PATIENTS who are convalescing from rheumatic ... clinical features are most useful for predicting which patients will remain free of heart disease after an episode of acute rheumatic fever.

Additional diagnostic difficulties arise in the early stages of leukemia when lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly and a clear-cut blood picture ... or acute rheumatic fever. The clinical ...

Three children have died in the most recent outbreak of measles. This article reviews the symptoms and treatment of measles.

AIMS To describe the clinical features of rheumatic fever and to assess the Jones criteria in a population and setting similar to that in many developing countries. METHODS The charts of 555 cases of ...

and Management of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease 2024, marking a major step forward in our national response to these preventable illnesses. The guidelines incorporate the latest ...

The committee on clinical investigation approved this study. In the acute phase, 109 patients underwent Doppler ... of 204 patients who had no evidence of ARF recurrence progressed to severe chronic ...

Fever ≥38.5°C. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate >60 mm or C reactive protein >30 mg/L. Prolonged PR interval for age. A Low-risk populations are defined as ARF incidence ≤2 per 100 000 school-age ...

Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols ARF = Acute rheumatic fever IE = Infectious endocarditis LILACS = Literatura ... conference papers, and clinical trial protocol were excluded[8]. All data were ...

Accurate classification of gout without crystal documentation for recruitment into studies is also needed, since the majority of cases of gout are managed in primary or acute care settings ... First, ...

Rates of acute rheumatic fever are higher in Northland than the Ministry of Health has reported, new research shows. Acute rheumatic fever is a preventable disease associated with poverty ...

Research findings increasingly indicate close associations between autoimmune thyroid disease and rheumatic disease.

This systematic review reveals limited evidence supporting current interventions for fatigue in pediatric rheumatic diseases, ...