in the school setting susan j simonian and kenneth j tarnowski
Tài liệu Growth and nutritional status of children with homozygous sickle cell disease ppt
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12/02/2014, 19:20
... uncertainty concerning the daily requirement Other nutrients such as zinc, glutamine, l-arginine and anti-oxidants might have therapeutic benefits, and their clinical efficacy needs to be determined ... impairment in SCD In an American study of 170 children (aged 2–12 years) with SCD, 22% were ,5th centile in height and/ or weight,96 and the serum levels of zinc, retinol, pre-albumin and retinol binding ... levels of thyroxine, thyroxine-binding capacity and the free thyroxine index were not significantly different in 90 SS children (1– 15 yrs) than in AS and AA controls.88 Interest in growth hormone...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Quality of life among adolescents with sickle cell disease: mediation of pain by internalizing symptoms and parenting stress" pdf
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18/06/2014, 19:20
... are the defining characteristics of SCD, pain serves as the cornerstone in explaining HRQOL in child, adolescent, and adult samples.[7] Our findings provide partial support for this focus on pain ... friendships, and school work Thus, while pain should remain an important indicator of potential decrements in physical functioning, other variables including the concomitant pain variables measured in ... adjustment (i.e internalizing symptoms of anxiety and depression) and family functioning (i.e disease-related parenting stress) in the association of pain with HRQOL If these concomitant pain...
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Báo cáo y học: " The use of partial exchange blood transfusion and anaesthesia in the management of sickle cell disease in a perioperative setting: two case reports" pot
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11/08/2014, 12:20
... signs and maintaining them within tight ranges Anaesthesia from the beginning up to the end of surgery lasted 80 minutes Postoperative care, including fluid management and weaning off the respirator ... his assistance in editing this manuscript Authors’ contributions RJ was involved in conceiving, designing and writing this manuscript MT was involved in providing a description of the perioperative ... Just as hypothermia can be harmful because of increased viscosity, vasoconstriction and the resulting increased oxygen consumption and hyperthermia can escalate precipitation, thus jeopardizing...
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Báo cáo y học: " Depression and loneliness in Jamaicans with sickle cell disease" potx
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11/08/2014, 16:22
... looked at the co-existence of depression and loneliness in SCD and it is hypothesized that depression and loneliness will have a high prevalence and coexist in this population In this study therefore, ... at the only comprehensive sickle cell clinic (SCU) located at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica for routine health maintenance checks and for all significant sick events in ... emigration and death), and all took part in the study where they were administered the study questionnaire comprising questions on socio-demographics, disease severity, depression and loneliness At the...
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Báo cáo y học: "Asthma is a risk factor for acute chest syndrome and cerebral vascular accidents in children with sickle cell disease" ppt
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13/08/2014, 13:22
... determined by high performance liquid chromatography and isoelectric focusing analysis and grouped into phenotypes of hemoglobin SS or hemoglobin SC Children were included in the asthma group if they ... collection MCZ participated in coordination and manuscript preparation JPS participated in design, coordination and manuscript preparation KJK participated in design and coordination References 10 ... prospective investigations Whether aggressive asthma therapy in patients with sickle cell disease and asthma reduces the incidence of serious complications is unknown The potential gains are far reaching...
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Tài liệu Parental Attitude to Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Selected Health Facilities in Irepodun Local Government, Kwara State, Nigeria doc
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12/02/2014, 19:20
... of the study and assured them of confidentiality of privileged information and a feedback after the study as told to them in the last meeting Then the researchers requested for volunteers in ... made the contacts easier for the researchers The participants were met on the day of clinics for their children by the researchers and hospital heads so that they could be explained to the objectives ... researchers in the Faculty of Nursing, Niger Delta University for their inputs, the corrections and suggestions were effected which improved the quality of the instrument to meet the content and face...
