Higher Mortality When Children on Mechanical Ventilation Are Cared for Outside ICUs: National Japanese Cohort Signals Need for Pediatric ICU Centralization
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Higher Mortality When Children on Mechanical Ventilation Are Cared for Outside ICUs: National Japanese Cohort Signals Need for Pediatric ICU Centralization

A national retrospective cohort of 129,375 mechanically ventilated children in Japan found most received care on general wards and that ward care was associated with higher in-hospital mortality than ICU care after propensity matching (6.4% vs 4.1%; OR 1.49). Findings raise systems-level questions about pediatric critical care capacity and centralization.
Half of Long‑Term Head and Neck Cancer Survivors Report Unmet Supportive Care Needs — A Multinational Cohort Highlights Clinical and System Drivers
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Half of Long‑Term Head and Neck Cancer Survivors Report Unmet Supportive Care Needs — A Multinational Cohort Highlights Clinical and System Drivers

A multinational cross‑sectional study of 1,097 head and neck cancer survivors >5 years after diagnosis found that ~50% report moderate‑to‑high unmet supportive care needs, driven by HNC‑specific, psychological and physical/daily living concerns and associated with personal, clinical, lifestyle and health‑system factors.