South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
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A prospective study of children with measles has shown a significant association between malnutrition and a poor prognosis. Levels of a number of complement components bore no relationship to the severity of the disease or to its prognosis. Some of the children with acute measles had depressed serum concentrations of factor D, Clq or C3, but complement deficiency does not appear to be implicated in the heightened susceptibility to secondary bacterial and viral infection so commonly found after acute measles.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Gentamicin and penicillin in the treatment of severe respiratory infections.
A combination of penicillin and gentamicin has been used for severely ill patients in a respiratory intensive care ward. It has been shown that predictable mean blood levels of gentamicin can be obtained in these patients by relating the dose to surface area (60 mg/m2/8 h). ⋯ In patients with renal failure, increasing the interval between doses also resulted in satisfactory levels, but close monitoring of the serum creatinine level is considered necessary. No clinical difference could be detected when gentamicin was given by constant or intermittent infusion.
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Headaches are among the commonest symptoms encountered in active general practice. Much appears in the medical literature on this subject, most of it not applicable to everyday practice. A simple classification, a pattern of easy recognition, and a treatment plan for these chronic headaches are presented.