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    A case of Shapiro’s Syndrome in an African young man 

    Chacha, Mwita Julius; Omech, Bernard; Keatlaretse, Siamisang; Humphrey, Bose (Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2015)
    Shapiro’s syndrome is a rare congenital neurological disease characterized by episodes of excessive sweating and hypothermia, and by complete/partial agenesis of the corpus callosum. We report an 18 year-old male who was ...
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    Predicting mortality in sick African children: the FEAST Paediatric Emergency Triage (PET) Score 

    George, Elizabeth C.; Walker, A. Sarah; Kiguli, Sarah; Olupot-Olupo, Peter; Opoka, Robert O.; Engoru, Charles; Akech, Samuel O.; Nyeko, Richard; Mtove, George; Reyburn, Hugh; Berkley, James A.; Mpoya, Ayub; Levin, Michael; Crawley, Jane; Gibb, Diana M.; Maitland, Kathryn; Babiker, Abdel G. (BMC Medicine, 2015)
    Background: Mortality in paediatric emergency care units in Africa often occurs within the first 24 h of admission and remains high. Alongside effective triage systems, a practical clinical bedside risk score to identify ...
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    Exploring mechanisms of excess mortality with early fluid resuscitation: insights from the FEAST trial 

    Maitland, Kathryn; George, Elizabeth C; Evans, Jennifer; Kiguli, Sarah; Olupot-Olupot, Peter; Akech, Samuel O; Opoka, Robert O; Engoru, Charles; Nyeko, Richard; Mtove, George; Reyburn, Hugh; Brent, Bernadette; Nteziyaremye, Julius; Mpoya, Ayub; Prevatt, Natalie; Dambisya, Cornelius M; Semakula, Daniel; Ddungu, Ahmed; Okuuny, Vicent; Wokulira, Ronald; Otii, Benedict; Levin, Michael; Crawley, Jane; Babiker, Abdel G; Gibb, Diana M; FEAST trial group (2013)
    Background: Early rapid fluid resuscitation (boluses) in African children with severe febrile illnesses increases the 48-hour mortality by 3.3% compared with controls (no bolus). We explored the effect of boluses on 48-hour ...
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    Mortality risk over time after early fluid resuscitation in African children 

    George, Elizabeth C.; Kiguli, Sarah; Olupot Olupot, Peter; Opoka, Robert O.; Engoru, Charles; Akech, Samuel O.; Nyeko, Richard; Mtove, George; Mpoya, Ayub; Thomason, Margaret J.; Crawley, Jane; Evans, Jennifer A.; Gibb, Diana M.; Babiker, Abdel G.; Maitland, Kathryn; Walker, A. Sarah (Clinical care, 2019)
    Background: African children hospitalised with severe febrile illness have a high risk of mortality. The Fluid Expansion As Supportive Therapy (FEAST) trial (ISCRTN 69856593) demonstrated increased mortality risk ...
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    The implications of COVID 19 on the publication of library and information science literature in Africa: A bibliographic study 

    Ojulong, Andrew; Diyoshak, Rhoda; Okello, Obura Constant (2022)
    In almost a blink of an eye COVID 19 pandemic has surprised the world with devastating effects witnessed across the globe. There was urgent need to establish whether COVID 19 has taken hold of the publishing industry based ...
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    Bilateral proptosis as an early manifestation of juvenile myelomonocitic leukemia in an African child 

    Pecorella, Irene; Nunzia, Manna; Valeria, Calbi; Omona, Venice; Okello, Tom Richard (Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology, 2021)
    We report bilateral proptosis as the unusual initial presentation of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia in a Ugandan child. Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia was diagnosed with complete blood count and bone marrow aspiration ...
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    Prevalence of hospital-associated infections can be decreased effectively in developing countries 

    Ogwang, David Martin; Paramatti, D.; Molteni, T.; Ochola, E.; Okello, Tom Richard; Salgado, J.C.Ortiz; Kayanja, A.; Greco, C.; Kizza, D.; Gondoni, E.; Okot, J.; Praticò, L.; Granata, V.; Filia, H.; Ayugi, H.Kellar; Greco, D. (Journal of Hospital Infection, 2013)
    Background Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are an important public health problem worldwide. Little information is available from African countries, but published data show that the burden of HAI is greater in Africa ...

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