Publications by authors named "A Muriel"

Objective: While there has been increasing attention on caring for children following a parent's cancer diagnosis or death, few studies include scalable evidence-based interventions to facilitate adjustment. The aim of this review was to summarize recent empirical studies that included interventions for minor children (0-18 years) with clear pre- and post-assessments of the child's psychological functioning from the time a parent is diagnosed with cancer through bereavement.

Methods: Two separate systematic reviews were conducted for interventions during either a parent's illness or bereavement.

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Background: Patients with recurrent cholangitis are at risk of developing life-threatening sepsis. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) involving oral nonabsorbable antibiotics has been primarily applied to children undergoing Kasai portoenterostomy surgery.

Methods: In this study, SDD containing colistin, tobramycin, and nystatin was administered to eight patients with recurrent cholangitis, and the incidence density before and after SDD administration was analyzed.

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Intensive care units (ICUs) rely in many instances on observational research and often encounter difficulties in establishing cause-and-effect relationships. After conducting a thorough search focused on ICU observational studies, this review analysed the causal language and evaluated the quality of reporting of the methodologies employed. The causal was assessed by analysing the words linking exposure to outcomes in the title and main objective.

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Background: Isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism (issPE) is a commonly encountered diagnosis. Although the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes are used for research, their validity for identifying issPE is unknown. Moreover, issPE diagnosis is challenging, and the findings from radiology reports may conflict with those from expert radiologists.

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Background: Chronic schistosomiasis can lead to significant morbidity. Serology is highly sensitive; however, its role in assessing treatment response is controversial. This study aimed to analyze serological values following treatment of chronic imported schistosomiasis.

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