Publications by authors named "Lahoud A"

Parental accommodation (i.e., modifying behavior to reduce child distress) is among the most empirically supported anxiety enhancing parenting practices; while emotional warmth (i.

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Aim: Pediatric food allergy represents a significant public health burden. In order to avoid allergen consumption, adequate management requires daily vigilance and involvement from parents, frequently leading to increased parental anxiety. While specific anxiogenic parenting practices (i.

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Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) are repeated actions to one's body resulting in physical damage. Limited research has examined sleep, a known factor in psychological health, within the context of pediatric BFRBs. The current study sought to explore the connection between disordered sleep and BFRBs in a community sample.

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Purpose: Manual wheelchair (MWC) confidence is a predictor of adult life-space mobility and social participation. To date, scientific literature specific to pediatric MWC confidence is scarce which prevents in-depth understanding. The objective of this study was to explore the perceptions of pediatric MWC users (PMWU), parents, and occupational therapists regarding pediatric MWC confidence.

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  • The study aimed to identify risk factors for pseudarthrosis in long-segment spinal fusions and evaluate methods to mitigate this complication.
  • Among 524 patients, 12.4% developed pseudarthrosis, with factors like fusion length and surgical techniques (e.g., osteotomy and pelvic fixation) influencing its occurrence.
  • Pseudarthrosis rates are not linked to spinal alignment, but using anterior approaches with support can reduce its incidence by 30%.
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Neuroinflammation confers changes in brain function (i.e., behavior) that are hypothesized to be adaptive in the short-term, but detrimental (e.

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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) account for 5% of all gastric tumors. Preoperative diagnosis is relatively difficult because biopsy samples are rarely obtained during fibergastroscopy. Surgical radical resection is the gold standard treatment, allowing pathologic study for both diagnosis and prognosis.

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