Publications by authors named "Leah Arnold"
Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to identify the barriers and facilitators of reproductive justice in pediatric health care.
Introduction: Reproductive justice is defined as the right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, to have or not have children, and to parent children in safe and sustainable communities. The reproductive justice framework is often applied to adult women in conventional care settings; however, the need for health care guided by the framework should extend to all females of reproductive age in all care settings, including pediatric settings.
Objectives: To assess parents' first experiences of their very preterm babies and the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Design: Qualitative study using semistructured interviews.
Participants: 32 mothers and 7 fathers of very preterm babies (<32 weeks gestation).
Background: Invasive candidiasis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with health care-associated infection. The echinocandins have potent fungicidal activity against most Candida species, but there are few data comparing the safety and efficacy of echinocandins in the treatment of invasive candidiasis.
Methods: This was an international, randomized, double-blind trial comparing micafungin (100 mg daily) and micafungin (150 mg daily) with a standard dosage of caspofungin (70 mg followed by 50 mg daily) in adults with candidemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis.