Monitoring diabetic control in developing countries: a review of glycated haemoglobin and fructosamine assays.

abstract：:Nephrotic syndrome patients on long-term steroids face the risk of having heavy uncomplicated strongyloidiasis or death from its extreme form, the strongyloides hyperinfection. The risk can be minimized if we eradicate the parasite first. We compare a once daily and twice daily albendazole regimen in preventing this p...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Leang B,Lynen L,Schrooten W,Hines J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary small bowel volvulus is the commonest cause of intestinal obstruction in the Gorkha district of Nepal resulting in laparotomy. Yet, this problem is mentioned only briefly, if at all, in many standard textbooks of surgery. This paper presents details of the presentation, clinical findings, and surgical manageme...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Parkes G

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Priapism, prolonged painful erection of the penis, is a urological emergency. Untreated, the patient can end up with impotence. Various methods have been described for its treatment but the initial management remains conservative. This study presents our experience with the use of sedation followed by an ice-cold sali...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Bansal AR,Godara R,Garg P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multistage sampling technique was used to select 845 pregnant women from two blocks in Vellore district. Haematological measurement of haemoglobin (Hb) was done on all women and serum ferritin (SF) on a subsample of 445. The prevalence of anaemia (Hb <11 g/dl) was 56.6%, 70.2% and 69.5%, respectively among the first...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Abel R,Rajaratnam J,Gnanasekaran VJ,Jayaraman P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and biochemical profile of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) varies from epidemic to epidemic. We studied children hospitalized with DHF from September 2003 to December 2003. All were diagnosed, managed and monitored according to a standard protocol. Of the 34 who fulfilled the World Health Organization cri...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Faridi MM,Aggarwal A,Kumar M,Sarafrazul A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most growth monitoring programmes in developing countries have not been successful in reducing malnutrition. This is due, at least in part, to the exclusion of mothers from the process of growth monitoring. An essential requisite for greater participation is for mothers to understand the meaning of a growth chart. The...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Sohal H,Wilkinson D,Morley D

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A morbidity and mortality survey was carried out amongst 196 malnourished children attending the Nutrition Unit, Ministry of Health, Owina Street, Benin City, Nigeria, between January 1971 and December 1973 (morbidity) and also between October 1974 and March 1975 (mortality). Gastrointestinal disorders (77, 39.3%) and...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ogbeide O,Osuhor PC

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Without a vaccine or proven therapeutic options in COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a combination of measures: rapid diagnosis and immediate isolation of cases; rigorous contact tracing; and precautionary self-isolation of close contacts to curb the spread of COVID-19. During a Nipah outbreak i...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Wilson A,Warrier A,Rathish B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the world-wide focus on how to rationally use antibiotics, national drug policy programmes have been developed in many countries in order to minimize the environmental antibiotic pressure and thereby hopefully limit increasing bacterial resistance. This study investigated perceptions of antibiotics in a health s...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Halfvarsson J,Heijne N,Ljungman P,Ham MN,Holmgren G,Tomson G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental opium intoxication in children is an extremely dangerous poisoning if it remains undiagnosed and untreated. The classic triad of miosis, decreased level of consciousness and bradypnea, which are the hallmarks of opiate intoxication, are used for the diagnosis of opium poisoning in adults and children. Littl...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Zamani N,Sanaei-Zadeh H,Mostafazadeh B

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is an important health problem in developing countries. Most women present with advanced disease, resulting in low cure rates. Screening by Visual Inspection with the Aid of Acetic Acid and optionally HPV DNA detection as a second test is technically feasible. However, the majority of women appear to b...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ansink AC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A haemocholecyst is a clot-filled gallbladder caused by bleeding into its lumen. It is a rare entity with fewer than 50 cases reported in the English literature. Preoperative diagnosis is often not possible even with good quality cross-sectional imaging. Here, we present a case of a gallbladder mass, whose nature was ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ray S,Ghosh R,Khamrui S,Kumar Das A,Saha S,Kumar D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of 40 women, mean corpuscular volume (MCV) values in second and third trimesters were compared between women who were iron deficient and those who were iron replete. There was no difference in the two groups. Hence reduced MCV seen in iron deficiency anaemia cannot be relied upon as an effective...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Mukhopadhyay A,Bhatla N,Kriplani A,Saxena R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a rare gastrointestinal tumour. It occurs in women with pre-existing cholelithiasis. These tumours pose therapeutic as well as diagnostic challenges to treating clinicians. Early suspicion and optimal surgery for suspected GBC results in the best outcome. We describe two cases of metastatic...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Gupta A,Gupta A,Gupta S,Chauhan U,Joshua LM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer and frequently arises in the sun-exposed skin of middle-aged and elderly individuals. We retrospectively reviewed 443 patients managed for SCC (cutaneous and non-cutaneous) in our hospital from January 1979 to December 2002. The age distributi...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Adigun IA,Buhari MO,Ayorinde RO

