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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
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Comparing the Effects of Hot Shower and Intravenous Injection of Hyoscine on the Pain Intensity and Duration of Active Phase of Labour in Nulliparous Women [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: Parturition is a painful process and one of midwives’ duties is to reduce the pain during labour. Aim: To compare the effect of hot shower and intravenous injection of hyoscine on the pain severity and duration of active phase of labour ...
Safa Maddady Maddady, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Fahimeh Sehhatti Shafaei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand   +3 more
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Likelihood reweighting methods to reduce potential bias in noninferiority trials which rely on historical data to make inference

, 2013
It is generally believed that bias is minimized in well-controlled randomized clinical trials. However, bias can arise in active controlled noninferiority trials because the inference relies on a previously estimated effect size obtained from a ...
Chu, Jianxiong, Nie, Lei, Rubin, Daniel, Zhang, Zhiwei   +3 more
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Lee Silverman voice treatment versus standard NHS speech and language therapy versus control in Parkinson's disease (PD COMM pilot):study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Parkinson’s disease is a common movement disorder affecting approximately 127,000 people in the UK, with an estimated two thirds having speech-related problems.
Brady, Marian C, Clarke, Carl, Dowling, Francis, Ives, Natalie, Jowett, Sue, Kelly, Debbie, Patel, Ramilla, Patel, Smitaa, Rick, Caroline, Roberts, Helen, Sackley, Catherine M, Sands, Gina, Smith, Christina H, Wheatley, Keith   +13 more
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Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often exhibit early deficits in muscle and movement competence, which can compromise long‐term health. Integrative neuromuscular training (INT), a multifaceted approach combining fundamental movement activities with strength exercises, may help address these deficits during ...
Anna Maria Markarian, Robert U. Newton, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nicholas G. Gottardo, Santosh Valvi, Carolyn J. Peddle‐McIntyre, Jodie Cochrane Wilkie, Daniel A. Galvão   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and radiographic evaluation of a new stain-free tricalcium silicate cement in pulpotomies [PDF]

Brazilian Oral Research, 2020
The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the clinical and radiographic success rates of pulpotomies in primary molars using a new stain-free tricalcium silicate cement (Bio-C Pulpo) versus a conventional white MTA (MTA Angelus) as a pulpotomy ...
Suéllen Priscilla Rodrigues de LIMA, Greissy Lopes dos SANTOS, Antonio FERELLE, Solange de Paula RAMOS, Juliano Pelim PESSAN, Cássia Cilene DEZAN-GARBELINI   +5 more
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Feasibility Testing of the Alert for AFib Intervention. [PDF]

, 2017
Improving early detection and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) is critical because untreated AF is a major contributor to stroke and heart failure. We sought to generate knowledge about the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial to ...
Austin, Christine, Barton, Debra L, Delgado, Adriana, DeVon, Holli A, Douglas, Kristin Vickers, McCabe, Pamela J   +5 more
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
wiley   +1 more source

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Sertraline in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. [PDF]

, 2019
Objective: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors like sertraline have been shown in observational studies and anecdotal reports to improve language development in young children with fragile X syndrome (FXS).
Al Olaby, Reem R, Biag, Hazel Maridith B, Chen, Yanjun, Choudhary, Nimrah S, Dwyer, Patrick S, Hagerman, Randi J, Nguyen, Danh V, Potter, Laura A, Rajaratnam, Akash, Rivera, Susan M, Salcedo-Arellano, Maria J, Schneider, Andrea, Scholze, Danielle A, Tassone, Flora   +13 more
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a pilot randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: Our primary aim of this pilot study was to test feasibility of the planned design, the interventions (education plus telephone coaching), and the outcome measures, and to facilitate a power calculation for a future randomized controlled ...
Ashe, M. C., Brown, K. C., Cho, N. J., Fleig, L., Frost, M., Langford, D., Ledoyen, M., Lehn, J., Panagiotopoulos, K., Sharpe, N.   +9 more
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