| Title |
Effect of emergency major abdominal surgery on CD4 cell count among HIV positive patients in a sub Saharan Africa tertiary hospital - a prospective study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Surgery, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2482-13-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gabriel Okumu, Patson Makobore, Sam Kaggwa, Andrew Kambugu, Moses Galukande |
| Abstract |
Surgery plays a key role in HIV palliative care, specifically in the diagnosis and treatment of HIV related and non-related conditions. Yet major surgery depresses the immune system. Whereas the surgical consequences of HIV infection are well described, there is a paucity of published data, in resource-limited settings, on the effects of major surgery on the immune system. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of major abdominal surgery on CD4 count in HIV positive and HIV negative patients after emergency major surgery. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 14% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 44 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 24% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 9% |
| Researcher | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 16% |
| Unknown | 10 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 49% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Psychology | 2 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 10 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
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#8,042,304
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Outputs from BMC Surgery
#178
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#63,718
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Surgery
#4
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