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PROTEA, A Southern African Multicenter Congenital Heart Disease Registry and Biorepository: Rationale, Design, and Initial Results
Objectives: The PartneRships in cOngeniTal hEart disease (PROTEA) project aims to establish a densely phenotyped and genotyped Congenital Heart Disease …
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High Abdominal Perfusion Pressure Using Umbilical Cord Flap in the Management of Gastroschisis
Background: Gastroschisis management remains a controversy. Most surgeons prefer reduction and fascial closure. Others advise staged reduction to avoid a …
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Study of the Etiology of Acute Respiratory Infections in Children Under 5 Years at the Dr. Agostinho Neto Hospital, Praia, Santiago Island, Cabo Verde
Background: Acute respiratory infections are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 years in …
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Stillbirth Among Patients With Diabetes in Pregnancy in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Purpose: Maternal diabetes mellitus and the resulting adverse fetal outcomes including stillbirth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are high. …
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Treating Children With Advanced Rheumatic Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: The NGO EMERGENCY's Project at the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Sudan
Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Sudan. This hospital is a center of excellence offering free-of-charge, high-quality treatment to patients needing …
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Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Children: When Are Further Investigations Warranted?
Supplementary Figure 1: Pathway for children that require further investigation.
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24-Month Clinical, Immuno-Virological Outcomes, and HIV Status Disclosure in Adolescents Living With Perinatally-Acquired HIV in the IeDEA-COHADO Cohort in Togo and Côte d'Ivoire, 2015–2017
Background: Adolescents living with perinatally-acquired HIV (APHIV) face challenges including HIV serostatus disclosure. We assessed their 24-month outcomes in relation …
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Evaluation of a Neonatal Resuscitation Training Programme for Healthcare Professionals in Zanzibar, Tanzania: A Pre-post Intervention Study
Background: Neonatal mortality rates remain high in Sub-Saharan African countries. Improving the newborn resuscitation skills of healthcare professionals is important …
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Epidemiology of Pediatric Surgical Conditions Observed in a First-Level Hospital in Burundi
Background: Little is known about the surgical conditions affecting the pediatric population in low-income countries. In this article we describe …
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Primary Care Case Management of Febrile Children: Insights From the ePOCT Routine Care Cohort in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Aim: To provide insight in the primary health care (PHC) case management of febrile children under-five in Dar es Salaam, …
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Normalization of B Cell Subsets but Not T Follicular Helper Phenotypes in Infants With Very Early Antiretroviral Treatment
Introduction: Infant HIV-1-infection is associated with high morbidity and mortality if antiretroviral treatment (ART) is not initiated promptly. We characterized …
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Effect of Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)-HIV-1 Co-existence on Maternal and Infant Health: A Secondary Data Analysis
Background: The lactobacillus-rich microbiome forms a defense system against infections. Babies are born sterile and acquire their microbiome from exposure …
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Midwives' Evaluation of a Neonatal Resuscitation in High- and Low-Resource Settings
Aim: To assess midwives' evaluation of a real-life neonatal resuscitation and their opinion on importance of resuscitation interventions. Methods: Multicenter, …
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Impaired Pancreatic β-Cell Function in Critically Ill Children
Critical illness hyperglycemia (CIH) is common in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Increased glucose production, insulin resistance (IR), and …
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Decrease in Admissions and Change in the Diagnostic Landscape in a Newborn Care Unit in Northern Ghana During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread worldwide with an increasing number of patients, including pregnant women and neonates. This …
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Stillbirths, Neonatal Morbidity, and Mortality in Health-Facility Deliveries in Urban Gambia
Background: The Gambia Demographic and Health Survey 2013 data showed that up to 63% of deliveries in the country occur …
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COVID-19 and Pediatric Lung Disease: A South African Tertiary Center Experience
The COVID-19 pandemic led to rapid global spread with far-reaching impacts on health-care systems. Whilst pediatric data consistently shown a …
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Development of LMS and Z Score Growth References for Egyptian Children From Birth Up to 5 Years
Background: The Lambda-Mu-Sigma (LMS) and Z score methods are important for assessment of growth and nutritional status. In Egypt, there …
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Carriage Dynamics of Pneumococcal Serotypes in Naturally Colonized Infants in a Rural African Setting During the First Year of Life
(the pneumococcus) carriage precedes invasive disease and influences population-wide strain dynamics, but limited data exist on temporal carriage patterns of …
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Perinatal Mortality and Associated Factors Among Antenatal Care Attended Pregnant Mothers at Public Hospitals in Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Introduction: Perinatal mortality is the death of a baby between 28 weeks of gestation onwards and before the first 7 …