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Establishment of a multisite umbrella cohort study protocol to describe the epidemiology and aetiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in Latin America.
BMJ Open
July 2024
Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Department of Internal Medicine, Galveston, Texas, USA
Article Synopsis
- - The study focuses on Acute Undifferentiated Febrile Illnesses (AUFIs) in Latin America, aiming to improve understanding of their causes and facilitate outbreak detection, which is currently limited by inadequate diagnostics and fragmented healthcare systems.
- - A collaborative research protocol involving institutions from several countries will collect clinical data and samples from patients with fever lasting less than 8 days, specifically targeting viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogens.
- - The research team will analyze blood and other specimens using advanced testing methods, with findings aimed to be shared with health authorities to enhance public health responses to AUFIs.
Knowledge, Practice and Attitudes to the Management of Sepsis in Jamaica.
J Crit Care Med (Targu Mures)
October 2022
The University of the West Indies Mona Campus, Department of Microbiology, Kingston, Jamaica.
Introduction: Sepsis is a life-threatening dysfunction resulting from the dysregulated host response to infection. The mortality of sepsis in Jamaica remains high amid the proven efficacy of the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines implementation in some countries.
Aim Of Study: To evaluate the inter-relationship of healthcare workers' attitude towards, knowledge of and practice of sepsis management in Jamaica.
Spin within systematic review abstracts on antiplatelet therapies after acute coronary syndrome: a cross-sectional study.
BMJ Open
August 2022
Office of Medical Student Research, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Objectives: Spin is a reporting practice in which study results are misrepresented by overestimating efficacy or underestimating harm. Prevalence of spin varies between clinical specialties, and estimates are based almost entirely on clinical trials. Little is known about spin in systematic reviews.
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