Ophthalmic presentation of relapsed HTLV1- associated adult T-cell leukaemia lymphoma (ATLL) in a Trinidadian man.

abstract：:The first recorded case of HIV-1 transmission via breast milk occurred in 1985. 1985 was also the year HIV-1 was first isolated in breast milk. In developed countries, many hospitals' special neonatal units no longer operated breast milk banks. National policies advised HIV-1 infected mothers to feed their babies b...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Broadhead RL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodevelopmental abilities of 33 very-low-birthweight (VLBW) Trinidadian children and randomly selected matched pairs of classmates who were of normal birth weight were tested in 1998 at ages 68-88 months, using the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. The 1 min Apgar score was significantly lower in the VLBW ch...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ali Z,Ramcharan J

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteomalacia is most commonly seen in the remoter northern regions (Kohistan District) of Hazara District, Pakistan. Low serum calcium is common, as is tetany, but not universal. A 2% prevalence was found retrospectively in all obstetric patients from 1978--1985. Overall, there was a 12% caesarean section rate (61/ann...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Herm FB,Killguss H,Stewart AG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most African district hospitals there are no separate facilities for psychiatric patients. Aformer general medical officer describes how a ward for these patients was set up at a rural district hospital in Zimbabwe using the already available resources. The effects on the psychiatric care at the hospital and the di...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： van der Heide DH,Gernaat HB

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is the main complaint of patients presenting as surgical emergencies. However, preoperative analgesia has not been studied in developing countries. The adequacy of preoperative analgesia in 106 consecutive acute surgical cases admitted to the Accident and Emergency Department of The University College Hospital, I...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Aisuodionoe-Shadrach OI,Olapade-Olaopa EO,Soyannwo OA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tea preparations from the herb Artemisia annua L. (Aa) which is used in traditional Chinese medicine might offer an inexpensive way of producing artemisinin drugs locally. We compared Aa with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in semi-immune adults. After seven days, th...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Blanke CH,Naisabha GB,Balema MB,Mbaruku GM,Heide L,Müller MS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In low-income countries, where surgical expertise and resources are limited, displaced supracondylar fractures of the distal humerus are routinely managed with traction or closed reduction and casting. This is in contrast to high-income nations, where percutaneous K-wire fixation forms the mainstay of treatment. The a...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Yeomans D,Graham SM,Mkandawire NC,Harrison WJ,Perry DC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malnutrition continues to be a major killer of children, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries such as India. An ecological study was undertaken to correlate different demographic factors with the prevalence of underweight children. Based on findings from the National Family Health Survey 4 (2015-2016), 81...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Pratim Roy M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local prevalences of individual diseases influence the prioritization of the differential diagnoses of a clinical syndrome of acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AFI). This study was conducted in order to delineate the aetiology of AFI that present to a tertiary hospital in southern India and to describe disease-s...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Chrispal A,Boorugu H,Gopinath KG,Chandy S,Prakash JA,Thomas EM,Abraham AM,Abraham OC,Thomas K

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cheaper version of a self-illuminated proctoscope which suitable for use in developing countries designed for diagnosis and intervention in anorectal diseases is described. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ray D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transverse myelitis typically extends two or less spinal segments, whereas longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) extends three or more spinal segments in length and may occasionally span all the segments of the spinal cord. We present a case of spinal tuberculosis presenting with LETM with true lower motor...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Goyal MK,Lal M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaemia in infancy is a very common clinical problem in the tropics and will continue to be common while infectious disease and poor nutrition prevail. In the diagnosis of anaemia in a child the clinician must expect a number of factors to be involved. On the basis of clinical features it is possible to arrive at a wo...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Wright SG

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is an uncommon disease characterised by eosinophilic infiltration in the gastrointestinal tract. EGE may involve more than one layer of the gastrointestinal tract. Clinical features depend on the layer and location which is involved. We report an unusual case of eosinophilic ascites ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kodan P,Shetty MA,Pavan MR,Kariappa A,Mahabala C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inappropriate models of nursing and nursing education based on the western medical model and medical education impede the development of adequate national health service and primary health services. Nurses are an untapped resource for primary health care (PHC) along with non-nurse PHC workers. They have the potenti...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Hammond M,Mazibuko R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a retrospective case series of 233 spinal injury patients admitted to the orthopaedic ward of BPKIHS from May 1997 to April 2001. The inpatient records were analysed. In all, 40.3% of spinal injuries resulted from falls from trees while cutting leaves for fodder, and 27.9% resulted from falls from first/second...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Lakhey S,Jha N,Shrestha BP,Niraula S

