Knowledge and attitudes of pediatric clinicians regarding pediatric pain management.

Background: The professional knowledge and personal attitudes of pediatric clinicians regarding pediatric pain are the most important factors impacting pediatric pain relief care. Few studies have investigated the knowledge and attitudes regarding pediatric pain management of clinicians in Taiwan.

Purpose: Research purposes were to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of pediatric clinicians regarding pain management and to describe the barriers of applying pain management across pediatric and neonatal settings.

Effectiveness of Pediatric Palliative Care Education on Pediatric Clinicians.

A lack of knowledge and skills in pediatric palliative care may create hesitation in caring for children with serious life-threatening conditions and their families. Our research examined the effectiveness of pediatric palliative care training for pediatric clinicians. A pretest-posttest study provided educational training in pediatric palliative care to pediatric clinicians and used a pretest and a posttest to assess outcomes.

Comparison of the Educational Needs of Neonatologists and Neonatal Nurses Regarding Palliative Care in Taiwan.

Background: Education and training are very critical to development of high-quality neonatal palliative care. However, little investigation has been done into Taiwanese neonatal clinicians' educational needs regarding neonatal palliative care.

Purposes: The purposes of this study were to characterize and identify neonatal clinicians' educational needs regarding neonatal palliative care.

The educational needs of neonatal nurses regarding neonatal palliative care.

Background: Studies have shown that education can improve the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of neonatal nurses regarding neonatal palliative care. However, no study has investigated the need for neonatal nurse education in neonatal palliative care in Taiwan.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore neonatal nurses' experiences in caring for dying neonates and their educational backgrounds regarding palliative care, as well as to assess their educational needs.

Hyperglycemia: GDNF-EGR1 pathway target renal epithelial cell migration and apoptosis in diabetic renal embryopathy.

Maternal hyperglycemia can inhibit morphogenesis of ureteric bud branching, Glial cell line-derived neurotrophilic factor (GDNF) is a key regulator of the initiation of ureteric branching. Early growth response gene-1 (EGR-1) is an immediate early gene. Preliminary study found EGR-1 persistently expressed with GDNF in hyperglycemic environment.

Daily urinary interleukin-11 excretion correlated with proteinuria in IgA nephropathy and lupus nephritis.

Interleukin-11 (IL-11) is a multifunctional cytokine with both thrombopoietic and anti-inflammatory effects. In an animal study IL-11 was shown to reduce proteinuria in mice with necrotizing glomerulonephritis. The purpose of this current study is to explore the role of IL-11 in human glomerulonephritis.

Lumbosacral agenesis in a premature infant of a diabetic mother.

We report a non-familial case of lumbosacral agenesis born to a type 1 diabetic mother who had hyperglycemia during pregnancy despite regular insulin therapy. The male baby was noted to have atrophy of pelvis, flattening of the buttocks, and deformity of the lower limbs at birth. Spinal X-ray film revealed total agenesis of lumbar, sacral, and caudal spines.