. J.   +12 more
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Big Data-Planetary Health approach for evaluating the Brazilian Dengue Control Program

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE This study aims to integrate the concepts of planetary health and big data into the Donabedian model to evaluate the Brazilian dengue control program in the state of São Paulo.
Fernando Xavier, Gerson Laurindo Barbosa, Cristiano Corrêa de Azevedo Marques, Antonio Mauro Saraiva   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Increased Risk of Sarcomas in Children With Congenital Anomalies: Findings From the Genetic Overlap Between Anomalies and Cancer in Kids (GOBACK) Registry Linkage Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that contribute disproportionately to cancer mortality in children. Although congenital anomalies are among the strongest known risk factors for childhood cancer, the risk of specific sarcoma subtypes among affected individuals has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Procedure We
Russ Wolters, Ji Yun Tark, Tiffany M. Chambers, Tania A. Desrosiers, Michael E. Scheurer, Charles Shumate, Wendy N. Nembhard, Mahsa M. Yazdy, Eirini Nestoridi, Amanda E. Janitz, Jean Paul Tanner, Russell S. Kirby, Jason L. Salemi, Yao Yu, Chad D. Huff, Sharon E. Plon, Philip J. Lupo, Jeremy M. Schraw   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a minimum stroke dataset for electronic collection in routine stroke care [PDF]

, 2011
Improving stroke care is a national priority and adherence to national policy and guidelines is closely monitored by numerous organisations using a considerable number of overlapping indicators of stroke care processes.
Teale, Elizabeth Ann
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Lay health workers in primary and community health care. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Lay health workers (LHWs) are widely used to provide care for a broad range of health issues. However, little is known about the effectiveness of LHW interventions.
van Wyk, B, Mary Patrick, Philip Pond, Brian E van Wyk, Godwin N Aja, Bosch-Capblanch, X, Simon Lewin, Zwarenstein, M, Dick, J, Judy Dick, Aja, G, Patrick, M, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Lewin, SA, Merrick Zwarenstein, Pond, P   +15 more
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Supporting Survivor‐Centered Care Through Digital Health Integration

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Survivors of childhood cancer face barriers to receiving guideline‐based, long‐term follow‐up care. Two digital tools, Passport for Care (PFC) and Cancer SurvivorLink (SurvivorLink), address complementary gaps by enabling tailored survivorship care plan (SCP) generation, updating, storage, and sharing.
Jordan G. Marchak, Rebecca Williamson‐Lewis, Michael O'Connor, Michael Palgon, Yu‐Ra Kim, Michael Schuckenbrock, Paula Edwards, Abraham Mendoza, Anthony Adams, Brian Arriaga‐Solis, Justin Parker, Harry Tinoco‐Giraldo, Jason King, C. Michael Fordis, Karen E. Effinger, Maria Monica Gramatges   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

An integrated safety measurement model : a new perspective for performance measurement [PDF]

, 2012
Performance measurement systems provide an opportunity not only to determine if organisations are effectively delivering their strategy and meeting their vision, but also to enable improvements. In 2009, the NHS implemented the NHS Performance Framework (
Jones, Sarahjane, Neailey, Kevin, Macintyre, Mairi   +2 more
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