Occupational Therapy: An Essential Component of Support for Young Children With Cancer.

We established a multidisciplinary early childhood clinic to support infants and toddlers receiving cancer treatment. The access to occupational therapy (OT) in this population is unknown. To describe the access to OT for infants and toddlers with cancer.

Outcomes of Hemodynamic Support With Impella for Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock at a Rural Community Hospital Without On-Site Surgical Back-up.

Aims: Impella 2.5 and Impella CP (Abiomed) are percutaneous left ventricular assist devices that can be easily deployed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory without need for surgery and provide effective hemodynamic support. The utility of Impella devices for management of acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock (AMI-CS) at a rural community hospital without on-site surgical back-up has not been reported.

The talking card: Randomized controlled trial of a novel audio-recording tool for asthma control.

Background: Asthma care plans typically include complicated written instructions. Customized, audio-recorded instructions may bridge health literacy gaps and improve treatment plan understanding.

Objective: To measure the effects of a recordable greeting card-style tool (Talking Card) on asthma control and parental care of children with asthma.

Drug-eluting stents in patients with end-stage renal disease.

Advanced coronary artery disease (CAD) and acute cardiac events are the most common causes of death in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, these patients are almost always excluded from trials examining innovations in medical and revascularization strategies for coronary disease. Extrapolation of trial conclusions regarding this high-risk patient population can be misleading because the risk-benefit ratios of various interventions are markedly different from those noted in patients with normal or mildly abnormal renal function.