2024
Barriers to Effective Infection Prevention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Weser V, Crocker A, Murray T, Wright J, Truesdell E, Ciaburri R, Marks A, Martinello R, Hieftje K, Team H. Barriers to Effective Infection Prevention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Advances In Neonatal Care 2024, 24: 475-484. PMID: 39196970, DOI: 10.1097/anc.0000000000001195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatients' family membersInfection preventionFamily membersGroup of nursesReduce nurses’ burdenHand hygieneHospital-wide surveyIntensive care unitInductive content analysisDesign of educational interventionsCare unitNeonatal intensive care unitImprove patient outcomesEffective infection preventionHH educationNursing burdenEducational interventionFrontline staffHospital staffNeonatal nursesIP educationPatient's familyRisk of infection transmissionFocus groupsIP behavior
2023
The importance of escalating molecular diagnostics in patients with low-grade pediatric brain cancer
Al Assaad M, Gundem G, Liechty B, Sboner A, Medina J, Papaemmanuil E, Sternberg C, Marks A, Souweidane M, Greenfield J, Tran I, Snuderl M, Elemento O, Imielinski M, Pisapia D, Mosquera J. The importance of escalating molecular diagnostics in patients with low-grade pediatric brain cancer. Molecular Case Studies 2023, 9: a006275. PMID: 37652664, PMCID: PMC10815291, DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a006275.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric brain cancerPilocytic astrocytomaTargeted next-generation sequencingCase of pilocytic astrocytomaTumor size reductionLow-grade neoplasmsBrain cancerPediatric brain tumorsInternal tandem duplicationImpact treatment decisionsWhole-genome sequencingMolecular diagnosticsRNA-seq analysisRAS pathway activationNext-generation sequencingThalamic tumorsStable diseaseSuprasellar tumorsDabrafenib treatmentMultiple resectionsImprove patient outcomesTumor progressionWhole genomeRNA-seqTumor