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Tài liệu Understanding Growth Failure in Children With Homozygous Sickle-Cell Disease doc
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12/02/2014, 19:20
... baseline dietary intake of zinc was not significantly different between the zinc and control groups (Zemel et al., 2002) The results of these studies examining vitamin D, vitamin A, and zinc status ... contact with the skin and trigger vitamin D synthesis (National Institutes of Health [NIH], 2009c) Vitamin D is essential for promoting calcium absorption in the gut and maintaining adequate ... maintained (NIH, 2009a) The remaining 99% of the body’s calcium is stored in the bones and teeth where it supports their structure There is constant reabsorption and deposition of calcium into...
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Tài liệu THE MANAGEMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE ppt
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21/02/2014, 12:20
... decisions, in their own interest, about future family planning For the second group, the focus is on education and informed decisions, in their best interest, about the current pregnancy CONTENT AND ... do?” Since counseling goals are based entirely upon the principle of self-determination, and are not intended to be preventive, the counselor’s success is not determined by a decline in the incidence ... infection is rare at major sickle cell centers in the United States Current recommendations for vaccinating children, providing prophylactic therapies, and educating parents about the signs and...
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Hydroxyurea for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease docx
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05/03/2014, 10:20
... accompanied by an increase in weight and decrease in the resting heart rate in the hydroxyurea group (3.2 kg and -14 beats/min, as compared to the placebo group’s 1.8 kg and -4 beats/min) 41 In the six ... abstracted and the data appearing in the article, this discrepancy was brought to the attention of the investigator in charge of the specific data set, and the data were corrected in the final evidence ... for their study and in their description of the characteristics of the included patients Authors did a particularly poor job of describing how complete the adherence to the intervention was and...
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Management of Sickle Cell Disease in Children doc
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05/03/2014, 12:20
... clarithromycin or clindamycin * Other antibiotics used in other centres include amoxicillin and erythromycin-sulfamethoxazole In making the recommendations above the Child Health Network have weighed the ... may include: hypotension, bradycardia, drowsiness, coma, pinpoint pupils, cold clammy skin, and hypoventilation Monitoring will be according to the Monitoring Guidelines for Patients Receiving Intravenous ... penicillin prophylaxis, the possibility of Haemophilus influenzae type B infection, and the incremental benefits of these agents in our setting in patients who have broken through penicillin prophylaxis...
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Psychological complications in sickle cell disease pptx
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14/03/2014, 11:20
... cognitive and behavioural techniques The premise underlying CBT is that difficulties in living, relationships, general health, etc., have their origin in (and are maintained by) thoughts, emotions and ... analyses in a USA population of children and adults indicated that these subscales fell into two groups: ‘coping attempts’ (e.g distraction and increased activity) and ‘negative thinking/passive ... SCD Coping and adjustment Secondly, the application of the ‘transactional model’ of stress and coping (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984) to SCD was suggested (Moise, 1986), and used to outline the processes...
