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Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara, George Bogonko, Festus Njuguna, Sandra Langat, Martha Kipngetich, Dennis Njenga, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Terry Allen Vik   +7 more
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Performance of the combined models of Pediatric Risk of Admission scores I and II, and C-reactive protein for prediction of hospitalization in febrile children who visited the emergency department [PDF]

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2019
Purpose To study the performance of the combined models of Pediatric Risk of Admission (PRISA) scores I and II and C-reactive protein (CRP) for prediction of hospitalization in febrile children who visited the emergency department.
Jin Seok Jeong, Taeyun Kim, Dong Hoon Kim, Chang Woo Kang, Soo Hoon Lee, Jin Hee Jeong, Sang Bong Lee   +6 more
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ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya, Selena Murcia Mendez, Jennifer Kellett, Sarah Wright, Marisel Ponton, Robin T. Higashi, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Ayesha Zia, Joanne Wolfe, Sandi L. Pruitt, Kira Bona   +11 more
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Reducción de errores de conciliación en pacientes crónicos pediátricos mediante una estrategia educativa

Anales de Pediatría, 2021
Resumen: Introducción: Los errores de conciliación, o discrepancias no justificadas (DNJ), son frecuentes durante la admisión a hospitalización de los pacientes pediátricos crónicos y tienen impacto en la seguridad. Las intervenciones educativas podrían
Claudio González, Gabriela González, José Cristian Plaza-Plaza, María Inés Godoy, Marcela Cárcamo, Cecilia Rojas   +5 more
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Immunoglobulin Depletion and Recovery Following Blinatumomab in Infants With KMT2A‐Rearranged ALL

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adding blinatumomab to standard chemotherapy for infants with KMT2A‐rearranged acute B‐cell lymphoblastic leukemia (KMT2A‐r B‐ALL) improves outcomes. Although blinatumomab impairs immunoglobulin G (lgG) production, increasing infection susceptibility, IgG recovery remains poorly understood.
Miguel Vieira Martins, Paola de Lorenzo, Rishi S. Kotecha, Andishe Attarbaschi, Gabriele Escherich, Karsten Nysom, Jan Stary, Alina Ferster, Benoit Brethon, Franco Locatelli, Martin Schrappe, Peggy E. Scholte‐van Houtem, Maria G. Valsecchi, Rob Pieters, Inge M. van der Sluis   +14 more
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Brief admission (BA) for patients with emotional instability and self-harm: nurses’ perspectives - person-centred care in clinical practice

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2019
Purpose: Emotional instability and self-harm pose major problems for society and health care. There are effective interventions in outpatient care, but when patients need inpatient care, nurses often struggle meeting their patient’s needs.
Joachim Eckerström, Emelie Allenius, Marjolein Helleman, Lena Flyckt, Kent-Inge Perseius, Pernilla Omerov   +5 more
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Increasing Hospital Admissions for Pneumonia, England

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Pneumonia is an important cause of illness and death in England. To describe trends in pneumonia hospitalizations, we extracted information on all episodes of pneumonia that occurred from April 1997 through March 2005 recorded in the Hospital Episode ...
Caroline L. Trotter, James M. Stuart, Robert C. George, Elizabeth Miller   +3 more
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The use of web-based digital media to enhance admission orientation for patients in the hospital

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2023
Introduction: Newly hospitalized patients often face some situations that have not been recognized or faced previously. Meanwhile, admission orientation can help inpatients to adapt and reduce their anxiety, but it has not been carried out optimally in ...
Ike Nesdia Rahmawati, Imeldha Monitasari, Debby Hamsa Putri, Delfira Arizda, Febry Pricila, Fitri Rosyidawati, Bagus Lanang Sejati   +6 more
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Inpatient Exposure, Confidence, and Knowledge in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: Evaluating General Pediatric Residents During 2025 ACGME Curriculum Change

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background General pediatricians often evaluate hematologic and oncologic presentations before subspecialty consultation, yet the 2025 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) pediatric requirements reduce inpatient pediatric hematology/oncology (PHO) time, raising questions about resident readiness.
Colburn Yu, Rohini Jain
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Infantile Central Nervous System Juvenile Xanthogranuloma With Somatic CSF1R Mutation Responsive to Imatinib Monotherapy

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) of the central nervous system (CNS) is a rare non‐Langerhans cell histiocytosis. CSF1R mutations have been reported for peripheral JXG, but not in CNS JXG. A 3‐month‐old male presented with fever, lymphadenopathy, and macrocephaly with bulging fontanelles.
Sima Vazquez, Kayla Etienne, Long Di, Valerie Martinez‐Torres, Andrew Rosenberg, Sakir H. Gultekin, Aditi Dhir, Bradley Gampel, Heather J. McCrea   +8 more
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