Prevention of Rheumatic Fever
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- Rheumatic fever vs. rheumatism. // Ebony;May1997, Vol. 52 Issue 7, p20
Presents tips on preventing rheumatic fever. Causes of rheumatic fever; How it can be developed.
- Rheumatic fever: No cause for complacence. Steeg, Carl N.; Walsh, Christine A.; Glickstein, Julie S.; Kaplan, Deborah // Patient Care for the Nurse Practitioner;Oct2001, Vol. 4 Issue 10, p15
Deals with the resurgence of rheumatic fever. Criteria for the diagnosis of the disease; Treatment of the disease; Ways to prevent the recurrence of rheumatic fever.
- Rheumatic fever: No cause for complacence. Steeg, Carl N.; Walsh, Christine A.; Glickstein, Julie S. // Contemporary Pediatrics;Jan2000, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p128
Discusses the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic fever in children and young adults. Linkage between the epidemiology of rheumatic heart disease and streptococcal pharyngitis; Pathogenesis of rheumatic fever and heart disease; Diagnostic criteria and clinical characteristics of...
- Therapeutic Strategies for the Prevention of Rheumatic Fever. // Annals of Internal Medicine;Apr77, Vol. 86 Issue 4, p494
Editorial. Focuses on the therapeutic strategies for the prevention of rheumatic fever. Cost-effectiveness of strategies for the prevention of rheumatic fever; Recommendations for both epidemic and endemic cases; Assumptions regarding cost-effectiveness of rheumatic fever prevention.
- Rheumatic heart disease in developing countries: the consequence of inadequate prevention. McLaren, Margaret J.; McLaren, M J; Markowitz, M; Gerber, M A // Annals of Internal Medicine;2/1/94, Vol. 120 Issue 3, p243
Editorial. Discusses rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in developing countries. Causes of rheumatic heart disease; Background of streptococcal vaccine, primary prevention of rheumatic fever; Information on the trial rheumatic fever prevention program in Third World countries...
- Preventing endocarditis. // British Medical Journal;12/17/1977, Vol. 2 Issue 6102, p1564
Focuses on the chemoprevention of rheumatic fever and bacterial endocarditis. Primary and secondary prevention of rheumatic fever; Dosage of benzathine penicillin to be administered; Side effects of the drug.
- Chapter 11: Secondary prevention of rheumatic fever. // Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease;1/1/2004, p91
Chapter 11 of the book "Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease" is presented. It discusses the definition of secondary prevention of rheumatic fever which refers to the continuous administration of specific antibiotics to patients with a previous attack of rheumatic fever to prevent...
- Planning and implementation of national programmes for the prevention and control of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. // WHO Technical Report Series;2004, Issue 923, p115
Presents several components of a national program for the prevention and control of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Primary and secondary prevention activities; Health education; Epidemiological surveillance.
- Chapter 15: Planning and implementation of national programmes for the prevention and control of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. // Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease;1/1/2004, p115
Chapter 15 of the book "Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease" is presented. It discusses the planning and implementation of national programs for the prevention and control of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. It also highlights some aspects of national prevention programs...
- Chapter 14: The socioeconomic burden of rheumatic fever. // Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease;1/1/2004, p111
Chapter 14 of the book "Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease" is presented. It discusses the socioeconomic burden of rheumatic fever in which developing countries have 60% of all cardiovascular disease both in children and in young adults. It also features the cost-effectiveness of the...
