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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Mary Fewtrell, Julie Lanigan, Breeana Gardiner, Graeme O'Connor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severity of Illness Measures for Pediatric Inpatients [PDF]

Journal for Healthcare Quality, 2018
ABSTRACT Introduction: Severity of illness (SOI) measures are commonly used in adults for comparison of treatment and outcomes in similar populations. Less is known about the psychometric properties of measures available to providers and healthcare systems caring for pediatric patients.
Amanda J, Hessels, Jianfang, Liu, Bevin, Cohen, Jingjing, Shang, Elaine L, Larson   +4 more
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Lifetime Bipolar Disorder comorbidity and related clinical characteristics in patients with primary Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: a report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) [PDF]

, 2019
IntroductionBipolar disorder (BD) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are prevalent, comorbid, and disabling conditions, often characterized by early onset and chronic course.
Benatti, Beatrice, Cirnigliaro, Giovanna, Dell'Osso, Bernado, Fineberg, Naomi, Grancini, Benedetta, Grassi, Giacomo, Hollander, Eric, Hranov, Georgi, Hranov, Luchezar, Karamustafalioglu, Oguz, Lanzagorta, Nuria, Lochner, Christine, Marazziti, Donatella, Menchon, Josè M, Nicolini, Humberto, Pallanti, Stefano, Rodriguez, Carolyn I, Stein, Dan J., Van Ameringen, Michael, Vismara, Matteo, Zohar, Joseph   +20 more
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

SNAPPE-II (Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology with Perinatal Extension-II) in Predicting Mortality and Morbidity in NICU [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Introduction: A number of illness severity scores have evolved which would predict mortality and morbidity in intensive care units. One such scoring system developed by Richardson was SNAPPE-II (Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology with Perinatal ...
Shivanna Sree Harsha, Banur Raju Archana
doaj   +1 more source

Urological Manifestation of Cryptic Severe Psychiatric Illness [PDF]

Military Medicine, 2018
Penile cellulitis has rarely been reported in the literature and never secondary to self-injury with subsequent sexual activity. It presents a challenging diagnostic situation in that the patient will likely be less than forthcoming about the etiology of his symptoms despite his willingness to seek formal medical attention.
Huckelberry A, Finne, Jared K, Heal
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A Multivariate Timeseries Modeling Approach to Severity of Illness Assessment and Forecasting in ICU with Sparse, Heterogeneous Clinical Data

AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2015
The ability to determine patient acuity (or severity of illness) has immediate practical use for clinicians. We evaluate the use of multivariate timeseries modeling with the multi-task Gaussian process (GP) models using noisy, incomplete, sparse ...
M. Ghassemi, Marco A. F. Pimentel, Tristan Naumann, Thomas Brennan, D. Clifton, Peter Szolovits, M. Feng   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Point-of-care measurement of blood lactate in children admitted with febrile illness to an African District Hospital. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Lactic acidosis is a consistent predictor of mortality owing to severe infectious disease, but its detection in low-income settings is limited to the clinical sign of "deep breathing" because of the lack of accessible technology for its ...
Acierno, B. Amos, B. Nadjm, Day, English, English, English, F. Muro, G. Mtove, Gore, H. Reyburn, I. C. E. Hendriksen, J. Todd, Kahigwa, Krishna, Krishna, Maitland, Marsh, Marsh, Molyneux, Nadjm, Reyburn, Taylor   +22 more
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Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of Anthropometric Parameters and Severity of SARS-COV-2 Infection among Hospitalized Patients in a Tertiary care Center in Western Maharashtra – an Analytical Cross-Sectional Study

Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed COVID-19 as a pandemic. COVID-19 has infected more than 5.5 million people worldwide, resulting in more than 3,47,000 fatalities.
Mamta Kishor Shewte, Rajeshree Sushil Dhok, Priyanka Narayanrao Pachange, Prachi Manohar Suryawanshi`, Naila Nazir Sayed   +4 more
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