Publications by authors named "T Takamasu"
Effectiveness of Nutrition Support Team Intervention in Pediatric Patients with Cancer.
J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo)
September 2024
Malnutrition in children with cancer is associated with poor prognosis. This study aimed to determine whether nutritional support team (NST) interventions prevent adverse events and improve the nutritional status in pediatric patients admitted for cancer treatment. This was a historical cohort study of pediatric patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, neuroblastoma, or brain tumor who received chemotherapy or underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We aimed to implement the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol for pediatric neuromuscular scoliosis (NMS) surgery and to examine the effectiveness of this program in this study.
Methods: Subjects were children with NMS who underwent scoliosis surgery at our department by a surgeon using a single posterior approach. A series of 27 cases before the introduction of ERAS and 27 cases during program stabilization were included in the study.
Article Synopsis
- Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass and strength, affects both adults and children, but its definitions and diagnostic criteria in pediatrics are not well-established, complicating interventions.
- A scoping review of existing literature identified 56 relevant studies on pediatric sarcopenia, noting that skeletal muscle mass is often measured by imaging techniques, although methods for diagnosing sarcopenia vary widely.
- The review concluded that while there is a correlation between sarcopenia and negative health outcomes in children, the absence of standardized cutoff values highlights a need for age, gender, and race-specific metrics for future assessment and intervention.