• Fatigue after stroke: Frequency and effect on daily life 

  Crosby, Gail A.; Munshi, Sunil; Karat, Aaron S.; Worthington, Esme; Lincoln, Nadina B. (Taylor & Francis, 2011-10-07)

  Purpose: An audit was conducted to assess the frequency of fatigue after stroke, to determine the impact on daily life, and whether it was discussed with clinicians. Method: Patients were recruited from Nottingham University ...

• Verbal autopsy-assigned causes of death among adults being investigated for TB in South Africa 

  Maraba, Noriah; Karat, Aaron S.; McCarthy, Kerrigan; Churchyard, Gavin J.; Charalambous, Salome; Kahn, Kathleen; Grant, Alison D.; Chihota, Violet (Oxford University Press, 2016-10-28)

  Background: Adults being investigated for TB in South Africa experience high mortality, yet causes of death (CoD) are not well defined. We determined CoD in this population using verbal autopsy (VA), and compared HIV- ...

• Autopsy prevalence of tuberculosis and other potentially treatable infections among adults with advanced HIV enrolled in out-patient care in South Africa 

  Karat, Aaron S.; Omar, Tanvier; von Gottberg, Anne; Tlali, Mpho; Chihota, Violet N.; Churchyard, Gavin J.; Fielding, Katherine L.; Johnson, Suzanne; Martinson, Neil A.; McCarthy, Kerrigan; Wolter, Nicole; Wong, Emily B.; Charalambous, Salome; Grant, Alison D. (PLOS, 2016-11-09)

  Background Early mortality among HIV-positive adults starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains high in resource-limited settings, with tuberculosis (TB) the leading cause of death. However, current methods to estimate ...

• Measuring mortality due to HIV-associated tuberculosis among adults in South Africa: Comparing verbal autopsy, minimally-invasive autopsy, and research data 

  Karat, Aaron S.; Tlali, Mpho; Fielding, Katherine L.; Charalambous, Salome; Chihota, Violet N.; Churchyard, Gavin J.; Hanifa, Yasmeen; Johnson, Suzanne; McCarthy, Kerrigan; Martinson, Neil A.; Omar, Tanvier; Kahn, Kathleen; Chandramohan, Daniel; Grant, Alison D. (PLOS, 2017-03-23)

  Background The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to reduce tuberculosis (TB) deaths by 95% by 2035; tracking progress requires accurate measurement of TB mortality. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes ...

• Cost of point-of-care lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan antigen testing in HIV-positive adults in South Africa 

  Mukora, R.; Tlali, M.; Monkwe, S.; Charalambous, S.; Karat, Aaron S.; Fielding, K. L.; Grant, A. D.; Vassall, A. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2018-09-01)

  INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization recommends point-of-care (POC) lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan (LF-LAM) for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in selected human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive people. South ...

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