Burn care in South Africa: A micro cosmos of Africa

H Rode, SG Cox, A Numanoglu, AM Berg - Pediatric surgery international, 2014 - Springer
Burn injuries in Africa are common with between 300,000 and 17.5 million children under 5
years sustaining burn injuries annually, resulting in a high estimated fatality rate. These …

Thirty-day postoperative mortality among individuals with HIV infection receiving antiretroviral therapy and procedure-matched, uninfected comparators

JT King, MF Perkal, RA Rosenthal, AJ Gordon… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has converted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
infection into a chronic condition, and patients now undergo a variety of surgical procedures …

Preoperative CD4 count or CD4/CD8 ratio as a useful indicator for postoperative sepsis in HIV-infected patients undergoing abdominal operations

X Xia, B Liu, J Su, H Pei, H Chen, L Li, Y Liu - Journal of Surgical Research, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: CD4 count or CD4/CD8 ratio has been found to be a valuable marker of
disease progression in HIV and AIDS. Our objective was to evaluate preoperative CD4 …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of poor postoperative outcomes in pediatric surgery patients in rural Ghana

S Peiffer, AE Ssentongo, L Keeney, F Amponsah-Manu… - BMC surgery, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background/Purpose Perioperative complications cause significant pediatric
morbidity and mortality in low-and lower middle-income countries. This study investigates …

Preoperative risk factors influencing the incidence of postoperative sepsis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: a retrospective cohort study

J Su, A Tsun, L Zhang, X Xia, B Li, R Guo, B Liu - World journal of surgery, 2013 - Springer
Background Compared to noninfected patients, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-
infected patients undergoing surgery have an increased postoperative risk of developing …

Anorectal malformations and the impact of HIV on surgical outcome

TD Gabler, J Loveland, A Theron… - South African Medical …, 2018 - ajol.info
Background. Anorectal malformations (ARMs) represent a significant surgical load in South
African (SA) paediatric surgical centres. Surgical treatment of ARMs may be associated with …

HIV 感染者胆囊切除围手术期处理

刘保池, 张磊, 苏锦松 - 上海医药, 2013 - cqvip.com
目的: 研究HIV 感染者胆囊结石的手术风险因素和围手术期处理. 方法: 对20 例HIV
感染者胆囊结石手术前进行常规检查, 用流式细胞仪检测T 淋巴细胞亚群, CD4T 淋巴细胞< …

Surgical implications of HIV infection

AJW Millar, SG Cox - Pediatric Surgery International, 2022 - Springer
According to the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), 37.7 million adults
and children worldwide were estimated to be living with HIV or acquired immune deficiency …

HIV exposure does not worsen outcome in stage III necrotizing enterocolitis with current treatment protocols

M Arnold, SW Moore - Journal of pediatric surgery, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The heavy burden of maternal HIV infection in developing
countries such as South Africa has resulted in a high prevalence of premature birth and …

Surgical implications of human immunodeficiency virus infections

J Karpelowsky, AJW Millar - Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 2012 - Elsevier
Pediatric HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a pandemic predominantly in sub-Saharan
Africa. Approximately 2.2 million children aged less than 15 years are infected with HIV …