ChIMES

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ChIMES is a paediatric-specific measure of oral mucositis which assesses the patient’s daily experiences with mucositis including pain, function, use of pain medication, and appearance of the oral mucosa.

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We ask that you please cite the initial ChIMES paper as referenced below.

Jacobs S, Baggott C, Agarwal R, et al. Validation of the Children’s International Mucositis Evaluation Scale (ChIMES) in paediatric cancer and SCT. Br J Cancer. 2013 Nov 12;109(10):2515-22. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.618. Epub 2013 Oct 15. PMID: 24129238; PMCID: PMC3833212.