RCT: In a population with a high prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease, screening schoolchildren with echocardiography can enable timely initiation of secondary antibiotic prophylaxis
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Commentary on Twitter
RHD accounts for the highest number of deaths due to #VHD worldwide. Cluster RCT in Nepal indicates effectiveness of early detection of clinically silent #RHD by echocardiographic screening of schoolchildren and timely initiation of secondary prophylaxis https://t.co/gCCt4LzV7X
— JAMA Cardiology (@JAMACardio) January 20, 2021
It took us 9 years to complete this cluster randomized clinical trial; for me this meant two children, a Colombian family, Spanish, moving home three times, nine trips to Nepal, public health @LSHTM, and from #Kilimanjaro to #ChoOyu. https://t.co/uMs4ZQzCYX pic.twitter.com/ZFBAlwEZDd
— Thomas Pilgrim (@ThomPilgrim) January 20, 2021