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Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concurrent validity of the differential ability scales and the Woodcock-Johnson-III Tests of Cognitive Abilities for young children [PDF]

, 2001
Plan BValidation studies assess how comparable intelligence instruments are with regard to the cognitive abilities they assess. Results derived from such studies are used to make inferences as to how instruments are similar and different regarding the ...
Salava, Jennifer Anne
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Predictive validity of the UK clinical aptitude test in the final years of medical school:a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) was designed to address issues identified with traditional methods of selection. This study aims to examine the predictive validity of the UKCAT and compare this to traditional selection methods in the ...
Alistair Mathieson, Mackenzie, Rhoda, Adrian Husbands, Husbands, Adrian, Mathieson, Alistair, Dowell, Jonathan, Jennifer Cleland, Rhoda MacKenzie, Jonathan Dowell, Cleland, Jennifer   +9 more
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Specimen Validity Testing: Is it “Valid” for Drug Testing in Pain Management? [PDF]

The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, 2018
The goal of drug testing in the pain management population is to confirm compliance with prescribed medications and identify aberrant behaviors, such as use of an illicit substance or pharmaceutical drugs not prescribed. Specimen validity testing (SVT)2 is often used to ensure that the provided sample has not been diluted, substituted, or adulterated ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Heterogeneity in the Global Practice of Central Nervous System Staging in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is assessed by cell counting and cytomorphology from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is used for treatment stratification worldwide. The ratio of “CNS2” patients in clinical trials ranges from 3% to 40%, with unclear prognostic significance ...
Laura Almási, Bernadett Borbála Huszti, Gábor Barna, Marko Kavcic, Janez Jazbec, Lennart Lenk, Vera Münch, Sophia Polychronopoulou, Ágnes Márk, Maria Thastrup, Lüder H. Meyer, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Cornelia Eckert, Christina Halsey, Dániel J. Erdélyi   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Instrumentos de avaliação de leitura em adultos: um estudo psicométrico

Revista CEFAC
RESUMO Objetivo: investigar as propriedades psicométricas de um teste de desempenho para avaliação de reconhecimento de palavras e de um checklist de autorrelato de dificuldades de leitura/indicadores de dislexia, em uma amostra de adultos.
Natália Martins Dias, Tatiana Pontrelli Mecca, Patrícia Vieira de Oliveira, Juliana Martins Pontes, Elizeu Coutinho de Macedo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Triagem pré-participação em exercício físico em pacientes com doença arterial periférica Exercise pre-participation screening in patients with peripheral arterial disease

Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, 2012
CONTEXTO: Os indivíduos com doença arterial periférica (DAP) apresentam alto risco de doença cardiovascular. Dessa forma, é imprescindível que os instrumentos de triagem pré-participação em exercício indiquem quais pacientes com DAP devem realizar ...
Pollianny Ramos Lopes, João Paulo dos Anjos Souza Barbosa, Aluísio Henrique Rodrigues de Andrade Lima, Alessandra de Souza Miranda, Lausanne Barreto de Carvalho Cahú Rodrigues, Sérgio Luiz Cahú Rodrigues, Raphael Mendes Ritti Dias   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity and complexity in neural organoids

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Neural organoid research aims to expand genetic diversity on one side and increase tissue complexity on the other. Chimeroids integrate multiple donor genomes within single organoids. Self‐organising multi‐identity organoids, exogenous cell seeding, or enforced assembly of region‐specific organoids contribute to tissue complexity.
Ilaria Chiaradia, Madeline A. Lancaster
wiley   +1 more source

The Development and Assessment of Core Strength Clinical Measures: Validity and Reliability of Medicine Ball Toss Tests [PDF]

, 2013
Core strengthening has become a significant focus in physical fitness, performance training, injury prevention, and rehabilitation. Core strength is theorized to optimize athletic performance, reduce risk of injury, and facilitate return from injury ...
Sell, Mallory
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