165 results match your criteria: "Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children[Affiliation]"

Background: There are scarce data on risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) in Asian populations. Our goal was to advance knowledge on reproductive -related risk factors for EOC in a large population of Asian women.

Methods: This study used pooled individual data from baseline questionnaires in 11 prospective cohorts (baseline years, 1958-2015) in the Asia Cohort Consortium.

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Background: Prenatal fish intake is a key source of omega-3 (ω-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids needed for brain development, yet intake is generally low, and studies addressing associations with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related traits are lacking.

Objective: This study aimed to examine associations of prenatal fish intake and ω-3 supplement use with both autism diagnosis and broader autism-related traits.

Methods: Participants were drawn from 32 cohorts in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort Consortium.

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Objective:  We aimed to investigate the relationship between admission hypothermia and outcomes among very preterm infants (VPIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in China. We also investigated the frequency of hypothermia in VPIs in China and the variation in hypothermia across Chinese Neonatal Network (CHNN) sites.

Study Design:  This retrospective cohort study enrolled infants with 24 to 31 weeks of gestation with an admission body temperature ≤37.

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Importance: The prevalence, pathophysiology, and long-term outcomes of COVID-19 (post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 [PASC] or "Long COVID") in children and young adults remain unknown. Studies must address the urgent need to define PASC, its mechanisms, and potential treatment targets in children and young adults.

Observations: We describe the protocol for the Pediatric Observational Cohort Study of the NIH's REsearching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative.

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  • * The study analyzed data from over 22,000 pregnant participants and found that those living in food insecure areas tended to have lower birth weights and higher chances of having small-for-gestational-age babies.
  • * Individual food insecurity did not show a significant association with birth outcomes, suggesting that neighborhood food access may be a more critical factor during pregnancy.
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Background: Children with relapsed central nervous system (CNS tumors), neuroblastoma, sarcomas, and other rare solid tumors face poor outcomes. This prospective clinical trial examined the feasibility of combining genomic and transcriptomic profiling of tumor samples with a molecular tumor board (MTB) approach to make real‑time treatment decisions for children with relapsed/refractory solid tumors.

Methods: Subjects were divided into three strata: stratum 1-relapsed/refractory neuroblastoma; stratum 2-relapsed/refractory CNS tumors; and stratum 3-relapsed/refractory rare solid tumors.

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  • The study focused on comparing running biomechanics and patient-reported outcomes in individuals with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) before and after arthroscopy, against age-matched controls.
  • Nineteen subjects participated, including ten with FAIS and nine controls, and various performance measures were evaluated using statistical analysis.
  • Results showed that while patients with FAIS achieved similar UCLA activity scores to controls postoperatively, they exhibited altered running biomechanics and lower scores in certain functional outcomes, indicating the need for tailored rehabilitation approaches.
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Background: Previous studies in the general population observed that compared with non-Hispanic White women, Pacific Islander and Black women have higher age-adjusted mortality rates from epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), while Asian American patients have lower mortality. We investigated whether race and ethnicity is associated with differences in EOC survival in a United States Military population where patients have equal access to healthcare.

Methods: This retrospective study included women diagnosed with EOC between 2001 and 2018 among Department of Defense beneficiaries.

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Children with asthma and obesity are more likely to have lower vitamin D levels, but the optimal replacement dose is unknown in this population. The objective of this study is identifying a vitamin D dose in children with obesity-related asthma that safely achieves serum vitamin D levels of ≥ 40 ng/mL. This prospective multisite randomized controlled trial recruited children/adolescents with asthma and body mass index ≥ 85% for age/sex.

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Purpose: There are racial and ethnic differences in endometrial cancer incidence and mortality rates; compared with Non-Hispanic White women, Black women have a similar incidence rate for endometrial cancer, but their mortality is higher. Pacific Islander women may also have worse outcomes compared to their White counterparts. We assessed tumor characteristics and adjuvant therapy by racial and ethnic group among endometrial cancer patients treated within the Military Health System, an equal access healthcare organization.

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Children with relapsed/refractory (R/R) neuroblastoma (NB) and medulloblastoma (MB) have poor outcomes. We evaluated the efficacy of nifurtimox (Nfx) in a clinical trial for children with R/R NB and MB. Subjects were divided into three strata: first relapse NB, multiply R/R NB, and R/R MB.

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  • - The RECOVER-Pediatrics study aims to investigate the prevalence and long-term effects of Long COVID (PASC) in children and young adults, addressing the need for more research in this area.
  • - The study recruits caregiver-child pairs and young adults across 100+ sites in the U.S., focusing on a diverse group of participants with and without prior SARS-CoV-2 infections, and will collect data over several years through various tiers of assessments.
  • - The ultimate goal of the study is to understand the clinical trajectory, mechanisms, and sociodemographic factors related to pediatric PASC, thereby contributing to potential treatments and public health responses.
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Eat, Sleep, Console Approach or Usual Care for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal.

