febrile illnesses
Treatment seeking behaviour for febrile illnesses and its implications for malaria control and elimination in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR (Laos): a mixed method study
... for febrile illnesses, determi- nants of attending health services and the contribution to development of antimicrobial resistance both within Laos and ...brile illnesses in last two months and how ...
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Umbilical Cord Care Practices and Incidence of Febrile Illnesses in the First Month of Life among Newborns- A Population Based Study
... Given the cross-sectional design of the demographic and Health survey (DHS) survey, the information from mothers on history of fever in their newborns that was serious enough to warrant hospital visit was obtained by ...
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Presumptive self-diagnosis of malaria and other febrile illnesses in Sierra Leone.
... other febrile illnesses in Bo, Sierra ...of febrile illness within the past six months, only 34% had sought a clinical or laboratory ...for febrile adults and ...
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Diversity of infectious aetiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses in south and Southeast Asia: a systematic review
... acute febrile illnesses OR iii) undifferentiated fevers AND Asia OR Thailand OR Malaysia OR Singapore OR India OR Sri Lanka OR Nepal OR Bangladesh OR Pakistan OR Vietnam OR Laos OR Cambodia OR Indonesia ...
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Maternal Perception and Care-Seeking Patterns for Childhood Febrile Illnesses in Rural Communities of Osun State, South-Western Nigeria
... that febrile illnesses are associated with malaria while other believed fever is caused by ...of febrile illnesses includes teething and child playing in the ...of febrile illness is ...
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Comparison of the capacity between public and private health facilities to manage under five children with febrile illnesses in Uganda
... acute febrile illnesses, particularly pneumonia and diarrhoea was poor, with majority of providers errone- ously mentioning use of antibiotics in the management of diarrhoea contrary to recommendations ...
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Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ibuprofen Syrup Administered During Febrile Illnesses to Prevent Febrile Seizure Recurrences
... Objectives. Febrile seizures recur fre- ...of febrile seizure recurrence include young age at onset, family history of febrile seizures, previous recurrent febrile seizures, time lapse since ...
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Symptomatic Management of Febrile Illnesses in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Parents' Knowledge and Behaviors and Their Evolution Over Time
... Despite significant changes over time, parents’ knowledge and behaviors showed poor concordance with recommendations for the symptomatic management of febrile illnesses in their children. Our study ...
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A COMPARISON OF ATRIO-VENTRICULAR CONDUCTION IN NORMAL CHILDREN AND IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC FEVER, GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, AND ACUTE FEBRILE ILLNESSES
... Atrio-ventricular conduction was studied in 50 normal children, 25 children with acute febrile illnesses, 50 patients with an initial episode of active rheumatic cardi- ifs, 46 patients [r] ...
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A diagnostic algorithm combining clinical and molecular data distinguishes Kawasaki disease from other febrile illnesses
... node). Febrile children with prominent respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms were specifi- cally excluded such that the majority of the controls had KD in the differential diagnosis of their ...their ...
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C reactive protein velocity to distinguish febrile bacterial infections from non bacterial febrile illnesses in the emergency department
... To the best of our knowledge, the usefulness of a biomarker velocity, such as CRP, has not been tested in the context of differentiation between acute bacterial and non-bacterial febrile illnesses. Our ...
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The Etiology of Febrile Illnesses among Febrile Patients Attending Felegeselam Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia
... acute febrile illness (AFI) is a type of illness characterized by a sudden onset of increased body temperature to a level above the normal ...of febrile illnesses remain poorly characterized in many ...
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Health-related quality of life for pediatric emergency department febrile illnesses: an Evaluation of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 generic core scales
... ED febrile illnesses: HRQOL scores were significantly lower at FU for children who remained febrile, function- ally impaired, or relapsed to healthcare, compared with those who were asymptomatic or ...
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Febrile illnesses at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital in Sri Lanka (The Ragama Fever Study)
... Universal testing for filariasis was not included in this study for several reasons. Acute filariasis usually presents with obvious lymphatic or genital involvement rather than just an undifferentiated febrile ...
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Use of simple clinical and laboratory predictors to differentiate influenza from dengue and other febrile illnesses in the emergency room
... Classification tree distinguishing influenza from dengue Variables found to be significant in multivariate logistic regression were used to establish classification and re- gression trees. As shown in Figure 1, the ...
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A molecular survey of acute febrile illnesses reveals Plasmodium vivax infections in Kedougou, southeastern Senegal
... patients presenting with acute febrile illness (AFI) in Kedougou, a molecular diagnostic was conducted to discriminate P. falciparum from other Plasmodium spe- cies. This revealed a unique case of P. vivax ...
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Clinical and laboratory features that discriminate dengue from other febrile illnesses: a diagnostic accuracy study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
... proposed criteria, derived from simple clinical and hematological data, can be more accurate than the cri- teria for reporting suspected dengue cases currently in use. The use of this alternative algorithm could enhance ...
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Detection of “Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” in Two Patients with Severe Febrile Illnesses: Evidence for a European Sequence Variant
... his febrile illness, and its prompt disappearance following treatment with doxycycline and clinical cure of this patient strongly argue for the transmissibility and pathogenicity of this ...
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Prescription patterns and drug use among pregnant women with febrile Illnesses in Uganda: a survey in out patient clinics
... for febrile illness among pregnant women in countries endemic for mal- aria is of public health importance for three reasons: 1) to gain an understanding of factors associated with treatment seeking among this ...
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A study of incidence and outcome of acute kidney injury in common undifferentiated febrile illnesses
... undifferentiated Febrile Illness (AFI) is defined as a type of illness characterized by an acute onset of fever above 38oC without a defined cause lasting less than 14 ...
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