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Socioeconomic predictors of cognition in Ugandan children: implications for community interventions
(Public Library of Science, 2009)
Background: Several interventions to improve cognition in at risk children have been suggested. Identification of key
variables predicting cognition is necessary to guide these interventions. This study was conducted to ...
Cognitive impairment after cerebral malaria in children: a prospective study
(American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007-01-15)
OBJECTIVE. This study was conducted to assess prospectively the frequency of cognitive deficits in children with cerebral malaria.
METHODS. Cognitive testing in the areas of working memory, attention, and learning
was ...
Seizure activity and neurological sequelae in Ugandan children who have survived an episode of cerebral malaria
(African Health Sciences, 2009)
Background: Seizures are a common presenting feature in children with cerebral malaria (CM) and neurologic deficits have been
described in survivors of CM. However few prospective studies have described the frequency of ...
Reliability of the Luganda version of the Child Behaviour Checklist in measuring behavioural problems after cerebral malaria
(BioMed Central, 2009-12-08)
Background: No measure of childhood behaviour has been validated in Uganda despite the
documented risks to behaviour. Cerebral malaria in children poses a great risk to their behaviour,
however behavioural outcomes after ...
Cerebral malaria in children is associated with long-term cognitive impairment
(2008)
OBJECTIVE. Cerebral malaria affects 785 000 African children every year. We previously
documented an increased frequency of cognitive impairment in children with cerebral malaria 6 months after their initial malaria ...
Methods to estimate baseline creatinine and define acute kidney injury in lean Ugandan children with severe malaria: A prospective cohort study
(BMC, 2020)
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is increasingly recognized as a consequential clinical complication in children with severe malaria. However, approaches to estimate baseline creatinine (bSCr) are not standardized in ...
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is elevated in children with acute kidney injury and sickle cell anemia, and predicts mortality
(Elsevier, 2022)
Urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a biomarker of acute kidney injury that has been adapted to a urine dipstick test. However, there is limited data on its use in low and-middle-income countries ...