Predictors of treatment failure for non-severe childhood pneumonia in developing countries--systematic literature review and expert survey--the first step towards a community focused mHealth risk-assessment tool?

Background: Improved referral algorithms for children with non-severe pneumonia at the community level are desirable. We sought to identify predictors of oral antibiotic failure in children who fulfill the case definition of World Health Organization (WHO) non-severe pneumonia. Predictors of greatest interest were those not currently utilized in referral algorithms and feasible to obtain at the community level.

Content, quality, and readability of website information on dental care for patients with cancer.

Objective: This study assessed content, quality, and readability of patient-directed Internet materials about dental care support and oral toxicities/complications of cancer therapy.

Study Design: A total of 32 websites meeting inclusion criteria from a Google search using terms "cancer>dental>care" were categorized for parameters of content, benchmarks for website quality as defined by JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), display of the Health on the Net (HON) seal, and Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES).

Results: Treatment modalities included radiation therapy, chemotherapy, stem cell transplant, and surgery.

Effects of exercise training amount on physical activity energy expenditure.

Introduction: We examined the effects of three exercise training interventions on total physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) or nonexercise PAEE in a randomized controlled trial where sedentary, overweight, and obese men and women were assigned to inactive control, low-amount/moderate-intensity, low-amount/vigorous-intensity, or high-amount/vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise.

Methods: To measure PAEE, triaxial RT3 accelerometers were worn by subjects for 7 d at the beginning and end of an 8-month exercise intervention. In total, 50 subjects (control, n = 8; two low-amount groups, n = 28; high-amount group, n = 14) had usable PAEE data collected at both time points.

Articaine use in children among dental practitioners.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine local anesthetic selection and dentists' use of articaine in children.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional survey design, a questionnaire regarding the use of local anesthetics in children was mailed to a random sample of dentists and all pediatric dentists from North Carolina and Virginia. The 16-item questionnaire included questions regarding the preferred local anesthetic used in children.