Traditional healers' practices and the spread of HIV/AIDS in south eastern Nigeria.

abstract：:We report a prospective and descriptive study about childhood acute poisoning with kerosene in Djibouti. Acute poisoning is a common and stable occurrence in low socioeconomic groups in Africa, where negligence is the main cause of poisoning. The respiratory system was the main target, with 41% of patients having pneu...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Benois A,Petitjeans F,Raynaud L,Dardare E,Sergent H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data are available on the stroke subtypes in Tanzania and sub-Saharan Africa. The present study was aimed at determining retrospectively the pattern of confirmed strokes in all patients in our hospital who had been given a computerized tomography (CT) brain scan during the study period (April 2001 to May 2002)...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Matuja W,Janabi M,Kazema R,Mashuke D

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical observation shows that most of the patients with pleural effusion of undetermined aetiology in a Nigerian teaching hospital receive antiTB drug trials. This observation prompted the authors to evaluate the role of percutaneous needle pleural biopsy as a diagnostic tool in effusions of uncertain aetiology. Thi...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ezemba N,Eze JC,Anyanwu CH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of opportunistic infections in HIV-seropositive patients at Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore. Three hundred and seven HIV-positive patients were screened for various opportunistic pathogens. Tuberculosis was the most common infection followed by candidiasis...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Saldanha D,Gupta N,Shenoy S,Saralaya V

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We practise an integrated approach to the management of skin diseases, leprosy and sexually transmitted diseases because the latter diseases are still stigmatized and patients are unwilling to attend clinics so labelled. When approached by a patient with skin disease it is advisable to see the patient promptly, becaus...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Olumide YM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melioidosis is the disease caused by the soil and water bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. Our study aimed to delineate its genitourinary manifestations. Over a 10-year period (2006-2016), 20 adults with culture-confirmed genitourinary melioidosis were identified. The patients were all men with a mean age of 45.3 ±...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Koshy M,Sadanshiv P,Sathyendra S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:How traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in post-war Sierra Leone explain, handle and prevent postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and their potential role in a better management of PPH to reduce maternal mortality in this low resource setting. METHODS:Semi-quantitative interviews about knowledge and measures in PPH...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Bräuer MD,Antón J,George PM,Kuntner L,Wacker J

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：: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：:Cervical cancer screening programmes only succeed when the coverage, screening, treatment and follow-up of any abnormal results are of high quality. This study investigates the screening coverage and the quality of the follow-up of cervical cancer screening of women in León, Nicaragua, as well as the factors affecting...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Vastbinder MB,Castillo C,Bekkers RL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is done to study different aspects of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) such as its prevalence, association with upper gastrointestinal pathology, diagnosis and treatment outcome. Gastric antral biopsy and serology for H. pylori was done for all dyspeptic patients. Histopathology, gram stain and biopsy...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Satpathi P,Satpathi S,Mohanty S,Mishra SK,Behera PK,Maity AB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaemia, the most common medical disorder associated with pregnancy, is a silent killer. Most severely anaemic pregnant women are asymptomatic and present late in the third trimester with medical and obstetric complications. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Patra S,Puri M,Trivedi SS,Pasrija S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of tracheobronchial inhalation of a bead by a five-year-old girl in Djibouti. The bead was extracted using a Fogarty balloon catheter passed through the rigid bronchoscope without complication. This kind of accident is not exceptional and we discuss the management of such cases with limited diagnost...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Landy C,Massoure PL,Gauthier J,Eve O,Kaiser E

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of sternal fracture ranges from 3 to 8%. In more than half, they are associated with other organ trauma such as blunt cardiac injuries, rib, scapular or vertebral fractures. Hence, the presence of sternal fracture is considered a marker for significant transmission of energy. The management of isolated s...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Tiwari S,Singh A,Bhandari P,Ghatak D,Agarwal H

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of expanded dengue syndrome, where three uncommon presentations occurred concomitantly. A patient with dengue haemorrhagic fever presented initially with acute acalculous cholecystitis along with acute pancreatitis, but later on, during resolution of pancreatitis and cholecystitis, developed pancytope...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Anam AM,Rabbani R,Shumy F

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a tracheostomy is routine in current intensive care practice to facilitate weaning patients requiring prolonged respiratory support from mechanical ventilation. Percutaneous tracheostomy has become an established technique with an acceptable risk profile in appropriately selected patients, and has the advan...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Pollach G,Namboya F,Jung K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are a leading cause of mortality in low- and middle-income countries. We studied the spectrum, aetiology and outcome of CNS infections in 401 consecutive patients aged ≥12 years admitted at the medical emergency centre of PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. An aetiological diagnos...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kumar D,Pannu AK,Dhibar DP,Singh R,Kumari S

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Weighing children is one of the simplest, cheapest, and quickest methods of assessing the nutritional status of children. Regular weighing of children and recording the results on growth charts can be used to monitor the growth pattern of individual children and may promote early detection and prevention of growth-fa...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Abel R

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：: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：:The concept of indication-specific pricing (ISP) of drugs means that the cost of a drug will vary depending on the reasons for its use. ISP is a novel concept and its beneficial or detrimental effects are unknown. Experience from richer countries suggests that it is fraught with many administrative, ethical and regula...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Meher BR,Padhy BM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This technical note describes a new simple, cheap and affordable adult cervical traction device that is especially suitable for use in resource-poor third world countries because of its cost-effectiveness. While the widely used imported Gardner-Wells tongs cost over N250,000 (Nigerian) naira (approximately $1630 USD),...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Odebode TO,Agaja SB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rare phenomenon that occurs either primarily or secondary to a multitude of conditions, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis most commonly, and other infections like enteric fever and tuberculosis. It has been reported as an extremely rare complication of scrub typhus with ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Gopal GK,Anugrah C,Boorugu H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scrub typhus, a re-emerging acute febrile zoonosis can present as an undifferentiated fever often complicated by potentially fatal systemic involvement. Acute pancreatitis is a rare complication of scrub typhus which can result in a marked elevation of serum lipase. We report three cases of scrub typhus who presented ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Bhargava A,Ali S,Rajeevan R,Udyavara R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population-based study of podoconiosis in two resettlement schemes in western Ethiopia, we found that 5% of 194 settlers and 9% of 222 indigenous people were affected. Prevalence rates were generally higher in males than females and increased with age, indicating sex differences in occupationally linked trauma to...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kloos H,Bedri Kello A,Addus A

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ophthalmic presentation of relapse in a patient with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV1) associated adult T-cell lymphoma leukaemia is described. Epidemiology, clinical features and therapeutic options are briefly reviewed. Antenatal screening and inclusion of HTLV1 in the differential diagnosis of inflammat...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Charles KS,Leelah N,Murray DC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this preliminary study was to evaluate the usefulness of the intradermal smear test in the diagnosis of malaria. One hundred cases of suspected malaria (having received no prior antimalarials) were investigated. Both peripheral blood film (PBF) and intradermal smears (IDS) were simultaneously prepared...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Singh H,Sen R,Singh S,Siwach SB,Jagdish,Singh RM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00