[HTML][HTML] Predictors of prolonged hospital stay in HIV-positive patients presenting to the emergency department

AE Laher, F Paruk, GA Richards, WDF Venter - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… ) is generally longer in HIV-positive patients. We identified predictors of prolonged hospital
length of stay (LOS) in HIV-positive patients presenting to an emergency department (ED). …

[HTML][HTML] Aetiology and outcome of non-traumatic coma in African children: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

STJ Ray, C Fuller, A Boubour, LJ Bonnett, DG Lalloo… - Systematic …, 2021 - Springer
… Non-traumatic coma is a common acute childhood … With the recent drastic reduction in malaria
incidence, non-malarial coma is … and prognosis of non-traumatic coma in African children. …

… in Glasgow Coma Scale and the full outline of unresponsiveness score measurement in patients with metabolic encephalopathy, central nervous system infections …

AA Mbonde, BM Demaerschalk, N Zhang, R Butterfield… - Neurocritical care, 2021 - Springer
HIV infection (27.1% [61 of 230]), and HIV infection was most prevalent among those with
CNS infections… all patients presenting with reduced LOC from stroke, a CNS infection, or ME. …

Primary HIV infection presenting with Kaposi sarcoma and limbic encephalitis

D Kaddu-Mulindwa, S Roth, A Klees-Rollmann… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
HIV infection, since the causative agent cannot be reliably assigned. Another possible
differential diagnosis for … have been a so-called HIV associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) (…

Dynamic prediction of death in patients with tuberculous meningitis using time-updated Glasgow Coma Scale and plasma sodium measurements

LTP Thao, M Wolbers, AD Heemskerk… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… 20% of HIV-uninfected and 40% of HIV-infected patients [2, 3]… , assessed since 1974 by the
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) [5]… strong predictors of death, including HIV infection, older age, …

Cerebral toxoplasmosis with multiple hemorrhage lesions in an HIV infected patient: a case report and literature review

T Hosoda, K Mikita, M Ito, H Nagasaki… - Parasitology …, 2021 - Elsevier
… In this paper, we present the case of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patient
… He could not communicate with the medical staff corresponding to Glasgow coma scale 8/15 …

Non-traumatic coma in young children in Benin: are viral and bacterial infections gaining ground on cerebral malaria?

J Brisset, KA Baki, L Watier, E Kinkpé… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2022 - mednexus.org
… Our present work is part of a larger project called NeuroCM [11, 12], whose main goal is to
identify the causative and remedial factors of neuroinflammation in the context of CM. From …

[HTML][HTML] Medical coma in a secondary health centre in Benin City, Nigeria: a 3-year review

EO Kayode-Iyasere, AO Obasohan… - Port Harcourt Medical …, 2019 - phmj.org
… The main presenting complaint was … causes of coma in this study were acute left ventricular
failure (ALVF) and hypertensive encephalopathy. ALVF was not found as a cause of coma in …

Neurological disorders in HIV in Africa: a review

WP Howlett - African health sciences, 2019 - ajol.info
… confusion/altered level of consciousness 44% median Glasgow Coma Scale (12/15). The 10
… treated or untreated HIV infection whilst in 25% the seizures are the presenting complaint of …

[HTML][HTML] Pronostic Factors of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis in Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at Donka National Hospital

MS Sow, K Sylla, D Cissé, FA Cissé, I Bah… - Advances in Infectious …, 2019 - scirp.org
… during cerebral toxoplasmosis in the field of HIV infection. … (78.2%) of those present have
opportunistic infections, including … The coma denotes a serious encephalic attack we attend an …