Search for dissertations about: "FUO"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word FUO.

  1. 1. Infections in patients with haematological malignancies

    Author : Honar Cherif; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Haematological malignancies; febrile neutropenia; bacteraemia; Candida; oral antibiotic; risk stratification; FUO; cefepime; splenectomy; pneumococcal vaccine;

    Abstract : Infectious complications are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with hematological diseases, especially during chemotherapy induced neutropenia. This study was undertaken with the ultimate goal to improve the clinical management of infections in patients with hematological diseases. READ MORE

  2. 2. Antibiotic use among children in low- and middle-income countries : Studies on global trends, and contextual determinants of antibiotic prescribing in Eastern Uganda

    Author : Gbemisola Allwell-Brown; Emily White Johansson; Andreas Mårtensson; Freddy Kitutu; Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb; Susanne Strömdahl; Mike English; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; antibiotic; child; low- and middle-income countries; LMICs; fever; under-five; Uganda; primary healthcare; health systems; Social Medicine; Socialmedicin; International Health; Internationell hälsa; Epidemiologi; Epidemiology; Family Medicine; Allmänmedicin; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

    Abstract : This thesis aimed to systematically map trends in reported antibiotic use (RAU) among sick under-five children across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 2005-2017, and, to understand the contextual determinants of antibiotic prescribing in Eastern Uganda. Based on 132 national surveys from 73 LMICs, and using Bayesian linear regression models, trends in RAU among sick under-five children (with symptoms of fever, diarrhoea or cough with fast/difficult breathing) across LMICs in 2005-2017 were mapped by WHO region, World Bank country income group, symptom complaint (Study-I), and by the following user characteristics: rural/urban residence, maternal education, household wealth and source of care (Study-II). READ MORE

  3. 3. Neutropenic fever during treatment of hematological malignancy : etiology and diagnostics

    Author : Lennart Persson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Fever is the principal and sometimes the only manifestation of serious infection in the neutropenic patient because signs of inflammation may be minimal or absent in this group of patients. The aim of this thesis was to improve the clinical management of the febrile neutropenic patient. READ MORE

  4. 4. Aetiology and infection susceptibility in neutropaenic patients

    Author : Michelle Wong; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Increasingly intensive antineoplastic regimes have been effective in the treatment for haematological malignancies, but as effective as it is in limiting neoplasm of the malignant cells, bystander damage occurs equally to cells of the immune system and epithelial cells of the mucosa. Infectious complications following chemotherapy reflect this situation. READ MORE