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Appropriateness of clinical severity classification of new WHO childhood pneumonia guidance : a multi-hospital, retrospective, cohort study [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Management of pneumonia in many low-income and middle-income countries is based on WHO guidelines that classify children according to clinical signs that define thresholds of risk.
Aduro, Nick, Agweyu, Ambrose, Akech, Sam, Ayieko, Philip, Bitok, Michael, Chabi, Martin, Charo, Sande, Chepkirui, Mercy, Emadau, Caren, English, Mike, Gachau, Susan, Githanga, David, Inginia, Rachel, Irimu, Grace, Julius, Thomas, Kamunya, Anne, Kanyingi, Francis, Kariuki, Alice, Kigen, Barnabas, Kimutai, David, Kuria, Magdalene, Lilford, Richard, Makone, Boniface, Manyasi, Christine, Mbevi, George, Mithamo, Agnes, Muinga, Naomi, Musabi, Melab, Mutai, Beatrice, Mutai, Loice, Mutiso, Cecelia, Muturi, Celia, Ng'arng'ar, Samuel, Njiiri, Peris, Nyachiro, Wycliffe, Nzioki, Charles, Ochieng, Grace, Ogero, Morris, Ondere, Joan, Otido, Sam, Rutha, Kigondu, Thuranira, Lydia, Tuti, Timothy, Wachira, Grace, Wafula, James, Were, Fred   +45 more
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Demographic characteristics and opportunistic diseases associated with attrition during preparation for antiretroviral therapy in primary health centres in Kibera, Kenya. [PDF]

, 2011
Using routine data from HIV-positive adult patients eligible for antiretroviral therapy (ART), we report on routinely collected demographic characteristics and opportunistic diseases associated with pre-ART attrition (deaths and loss to follow-up). Among
Amuron, Anglaret, Boehme, Braitstein, Etard, Fox, Gilks, Gilks, Grant, Ingle, Ingle, Janoof, Jones, Larson, Lawn, Lawn, Lucas, Peters, Scott, Van Griensven, Zachariah   +20 more
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Prevalence of venous thromboembolism in patients with severe novel coronavirus pneumonia

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2020
Three months ago, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) broke out in Wuhan, China, and spread rapidly around the world. Severe novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) patients have abnormal blood coagulation function, but their venous ...
Songping Cui, Shuo Chen, Xiunan Li, Shi Liu, Feng Wang   +4 more
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Clinical application of targeted next-generation sequencing in severe pneumonia: a retrospective review

Critical Care
The precise identification of the underlying causes of infectious diseases, such as severe pneumonia, is essential, and the development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) has enhanced the effectiveness of pathogen detection.
Peng Zhang, Baoyi Liu, Shuang Zhang, Xuefei Chang, Lihe Zhang, Dejian Gu, Xin Zheng, Jiaqing Chen, Saiyin Xiao, Zhentao Wu, Xuemin Cai, Mingfa Long, Wenjie Lu, Mingzhu Zheng, Rongrong Chen, Rui Gao, Yan Zheng, Jinhua Wu, Qiujuan Feng, Gang He, Yantang Chen, Weihao Zheng, Wanli Zuo, Yanming Huang, Xin Zhang   +24 more
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Severe mycoplasma pneumonia. [PDF]

Thorax, 1977
A patient who developed who developed a protracted illness following severe mycoplasma pneumonia is described. The acute phase of the infection was complicated by myocarditis and haemolytic anaemia. The respiratory symptoms abated and lung function tests improved with the administration of systemic and inhaled corticosteroids.
S, Holt, W F, Ryan, E J, Epstein
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Predictors of mortality in severe pneumonia patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews
Background Severe pneumonia has consistently been associated with high mortality. We sought to identify risk factors for the mortality of severe pneumonia to assist in reducing mortality for medical treatment.
Kai-Sheng Xie, Shengnan Guan, Xinxin Kong, Wenshuai Ji, Chen Du, Mingyan Jia, Haifeng Wang   +6 more
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Use of corticosteroids in influenza-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome and severe pneumonia: a systemic review and meta-analysis

Scientific Reports, 2020
Influenza-related severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are severe threats to human health. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of systematic corticosteroid therapy in patients with pneumonia or ARDS.
Yuqing Zhou, Xiaofang Fu, Xiaoxiao Liu, Chenyang Huang, Guo Tian, Cheng Ding, Jie Wu, Lei Lan, Shigui Yang   +8 more
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: current situation and travel-associated concerns [PDF]

, 2016
This article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Memish, Ziad A., Omrani, Ali S.   +2 more
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The Inhibitory Effect of Curcumin on Virus-Induced Cytokine Storm and Its Potential Use in the Associated Severe Pneumonia

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020
Coronavirus infection, including SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV2, causes daunting diseases that can be fatal because of lung failure and systemic cytokine storm.
Ziteng Liu, Ying Ying
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Tocilizumab in Hospitalized Patients with Severe Covid-19 Pneumonia

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is associated with immune dysregulation and hyperinflammation, including elevated interleukin-6 levels.
I. Rosas, N. Bräu, M. Waters, Ronaldo C. Go, B. Hunter, S. Bhagani, D. Skiest, M. Aziz, N. Cooper, I. Douglas, S. Savic, T. Youngstein, L. Del Sorbo, Antonio Cubillo Gracian, D. J. De La Zerda, A. Ustianowski, M. Bao, S. Dimonaco, Emily Graham, B. Matharu, H. Spotswood, L. Tsai, A. Malhotra   +22 more
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