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| Title |
Prevalence of oral manifestations in children and adolescents with cancer submitted to chemotherapy
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| Published in |
BMC Oral Health, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12903-016-0331-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Deise Berger Velten, Eliana Zandonade, Maria Helena Monteiro de Barros Miotto |
| Abstract |
Oral complications may be observed during chemotherapy and are important side effects that may directly affect the anticancer treatment, even causing septicaemia in some cases. This research was done in order to evaluate changes in oral lesions during follow-up of children and adolescents in chemotherapy at Hospital Estadual Infantil Nossa Senhora da Glória (HEINSG). The study design was longitudinal, 45 patients were evaluated and monitored for 1 month after the initiation of chemotherapy. Twenty-eight patients were male and 17 female, ranging from 3 months to 18 years old. The results show an increase in the number of mucositis cases and a decrease in xerostomia cases after the initiation of treatment, and other oral lesions were also found in low numbers. It is possible to avoid oral complications by maintaining a good oral health, and reducing infectious outbreaks. It is also feasible to obtain an early diagnosis of, and treat these oral complications, preventing them from following a more severe clinical course that may negatively affect the individual's treatment. This outcome requires the presence of a dental surgeon on the multidisciplinary cancer treatment team. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 131 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 131 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Lecturer | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 15% |
| Unknown | 51 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 48 | 37% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Mathematics | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 5% |
| Unknown | 59 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 January 2017.
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#18,616,159
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Outputs from BMC Oral Health
#1,008
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#297,369
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Oral Health
#9
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