N Engl J Med

June 2023

From the Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington (L.W.Y.); the Departments of Biostatistics (S.T.O., Z.H., J.Y.L.) and Pediatrics (J.N.S.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock; the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Perinatal Institute and the Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati (S.L.M., W.R., J.M.M.), the Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (M.C.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus (E.F.B.); the Institutional Development Awards Program of the States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network, Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, National Institutes of Health, Rockville (A.E.S.), and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda (A.A.B., R.D.H., M.C.W.) - both in Maryland; the Social, Statistical, and Environmental Sciences Unit, RTI International, Research Triangle Park (A.D., M.M.C.), and the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine (R.G.G., P.B.S.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Duke University (S.K.S.), Durham - all in North Carolina; Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta (B.B.P.); the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers (R.D.H.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa (T.W.); St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Edgewood (W.R.), and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville (S.T., L.A.D.) - both in Kentucky; the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, ChristianaCare, Newark, DE (D.A.P.); the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque (J.R.M.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City (C.M.F.); the Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo (A.M.R.), and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester (J. Riccio) - both in New York; the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City (D.W.H.); the Medical University of South Carolina, Health Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, Charleston (J. Ross), and the Department of Pediatrics, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg (J.B.) - both in South Carolina; the Section on Newborn Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital (K.M.P.), and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (L.C.), Philadelphia; the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu (K.W.R., A.); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (L.T.); Winchester Hospital, Winchester, MA (K.R.M.); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center (K.D.), and Children's Mercy Hospital (J.W.) - both in Kansas City, MO; Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD (J.R.W.); Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans (M.P.H.); and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (S.N.).

Background: Although clinicians have traditionally used the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool to assess the severity of neonatal opioid withdrawal, a newer function-based approach - the Eat, Sleep, Console care approach - is increasing in use. Whether the new approach can safely reduce the time until infants are medically ready for discharge when it is applied broadly across diverse sites is unknown.

Methods: In this cluster-randomized, controlled trial at 26 U.

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Infant Body Composition in an Asian Pacific Islander Population.

J Racial Ethn Health Disparities

December 2023

University of Hawaii Department of Pediatrics, John A Burns School of Medicine and Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, 1319 Punahou St, Honolulu, HI, 96826, USA.

Background: Normative infant body composition data using air displacement plethysmography (ADP) are from primarily Caucasian populations. Racial differences may exist.

Objectives: To describe body composition in Asian and Pacific Islander infants and compare them to previously published data on Caucasian infants.

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Context: Symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) is a painful condition that leads to decreased function. How walking gait changes over time within the first year after surgery for FAIS and how these changes present in women are currently unknown.

Objective: To determine biomechanical gait differences between women with FAIS or labral tears and control individuals preoperatively and at 3 and 6 months postoperatively.

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Pattern recognition receptor ligand-induced differentiation of human transitional B cells.

PLoS One

September 2022

Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States of America.

B cells represent a critical component of the adaptive immune response whose development and differentiation are determined by antigen-dependent and antigen-independent interactions. In this study, we explored the effects of IL-4 and pattern-recognition receptor (PRR) ligands on B cell development and differentiation by investigating their capacity to drive the in vitro maturation of human transitional B cells. In the presence of IL-4, ligands for TLR7/8, TLR9, and NOD1 were effective in driving the in vitro maturation of cord blood transitional B cells into mature, naïve B cells as measured by CD23 expression, ABCB1 transporter activation and upregulation of sIgM and sIgD.

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Importance: There is substantial variability among emergency departments (EDs) in their readiness to care for acutely ill and injured children, including US trauma centers. While high ED pediatric readiness is associated with improved in-hospital survival among children treated at trauma centers, the association between high ED readiness and long-term outcomes is unknown.

Objective: To evaluate the association between ED pediatric readiness and 1-year survival among injured children presenting to 146 trauma centers.

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Introduction: Over the past five decades, the diagnosis and management of children with various malignancies have improved tremendously. As a result, an increasing number of children are long-term cancer survivors. With improved survival, however, has come an increased risk of treatment-related cardiovascular complications that can appear decades later.

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  • Children with treatment-refractory or relapsed tumors often have poor outcomes, and the genetic factors contributing to these conditions are not fully understood.
  • A study of 202 patients revealed that relapsed tumors had higher mutational burdens than untreated ones, with over 40% displaying mutations linked to previous chemotherapy treatments.
  • Analysis showed variations in neoantigens and immune cell presence, hinting at tumor evolution and resistance mechanisms that complicate treatment strategies.
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A 21-year-old man who had an initial misdiagnosis of chest wall cellulitis and sepsis presented to the emergency department with chest pain. Electrocardiogram demonstrated ST-segment elevation in the inferior leads. Cardiac catheterization identified diffuse aneurysmal dilation and thrombosis of the distal right coronary artery.

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Introduction And Importance: Appendicitis is an extremely common surgical problem, especially in the pediatric population. However, leukemic infiltration of the appendix is rare and even more so is having acute appendicitis as the initial manifestation.

Case Presentation: The patient is a 2-year-old female with multiple febrile illnesses since birth, who presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of abdominal pain, fever, and decreased appetite.

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Research Question: Can artificial intelligence (AI) discriminate a blastocyst's cellular area from unedited time-lapse image files using semantic segmentation and a deep learning optimized U-Net architecture for use in selecting single blastocysts for transfer?

Design: This platform was retrospectively applied to time-lapse files from 101 sequentially transferred single blastocysts that were prospectively selected for transfer by their highest expansion ranking within cohorts using a 10 h expansion assay rather than standard grading.

Results: The AI platform provides expansion curves and raw data files to classify and compare blastocyst phenotypes within both cohorts and populations. Of 35 sequential unbiopsied single blastocyst transfers, 23 (65.

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Background: Anthropometric and hormone-related factors are established endometrial cancer risk factors; however, little is known about the impact of these factors on endometrial cancer risk in non-White women.

Methods: Among 110,712 women participating in the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study, 1150 incident invasive endometrial cancers were diagnosed. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations with endometrial cancer risk for race/ethnicity and for risk factors across racial/ethnic groups were calculated.

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