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. 2024 Aug 29;16(17):2999.
doi: 10.3390/cancers16172999.

Intensive Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation in the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Setting: Feasibility and Perceived Benefit of the Acute Neurological Injury Service

Darcy Raches  1 , Amar Gajjar  2 , Giles W Robinson  2 , Jason M Ashford  1 , Martina Bryndziar  1 , April Huggins  1 , Sherry Lockett  3 , Allison Harris  3 , Hannah Taylor  3 , Ellen Bursi  3 , Heather M Conklin  1
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Intensive Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation in the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Setting: Feasibility and Perceived Benefit of the Acute Neurological Injury Service

Darcy Raches et al. Cancers (Basel). .

Abstract

(1) Background: Intensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation services more effectively promote recovery from acquired brain injury than a single discipline approach. However, research literature is lacking regarding the perceived feasibility and utility of an interdisciplinary approach across disciplines for patients within a tertiary care pediatric hematology/oncology setting. (2) Methods: The Acute Neurological Injury (ANI) service applied an acquired brain injury/inpatient rehabilitation interdisciplinary approach to a pediatric hematology/oncology population, with a focus on interdisciplinary communication, shared goal setting, and coordinated transition planning. Caregivers whose children received coordinated ANI program care were interviewed regarding the perceived feasibility and utility of ANI program components. (3) Results: An interdisciplinary approach to a pediatric hematology/oncology population is feasible for caregivers and for providers of rehabilitation and psychosocial services within a tertiary care cancer hospital setting. Parents perceived benefits from aspects of this approach including coordinated interdisciplinary care planning, the implementation of an interdisciplinary goal, parent brain injury education, neuropsychological assessment reports, and weekly cognitive intervention sessions. Parents were interested in both having a peer mentor while managing new cancer diagnoses and later serving in a mentor role for a newly diagnosed family. (4) Conclusions: An interdisciplinary acquired brain injury approach to a pediatric hematology/oncology population is feasible with perceived benefits to families managing new cancer diagnoses.

Keywords: cerebellar mutism syndrome; interdisciplinary rehabilitation; pediatric hematology/oncology; posterior fossa syndrome.

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Perceived ANI benefit.
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Neuropsychological assessment benefit by timepoint.
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Neuropsychological assessment shared.
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ANI feasibility.
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