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Fidelia Bode-Thomas

Researcher at University of Jos

Publications -  39
Citations -  978

Fidelia Bode-Thomas is an academic researcher from University of Jos. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heart disease & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 36 publications receiving 752 citations. Previous affiliations of Fidelia Bode-Thomas include Eduardo Mondlane University & College of Health Sciences, Bahrain.

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Characteristics, complications, and gaps in evidence-based interventions in rheumatic heart disease: the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (the REMEDY study)

TL;DR: Rheumatic heart disease patients were young, predominantly female, and had high prevalence of major cardiovascular complications, and there is suboptimal utilization of secondary antibiotic prophylaxis, oral anti-coagulation, and contraception, and variations in the use of percutaneous and surgical interventions by country income level.
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Clinical Outcomes in 3343 Children and Adults With Rheumatic Heart Disease From 14 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Two-Year Follow-Up of the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (the REMEDY Study).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the 2-year follow-up of individuals with rheumatic heart disease from 14 low and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia, and report that patients from low and lower-middle income countries had a poorer prognosis associated with advanced disease and low education.
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Seven key actions to eradicate rheumatic heart disease in Africa: the Addis Ababa communiqué.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a "roadmap" of key actions that need to be taken by governments to eliminate acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Africa.
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Electric Breast Pump Use Increases Maternal Milk Volume in African Nurseries

TL;DR: Findings revealed greater MMV with electric breast pumps than hand-expression for mothers of infants in African nurseries, which has important implications for international policy if exclusive OMM feeding is to be achieved for the vulnerable infant.
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Childhood acquired heart diseases in Jos, north central Nigeria

TL;DR: The majority of childhood acquired heart diseases in the authors' environment are still of infectious aeitology, with RHD remaining the most frequent, particularly in older children, with community-based screening and multicenter collaborative studies helping to better describe the pattern of AHD in this country.