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：: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：:Thirty-seven patients underwent cholecystectomy without intraoperative cholangiography. Patients were selected using clinical and investigatory parameters. One patient had a negative common bile duct exploration. During the follow-up period of 2 1/2-3 1/2 years, all patients remained symptomatically and sonologically ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Puthu D,Chitnis AR

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. This study attempts to determine the prevalence of TB in autopsies. Of 768 autopsies, 39 cases were diagnosed as TB. These were retrieved and re-examined. It was noted that in a significant number of patients with TB was only revealed after autopsy. T...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Punia RS,Mundi I,Mohan H,Chavli KH,Harish D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trend away from communal medicine in the People's Republic of China is sadly noted in this brief history of medical education and practice in Mainland China since the cultural revolution. After Mao's revolution, the institution of barefoot doctors and other paraprofessional personnel spread quickly; entrance to m...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Rifkin SB

更新日期：1980-04-01 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：:One hundred and sixty eight febrile adult outpatients were investigated at St Francis Designated District Hospital in fakara, a holoendemic area in Tanzania. We wanted to assess the potential anamnestic and clinical risk indicators for malaria and to establish a rational strategy for malaria management. Blood slide in...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Oster N,Krause E,Hatz C

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic osteomyelitis is a relapsing, persistent, low-grade inflammation of bone caused by various infectious agents. The present study, conducted over a two-year period, on specimens received from cases of chronic osteomyelitis was, to determine the frequency of isolation of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and to anal...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Shenoy PA,Vishwanath S,Bhat SN,Mukhopadhyay C,Chawla K

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac failure is a common medical presentation in Uganda. This study primarily focuses on the aetiology of heart failure in 65 adult patients and assesses the utility of echocardiography in a resource-limited setting. Our findings suggest that endomyocardial fibrosis is much less prevalent than previously described ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ismail Y,Andia I,Byaruhanga S,Shaw MR,Mathieson PW,Wilde P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scrub typhus is an emerging infectious disease in India. Among its protean clinical manifestations, central nervous system involvement is common. In this prospective observational study, altered sensorium, headache, seizures and aseptic meningitis were found to be common central nervous system manifestations. Prompt t...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Boorugu H,Chrispal A,Gopinath KG,Chandy S,Prakash JJ,Abraham AM,Abraham OC,Thomas K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disclosure of HIV serostatus is a difficult emotional task creating opportunity for both support and rejection. In this study, we evaluated the rate, patterns and barriers to HIV serostatus disclosure. A pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire from 187 HIV infected people residing in a resource-limited s...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Akani CI,Erhabor O

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ear discharge is a common symptom encountered in clinical practice in the tropics. The aim of this paper is to highlight the practical management of otorrhoea from a general practitioner's perspective with special reference to the tropics and developing countries. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kurien M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study reveals the seroprevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in multi-transfused thalassemia major patients. Thirty-four out of 79 (43.0%) patients enrolled in the study serologically tested positive for hepatitis C (mean ± standard deviation age = 12 ± 4.1 years), four (5.1%) for hepatiti...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Riaz H,Riaz T,Ullah F,Aziz S,Khan MU,Pervaiz R,Ejaz A,Hasan M,Moiz F,Naqvi SA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of cutaneous amoebiasis which presented as malignant ulcers are reported. In non-healing ulcers in the perianal or gluteal region, the possibility of amoebiasis should be kept in mind, especially in the tropics. An immediate examination of the scraping from the ulcer is sufficient to confirm or rule out the ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Venkataramaiah NR,Reinaerts HH,Van Raalte JA,Shaba KJ

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 1989, cases of human plague started to occur in Boteti district of Botswana. One hundred and seventy cases were recorded in total from 15 October 1989 to 6 April 1990. There were 12 deaths, giving a case fatality rate of 7%. All cases were of the bubonic type. A concerted control strategy based on sentinel ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kumaresan JA,Grova JB,Mmatli PK,Maganu ED

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00