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Showing 1 to 20 of 331 for “"Paediatrics and Child Health"”.
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A study on the effect of HIV infection on the duration of the stabilization phase of children with severe acute malnutrition at the University Teaching Hospital, department of paediatrics and child health, Lusaka, Zambia
… on the Duration of the Stabilization Phase in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. Background: Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is a major cause of under 5 mortality in developing countries. The prevalence of HIV infection in children with …
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A study on the effect of HIV infection on the duration of the stabilization phase of children with severe acute malnutrition at the University Teaching Hospital, department of paediatrics and child health, Lusaka, Zambia
… on the Duration of the Stabilization Phase in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. Background: Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is a major cause of under 5 mortality in developing countries. The prevalence of HIV infection in children with …
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Profile of acute bacterial meningitis in children aged between 1 and 59 months admitted to the paediatric wards at the UTH, Lusaka
… on the profile of acute bacterial meningitis in children aged between 1 and 59 months admitted to the paediatric wards at the UTH, Lusaka was carried out in the Department of Paediatrics and Child health, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka from 1 st April 2002 to 31 st December 2002 (9 months). …
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Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP): a retrospective review of all children diagnosed with a VAP during 2017 and 2018, in the PICU, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital.
… (VAP) is a common hospital acquired infection in children leading to an increase in morbidity and mortality. A study conducted in our PICU in 2013, showed that VAP rates decreased dramatically after implementation of a VAP bundle and appointing a VAP coordinator, to 4/1000 ventilator days. As part …
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A profile of children with traumatic brain injury admitted to the Red Cross War Memorial Children?s Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Cape Town, South Africa, between 2015 and 2019
A Profile of Children with Traumatic Brain Injury Admitted to the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Cape Town, South Africa, between 2015 and 2019 Background: Paediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a public health problem with high morbidity and …
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Epidemiology of pertussis in children hospitalised with respiratory tract infection
… pertussis substantially reduced the morbidity and mortality from pertussis, however, in the last decade there appears to have been a substantial increase in pertussis cases as reported mainly in high income countries. Although it is believed that the greatest burden of pertussis, including …
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Children referred with lennox-gastaut syndrome in the Western Cape of South Africa
… one of the most common refractory epilepsies of childhood with significant morbidity and mortality. However there is paucity of data of this syndrome in resource limited settings (RLS). We sought to delineate the phenomenology, diagnosis, aetiologies, management and outcomes of children referred …
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Vaccination Of Preterm Infants: Knowledge And Practices Of Healthcare Workers In South Africa
Objective: To determine practices and knowledge of healthcare workers (HCWs) regarding vaccination of preterm infants in South Africa (S.A) Study design: Online cross-sectional survey of HCWs involved in neonatal care in state and private neonatal intensive-care units in S.A. Results: A total of …
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Spectrum, progression and predictors of morbidity in perinatally HIV-infected adolescents on antiretroviral therapy
Background: Long term survival of children living with HIV due to improved early access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is contributing to a growing population of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV (PHIV+) at risk of developing chronic multisystem comorbidity. There is limited …
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Epidemiology of pertussis in children hospitalised with respiratory tract infection
… pertussis substantially reduced the morbidity and mortality from pertussis, however, in the last decade there appears to have been a substantial increase in pertussis cases as reported mainly in high income countries. Although it is believed that the greatest burden of pertussis, including …
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Investigation of Copy Number Variation in South African Patients with Congenital Heart Defects
… non-infectious cause of paediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide and a significant social and healthcare burden. The aetiology of CHD is poorly understood, though heritable genetic factors including copy number variants (CNVs) have been shown to contribute to the risk of CHD in individuals …
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An analysis of the causes of, and substandard care associated with, maternal deaths in the Lowland districts of Lesotho 1994-1998
… quoted figure (282/100,000 live births) and the various estimates that have been made over the years. It was only in 1997 that a survey based on active case finding revealed a maternal mortality rate of738/100,000 live births. The researchers noted that not all cases of maternal deaths …
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A Description of the Use of Sildenafil in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
Background. The clinical profiles of African children with pulmonary hypertension (PH) are largely unknown. Sildenafil is the only available oral treatment for PH in South Africa (SA) and is widely used, mostly off-label, despite little evidence for safety or efficacy. Objectives. To describe the …
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A retrospective review of all children admitted with acute severe asthma to the paediatric intensive care unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital between 2009-2019.
Background and Aim Asthma is one of the commonest chronic conditions of childhood and affects children worldwide. The majority of children who experience an acute exacerbation of asthma do not require admission to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). There is limited data on the admission …
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Development of a process to support stakeholder engaged children's nursing workforce planning for high-need, lower-resourced Primary Health Care systems in Malawi
… stakeholders to agree about the desired roles and contributions of advanced and specialist nurses across different tiers of service delivery. Role descriptions can help to reduce role confusion and inform workforce planning if stakeholders use them to establish a shared contextual basis for …
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Cystic fibrosis in South Africa: spectrum of disease, diagnosis, and determinants of outcome
… but much less is known about the epidemiology and outcomes of CF in low-or-middle income countries (LMIC) compared with high income settings. Continued improvement in CF-related outcomes and survival witnessed in the past decades is attributed to multiple factors yet sub-optimal quality of CF …
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An Assessment of Critically Ill Children admitted to a General High Care Unit in a Regional Hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa
Background Many critically ill children in South Africa are cared for in regional hospitals by general Paediatricians. Critically ill adults and children are usually cared for in the same units. There is limited data on the numbers of children admitted and the outcomes of these children. Objective …
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Clinical Characterization of Children and Adolescents with Disorders of Sex Development Atending a Tertiary Centre in the Western Cape, South Africa
… to describe the presentation, classification, and underlying causes, where possible, of Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) cases in a middleincome country in Africa. Methods: This was a retrospective review of all DSD cases referred to a Paediatric Endocrine unit in a tertiary hospital in South …
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The effect of device position and use of transparent covers on the irradiance distribution of LED phototherapy devices
… Effective phototherapy reduces neonatal jaundice and its complications. Irradiance increases as the distance of the light source decreases from a single phototherapy light. There are limited studies of the effect of distance and positional changes on different LED light designs on achieving …
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A descriptive study of vancomycin usage at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town
… To document the use, prescribing practices and monitoring of intravenous vancomycin and the spectrum of bacteria isolated on microbiological culture in children treated with intravenous vancomycin during a 12-month period at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH). Methods: A …
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