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Elevated von Willebrand factor levels during heavy menstrual bleeding episodes limit the diagnostic utility for von Willebrand disease

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Volume 5, Issue 4, May 2021., 2021
Abstract Background Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is often the first bleeding symptom for female individuals with inherited bleeding disorders. Guidelines recommend performing the hemostatic evaluation at HMB presentation. Von Willebrand factor (VWF) levels increase with stress, making it unclear if VWF studies during acute bleeding are beneficial in ...
Megan C. Brown, Michael H. White, Rachel Friedberg, Kalinda Woods, Krista Childress, Mona Kulkarni, Robert F. Sidonio Jr   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

O método holmesiano de investigação e sua herança na ficção televisiva: os casos de Sherlock e The good wife

Lumina, 2016
A partir da constatação do método científico e da filosofia de ação propostos por Arthur Conan Doyle para seu detetive Sherlock Holmes, questiona-se a ocorrência desses elementos na ficção televisiva contemporânea. Estabelece-se um paralelo entre a série
Renato Luiz Pucci Junior, Maria Rosa Crespo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plant tissue analysis as a tool for predicting fertiliser needs for low cyanogenic glucoside levels in cassava roots: An assessment of its possible use.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The use of plant tissue analysis as a tool for attaining low cyanogenic glucoside levels in cassava roots, has hardly been investigated. Just as the quality of crops is improved through the use of plant tissue analysis, the same can probably be done to ...
Matema L E Imakumbili, Ernest Semu, Johnson M R Semoka, Adebayo Abass, Geoffrey Mkamilo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enablers and hindrances to health promotion and disease prevention practices among healthcare workers in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021
Health promotion (HP) and disease prevention (DP) practices among healthcare workers (HCWs) are key to achieving universal health coverage. This study identified HP and DP enablers and hindrances and compared them at different healthcare levels in Nelson
Herbert I. Melariri, Chester Kalinda, Moses J. Chimbari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge, attitudes and practices on Schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Schistosomiasis remains a global health problem with an estimated 250 million people in 78 countries infected, of whom 85% live in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Hlengiwe Sacolo, Moses Chimbari, Chester Kalinda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Africa’s challenged ENT services: highlighting challenges in Zambia

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Diseases of the ear, nose and throat (ENT) are common and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In many low income countries like Zambia, the high ENT disease burden has not received the required resources for treatment.
Lufunda Lukama, Chester Kalinda, Colleen Aldous   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A framework for operationalising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data sovereignty in Australia: Results of a systematic literature review of published studies

EClinicalMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: Racial health disparities are only likely to be meaningfully improved by tailoring public health and clinical interventions to the specific needs of Indigenous people and their communities.
Skye Trudgett, Kalinda Griffiths, Sara Farnbach, Anthony Shakeshaft   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review and meta-analysis quantifying schistosomiasis infection burden in pre-school aged children (PreSAC) in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2020.

PLoS ONE, 2020
IntroductionFollowing the adoption of the World Health Assembly Resolution WHA 65.21 and Neglected Tropical Diseases road map 2021-2030, schistosomiasis control programmes have shifted from morbidity control to disease elimination.
Chester Kalinda, Tafadzwa Mindu, Moses John Chimbari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of temperature on the Bulinus globosus — Schistosoma haematobium system

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017
Background Given that increase in temperature may alter host-parasite relationships, the anticipated rise in temperature due to global warming might change transmission patterns of certain diseases.
Chester Kalinda, Moses J. Chimbari, Samson Mukaratirwa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Schistosomiasis in Zambia: a systematic review of past and present experiences

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
Background The speedy rate of change in the environmental and socio-economics factors may increase the incidence, prevalence and risk of schistosomiasis infections in Zambia.
Chester Kalinda, Moses J. Chimbari, Samson Mukaratirwa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source