Classifying maternal deaths in Suriname using WHO ICD-MM: different interpretation by Physicians, National and International Maternal Death Review Committees
The World Health Organization (WHO) provides a framework (ICD-MM) to classify pregnancy-related deaths systematically, which enables global comparison among countries. We compared the classification of pregnan... (Source: Reproductive Health)
Source: Reproductive Health - February 19, 2021 Category: OBGYN Authors: Lachmi R. Kodan, Kim J. C. Verschueren, Affette M. McCaw-Binns, Ray Tjon Kon Fat, Joyce L. Browne, Marcus J. Rijken and Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp Tags: Research Source Type: research
Guillain-Barr é Syndrome in Suriname; Clinical Presentation and Identification of Preceding Infections
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is associated with various types of preceding infections including Campylobacter jejuni and cytomegalovirus, but there is also an association with arthropod borne viruses (arboviruses), such as Zika virus, that are endemic in tropical regions. Here we present the clinical characteristics of 12 GBS patients from Suriname that were hospitalized between the beginning of 2016 and half 2018. Extensive diagnostic testing was performed for pathogens that are commonly associated with GBS, but also for arboviruses, in order to identify the preceding infection that might have led to GBS. With this exte...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - February 10, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Sex differences in the association of sphingolipids with age in Dutch and South-Asian Surinamese living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
ConclusionsMean sphingolipid concentrations increase more rapidly with age in women than in men. Therefore, plasma lipid concentrations of sphingolipids, although lower in women than in men at younger age, are higher in women than in men at older age. (Source: Biology of Sex Differences)
Source: Biology of Sex Differences - January 13, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: research
First Assessment of Acquired HIV-1 Drug Resistance and Mutation Patterns in Suriname
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, Ahead of Print. (Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses)
Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses - January 12, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Rachel Sno Mergiory Y. Labadie-Bracho Meritha G. Gr ünberg Malti R. Adhin Source Type: research
Prevalence of Disease-Related Undernutrition on Hospital Admission and Its Association With Functionality and Length of Hospital Stay in Multiethnic Suriname
Our aim was to describe the prevalence of disease-related undernutrition (DRU) on admission to a department of surgery in Suriname and to explore its association with ethnicity and adverse outcomes. All patients 18 years or older who were not pregnant were invited to participate. Data were collected on weight (history), length, fat-free mass index (FFMI) using bioimpedance analysis, and ethnicity. Age, sex, and diagnosis data were extracted from the medical files. Associations between DRU and ethnicity, functionality, and length of hospital stay were assessed using logistic and Cox regression analyses adjusting for age, se...
Source: Topics in Clinical Nutrition - December 29, 2020 Category: Nutrition Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Socioeconomic Differences in Sympathovagal Balance: The Healthy Life in an Urban Setting Study
Conclusions
There is a clear socioeconomic gradient in measures of sympathovagal balance, indicating that sympathovagal balance may play a role in socioeconomic disparities in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. (Source: Psychosomatic Medicine)
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - December 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research
[Life course violence, pregnancy experiences, use of alcohol and pemba, in French Guiana women].
CONCLUSIONS: Data on violence in French Guyana show that young people and women declare more often having experienced physical violence, in or out of family life. Young women are overrepresented thus a survey in childbearing women must reveal a high frequency of these events. Our data allow us to go further, by associating this experience of violence and the experience of pregnancy with socio-demographic variables. We can thus see that the overall average obtained on a large number of indicators is smoothed by extremely contrasting situations, of women feeling safe or not, well followed or not for this pregnancy, etc. The ...
Source: L Encephale - November 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Encephale Source Type: research
Ethnic differences in childhood right and left cardiac structure and function assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Conclusion: Right ventricular end-diastolic volume and left ventricular end-diastolic volume differ between ethnic subgroups in childhood, without affecting ejection fraction. Follow-up studies are needed to investigate whether these differences lead to ethnic differences in cardiac disease in adulthood.What is Known:•Ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk factors and disease are well-known and may originate in early-life.•The prevalence of cardiovascular disease differs between ethnic groups.What is New:•We examined ethnic differences in left and right cardiac structure and function in children using cMRI.•Righ...
