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Healthcare-associated infections among pediatric oncology patients in Pakistan: risk factors and outcome

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Introduction: Pediatric oncology patients are at increased risk of contracting healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), which are responsible for increased morbidity and mortality rates as well as treatment costs.
Naveed- ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Rabia Wali, Anwar- ul Haque, Zehra Fadoo   +3 more
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Exploring the Potential of Three-Dimensional Imaging, Printing, and Modeling in Pediatric Surgical Oncology: A New Era of Precision Surgery

, 2023
Pediatric surgical oncology is a technically challenging field that relies on CT and MRI as the primary imaging tools for surgical planning. However, recent advances in 3D reconstructions, including Cinematic Rendering, Volume Rendering, 3D modeling ...
Josep Munuera, Lucas Krauel, Arnau Valls-Esteve, Núria Adell-Gómez, Albert Pasten, Ignasi Barber   +5 more
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Primary Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors in Klinefelter Syndrome: 10-Years of Experience from a Single Institute [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Approximately 8% of male patients presenting with primary mediastinal germ cell tumors (GCTs) have Klinefelter syndrome (KS), while patients diagnosed with retroperitoneal GCTs also exhibit a range of chromosomal abnormalities.
안원기, 한승민, 유철주, 한정우   +3 more
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Addressing the Gap in Research Methodologies Education in Pediatric Oncology in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [PDF]

, 2023
PURPOSE: Formal training in clinical research methodologies is limited in limited-resource countries. Through collaboration among high- and middle-resource settings and in response to an identified need verbalized by regional pediatric oncology ...
Naidu, Paula, Obeid, Anas, Devidas, Meenakshi, Jeha, Sima, Santana, Victor, Mukoka, Lilly, Bhakta, Nickhill, Sultan, Iyad, Saha, Vaskar; id_orcid, Saab, Raya, Belgaumi, Asim, Arora, Ramandeep Singh, Saha, Vaskar, Santana, Victor M., Belgaumi, Asim Fakhruddin, Jeha, Sima S., Naidu, Paula E., Bhakta, Nickhill Hitesh, Sultan, Iyad Y., Saab, Raya H., Paula Naidu, Vaskar Saha, Lilly Mukoka, Raya Saab, Obeid, A., Meenakshi Devidas, Mukoka, L., Devidas, M., Jeha, S., Sima Jeha, Iyad Sultan, Naidu, P., Belgaumi, A., Victor Santana, Sultan, I., Asim Belgaumi, Anas Obeid, Saab, R., Arora, R. S., Santana, V., Nickhill Bhakta, Bhakta, N., Ramandeep Singh Arora   +42 more
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Caregivers' Perception of Drug Administration Safety for Pediatric Oncology Patients [PDF]

, 2014
Medication errors (MEs) are reported to be between 1.5% and 90% depending on many factors, such as type of the institution where data were collected and the method to identify the errors. More significantly, the risk for errors with potential for harm is
Kurdahi Badr, Lina Kurdahi, Harris, Nariman, Khalidi, Aziza, Saab, Raya H.   +3 more
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Quality criteria for pediatric oncology centers: A systematic literature review

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Introduction Survival of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer improved over the last decades due to better diagnostics, treatment, and supportive care. Quality criteria that measure, compare, and make the quality of care of individual pediatric
Sarah P. Schladerer, Maria Otth, Katrin Scheinemann   +2 more
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Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trials and Collaborative Research in Africa: Current Landscape and Future Perspectives

JCO Global Oncology, 2020
PURPOSE Adequate clinical services have yet to be established in the majority of African countries, where childhood cancer survival rates vary from 8.1% to 30.3%. The aim of this review is to describe the landscape of pediatric oncology trials in Africa,
Jaques van Heerden, Mohamed Zaghloul, Anouk Neven, Teresa de Rojas, Jennifer Geel, Catherine Patte, Joyce Balagadde-Kambugu, Peter Hesseling, Francine Tchintseme, Eric Bouffet, Laila Hessissen   +10 more
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Pediatric oncologic endosurgery [PDF]

International Journal of Surgery Oncology, 2017
Despite increasing popularity of minimal-invasive techniques in the pediatric population, their use in diagnosis and management of pediatric malignancy is still debated. Moreover, there is limited evidence to clarify this controversy due to low incidence of each individual type of pediatric tumor, huge diversity of the disease entity, heterogeneity of ...
Boo, Yoon Jung, Goedecke, Jan, Muensterer, Oliver J.   +2 more
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Training in Pediatric Surgical Oncology

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Pediatric Surgical Oncology is a challenging sub-speciality field requiring strong discipline, resilience and a “never quit” attitude. Pediatric cancer patients are frail, vulnerable and have life limiting illness were the skill(s) of the operating ...
Paul D. Losty
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Being an Expert Nurse in Pediatric Oncology Care

, 2012
Pediatric oncology has become a highly specialized area, and the transition from novice nurse to expert can be complicated. The aim of this study was to describe the perceptions of nurses in pediatric oncology regarding the role of an expert nurse in ...
Enskär, Karin,, Karin Enskär
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