Publications by authors named "Preet Gujral"

Context: Of the estimated 21 million children world-wide who need access to pediatric palliative care (PPC), about 97% currently reside in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Access to PPC programs in LMIC are limited, and successful strategies and barriers to program implementation remain understudied.

Objectives: We conducted a systematic review to characterize the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of PPC program implementation in LMIC.

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Objectives: To explore experiences of pediatric clinicians participating in a serious illness communication program (SICP) for advance care planning (ACP), examining how the SICP supports clinicians to improve their communication and the challenges of implementing new communication tools into clinical practice.

Methods: A qualitative description study using individual interviews with a diverse group of pediatric clinicians who participated in 2.5-hour SICP training workshops at pediatric tertiary hospitals.

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Introduction And Hypothesis: Patients with vaginal pessaries can learn to care for their pessary by themselves or they can have provider-led care, which requires more frequent follow-up visits. We aimed to understand motivations for and barriers to learning self-care of a pessary to inform strategies to promote pessary self-care.

Methods: In this qualitative study, we recruited patients recently fitted with a pessary for stress incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse, and providers who perform pessary fittings.

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Background: Extrapyramidal symptoms (EPSs) are adverse effects of antipsychotics. Different risks of EPSs have been attributed to the 3 classes of antipsychotics. This study aimed to assess EPS in a clinical sample of schizophrenia patients who are on LAI and compare the severity of EPSs among the following 3 antipsychotic groups: (1) partial agonist, (2) second-generation antipsychotics, and (3) first-generation antipsychotics.

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