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Hematology point of care testing and laboratory errors: an example of multidisciplinary management at a children's hospital in northeast Italy

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2014
Sergio Parco, Patrizia Visconti, Fulvia Vascotto Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste, Italy Abstract: Involvement of health personnel in a medical audit can reduce the number of errors in laboratory medicine. The checked control of point of
Parco S, Visconti P, Vascotto F
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Improving Resulted Hemoglobin A1c Rates: A Feasibility Study for Point-of-Care Hemoglobin A1c Testing at an Urban Family Medicine Office [PDF]

, 2017
Study Aims: Our practice’s goal is to increase the number of up to date hemoglobin A1c for diabetic patients seen at JFMA in order to help improve glycemic control The aim of this study is to see if point of care (POC) hemoglobin A1C is a feasible ...
Altshuler, MD, Marc, Amadi, MD, Grace, Aragon, MD, Miranda, Askie, MD, MPH, Phoebe, Bardet, MD, Kyle, Chung, MD, Daniel, Kuperman, MD, MPH, Mariana R., Lai, MD, Sunny, Parente, MD, Laura, Parra, MD, Yury, Reaves, MD, Bruce, Woods, MD, Anna   +11 more
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
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Emapalumab for Immune Effector Cell‐Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis‐Like Syndrome Following CD19‐Directed CAR‐T in Two Patients With B‐ALL: Clinical and Biomarker Correlates

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Immune effector cell‐associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis‐like syndrome (IEC‐HS) is a life‐threatening hyperinflammatory toxicity distinct from cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity following chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell (CAR‐T) therapy. In a single‐institution retrospective cohort of pediatric and young adult patients
Thomas J. Galletta, Jeremy D. Rubinstein, Christopher E. Dandoy, Ruby Khoury, Angela Faulhaber, Christine L. Phillips, Christa Krupski   +6 more
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Review of Health Economics of Point-of-Care Testing Worldwide and Its Efficacy of Implementation in the Primary Health Care Setting in Remote Australia

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020
Hoi Yan Wong,1 Loredana G Marcu,2,3 Eva Bezak,1,3,4 Nayana Anupam Parange1,3 1Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia; 2Faculty of Informatics & Science, University of Oradea, Oradea 410087, Romania ...
Wong HY, Marcu LG, Bezak E, Parange NA
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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
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Tracking the progress of HIV: the impact of point-of-care tests on antiretroviral therapy

Clinical Epidemiology, 2013
Steven D Reid, Sarah J Fidler, Graham S Cooke Department of Infectious Diseases, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK Abstract: It is now around 30 years since the discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Reid SD, Fidler SJ, Cooke GS
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The cost-effectiveness of upfront point-of-care testing in the emergency department: a secondary analysis of a randomised, controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Time-saving is constantly sought after in the Emergency Department (ED), and Point-of-Care (POC) testing has been shown to be an effective time-saving intervention.
Lara Nicole Goldstein, Mike Wells, Craig Vincent-Lambert   +2 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
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Pseudogout Diagnosed By Point-of-care Ultrasound [PDF]

, 2019
A 71-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) for worsening right knee pain for the prior 3-4 weeks. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) of the right knee showed a pseudo-double contour sign.
Bulbin, David H., Halupa, Anthony J., Kraus, Chadd K., Strony, Robert J.   +3 more
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