Publications by authors named "Catherine Chao"

Mental health experts recognize that comprehensive communications programs play a role in addressing the mental health crisis in the United States. In order to reframe discourses around mental health, reduce stigma, and increase prioritization of mental health, the Ad Council conducted extensive research that has fueled the development of "Love, Your Mind," a national communications campaign launched in October 2023 with founding support from Huntsman Mental Health Institute. This article focuses on insights derived from a large-scale audience segmentation study that identified six segments across total U.

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Radiation-induced hemorrhagic gastritis is a serious and rare complication of radiation therapy. Optimal therapies in the pediatric population are not well established. We report a 2-year-old female diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma who developed hemorrhagic gastritis following chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

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Although combined multichannel intraluminal impedance/esophageal pH monitoring (MII-pH) has replaced prolonged pH monitoring alone for assessing gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in the pediatric population, it does so in the absence of reference values for non-acid GER (NAGER). The purpose of this study was to identify a normal range of NAGER impedance values for infants and children. We evaluated EPM/MII tracings for patients referred for GER assessment to Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH), Inova Children's Hospital, and Hospital Italiano (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

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Background: Isoniazid (INH) therapy for tuberculosis carries a known risk for hepatoxicity, and leads to hepatic failure in a small subset of patients. This incidence has been described for adults, but is uncertain in children. Our aim was to estimate the incidence of pediatric referrals for INH-related liver failure, and to describe the characteristics and outcomes of these patients.

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