نتایج جستجو برای: intermittent prophylaxis

تعداد نتایج: 65914  

2015
Rasaq Olaosebikan Kolade Ernest Kalifa Bojang Olugbenga Mokuolu Andrea M. Rehman Muna Affara Davis Nwakanma Jean-René Kiechel Taofik Ogunkunle Tope Olagunju Rukayat Murtala Peter Omefe Tosin Lambe Surajudeen Bello Olayinka Ibrahim Benedict Olorunsola Ayotade Ojuawo Brian Greenwood Paul Milligan

BACKGROUND Malaria prophylaxis is recommended for persons with sickle cell disease (SCD), but the value of this has been questioned. The aim of this study was to find out whether intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) with a fixed-dose combination of mefloquine-artesunate (MQAS) or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (SPAQ) was more effective than daily proguanil for malaria prevention ...

Journal: :Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2011
Johannes Friesen Steffen Borrmann Kai Matuschewski

Each year, infections with the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum kill 1 million people, mostly children in Africa. Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) reduces the incidence of malaria and aims to prevent mortality in infants, children, and pregnant women. There is contradictory evidence as to whether this strategy may generate additional protection...

Journal: :Journal of orthopaedic surgery 2012
Takahiro Niikura Sang Yang Lee Keisuke Oe Akihiro Koh Takaaki Koga Yoshihiro Dogaki Etsuko Okumachi Masahiro Kurosaka

PURPOSE To investigate the rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Japanese patients with fractures of the pelvis and/or lower extremities using physical prophylaxis alone. METHODS Records of 66 men and 60 women aged 15 to 95 (mean, 57) years with fractures of the pelvis and/ or lower extremities were retrospectively reviewed. They were screened for VTE based on D-dimer values. Contrast-enhan...

Journal: :Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2003
Paul D Prinsen Geerligs Bernard J Brabin Teunis A Eggelte

This paper reviews the evidence for beneficial effects of malaria chemoprophylaxis on haematological responses, morbidity, mortality, health service utilization and rebound immunity in children. As anaemia may play an important role in childhood mortality, it is important to assess evidence from controlled trials of the potential of chemoprophylaxis to reduce childhood anaemia. An analysis of t...

2004
Geoffrey H. Westrich Thomas Sculco Richard Laskin Russell Windsor Steven Haas

Aspirin plus venaflow vs. lovenox plus venaflow for DVT prophylaxis in TKA

Journal: :PLoS Medicine 2008
J. Gerardo García-Lerma Ron A Otten Shoukat H Qari Eddie Jackson Mian-er Cong Silvina Masciotra Wei Luo Caryn Kim Debra R Adams Michael Monsour Jonathan Lipscomb Jeffrey A Johnson David Delinsky Raymond F Schinazi Robert Janssen Thomas M Folks Walid Heneine

BACKGROUND In the absence of an effective vaccine, HIV continues to spread globally, emphasizing the need for novel strategies to limit its transmission. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with antiretroviral drugs could prove to be an effective intervention strategy if highly efficacious and cost-effective PrEP modalities are identified. We evaluated daily and intermittent PrEP regimens of increa...

Journal: :journal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects 0
amir eskandari nader abolfazli ardeshir lafzi

background and aims. dental procedures injuring oral tissues may induce bacterial release to blood stream that can cause infective endocarditis in susceptible patients. the aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of general dental practitioners (gdps) in tabriz, northwest of iran, regarding endocarditis prophylaxis in cardiac patients receiving dental treatments. materials and...

Journal: :Journal of critical care 2005
Neil Stollman David C Metz

Gastrointestinal complications frequently occur in patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Of these, ulceration and bleeding related to stress-related mucosal disease (SRMD) can lengthen hospitalization and increase mortality. The purpose of this review is to discuss the many risk factors and underlying illnesses that have a role in the pathophysiology of SRMD and evaluate the evidence pe...

2010
Henriette Farkas

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) resulting from the deficiency of the C1 inhibitor (C1-INH) is a rare, life-threatening disorder. It is characterized by attacks of angioedema involving the skin and/or the mucosa of the upper airways, as well as the intestinal mucosa. In approximately 50 per cent of cases, clinical manifestations may appear during childhood. The complex management of HAE in pediatric...

2013
Razieh FALLAH Sedighah AKHAVAN KARBASI Ahmad SHAJARI Mostafa FROMANDI

OBJECTIVE Migraine is the most common acute intermittent primary headache in children and prophylactic therapy is indicated in children with frequent or disabling headaches. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of topiramate (TPM) for migraine prophylaxis in children. MATERIALS & METHODS In a quasi-experimental study, monthly frequency, severity and duration of he...

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