PS279 Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the Pacific: From Subclincial to Symptomatic Disease

Mirabel, Mariana; Tafflet, Muriel; Noël, Baptiste; Parks, Tom; Braunstein, Corinne; Rouchon, Bernard; Marijon, Éloi; Jouven, Xavier

doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2016.03.216

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“…There is a high burden of rheumatic heart disease in the Pacific . Primary prevention of rheumatic fever is achieved through widespread use of antibiotics for children and young adults with suspected streptococcal throat and skin infections.…”

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“…There is a high burden of rheumatic heart disease in the Pacific. [28][29][30][31][32] Primary prevention of rheumatic fever is achieved through widespread use of antibiotics for children and young adults with suspected streptococcal throat and skin infections. After patients have had their first episode of rheumatic fever, early identification of rheumatic valvulopathies will allow secondary prevention with long-term penicillin administration and regular assessment for deteriorating cardiac function.…”

Section: Case 4 -Rheumatic Heart Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

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Paediatric point‐of‐care ultrasound in a resource‐limited Melanesian setting: A case series

Henry

2020

Australas J Ultrason Med

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Point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) is an imaging modality with high potential impact on the practice of paediatric emergency medicine in resource‐limited settings. Aside from the obvious diagnostic utility, it facilitates safe procedural guidance at the bedside and provides haemodynamic information to guide resuscitation of shocked states. This five‐patient paediatric case series illustrates the range of POCUS modalities used while working in emergency medicine at a regional referral hospital in Vanuatu. Cases described include a teenager with meningococcaemia, femoral central line insertion in an infant, ventricular septal defect in an infant, a child with a leg abscess, and a child with rheumatic heart disease.

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Section: Case 4 – Rheumatic Heart Diseasementioning

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Section: Case 4 -Rheumatic Heart Diseasementioning

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Paediatric point‐of‐care ultrasound in a resource‐limited Melanesian setting: A case series

Henry

2020

Australas J Ultrason Med

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“…Echocardiography-based screening showed the pooled prevalence of subclinical RHD was about 7 times higher than that of clinically overt disease. [4][5][6] Despite recommendations for echocardiography-based screening for RHD by the World Heart Federation, it is not practiced yet in many resource-limited countries and most of the patients with RHD arrive at the medical facilities once they are symptomatic and severe disease has occurred with complications related to RHD, which include heart failure, arrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension, stroke, systemic embolic events and infective endocarditis. 7,8…”

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Descriptive Analysis of Rheumatic Heart Disease Related Complications in Pediatric Patients at Tertiary Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Desta¹,

Gezachew²,

Eshetu³

2023

PHMT

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Introduction Rheumatic heart disease continues to be a public health problem worldwide. In developing countries such as Ethiopia where rheumatic heart disease is endemic, most of the patients present with complaints related to complications including heart failure, arrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension, stroke, systemic embolic events and infective endocarditis. Objective To identify the types and magnitude of complications in pediatric patients with rheumatic heart disease. Methodology Hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, pediatric and child health department. All pediatric cardiac patients with rheumatic heart disease seen from January 1, 2018 to December 30, 2021 were included in the study. Conclusion The majority of patients presented to our health facility with complications which implies the need for action at the community level to detect the disease at early stage. Recommendations We recommend a similar large-scale study to be conducted at the national level and introduce a national RHD registry to better understand the magnitude of the problem, based on which necessary action will be undertaken. There is also a need to assess the proper implementation of screening and preventive RHD programmes.

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PS279 Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the Pacific: From Subclincial to Symptomatic Disease

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Paediatric point‐of‐care ultrasound in a resource‐limited Melanesian setting: A case series

Paediatric point‐of‐care ultrasound in a resource‐limited Melanesian setting: A case series

Descriptive Analysis of Rheumatic Heart Disease Related Complications in Pediatric Patients at Tertiary Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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