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Novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was first identified during the outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019 with the now resulting pandemic. Aggressive supportive care is the mainstay of treatment currently and rescue with lung protective mechanical ventilation is essential for survival in patients with
Introduction Background and objectives. In early 2020 novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) begun to spread from Asia to Europe and beyond forcing WHO to declare global pandemic. Infected patients shed the virus for a median of 20 days. Up to 10% of COVID-19 infected patients develop a severe form of
Severe pneumonia is a serious infection in children which requires timely intervention. Management of severe pneumonia is done by appropriate antibiotics and supportive care. WHO recommendation is to use injection ampicillin four times a day for 3-5 days and injection gentamicin once a day for 3-5
OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE This one-arm safety intervention study aims to establish whether CHWs in Nigeria can safely manage chest indrawing pneumonia in 2-59 month old children. The primary outcomes will be the proportion of children under five with chest indrawing pneumonia who were managed
Despite laudable reductions in global childhood mortality rates, pneumonia remains the second most frequent killer of children less than five years old worldwide. Nearly one million children succumbed to pneumonia in 2013, with greater than half of these deaths in Africa. In Malawi, which has a high
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In this prospective, three-armed randomised controlled study, patients admitted to the adult medical wards of Chittagong Medical College Hospital with acute onset of reduced consciousness (Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <12 for less than 5 days) will be randomised 1:1:1 to one of three arms;
Sickle cell anaemia is an inherited haemoglobinopathy caused by a point missense mutation (GAG to GTG) in the beta globin gene that resulted in the substitution of an acidic amino acid ( glutamic acid) with a neutral and hydrophobic amino acid (valine) in the codon 6 of the beta globin chain. This
In response to various stresses, cells can launch a process of "self-eating", termed autophagy. Thereby, components of the cell are catabolically digested via specific lysosomes called autophagosomes, to provide the cell with energy and other necessary factors to serve as a temporary survival