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty Shigella strains were isolated from bloody stools, of which 10 had been collected from children. Eighty per cent of the Shigella isolates were serogrouped as S. flexneri. All 20 Shigella strains were susceptible to gentamicin, nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin. More than 80% were resistant to ampicillin, cotrimo...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Guyot A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal fluorosis is rarely recognized early and is a major cause of morbidity. We report on a 40-year-old man with skeletal fluorosis mimicking seronegative spondyloarthropathy. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kumar S,Kakar A,Gogia A,Byotra SP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differential diagnosis in women between acute appendicitis and acute gynaecological conditions on clinical examination is often difficult. A plea is made for the more widespread use of ultrasound and laparoscopy in the differential diagnosis of these conditions. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ameh EA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine tumours (NET) are rare. They usually arise from the gastrointestinal or bronchopulmonary systems. Most are discovered incidentally and the small bowel tumours pose special difficulty in detection and treatment. Primary mesenteric involvement is very rare. Here we report such a case with a liver metastas...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Agarwal A,Kaman L,Gupta A,Ramavath K,Vaiphei K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scrub typhus and leptospirosis are bacterial zoonotic diseases reported from different parts of India, whose prevalence in Chhattisgarh is unknown. Our study was carried out to delineate the prevalence of these illnesses there and to assess the clinical profiles of rural and urban patients. A total of 169 patients wit...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Vikram K,Agarwala P,Bhargava A,Jain Y,Jagzape T,Wasnik P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tungiasis is highly prevalent in resource-poor communities in sub-Saharan Africa, but studies among schoolchildren are scanty. We assessed prevalence, parasite load and clinical aspects of tungiasis in schoolchildren in south-western Nigeria. A total of 545 schoolchildren was examined. Of these, 133 (24.4%; 95% CI, 20...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ugbomoiko US,Ariza L,Babamale AO,Heukelbach J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken on 500 children under the age of 5 years belonging to a low income group. All were attending the paediatrics outpatient department of a large teaching hospital in New Delhi, India. Only 25% were found to have received complete primary immunization as per the National Immunization Schedule (bacil...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Mathew JL,Babbar H,Yadav S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,4-D (2,4-dichlorphenoxyacetic acid) is a chlorphenoxy group pesticide. Its relative safety and broad leaf selectivity makes it a favourite herbicide of many home gardeners and agricultural workers. Severe systemic toxicity requiring hospital admission and intensive care usually occurs following intentional oral inge...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Pannu AK,Saroch A,Agrawal J,Sharma N

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An understanding of the medical causes of infertility is crucial in order to reduce incidences of Infertility and for improving the clinical management of infertility. Although there were much data on infertility in other African countries, no data exist on infertility in Sudan. Seven hundred and ten Sudanese couples ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Elussein EA,Magid YM,Omer MM,Adam I

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although much research has been carried out on high risk populations, little is known about HIV prevalence in traditional rural communities who limit contact with other tribes, non-traditional tribesman and Europeans. This study considers traditional Maasai living near a high HIV transmission area. A time series analy...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Valadez JJ,Loolpapit PM,Nyangao A,Dikir F

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheostomy can prevent many deaths in otherwise fatal airway diseases and problems but has numerous complications that are mostly avoidable if the procedure is carefully performed together with strict postoperative management. This is a retrospective review of tracheostomy complications over a 10 year period (1991-2...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Onakoya PA,Nwaorgu OG,Adebusoye LA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment of the efficacy and satisfaction of women in active labour having digital cervical stretching compared to women who did not have this intervention. Ours was a randomised controlled trial at a tertiary centre in India. Low-risk women at term with vertex presentation in active labour with ruptured membrane...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Rosario DP,Abraham A,Rathore S,Benjamin SJ,Jeyaseelan V,Mathews JE

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a retrospective study based on pathology reports of specimens reviewed at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) pathology laboratory in Lusaka, Zambia, from January 1997 to December 2005. UTH is the main reference hospital in Zambia and has a catchment area covering 1.3 million people. The most common cancer ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Bowa K,Wood C,Chao A,Chintu C,Mudenda V,Chikwenya M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 60% of births in the Mseleni area of South Africa's Kwa Zulu province were home deliveries in 1984. Home deliveries in the area are generally attended by members of the pregnant woman's family. If difficulties are encountered during labor, the family will call upon a midwife, or Traditional Birth Atten...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Jepson AP,MacDonald LD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adi Quala is an Eritrean agricultural town of 14,000 people, and is situated about 70 km south of the capital, Asmara and 30 km from the border with Tigray, Ethiopia. On good days electricity was received from Asmara between 0600 h and 2300 h with nothing available outside these hours. These conditions meant the elect...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Allen P,Welstead J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00