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A Single-center Experience in Children with Acute Rheumatic Fever

Bagcilar Medical Bulletin
Objective: This retrospective study aimed to emphasize the importance of subclinical carditis in children with acute rheumatic fever before the revised 2015 Jones criteria.
Nagehan Bilgeç, Fatih Şap, Tamer Baysal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of Mothers’ Knowledge and Practices Regarding Care of their Children with Rheumatic Fever [PDF]

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice
Rheumatic fever refers to an autoimmune response to an untreated infection of the throat and possibly skin by group A streptococcus bacteria. The study aimed to: assess mothers’ knowledge and practices regarding care of their children with rheumatic ...
Eman elsayed
doaj   +1 more source

Difficulties in the Diagnosis of Acute Rheumatic Fever without Carditis, Karditsiz Akut Romatizmal Ateş Tanısında Zorluklar

Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2020
Introduction: Acute rheumatic fever is a childhood disease that is still important in terms of both morbidity and mortality due to heart valve involvement in adulthood.
Mahmut Keskin
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Do consumers and healthcare professionals report the same adverse event differently? A paired analysis of duplicate vaccine safety reports in Norway

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim This study aimed to compare how Norwegian healthcare professionals (HCPs) and consumers reported the same adverse event (AE) following immunization with vaccines against COVID‐19 during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Specifically, we aimed to compare the extent to which HCPs and consumers reported information relevant for assessing the causal relationship ...
Tommy Emil Dzus, Johaina Sarrage, Hilde Samdal, François Montastruc, Elena Rocca   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Transthoracic Echocardiography for Cardiac Safety Evaluation in the Clinical Development Process of Vaccines Against Streptococcus pyogenes

Drugs in R&D
Superficial infections with Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A), pharyngitis and impetigo can induce acute rheumatic fever, an autoimmune sequela manifesting mostly with arthritis and rheumatic carditis.
Usman Nakakana, Alimamy Serry-Bangura, Bassey Effiom Edem, Pietro Tessitore, Leonardo Di Cesare, Danilo Gomes Moriel, Audino Podda, Iris Sarah De Ryck, Ashwani Kumar Arora   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosis, management, and prevention of acute rheumatic fever in the United States

, 2022
Acute rheumatic fever is a multisystem autoimmune disease caused by infection with group A streptococcus. The condition most commonly affects children ages 5 to 14 years who are from low-income populations.
Schoenfuss, Erin S
core   +1 more source

Maternal Dipyrone Exposure and Risk of Major Congenital Malformations, Adverse Perinatal and Postnatal Outcomes: A Population‐Based Cohort Study

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Pain and fever are common in pregnancy. Dipyrone is widely used in Europe, Latin America, and parts of Asia, but is banned in other countries due to concerns about agranulocytosis. Evidence on its safety in pregnancy remains limited and inconsistent. This study aimed to evaluate whether maternal dipyrone use during the first‐ and third‐trimesters is ...
Itamar Ben Shitrit, Daphna Idan, Ariel Avraham Hasidim, Tal Michael, Amalia Levy, Gali Pariente, Eitan Lunenfeld, Sharon Daniel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adams-Stokes attack as the first symptom of acute rheumatic fever: report of an adolescent case and review of the literature

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2012
Background Acquired complete heart block, in pediatric age is mainly the results of direct injury to conduction tissue during cardiac surgery or cardiac catheterisation.
Carano Nicola, Bo Ilaria, Tchana Bertrand, Vecchione Erica, Fantoni Silvia, Agnetti Aldo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

, 2018
This chapter outlines the current best estimates for mortality and morbidity for group A Streptococcus, acute rheumatic fever, and rheumatic heart disease and in particular highlights the disproportionate burden of disease.
Liesl Zühlke
core   +1 more source

WONOEP appraisal: Biomarkers and treatment strategies beyond the synapse

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Epilepsy is a heterogeneous neurological disorder affecting more than 70 million people worldwide, posing significant challenges for clinicians due to its complex etiology, diverse manifestations, variable treatment responses, and the inability to predict seizures or disease onset reliably.
Mirte Scheper, Zining Liu, Aristea S. Galanopoulou, Gernot Hlauschek, Benjamin Sinclair, Wai Lam Leung, Stefanie Dedeurwaerdere, Elisabeth Doran, Solomon L. Moshé, David C. Henshall, Ozlem Akman, Pablo M. Casillas‐Espinosa   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source