https://ijipem.com/index.php/ijipem/issue/feed 2026-07-05T17:17:30+00:00 Editorial Office refertan@fastmail.fm Open Journal Systems <p>The International Journal of Integrative Pediatrics and Environmental Medicine is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal that publishes original research, reviews, case reports, and letters focused on the interactions between children and their physical and psychological environment. Journal topics center on modifiable factors, such as environmental pollution, child-parent relationships, social circumstances, quality of life of the sick child, ill-child school performance, mental health, and sensitivity to environmental factors. Topics concerning the integration of conventional pediatrics with complementary and alternative medicine for children and research about environmental impacts on cellular and molecular mechanisms of development are of great interest.</p> <p>Conventional medicine papers relevant to pediatrics are very welcome.</p> <p>&nbsp; The journal is now in the "Gold Rush" collection library and indexed in CiteFactor, ROAD (https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2368-4275), Academic Resource Index, and the <strong>ICI World of Journals</strong> - one of the largest international databases of scientific journals.&nbsp;</p> https://ijipem.com/index.php/ijipem/article/view/128 2026-07-05T17:17:30+00:00 Rhonda Idemmili ridemmili@mdanderson.org Kelsey Reardon kelsey.reardon@fairview.org Bruce Lindgren lindg001@umn.edu Karim Sadak ktsadak@umn.edu Lynn Gershan lgershan@umn.edu Asmaa Ferdjallah aferdjal@gmail.com

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Background/Objectives: Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia during cancer therapy may lead to treatment delays, chemotherapy dose reduction, and life-threatening infections. Acupuncture and related techniques have received increased interest in adult oncology resulting in improved blood cell counts in several clinical trials. Methods: This case disease matched historical control pilot study sought to evaluate the effects of daily acupressure treatment in increasing the absolute neutrophil count of hospitalized pediatric oncology patients with febrile neutropenia. Twelve patients were enrolled with a median age of 15.8 years. Results: All enrolled patients received daily acupressure treatments and none experienced treatment-related adverse events. There was no trend towards decreased days to blood cell count recovery (p=0.352) and length of stay (p=0.431) in cases as compared to controls. This pilot study, comparing cases and matched historical controls, supports the feasibility of acupressure as a safe and accessible method of supportive care for pediatric oncology patients. Conclusions: Further studies are needed to explore the role for and efficacy of acupressure to support blood cell count recovery in pediatric oncology.</span></p>

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