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - November 10, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria in sputum cultures in Suriname
(Source: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease)
Source: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - November 1, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Gopie, F. A. Hassankhan, A. Zijlmans, W. de Lange, W. C. M. Vreden, S. G. S. van Ingen, J. Tags: FORUM Source Type: research
Current state of respiratory disease in Suriname, a retrospective analysis of 4987 hospital files
Conclusion: Gender preponderance of respiratory diseases in Suriname is comparable to the global trend, except for the prevalence of COPD and smoking behavior. Further assessment is necessary to explore the prevalence of COPD and its risk factors in more detail. (Source: European Respiratory Journal)
Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 28, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: de Vries, J., Gopie, F., Spruit, M., Toelsie, J. Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7860: Hand and Oral Hygiene Practices among Adolescents in Dominican Republic, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago: Prevalence, Health, Risk Behavior, Mental Health and Protective Factors
Conclusion: The survey showed poor OH and HH behavior practices. Several sociodemographic factors, health risk behaviors, poor mental health, and low parental support were associated with poor OH and/or HH behavior that can assist with tailoring OH and HH health promotion. (Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - October 27, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Supa Pengpid Karl Peltzer Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7797: Community Education for a Dignified Last Phase of Life for Migrants: A Community Engagement, Mixed Methods Study among Moroccan, Surinamese and Turkish Migrants
Suurmond
Community engagement and -education are proposed to foster equity in access to care and to ensure dignity of migrant patients in the last phase of life, but evidence is lacking. We evaluated nine community educational interactive meetings about palliative care (136 participants totally)- co-created with educators from our target groups of Moroccan, Surinamese and Turkish migrants—with a mixed methods approach, including 114 questionnaires, nine observations, nine interviews with educators, and 18 pre- and post- group- and individual interviews with participants. Descriptive and thematic analysis...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - October 24, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Xanthe de Voogd Dick L. Willems Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen Marieke Torensma Jeanine L. Suurmond Tags: Article Source Type: research
Body location of “New World” cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions and its impact on the quality of life of patients in Suriname
by Ricardo V. P. F. Hu, Sahienshadebie Ramdas, Pythia Nieuwkerk, Ria Reis, Rudy F. M. Lai A Fat, Henry J. C. de Vries, Henk D. F. H. Schallig
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a chronic skin infection caused byLeishmania parasites, causing single or multiple skin nodules and ulcers on the exposed body locations. Healing of lesions is followed by scar formation. Active and healed CL lesions may affect patient ’s health related quality of life (HRQL). The aim of this study was to determine whether the body location of the leishmaniasis lesions affects the HRQL of localized CL patients in Suriname. The HRQL of 163 patients w...
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - October 23, 2020 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Ricardo V. P. F. Hu Source Type: research
Malaria serology data from the Guiana shield: first insight in IgG antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium malariae antigens in Suriname
Suriname has accomplished a steep decline in malaria burden, even reaching elimination levels. Plasmodium serology data are not available for Suriname and even extremely scarce within the region, therefore malari... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - October 8, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mergiory Y. Labadie-Bracho, Farah T. van Genderen and Malti R. Adhin Tags: Research Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6806: Clustering of Poor Dietary Habits among Adolescents Aged 12 to 15 Years in 52 Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries
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Very few studies have reported the co-occurrence of poor dietary habits. We thus aimed to estimate the co-occurrence of poor dietary habits in adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Data were obtained from the Global School-Based Student Health Surveys (GSHS) from 2009 to 2017. The suboptimal dietary factors included fast food consumption, carbonated soft drink consumption, and low fruit and vegetable intake, which were assessed with a questionnaire survey. We calculated the corresponding country-specific prevalence with the number of suboptimal dietary factors. We also calculated pooled est...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - September 17, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Hui Fan Xingyu Zhang Tags: Article Source Type: research
