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Surveillance of injuries in a tertiary care hospital
Injuries are increasingly recognized as a global public health epidemic. Injuries represent 12% of the global burden of disease and third most important cause of overall mortality. Deaths from road traffic injuries account for around 25% of total injury deaths.(1) A recent national review in India has estimated that a million injury deaths and 30 ...
Suryanarayana S +3 more
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Low Sputum Smear Positive Tuberculosis among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects in a Tertiary Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania [PDF]
Early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and prompt initiation of treatment are essential for an effective tuberculosis control programme. In many resource limited settings microscopic diagnosis is still the pivotal tool in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB ...
Kidenya , Benson R. +14 more
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Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis complicated with central nervous system involvement: A case series
Central nervous system (CNS) infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae can be a complication of invasive liver abscess syndrome; however, CNS infections due to K. pneumoniae without liver abscesses are rare. We report three fatal cases of CNS infection due to
Ken Inoue +4 more
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Mortality of hospital walk‐in trauma patients: a multicenter retrospective cohort study
Aim To investigate the characteristics of patients who visited the emergency department by themselves after experiencing trauma and subsequently died, and to identify the prognostic factors of mortality in such patients.
Kohei Kakimoto +4 more
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Antenatal Depression in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Antenatal depression is not easily visible, though the prevalence is high. The idea of conducting this study was conceived from this fact.The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of antenatal depression and identify the risk factors, for early diagnosis and intervention.The study conducted in a Tertiary Care Hospital was prospective and ...
Amar D Bavle +5 more
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Splenic Injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: A Tertiary Hospital Experience. [PDF]
Splenic injuries constitute a continuing diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the trauma or general surgeons practicing in developing countries where sophisticated imaging facilities are either not available or exorbitantly expensive.
Gilyoma Japhet M +20 more
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In developing countries due to lack of sanitary practices, poor socioeconomic conditions and huge population burden, intestinal parasitic infections continue to be a major public health problem.
Sheela Vijaykumari +2 more
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The effects of designation and volume of neonatal care on mortality and morbidity outcomes of very preterm infants in England : retrospective population-based cohort study [PDF]
Objective: To examine the effects of designation and volume of neonatal care at the hospital of birth on mortality and morbidity outcomes in very preterm infants in a managed clinical network setting.
Draper, E S +27 more
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Background Septic shock is a subset of sepsis accompanied by profound circulatory and cellular metabolism abnormalities. Although veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA‐ECMO) can provide temporary cardiac support to improve organ perfusion,
Takuto Ishida +5 more
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Background Limb compartment syndrome (LCS), a rare but serious complication of systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS)‐related systemic edema, warrants prompt decompressive fasciotomy.
Maki Tanabe +3 more
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