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Anaemia and blood transfusion in African children presenting to hospital with severe febrile illness
(BMC Medicine, 2015)
Background: Severe anaemia in children is a leading cause of hospital admission and a major cause of mortality in
sub-Saharan Africa, yet there are limited published data on blood transfusion in this vulnerable group.
Methods: ...
Prevalence and factors associated with use of herbal medicines during pregnancy among women attending postnatal clinics in Gulu district, Northern Uganda
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2016)
Background: According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, 80 % of the population living in rural
areas in developing countries depends on traditional medicine for their health needs, including use during
pregnancy. ...
High Frequency of Blackwater Fever Among Children Presenting to Hospital With Severe Febrile Illnesses in Eastern Uganda
(Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017)
Background. In the Fluid Expansion as a Supportive Treatment (FEAST) trial, an unexpectedly high proportion of participants
from eastern Uganda presented with blackwater fever (BWF).
Methods. We describe the prevalence ...
Mortality risk over time after early fluid resuscitation in African children
(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 ...
Lactose intolerance among severely malnourished children with diarrhoea admitted to the nutrition unit, Mulago hospital, Uganda
(BMC Pediatrics, 2010)
Background: Lactose intolerance is a common complication of diarrhoea in infants with malnutrition and a cause of
treatment failure. A combination of nutritional injury and infectious insults in severe protein energy ...
Treatment outcome among children underfive years hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in St. Mary’s hospital Lacor, Northern Uganda
(BMC Nutrition, 2016)
Background: Severe malnutrition contributes to more than 60 % of deaths in children in developing countries. The
minimum international standard set for management of severe acute malnutrition is a cure rate of at least ...
WHO guidelines on fluid resuscitation in children: missing the FEAST data
(Bmj, 2014)
The World Health Organization recommendations on
management of common childhood illnesses affect the lives of
millions of children admitted to hospital worldwide. Its latest
guidelines,1 released in May 2013, continue ...
WHO guidelines on fluid resuscitation in children : Authors’ reply to Southall
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2014)
Southall made several points about our recent article.1 2
He suggests that “lethal hyperchloraemia” secondary to use of
normal saline in FEAST (for boluses or maintenance) resulted
in excess mortality. However, he did ...
Review of the Biological and Health Effects of Aflatoxins on Body Organs and Body Systems
(InTech, 2013)
Aflatoxins are a group of naturally occurring carcinogens that are known to contaminate different
human and animal food stuffs. Aflatoxins are poisonous by-products from soil-borne
fungus Aspergillus, which is responsible ...
Household antimicrobial self-medication: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the burden, risk factors and outcomes in developing countries
(BMC Public Health, 2015)
Background: Antimicrobial self-medication is common in most low and middle income countries (LMICs). However
there has been no systematic review on non-prescription antimicrobial use in these settings. This review thus ...