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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urology in Pediatrics

open access: yesChildren, 2022
Pediatric urology has been developed by many pediatric urologists and pediatric surgeons from all over the world [...]
Giovanni Cobellis
doaj   +1 more source

Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pazopanib Combined With Vincristine and Irinotecan in Relapsed Wilms Tumor: Encouraging Outcomes in a Heavily Pretreated Pediatric Cohort

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background While Wilms tumor (WT) typically has a favorable prognosis, relapsed cases—especially those with high‐risk histology—remain therapeutically challenging after intensive frontline therapy. The combination of vincristine and irinotecan has demonstrated activity in pediatric solid tumors, and pazopanib, a multi‐targeted tyrosine kinase ...
Maria Debora De Pasquale   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Hearing Screening Programme for Infants in KK Women's and Children's Hospital — Its Development and Role in Reducing the Burden of Hearing Impairment in Singapore

open access: yesProceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2012
This paper describes a successful hearing screening programme for infants in KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH). Between April 2002 and January 2010, 100,237 (99.8% of all eligible babies) were screened, surpassing the international benchmark of 95%
Lourdes Mary Daniel MBBS, MMed Pediatrics (NUS), EdM (Harvard)   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Total and Pediatrics Course load of Brazilian Medical Schools [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Educação Médica
: Introduction: Brazilian guidelines for undergraduate medical courses recommend a minimum curricular course load (CL) of 7,200 hours and the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics recommends that 10% of this load be allocated to pediatrics.
Judah Benhur Campos, Suely Grosseman
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Potential Early Risk Biomarkers for Reduced Forced Expiratory Volume in Children Post‐Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We sought to identify potential early risk biomarkers for lung disease in children post‐allogeneic HCT. Patients with pulmonary function tests 3 months post‐transplant and plasma samples between days 7 and 14 post‐HCT were included. Six of 27 subjects enrolled had reduced forced expiratory volume 1 (FEV1) z scores.
Isabella S. Small   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing Colorado's Primary Care Provider Shortage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Outlines projected shortages of physicians, physician assistants, and advance practice nurses in family practice, internal medicine, and pediatrics and potential impact on health, healthcare access, and the economy.

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Personalizing the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Adapting Training for the Next Generation

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The pediatric hematology‐oncology fellowship training curriculum has not substantially changed since its inception. The first year of training is clinically focused, and the second and third years are devoted to scholarship. However, this current structure leaves many fellows less competitive in the current job market, resulting in ...
Scott C. Borinstein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing Gun Violence in Pediatrics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Learn about the Violence Prevention Initiative at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, which has become a national and global model for hospital-based and communitydelivered violence prevention through educational programming in schools and the community,
Myers, PhD, Rachel
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