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Clinical Infectious Diseases : An... Oct 2018
Topics: Disease Eradication; Global Health; Humans; Models, Theoretical; Policy Making; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus; Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; Vaccination
PubMed: 30376096
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy651 -
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation... Aug 2021Palliative care is a team-based approach focusing on relief of physical, psychosocial, and existential distress and communication about serious illness. Patients with... (Review)
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Palliative care is a team-based approach focusing on relief of physical, psychosocial, and existential distress and communication about serious illness. Patients with poliomyelitis and postpolio syndrome are at risk for contractures and can benefit from involvement of physical and occupational therapy. Hypersialorrhea can be treated with anticholinergic medications, botox, or radiation. Patients with dyspnea may require noninvasive positive pressure ventilation ± opioids or benzodiazepines. Constipation is often due to autonomic dysfunction and decreased mobility. There is a higher burden of anxiety. Early conversations about patients' goals and values as it relates to their health may help frame future decision-making.
Topics: Humans; Palliative Care; Poliomyelitis; Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome
PubMed: 34175015
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2021.02.008 -
Revista Chilena de Infectologia :... Aug 2018
Topics: Disease Eradication; History, 18th Century; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Humans; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus Vaccines
PubMed: 30534932
DOI: 10.4067/s0716-10182018000400436 -
The Lancet. Microbe Dec 2023
Topics: Humans; Poliomyelitis; Global Health
PubMed: 38042153
DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00371-3 -
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation... Aug 2021Survivors of poliomyelitis may experience long-term sequelae that put them at increased risk for injury, pain, cardiovascular deconditioning, and functional decline.... (Review)
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Survivors of poliomyelitis may experience long-term sequelae that put them at increased risk for injury, pain, cardiovascular deconditioning, and functional decline. Osteoporotic fractures and entrapment neuropathies, in particular, may result in greater impairments in one's mobility and ability to perform activities of daily living. Dysphagia may necessitate the use of compensatory swallow strategies to minimize aspiration risk. Comorbid conditions, including hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and stroke, are also very prevalent in this population. Risk factor modification, including diet, exercise, and medication compliance, is essential to achieve optimal health and function among survivors of poliomyelitis.
Topics: Comorbidity; Humans; Poliomyelitis; Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome
PubMed: 34175017
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2021.02.010 -
Air Medical Journal 2023
Topics: Humans; Poliomyelitis
PubMed: 36710036
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2022.10.017 -
Nature Reviews. Drug Discovery Aug 2023
Topics: Humans; Poliomyelitis; Global Health
PubMed: 37400708
DOI: 10.1038/d41573-023-00107-8 -
International Journal of Pediatric... Nov 2022This paper serves to review the historical progression of clinical, epidemiological and immunological evidence on the relationship between tonsillectomy and... (Review)
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OBJECTIVE
This paper serves to review the historical progression of clinical, epidemiological and immunological evidence on the relationship between tonsillectomy and poliomyelitis and its influence on clinical medicine.
METHODS
A literature review was conducted using terms relating to poliomyelitis, tonsillectomy, and immunology. Primary sources published between 1900 and 2000 were reviewed, analyzed and evaluated based on their historical, clinical, epidemiological, scientific and immunological pertinence towards the relationship between tonsillectomy, and poliomyelitis during epidemics.
RESULTS
The first study proposing a relationship between poliomyelitis and tonsillectomy was a case report published in 1910 by Phillip Sheppard. In response, other physicians began conducting clinical and epidemiological studies investigating the relationship between recent tonsillectomy and poliomyelitis in children. While the results of many of these studies demonstrated an increased morbidity and mortality rate associated with poliomyelitis in children who underwent recent tonsillectomy, other studies claimed there was no connection. Opposing study results and diverging physician views on this relationship left the medical community divided on whether to recommend against elective tonsillectomies during poliomyelitis outbreaks. The relationship between tonsillectomy and poliomyelitis was established after many years of clinical and epidemiological studies. Further scientific and immunological investigations revealed the causal nature of this relationship.
Topics: Adenoids; Child; Elective Surgical Procedures; Humans; Palatine Tonsil; Poliomyelitis; Tonsillectomy
PubMed: 36067711
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111290 -
Nature Jul 2014
Topics: Afghanistan; Disease Eradication; Global Health; Humans; Nigeria; Pakistan; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus; Poliovirus Vaccines; Vaccination; World Health Organization
PubMed: 25030129
DOI: 10.1038/511263b -
Nature Reviews. Immunology Dec 2021In August 2020, Africa was declared free of poliomyelitis (polio), bringing to fruition a goal that took more than 30 years to achieve. This Perspective chronicles... (Review)
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In August 2020, Africa was declared free of poliomyelitis (polio), bringing to fruition a goal that took more than 30 years to achieve. This Perspective chronicles global, continental, national and community actions taken by diverse stakeholders that finally led to the elimination of transmission of wild poliovirus in Africa. The cascade of events started with the development of polio vaccines and the realization that polio, much like smallpox, could be eradicated. After a 1988 pledge by the World Health Assembly to eradicate polio globally, concerted and deliberate efforts were made in Africa to achieve this goal. This included the use of evidence-based approaches for the harmonization and standardization of public health strategies, using a network of polio laboratories and emergency operation centres and actively pursuing underserved populations. Innovative solutions to counter challenges such as conflict and vaccine hesitancy may be of use in future public health interventions.
Topics: Africa; Animals; Disease Eradication; Global Health; Humans; Poliomyelitis; Poliovirus Vaccines; Vaccination Hesitancy
PubMed: 34697501
DOI: 10.1038/s41577-021-00640-w