Results 31 to 40 of about 161,236 (233)

The Diagnosis of Dengue in Patients Presenting With Acute Febrile Illness Using Supervised Machine Learning and Impact of Seasonality

Frontiers in Digital Health, 2022
Background Symptomatic dengue infection can result in a life-threatening shock syndrome and timely diagnosis is essential. Point-of-care tests for non-structural protein 1 and IgM are used widely but performance can be limited.
D. Ming, N. M. Tuan, Bernard Hernandez, Sorawat Sangkaew, N. L. Vuong, H. Q. Chanh, N. Chau, C. Simmons, B. Wills, P. Georgiou, A. Holmes, S. Yacoub   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changes in Hemoglobin Level and Mean Corpuscular Volume During the Convalescent Phase of Acute Febrile Illness in Children: A Study of the Possible Role of Hemolysis

Acta Medica Iranica, 2020
Fever is one of the most common clinical manifestations in children. During the early days of acute febrile illness, some decrease in hemoglobin levels occurs due to unspecified cause. 64 children aged 6 months to 12-year-old with a fever higher than 38°
Kiavash Fekri, Fatemeh Kianpour, Soleiman Kheiri, Nika Khoshdel, Abolfazl Khoshdel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blackwater fever and acute kidney injury in children hospitalized with an acute febrile illness: pathophysiology and prognostic significance

BMC Medicine, 2022
Acute kidney injury (AKI) and blackwater fever (BWF) are related but distinct renal complications of acute febrile illness in East Africa. The pathogenesis and prognostic significance of BWF and AKI are not well understood.
A. Conroy, M. Hawkes, A. Leligdowicz, Ivan Mufumba, M. Starr, K. Zhong, Sophie Namasopo, C. John, R. Opoka, K. Kain   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical profile of fever in patients admitted through the outpatient department in a North Indian tertiary care teaching hospital

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2021
Background: Febrile illnesses are a common cause of morbidity and mortality and present diagnostic challenge, especially in the absence of reliable data in India.
Gurpreet Kaur Salh, Veenu Gupta, Harpreet Kaur, Srishti Ahluwalia, Saumya Ahluwalia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thrombocytopenia as a Diagnostic Marker for Malaria in Patients with Acute Febrile Illness

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2021
Background Thrombocytopenia is the most common hematological abnormality in patients with acute malaria. This study aimed to determine the role of thrombocytopenia as a diagnostic marker for malaria in patients with acute febrile illness.
Angesom Gebreweld, Yonas Erkihun, D. Feleke, Gebru Hailu, Temesgen Fiseha   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Salmonella Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Children with Acute Febrile Illness-Uganda, 2016-2019.

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021
Invasive Salmonella infection is a common cause of acute febrile illness (AFI) among children in sub-Saharan Africa; however, diagnosing Salmonella bacteremia is challenging in settings without blood culture.
G. Appiah, A. Mpimbaza, M. Lamorde, M. Freeman, H. Kajumbula, Zainab Salah, K. Kugeler, M. Mikoleit, Porscha Bumpus White, J. Kapisi, J. Borchert, Asadu Sserwanga, S. Van Dyne, P. Mead, Sunkyung Kim, A. Lauer, Alison Winstead, Y. Manabe, R. Flick, E. Mintz   +19 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pathogens That Cause Acute Febrile Illness Among Children and Adolescents in Burkina Faso, Madagascar, and Sudan

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The etiology and optimal clinical management of acute febrile illness (AFI) is poorly understood. Methods Blood samples taken from study participants with acute fever (≥37.5°C) or a history of fever and recruited into the previous Typhoid ...
F. Marks, Jieng-Lung Liu, A. Soura, N. Gasmelseed, Darwin J. Operario, B. Grundy, J. Wieser, J. Gratz, C. G. Meyer, J. Im, J. Lim, V. von Kalckreuth, L. M. Cruz Espinoza, F. Konings, H. Jeon, R. Rakotozandrindrainy, Jixian Zhang, U. Panzner, E. Houpt   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acute undifferentiated febrile illness: Protocol in emergency department

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Fever accounts for around 15% of emergency visits in elderly age group and around 5% in adults. The spectrum of etiologies ranges from non-infectious to infectious etiologies.
Vempalli N Subramanyam, Nidhi Kaeley, Manish Kumar, Subodh K Pandey, Bharat B Bhardwaj, Konda S Reddy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of disease severity in young children presenting with acute febrile illness in resource-limited settings: a protocol for a prospective observational study

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction In rural and difficult-to-access settings, early and accurate recognition of febrile children at risk of progressing to serious illness could contribute to improved patient outcomes and better resource allocation.
Arjun Chandna, Endashaw M Aderie, R. Ahmad, E. Arguni, E. Ashley, Tanya Cope, V. Dat, N. Day, A. Dondorp, Víctor Illanes, Joanne N de Jesus, C. Jimenez, K. Kain, Keang Suy, C. Koshiaris, E. Lasry, M. Mayxay, D. Mondal, R. Perera, T. Pongvongsa, S. Rattanavong, M. Rekart, M. Richard-Greenblatt, M. Shomik, Phouthalavanh Souvannasing, V. Tallo, C. Turner, P. Turner, Naomi Waithira, J. Watson, M. Yosia, S. Burza, Y. Lubell   +32 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fully automated point-of-care differential diagnosis of acute febrile illness

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Background In this work, a platform was developed and tested to allow to detect a variety of candidate viral, bacterial and parasitic pathogens, for acute fever of unknown origin. The platform is based on a centrifugal microfluidic cartridge, the LabDisk
S. Hin, B. Lopez-Jimena, M. Bakheit, V. Klein, S. Stack, C. Fall, A. Sall, K. Enan, Mohamed O. Mustafa, Liz Gillies, Viorel Rusu, S. Goethel, N. Paust, R. Zengerle, S. Frischmann, M. Weidmann, K. Mitsakakis   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source