This 14th biannual report of the Cochrane Haematological Malignancies Group (CHMG) highlights recently published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the field of hemato-oncology, covering the publication period from March 2011 to October 2011. Implications for clinical practice and methodological aspects are the main principles for selecting trials for this report. Studies were identified by...

We intended to evaluate the impact of coping strategies on the intensity of stress on hemato-oncology nurses, using a transversal analytical study conducted with 18 nurses between March and April of 2010. We used a form for socio-demographic characterization, the Occupational Coping Scale to evaluate the coping strategies and the Nurses Stress Inventory to evaluate the stress. There was no sign...

Infectious complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with hemato-oncological diseases. Although disease-related immunosuppression represents one factor, aggressive treatment regimens, such as chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation, or antibody treatment, account for a large proportion of infectious side effects. With the advent of targeted therapies affecting speci...

It has recently been reported that the ob gene receptor was expressed on human and murine hematopoietic stem cells and that the ob gene product leptin stimulated hemato- and lymphopoiesis at the stem cell level. These findings suggest a role for leptin in hemato- and lymphopoiesis during fetal development. There is at present no evidence, however, that leptin is synthesized and released by the ...

This paper intends to describe the demand for referrals stomatology service requested by medical teams inpatients in a reference hospital south of Brazil. research is retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study focusing on data collection and assessment information about unit carried out from January 2008 December 2018. All was obtained management software database, then transferred analyze...

Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: Az onkológia, így a hemato-onkológia területén szájon át alkalmazható, nem hormonhatású, specifikus fehérje támadásponttal rendelkező (ismertebb nevén célzott terápiás) daganatellenes gyógyszerek megjelenése új fejezetet nyitott, sőt, napjainkra 10 leggyakrabban használt onkológiai szer közé bekerült hemato-onkológiában ruxolitinib és imatinib. E alkalmazásának fő előny...

Increased incidence of children diagnosed with cancer and survivors was an impact on changes in pediatric hemato-oncology nursing care. In this review article, it is aimed to investigate the new trends and recent care approaches in pediatric oncology nursing. The recent care topics were common in the literature as family-centered care, technology-based care, program development, primary care of...

Nosocomial Sphingomonas paucimobilis infections can arise from contaminated water and the contaminated hands of hospital staff. Within a 1-month period, we isolated six S. paucimobilis strains, including four from blood cultures of four patients and two from hospital environment specimens including tap water and a bathtub in a hemato/oncology unit. We described here these strains' molecular epi...