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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle, Kiersten Ricci, Kelly Blache, Rebecca A. Marsh, Adrienne M. Hammill, Elissa Engel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frailty efficacy as a predictor of clinical and cognitive complications in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective cohort study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Background Frailty is proposed as a predictor of outcomes in patients undergoing major surgeries, although data on the association of frailty and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are lacking.
Mehrnoosh Bakhtiari, Farhad Shaker, Fatemeh Ojaghi Shirmard, Arash Jalali, Ahmad Vakili-Basir, Mohammad Balabandian, Sima Shamshiri Khamene, Izat Mohammadkhawajah, Akbar Shafiee, Seyedeh Zahra Badrkhahan, Kaveh Hosseini   +10 more
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Cancer patients and smoking cessation

Nowotwory, 2023
Abstinence from smoking is the most important element of cancer prevention. Tobacco smoking is responsible for at least 15 different types of cancer and almost 30% of all cancer deaths.
Magdalena Cedzyńska, Irena A. Przepiórka   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The failure of suicide prevention in primary care: family and GP perspectives - a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2017
Background Although Primary care is crucial for suicide prevention, clinicians tend to report completed suicides in their care as non-preventable. We aimed to examine systemic inadequacies in suicide prevention from the perspectives of bereaved family ...
A Pearson, B Glaser, BK Ahmedani, C Pope, E O'Connor, E O’Connor, G Leavey, Gerard Leavey, J Cerel, J Heideman, J Mann, Janeet Rondon-Sulbaran, JB Luoma, K Hawton, K Pollock, KA Comtois, Karen Galway, Lynette Hughes, MD Feldman, Michael Rosato, NCISH, NCISH, NHS centre for Reviews and Dissemination, R Laugharne, RD Graham, S Gilbody, SD Vannoy, Sharon Mallon   +27 more
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient-facing Technology for Identification of COPD in Primary Care

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2016
The proliferation of mobile devices and emergence of interoperable ‘mHealth’ apps is accelerating development and deployment of patient-facing risk assessments in primary care.
David Kevin Ahern, Donna Parker, Charles Eaton, Caitlin Rafferty, Joseph Wroblewski, Roberta Goldman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of primary healthcare professionals in oral cancer prevention and detection [PDF]

, 2003
AIM: To investigate current knowledge, examination habits and preventive practices of primary healthcare professionals in Scotland, with respect to oral cancer, and to determine any relevant training needs. SETTING: Primary care.
A Mashberg, C Scully, C Scully, CE Dawson, CG Cowan, D Soutar, GJ Macfarlane, GJ Macfarlane, H Moller, I Hindle, J Gibson, J Llewelyn, JF Schnetler, K W Stephen, L M D Macpherson, LMD Macpherson, M F McCann, MF McCann, MGJ Haughney, NW Johnson, PB Lockhart, PM Speight, PM Speight, RH Secker-Walker, V I Binnie   +24 more
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The Fate (Outcome) of Clinically Apparent Single Lesion and Oligofocal Nephroblastomatosis Treated According to SIOP/GPOH Protocols for Wilms Tumor

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The management of clinically apparent single lesions or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis, a facultative precursor of nephroblastoma, remains debated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 37 patients with clinically apparent single or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis (two to three lesions per kidney) among 2347 patients registered between
Nils Welter, Jens‐Peter Schenk, Jenny Wegert, Manfred Gessler, Leo Kager, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Marina Müller, Jean‐Michel Wolff, Joerg Fuchs, Steven W. Warmann, Clemens‐Magnus Meier, Jochen Hubertus, Christian Rübe, Christian Vokuhl, Patrick Melchior, Lena Tschirner, Norbert Graf, Rhoikos Furtwängler   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blood pressure control versus atrial fibrillation management in stroke prevention [PDF]

, 2015
Hypertension is one of the major risk factors for atrial fibrillation which in turn is the most prevalent concomitant condition in hypertensive patients. While both these pathological conditions are independent risk factors for stroke, the association of
Sada, Lidia, Savoia, Carmine, Volpe, Massimo   +2 more
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