Task shifting to non-physician clinicians for integrated management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Cameroon: a programme assessment at two... (Publications)
of 1.4 and 0.7 Euro respectively for their medication. Among hypertensive patients with > /= 2 documented visits (n = 493), systolic BP decreased by 22.8 mmHg (95% CI: -20.6 to -24.9; p < 0.0001) and diastolic [...] diastolic BP by 12.4 mmHg (-10.9 to -13.9; p < 0.0001). Among diabetic patients (n = 79) FPG decreased by 3.4 mmol/l (-2.3 to -4.5; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The integration of hypertension and diabetes
Estimating phosphate removal in haemodialysis: an additional tool to quantify dialysis dose (Publications)
removed in mmol. The precision was remarkable (r(2)=0.92-0.94). The comparison of phosphate and Kt/V(urea) showed a significant association (r(2)=0.28), albeit with remarkable scatter. CONCLUSIONS: We [...] 18 of 74 patients during 41 treatments (137 out of 177 data sets) and was determined as: M(PO4pred)=0.1t -17+50c(ds60)+11c(b60), where t is treatment time in min, c(ds60) and c(b60) are phosphate concentrations
Absence of the glutathione S-transferase M1 gene increases cytochrome P4501A2 activity among frequent consumers of cruciferous vegetables in a... (Publications)
non-null individuals (5.24 versus 4.32, two-sided P = 0.01). No such difference was observed in subjects who consumed broccoli less frequently (two-sided P = 0.39). This interactive effect of GSTM1 genotype and [...] individuals (5.03 versus 4.33, two-sided P = 0.02), whereas no difference was evident among those who consumed cruciferous vegetables less frequently (two-sided P = 0.35). Our results suggest that cruciferous
Assessing whether universal coverage with insecticide-treated nets has been achieved: is the right indicator being used? (Publications)
population ITN access, the expected proportion of households with 1 ITN for 2 people is only 60% (p = 0.003 R(2) = 0.92), because individuals in households with some but not enough ITNs are captured as having access [...] people. Among households with 7-9 people, mean population ITN access was 41.0% (95% CI 36.5-45.6), whereas only 6.2% (95% CI 4.0-8.3) of these same households owned at least 1 ITN for 2 people. On average
Diarrhoea among children aged under five years and risk factors in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Cape Town, South Africa (Publications)
shared toilets (93.0%), while FS households used piped water on premises (89.6%) and private toilets (98.3%). IS respondents had higher average hand-washing scores than those of FS (0.04 vs.
Gastroduodenitis and peptic ulcer in a rural Liberian community. An endoscopic prospective study (Publications)
in the duodenal bulb. The incidence of symptomatic peptic ulcer disease estimated from the data was 0.15 per 1000 population per year. Histology revealed superficial gastritis in 34, atrophic gastritis [...] observed between patients and controls were statistically significant for the stomach (p less than 0.01) but not for the duodenum. No correlation was found between the presence of histological gastritis
Synthesis and in vitro antiprotozoal activities of water-soluble, inexpensive phenothiazinium chlorides (Publications)
inyl)phenothiazinium chloride showed IC50 of 0 097 mu mol L-1 against T cruzi and 3 7-bis(benzyl(methyl)amino)phenothiazinium chloride exhibited IC50 of 0 081 mu mol L-1 against L donovani although the
Intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment for Tanzanian infants: follow-up to age 2 years of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial (Publications)
at risk, starting 1 month after final dose of intermittent treatment) was 0.28 in the sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine group and 0.43 in the placebo group (protective effect 36%, 95% CI 11-53). Intermittent
Electrophysiological markers and predictors of the disease course in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (Publications)
somatosensory and motor EPs and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) assessments at baseline (T0) and at six-month intervals over three years. Spearman rank correlation was used to determine the r [...] analysis. RESULTS: s-EP-Q correlated with EDSS score at all points in time in cross-sectional comparison (0.53
Diarrhoea among children aged under five years and risk factors in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Cape Town, South Africa (Publications)
shared toilets (93.0%), while FS households used piped water on premises (89.6%) and private toilets (98.3%). IS respondents had higher average hand-washing scores than those of FS (0.04 vs.
