Charles Mondo

TL;DR: This is the largest randomized trial to test if influenza vaccine compared to control reduces adverse vascular events in high risk individuals and aims to assess whether variables such as age, sex, seasonality modify the benefits of vaccination.

TL;DR: A high prevalence of kidney disease is found in central Uganda and traditional risk factors such as HIV-infection, diabetes mellitus, smoking and alcohol intake were not found to be significantly associated with CKD.

TL;DR: Although the outcome of patients admitted for AHF in sub-Saharan regions is similar in men and women, some gender differences are apparent suggesting that in men more emphasis should be put on modifiable life risk factors, while in women prevention of rheumatic heart diseases and improved nutrition should be addressed vigorously.

TL;DR: ECG abnormalities are almost universal among Africans with acute HF, which may add to the immediate diagnosis of patients presenting with dyspnea, and although some ECG findings have prognostic value for risk of adverse outcomes, most are nonspecific and add little to the risk stratification of these patients.

TL;DR: The IMPI trial is the largest trial yet conducted comparing adjunctive immunotherapy in pericarditis and its results will define the role of adj unctive corticosteroids and M. w Immunotherapy in patients with TB pericardiocentesis.