Publications by authors named "L Hamiwka"
Introduction: The transition from pediatric to adult care poses challenges for adolescents and young adults (AYA) with chronic conditions and their caregivers. A patient navigator (PN) intervention may mitigate transition-related barriers.
Methods: A qualitative study was conducted within a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
Article Synopsis
- Solid organ transplantation is critical for saving lives in children, but the rate of pediatric organ donations is still low in Canada.
- A survey of Canadian organ donation organizations and pediatric transplant programs revealed considerable discrepancies in policies regarding organ allocation and acceptance criteria.
- There is a need for improved standardization in training, policies, and guidelines for pediatric organ donation and transplantation to enhance the process across the country.
Background: Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is a language model that may have the potential to revolutionize health care. The study purpose was to test whether ChatGPT could be used to create educational brochures about kidney transplant tailored for three target audiences: caregivers, teens and children.
Methods: Using a list of 25 educational topics, standardized prompts were employed to ensure content consistency in ChatGPT generation.
Flow-cytometric immune phenotyping is influenced by cryopreservation and inter-laboratory variability limiting comparability in multicenter studies. We assessed a system of optimized, pre-mixed dry-antibody panel tubes requiring small amounts of whole blood for validity, reliability and challenges in a Canadian multicenter study (POSITIVE) with long-distance sample shipping, using standardized protocols. Thirty-seven children awaiting solid-organ transplant were enrolled for parallel immune-phenotyping with both validated, optimized in-house panels and the dry-antibody system.
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