Noma (cancrum oris): An unresolved global challenge

Feller, Liviu; Altini, Mario; Lemmer, J

doi:10.1111/prd.12275

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“…By the time they present to the hospital for treatment, they will have often suffered psychological damage from the disfigurement. They are usually anxious and uncooperative further complicating their management …”

Section: Common Causes Of the Pediatric Difficult Airway In Lmicsmentioning

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Adaptations in pediatric anesthesia care and airway management in the resource‐poor setting

Manyumwa

Chimhundu-Sithole

Marange-Chikuni

et al. 2020

Pediatric Anesthesia

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The need for safe and quality pediatric anesthesia care in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) is huge. An estimated 1.7 billion children do not have access to surgical care, and the majority are in LMICs. In addition, most LMICs do not have the requisite surgical workforce including anesthesia providers. Surgery is usually performed at three levels of facilities: district, provincial, and national referral hospitals. Unfortunately, the manpower, equipment, and other resources available to provide surgical care for children vary greatly at the different level facilities. The majority of district level hospitals are staffed solely by non‐physician anesthesia providers with variable training and little support to manage complicated pediatric patients. Airway and respiratory complications are known to account for a large portion of pediatric perioperative complications. Management of the difficult pediatric airway pathology is a challenge for anesthesia providers regardless of setting. However, in the low‐resource setting poor infrastructure, lack of transportation systems, and crippled referral systems lead to late presentation. There is often a lack of pediatric‐sized anesthesia equipment and resources, making management of the local pathology even more challenging. Efforts are being made to offer these providers additional training in pediatric anesthesia skills that incorporate low‐fidelity simulation. Out of necessity, anesthesia providers in this setting learn to be resourceful in order to manage complex pathologies with fewer, less ideal resources while still providing a safe anesthetic.

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Section: Common Causes Of the Pediatric Difficult Airway In Lmicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adaptations in pediatric anesthesia care and airway management in the resource‐poor setting

Manyumwa

Chimhundu-Sithole

Marange-Chikuni

et al. 2020

Pediatric Anesthesia

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“…If left untreated, it can quickly become fatal. Since the introduction of antibiotics, the prognosis has improved considerably (Feller et al 2019).…”

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Other Bacterial Infections of the Skin

Schaller¹

2020

Braun-Falco´s Dermatology

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The genus Corynebacterium includes morphologically similar, immovable Gram-positive rods. The one-or both-sided club-shaped swelling led to the naming (Greek koryne: club). Many species belong to the resident flora of humans and are apathogenic. They are often responsible for odors, especially in armpits and groins. Associated diseases are shown in Table 1. Cutibacterium acnes, formerly known as Propionibacterium acnes, plays an important role in acne, but is not seen as a direct cause. An association with erysipelas has been described in immunosuppressed patients. The disease spectrum of coryneform rods ranges from many harmless infections to potentially fatal diphtheria, sometimes limited to the skin.

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“…Despite several actions launched to control the burden of this disease poverty, poor sanitation and education, poor personal hygiene, and overall lack of funding in the countries affected mean that control of this devastating condition remains a major global challenge. Feller et al have had extensive experience in both clinical and research aspects of this problem in South Africa, and elsewhere, and provide a well‐illustrated account of epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, management, and associated public health issues. This certainly remains a continuing global challenge.…”

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Nonneoplastic diseases and disorders of the oral mucosa: A contemporary overview

Ariyawardana

Johnson

2019

Periodontology 2000

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Oral mucosal diseases encompass a diverse array of conditions and disorders arising from malignant, potentially malignant, and nonneoplastic processes. Considerable attention has been paid to the former in recent years, much less to the wide range of nonneoplastic disease processes, which constitute a sizeable proportion of the oral disease burden globally. Many nonneoplastic disease processes of the oral mucosa significantly affect the patient's quality of life. Fortunately, timely identification and intervention can reduce the associated morbidity and, sometimes, mortality. As such, it is of utmost importance that dentists are familiar with early identification and management of this wide range of oral mucosal diseases. This volume of Periodontology 2000 provides a comprehensive contemporary review of such diseases and disorders through 15 chapters. We cover all relevant disease categories: developmental anomalies, infections, white and red lesions, vesiculo‐bullous diseases, oral dermatoses, oral ulcerative conditions, dysplastic lesions, and mucosal diseases as manifestations of systemic disease or oral lesions as a part of systemic diseases. Each chapter discusses epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, and management. Controversies and many significant gaps in knowledge are exposed, with suggestions for research to address limitations in current understandings. We take a look at the 2017 classification of the periodontal diseases and discuss the importance of close liaison between the specialties of oral medicine and of periodontology in the management of the many oral diseases, apart from the common forms primarily related to oral biofilm, affecting the gingivae and other parts of the periodontium.

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Noma (cancrum oris): An unresolved global challenge

Cited by 32 publications

References 39 publications

Adaptations in pediatric anesthesia care and airway management in the resource‐poor setting

Adaptations in pediatric anesthesia care and airway management in the resource‐poor setting

Other Bacterial Infections of the Skin

Nonneoplastic diseases and disorders of the oral mucosa: A contemporary overview

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