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báo cáo hóa học: " A psychometric evaluation of the PedsQL™ Family Impact Module in parents of children with sickle cell disease" pptx
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18/06/2014, 18:20
... limitations should be considered in evaluating these study results The parents were involved in the study during a routine clinic visit and so the reported scores are not in direct response to a disease ... average of all items in the questionnaire The psychosocial summary score is comprised of the average of the items in the emotional, social, and school functioning scales The physical health summary ... of the average of items in the physical functioning scale and is the same score as the physical functioning score Missing items were accounted for based on the developer's recommendation [19] The...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Utility of WHOQOL-BREF in measuring quality of life in Sickle Cell Disease" docx
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18/06/2014, 19:20
... possible domain scores and the ceiling effect being the percentage of subjects with the highest possible domain scores The psychometric properties were further tested by measuring the "known-groups" ... values of 70 and over were deemed acceptable [37] The floor and ceiling effects were measured for the scales and their domains with floor effect being the percentage of subjects with the lowest ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/75 ing for health maintenance visit from January to June 2005 were invited to take part and none declined Study Instruments The SF-36, QOLS and WHOQOL-BREF (U.K.version) were interviewer-administered...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Spectrum of musculo-skeletal disorders in sickle cell disease in Lagos, Nigeria" doc
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20/06/2014, 04:20
... notification network, the investigators were informed of any case of SCA presenting during the study period, and each patient was then evaluated by one of the investigators using the standardized format ... sickle cell anemia J Bone and Joint Surg (Br) 1990, 72B:494-499 10 Badhulkar SS, Pande K, Badhulkur S: The hand-foot syndrome in sickle cell haemoglobinopathy J Bone and Joint Surg (Br) 1995, ... children J Bone and Joint Surg 1983, 65B:234-241 32 Moran MC: Osteonecrosis of the hip in sickle cell haemoglobinopathy The Am J Orthop 1995, 1:18-24 33 Okany CC, Akinyanju OO: The influence...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Double disadvantage: a case control study on health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease" potx
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20/06/2014, 15:20
... Amsterdam, The Netherlands Authors’ contributions CTH collected the data, analyzed and interpreted the data and drafted the manuscript KF designed and supervised execution of the study, interpreted the ... data and drafted and revised the manuscript JO, HH and MP supervised execution of the study and revised the manuscript MAG designed and supervised execution of the study, interpreted the data and ... have been performed in the United States of America As the healthcare system and the origins of the patient population in the USA differ from Western Europe, findings from these studies cannot...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Utility of WHOQOL-BREF in measuring quality of life in Sickle Cell Disease" doc
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 16:20
... possible domain scores and the ceiling effect being the percentage of subjects with the highest possible domain scores The psychometric properties were further tested by measuring the "known-groups" ... values of 70 and over were deemed acceptable [37] The floor and ceiling effects were measured for the scales and their domains with floor effect being the percentage of subjects with the lowest ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/75 ing for health maintenance visit from January to June 2005 were invited to take part and none declined Study Instruments The SF-36, QOLS and WHOQOL-BREF (U.K.version) were interviewer-administered...
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Báo cáo y học: "Treatment of stasis dermatitis using aminaphtone: Collapsing glomerulopathy in sickle cell disease: a case report" pps
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11/08/2014, 00:22
... staining was negative for immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, IgM, C1q, C3, fibrin, albumin and and l chains A diagnosis of CG was considered and lupus was excluded Extensive searches for the main ... (GFR) These parameters decrease with age as well as with administration of prostaglandin inhibitors Proteinuria, a common finding in adults with SCD, may progress to the nephrotic syndrome Proteinuria, ... provided technical help and writing assistance All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Received: 22 September...
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Báo cáo y học: " Role of free radicals in the pathogenesis of acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease" pot
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12/08/2014, 18:20
... VCAM-1, ICAM-1, and endothelin-1 The adhesion molecules VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 facilitate interaction between sickle RBCs and WBCs and the endothelium, thereby promoting vasoocclusion Endothelin-1 is a ... of the endothelin-1 gene and protein in human endothelial cells in culture J Clin Invest 1995, 96:1145-1151 52 Hammerman SI, Kourembanas S, Conca TJ, Tucci M, Brauer M, Farber HW: Endothelin-1 ... unpublished data) These findings suggest, both in humans and in mouse models of SCD, that there is increased oxidative burden and that alterations in the redox state may play a role in the development...
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Báo cáo y học: "Case Report: Psychosis in an adolescent with sickle cell disease" pps
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13/08/2014, 18:21
... his insurance work required frequent traveling O .J and his siblings spent most part of their time with the house-help and their stepmother None of the patient's siblings suffered from SCD, but the ... the stepmother which revolved around O .J' s refusals to join siblings and house-help in various house-hold chores The father was a middle class income earner and rarely stayed around with the children ... missed the mother because she was most time his source of comfort during episodes of SCD crises O .J and his two elder siblings lived with their father, a female house-help and their step-mother,...
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