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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"case fatality"”.
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Child malnutrition mortality at St Barnabas Hospital is high - is it due to practices and attitudes of staff?: a study in a rural district hospital
The case fatality rate for malnutrition at St Barnabas Hospital over the past years has been around 38%. The rates in other district hospitals in the Eastern Cape province were found to be in excess of 30%. In June 2000, the Eastern Cape Department of Health introduced a protocol for in-patient …
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Trend Analysis of Automobile Collision Amongst 15-19 year olds in Virginia, 2000-2004
… in hospitalization rates, mortality rates, and case-fatality rates, for both males and females combined. The different Tables illustrate the extent and the impact of automobile collision in terms of demographics and characteristics of hospitalizations, types of hospitalizations, hospitalization …
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Responding to the Pandemic: A Multicountry Study on Social-Political Factors and Health Outcomes of COVID-19
… assess the relationship between democracy and case fatality rate of COVID-19 by controlling for the effect of age, comorbidity, health expenditure, healthcare workforce, and population density; and (3) identify the trajectory pattern cases peak days, deaths peak days, and peak periods.</p> …
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Community-based therapeutic care: treating severe acute malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa
… 1.5 million preventable child deaths each year. Case fatality rates in hospitals treating SAM remain at 20-30%, and coverage of those affected remains low. Training and support to improve centre-based management can reduce case fatality rates. However, an exclusive inpatient approach does not …
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The Epidemiology and Management of Ischaemic Heart Disease in New Zealand: A Series of National Routine Health Data-Linkage Studies
… statin use, acute revascularisation and case fatality in people hospitalised with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The latter five studies were focused on all hospitalised and fatal IHD, examining pre-hospital IHD case fatality and contemporary trends in IHD hospitalisations, deaths, …
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The molecular diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in children using nasopharyngeal aspirate samples
… in HIV-infected children with in-hospital case-fatality rates ranging from 20-63%.
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Trend and factors associated with neonatal mortality among neonates admitted at the women and newborn hospital of the university teaching hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia.
… during the study period with differences in case fatality rates as 2019 had increased case fatality rate compared to 2018. Factors associated with an increased odds of dying were not attending antenatal care (AOR=2.09, 95% CI [1.46 - 2.99] p <0.0001), parity (AOR=1.09, 95% CI [1.02 – 1.16] …
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The production of a Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus diagnostic antigen in plants
… part of the Bunyaviridae family. CCHFV has a case fatality rate of approximately 40%. Current diagnostic methods for CCHFV involve the use of live virus antigen, requiring biosafety level 4 (BSL4) conditions for safe handling. The development of a safer diagnostic reagent for detection of this …
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Dysregulated TFH cell and germinal center activation in mice with severe Orientia tsutsugamushi infection
… the Asia-Pacific region, with about one million cases reported every year. Its high case fatality rates and impact during WWII and the Vietnam War justify vaccine development; however, little is known regarding B cell responses or B/T cell crosstalk during infection. Our transcriptomic analyses …
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A quality of care assessment of the management of obstetric haemorrhage in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services
… 2007 using a criterion based audit methodology. Cases of severe obstetric haemorrhage were identified prospectively. Folders were reviewed and data collection sheets utilized to: 1. Describe the demographics and causes of obstetric haemorrhage in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services, 2. …
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Epidemiology of stroke in an urban population - aspects of time, place and person
… or weekday and incidence of stroke. However, the case-fatality rate (within 28 days) was significantly higher among patients with stroke in winter. Several studies have shown that divorced or widowed men and women have higher mortality rates than those who are married. Whether incidence of stroke …
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Blood stream infections in oncology patients at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town
… centre studies, 2 systematic reviews and 1 case report. All were observational studies. This literature review showed that BSI is a frequent and important cause of morbidity and mortality in paediatric oncology. Gram-positive bacteria was noted to be the leading type of pathogen causing BSI. …
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Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia at a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
… identified. The annual incidence of SAB was 3.28 cases per 1000 hospital admissions. MRSA was responsible for 26% of SAB and 72% of nosocomial infections. Only six possible cases of community-acquired MRSA infections were described. MSSA bacteraemia was more likely to present as pulmonary and bone …
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The introduction of incompatibility between Junin virus Z protein and other viral proteins results in impaired replication and attenuation
… hemorrhagic fever (AHF). AHF resulted in 15-20% case fatality during epidemics until the introduction of a vaccine that drastically reduced the incidence of the disease. This live-attenuated vaccine, Candid#1 (Can), contained many amino acid divergences from wild type JUNV that may contribute to …
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Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Zambian children: Highlighting the changing pattern in the Aetiology of Bacterial Meningitis in Zambia
… male to female ratio was 1.2:1, almost 90% of cases came from high density areas of Lusaka. Clinical manifestations ranged from fever with neck stiffness alone, to associated septic shock with petechial rash. The commonest complaints were fever (99%), anorexia (88.5%), headache (73.8%), …
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Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Zambian children: Highlighting the changing pattern in the Aetiology of Bacterial Meningitis in Zambia
… male to female ratio was 1.2:1, almost 90% of cases came from high density areas of Lusaka. Clinical manifestations ranged from fever with neck stiffness alone, to associated septic shock with petechial rash. The commonest complaints were fever (99%), anorexia (88.5%), headache (73.8%), …
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Peripheral Leukocytes and Intracerebral Hemorrhage
… count was independently associated with 30-day case-fatality in ICH patients who presented to the emergency department within 12 hours of symptom onset. Absolute monocyte count, a readily available and ubiquitous biomarker at presentation in ICH patients, may represent a novel prognostic tool …
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Elucidation of Mechanisms of Host Immunity against Orientia tsutsugamushi in a Newly Developed Murine Model
… can cause severe multiorgan failure with a case fatality rate of 7-15%. The current gaps in the knowledge of immunity include the unknown mechanisms of host immunity to O. tsutsugamushi. Using an intravenous (i.v.) disseminated infection mouse model, we observed that more CD8+ T cells than …
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Effect of iron and sodium chloride on biofilm development of stenotrophomonas maltophilia
… pathogen that is associated with a significant case-fatality ratio in immunocompromised patient populations and has the ability to cause serious infection in cystic fibrosis patients. Populations of S. maltophilia are able to produce biofilms, which complicates these infections and provides …
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Morbidity and mortality trend analysis of cervical cancer in Zambia for the period 2007 to 2014: a case of Cancer Diseases Hospital
… cervical cancer morbidity and mortality, among cases presented at the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH), in Lusaka, Zambia. A retrospective case-study was conducted to review cervical cancer morbidity and mortality between 2007 and 2014 at Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH). Eligible cervical cancer …
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