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Secondary prophylaxis with penicillin for rheumatic fever or established rheumatic heart disease [PDF]
, 2020 Prophylactic penicillin probably reduces rheumatic fever recurrences and streptococcal throat infections among children and adolescents with rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease (moderate certainty of evidence).
Fønhus, Marita Sporstøl +1 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020 Several studies demonstrated that COVID-19 in children is a relatively mild disease. However, recently a more serious condition characterized by systemic inflammation with clinical or microbiological evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 has been described.
D. Buonsenso, F. Riitano, P. Valentini
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Promising approaches to early diagnosis of chronic rheumatic heart disease
Наука и инновации в медицине, 2022 Aim to determine the prevalence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in children and chronic rheumatic heart disease (HRHD) in adults on the example of the Samara region and to propose measures for the early detection and prevention of valvular heart lesions.
Galina V. Santalova +4 more
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Spectrum of Mortality from Circulatory Diseases in China from 2004 to 2015 [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022 BackgroundTwo circulatory diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have become the leading death causes in China, and their morbidity and mortality are still rising.
JIANG Shenyi, YU Xiaosong
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman +4 more
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Assessment of Mothers’ Knowledge and Practices Regarding Care of their Children with Rheumatic Fever [PDF]
Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and PracticeRheumatic 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
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Pacific Fono: a community-based initiative to improve rheumatic fever service delivery for Pacific Peoples in South Auckland [PDF]
Journal of Primary Health Care, 2020 BACKGROUND AND CONTEXTRheumatic fever inequitably affects Māori and Pacific children in New Zealand. School-based throat swabbing services, such as the South Auckland Mana Kidz programme, are a key element of rheumatic fever prevention interventions ...
Rawiri McKree Jansen +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundAcute rheumatic fever is considered to be a heritable condition, but the magnitude of the genetic effect is unknown. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of twin studies of concordance of acute ...
Mark E Engel +4 more
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Pediatric Practice Guidelines, 2020 Rheumatic fever (RF) is a multisystem inflammatory disease occurring as a post-infectious, nonsuppurative sequela of untreated streptococcus pyogenes (Group A streptococcus [GAS]) pharyngitis, and mainly occurs in individuals aged 5 to 15 years. The most
Moya Cook, Cheryl A. Glass, Jill C. Cash
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International Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2017 Rheumatic fever is a rare yet serious condition develop as a consequence of throat infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. It is the leading cause for rheumatic heart disease. Rheumatic heart disease is a worldwide public health concern.
Abdulrazaq Al-Jazairi +7 more
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