Publications by authors named "H Bakken"

Article Synopsis
  • The Pediatric Academic Societies highlight the importance of incorporating Community Health Workers (CHWs) in well-child care for low-income families, emphasizing their community trust and cultural relevance.
  • Integrating CHWs can alleviate pressure on clinicians by handling certain well-child care services, enhancing preventive care during crucial early childhood development.
  • Successful implementation requires collaboration among health systems, flexible adaptations to fit local needs, accessible training resources for CHWs, and research to inform best practices and payment models.
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Background: Telangiectatic osteosarcoma (TOS) is a rare and aggressive high-grade malignant neoplasm composed of blood-filled or empty cystic spaces resembling aneurysmal bone cysts. Uncommonly, TOSs can occur in the skull base.

Observations: The authors present a case of a TOS that presented as a petrocavernous carotid pseudoaneurysm and then masqueraded as an intracranial abscess.

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The implementation of technology in home-based services takes place in contextualised socio-material practices negotiated through interactions between a diversity of actors. Prerequisites for succeeding in this process are time and competence, and that use of the technology is experienced as meaningful, for both the support staff and the resident. In this article, we investigate how implementation of cognitive assistive technology (CAT) in home-based services for young adults with intellectual disabilities influences the support staff`s professional practice.

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Background: The 3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid E. coli/Coliform Count Plate is a selective and differential sample-ready-culture medium designed for the rapid enumeration of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and coliforms in the food and beverage industries.

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The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. We discuss a less common presentation of COVID-19 in a patient where the use of telemedicine technology prevented the exposure of the healthcare team in an academic general pediatrics clinic. A medically complex 20-year-old male presented via virtual visit for unilateral eye redness and discharge.

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