Sökning: "Pneumonia symptoms"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 27 avhandlingar innehållade orden Pneumonia symptoms.
1. Managing children with pneumonia symptoms in malaria endemic Uganda
Sammanfattning : Background: Pneumonia is one of the leading killers of children under five years of age. In sub-Saharan Africa, symptoms of pneumonia often overlap with those of malaria. While many countries have made public commitments to improve malaria management, similar efforts for pneumonia are lacking. LÄS MER
2. Measurement and evaluation of body temperature : Implications for clinical practice
Sammanfattning : The general aim was to explore factors influencing the normal variation and measurement of body temperature. Additional aims were to study morbidity, mortality and the clinical presentation of pneumonia and predictors for survival in elderly nursing-home residents. LÄS MER
3. Towards a functioning retail health market : Evaluating the integrated Community Case Management Intervention for Pediatric Febrile Illness in Drug Shops in Rural South Western Uganda
Sammanfattning : Objectives: This thesis examined the health systems effects of implementing the integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) intervention for paediatric febrile illnesses in a retail health market in South Western Uganda. More specifically, it evaluated drug seller interpretation of malaria Rapid Diagnostics Test (RDT) results (study I), adherence to iCCM guidelines (study II) and the intervention effect on households’ perceived quality of drug seller fever care and care-seeking choice. LÄS MER
4. Acute febrile illness in preschool children in Zanzibar - Infectious aetiologies, diagnosis and treatment
Sammanfattning : Background: A majority of the three million children in Africa that do not survive their fifth birthday die from infections that often start as a seemingly uncomplicated febrile illness. Primary health care workers frequently encounter febrile children with a negative malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT), in particular in places like Zanzibar with a considerable decline in malaria prevalence. LÄS MER
5. Improved diagnosis and prediction of community-acquired pneumonia
Sammanfattning : Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although there is wide variation in the microbial etiology, CAP may manifest with similar symptoms, making institution of proper treatment challenging. LÄS MER