Sentences with phrase «pediatric practices using»

A growing evidence base confirms that PTGs are cost - effective in reducing children's disruptive behaviors, 44,45 and offering them in pediatric practices using trained practice staff represents a critical opportunity to provide access to effective mental health care to a wide population.

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«Soy has a long history of use and is well integrated in pediatric practice.

This study, «Practice patterns of photon and proton pediatric image guided radiation treatment: Results from an International Pediatric Research Consortium,» evaluates the use of IGRT in treatment planning for pediatric cancers in an international consortium comprised of seven institutions using either photon or proton therapy with dedicated pediatric expertise.

Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is a commonly used modality to ensure treatment accuracy in the management of pediatric tumors; however, consensus recommendations are needed in order to guide clinical decisions on the use of IGRT in treating pediatric patients, according to a study published in the September - October 2014 issue of Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), the official clinical practice journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

Experts agree the treatment is transformative for patients with the Cheevers» form of CF. «We have just started using it in practice,» says Henry Dorkin, a pediatric pulmonary specialist and director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Children's Hospital in Boston.

In the consensus statement endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published in the December Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and Nutrition in Clinical Practice, the two organizations say: «The universal use of a single set of diagnostic parameters will expedite the recognition of pediatric undernutrition, lead to the development of more accurate estimates of its prevalence and incidence, direct interventions and promote improved outcomes.»

The Academy and ASPEN recommend that «a standardized set of diagnostic indicators be used to identify and document pediatric malnutrition (undernutrition) in routine clinical practice.»

Many veterinarians and shelters use the safe practice of pediatric sterilization.

The Parental Well - being Project of Dartmouth Medical School, which included 6 community pediatric practices in New Hampshire and Vermont, showed that pediatricians, using a simple 2 - question screen, could effectively screen for perinatal depression.

For parenting practices, we used established scales of nurturing behavior15 and parenting sense of competence.16 We developed and used a brief measure of self - efficacy for pediatric health care (Table 1).

Because ACEs seem to account for one half to two third of serious problems with drug use, progress in meeting the national goals for reducing drug use will necessitate serious attention to these types of common, stressful, and disturbing childhood experiences by pediatric practice.

Because this study sought to investigate the use of the PSC - 17 in a US primary care pediatric population, an additional 11106 patients screened in the specialty practices of developmental behavioral pediatricians and in 6 practices outside the United States were excluded.

Within this highly variable and multidimensional context, the AAP and others have encouraged pediatric providers to develop a screening schedule that uses age - appropriate, standardized tools to identify risk factors that are highly prevalent or relevant to their particular practice setting.29, 66,67 In addition to the currently recommended screenings at 9, 18, and 24/36 months to assess children for developmental delays, pediatric practices have been asked to consider implementing standardized measures to identify other family - or community - level factors that put children at risk for toxic stress (eg, maternal depression, parental substance abuse, domestic or community violence, food scarcity, poor social connectedness).

Two primary care pediatric practices had an evidence - based parenting program co-located in the practice for parents of children aged 2 — 12 years and two practices had the program available using an enhanced - referral procedure for locations external to the practices.

Numerous Project LAUNCH grantee sites use «family navigators» or «health navigators» embedded within pediatric primary care practices.