Journal club articles, by date with most recent first
Safety and efficacy of once-daily HAART for children
published 05-09-2007
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Times marked as favorite : 54
"HIV-1–infected children naive to efavirenz weretreated with a combination of efavirenz, abacavir, didanosine,and lamivudine in an observational, prospective, single-centerstudy. "
"CONCLUSIONS. For the first time, once-daily highly active antiretroviral therapy is demonstrated to be a safe, convenient, and potent antiretroviral regimen for HIV-1–infected children."
Blinded, randomized trial of community-based zinc supplementation shows reduction in diarrhea
published 05-09-2007
Views : 454
Times marked as favorite : 42
"We included 1712 children aged between 6 and 48 months in a randomized double blind study in rural area comprising of 11 villages." Children received either placebo or zinc supplementation.
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"Conclusion: Weekly zinc supplementation was effective in reducing diarrheal morbidity at the community level and it was operationally feasible."
New Solution for Newborn Incubator Shortage: Inexpensive Recycling
published 04-09-2007
Views : 703
Times marked as favorite : 57
Incubators are very important for newborn care, although much of their use can be replaced by kangaroo care. Commercial ones are also expensive and maintain. One alternative is to obtain kits to build your own incubator, or, if you have the ability, to build your own. Another, featured in this article, is to use old, non-functioning commercial incubators and refit them with new temperature controls.
New reviews on hypertension, atrial fibrillation, acute respiratory distress syndrome, gallstones
