https://www.ijipem.com/index.php/ijipem <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> en-US <p>Policy for Articles with Open Access<br><br>Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:<br><br>Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.<br><br>Authors are permitted and encouraged to post links to their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.</p> refertan@fastmail.fm (Editorial Office) refertan@fastmail.fm (Editorial Office) Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:50:05 +0000 OJS 3.1.2.4 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://www.ijipem.com/index.php/ijipem/article/view/128 <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> Rhonda Idemmili, Kelsey Reardon, Bruce Lindgren, Karim Sadak, Lynn Gershan, Asmaa Ferdjallah Copyright (c) 2026 International Journal of Integrative Pediatrics and Environmental Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://www.ijipem.com/index.php/ijipem/article/view/128 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:02:27 +0000