Search Results - "Strada, Gino"
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Blood kinetics of Ebola virus in survivors and nonsurvivors
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-12-2015)“…Infection with Ebola virus (EBOV) results in a life-threatening disease, with reported mortality rates between 50%-70%. The factors that determine patient…”
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Are adaptive randomised trials or non-randomised studies the best way to address the Ebola outbreak in west Africa?
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (01-06-2015)“…Summary The Ebola outbreak that has devastated parts of west Africa represents an unprecedented challenge for research and ethics. Estimates from the past…”
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Treating Children With Advanced Rheumatic Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: The NGO EMERGENCY's Project at the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Sudan
Published in Frontiers in pediatrics (20-08-2021)“…Rheumatic heart disease is endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa and while efforts are under way to boost prophylaxis and early diagnosis, access to cardiac surgery is…”
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Intensive care support and clinical outcomes of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa
Published in Intensive care medicine (01-08-2018)“…Purpose We investigate the impact on outcome of different levels of supportive treatment in Ebola virus disease (EVD). The NGO EMERGENCY delivered care…”
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Orthopedic trauma surgeon in Sierra Leone: how to keep one’s head over water
Published in Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (01-09-2019)“…Purpose Developing a guideline for orthopedic trauma surgeons working in civilian trauma hospitals in low-income countries. Methods This is a retrospective…”
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Open letter to the UN's new health chief from “Alternative Nobel Prize” laureates
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (22-07-2017)“…As health professionals working in some of the most fragile countries and contexts-from Afghanistan to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and from the…”
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Features and management of esophageal corrosive lesions in children in Sierra Leone: lessons learned from 175 consecutive patients
Published in Journal of pediatric surgery (01-09-2011)“…Abstract Purpose This study aims to highlight the peculiar presentation and management of children's corrosive ingestions in developing countries associated…”
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Relationship Between Viremia and Specific Organ Damage in Ebola Patients: A Cohort Study
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (06-01-2018)“…Pathogenesis of Ebola virus disease remains poorly understood. We used concomitant determination of routine laboratory biomarkers and Ebola viremia to explore…”
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Short-term economic impact of the Zika virus outbreak
Published in The New microbiologica (01-10-2016)“…Zika virus (ZIKV) is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes bites. However, transmission by sexual contacts has been reported in 11 non endemic countries. The rapid…”
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Management of Severe Open Ankle–Foot Trauma by a Simple External Fixation Technique: An Alternative During War and in Resource-Poor and Low-Technology Environments
Published in Journal of orthopaedic trauma (01-03-2011)“…Severe open foot and ankle injuries are still a challenge for the orthopaedic surgeon. Their treatment is even more difficult in third world countries and in…”
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Injury Severity Score versus New Injury Severity Score for Penetrating Injuries
Published in Prehospital and disaster medicine (01-03-2002)“…The New Injury Severity Score (NISS) was introduced in 1997 to improve outcome prediction based on anatomical severity scoring in trauma victims. Studies on…”
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Aorta-to-right ventricular outflow tract fistula with coronary cusp prolapse
Published in Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals (01-04-2013)“…We describe a rare case of aorta-to-right ventricular fistula in a 20-year-old man who presented with signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure. He was…”
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Molecular Signature of the Ebola Virus Associated with the Fishermen Community Outbreak in Aberdeen, Sierra Leone, in February 2015
Published in Genome announcements (Washington, DC) (24-09-2015)“…We report the complete genome sequence of Ebola virus from a health worker linked to a cluster of cases occurring in the fishing community of Aberdeen, Sierra…”
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Sentido de comunidad y bienestar psicológico en poblaciones en situación de vulnerabilidad social por desastres naturales
Published in Revista Internacional de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales (01-06-2021)“…El impacto de los desastres naturales puede afectar la salud mental de las comunidades de manera determinante tanto a nivel personal como colectivo. Es por…”
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Percutaneous transcatheter balloon valvuloplasty for severe tricuspid valve stenosis in Ebstein's anomaly
Published in Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.) (01-06-2009)“…A 26-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of exertional dyspnea (New York Heart Association III), general fatigue and palpitations over the past…”
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Preparing for the worst
Published in BMJ (01-02-2003)“…Speaking at night over a satellite phone from Kabul, he told the BMJ: "Tariq Aziz [Iraq's deputy prime minister] has just authorised Emergency to fly to…”
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"Millions of people are suffering"
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Millions of People Are Suffering
Published in Scientific American (01-05-2014)“…Stix interviews Gino Strada, surgeon and founder of Emergency, regarding his plan to build free, state-of-the-art hospitals in Africa. Among other things,…”
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