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Browsing Clinical Epidemiology by Title
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Terblanche, Alta J.; Green, Robin J.; Rheeder, Paul; Wittenberg, Dankwart F.
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008-04)
OBJECTIVES: To determine the efficacy and safety of adjunctive corticosteroid therapy in clinical Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) in infants exposed to HIV infection.
DESIGN: Double-blind randomised placebo-controlled ...
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Retief, Johannes Hendrik
(University of Pretoria, 2006-11-30)
Please read the abstract in the 00front part of this document
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Majirija, Edgar T
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Please read the abstract in the dissertation.
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Quinton, S.J. (Susanna Jacoba)
(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-09)
Estimates of left atrial size in patients with suspected cardiac disease play an important role in diagnostic medicine. Left atrial size is used in predicting prognosis and events, as well as treatment decisions. Two methods ...
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Duim-Beytell, Martha Catharina
(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-24)
Background: It is likely that lower limb ulceration, lower limb amputation, or their absence in diabetic subjects, indicate varying degrees of long-term diabetes and its complications, and that measures of atherosclerosis ...
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Maonei, Costa
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Background: Despite proven efficacy, Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) use for incomplete abortions is low in the Swaziland setting, including Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital. Uncertainty in the costs implications of ...
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Mazibuko, Sikhathele
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
Introduction: Decentralization of antiretroviral therapy (ART) services faces decreasing quality when increasing ART coverage. This study compares nurse initiated and managed patients to doctor managed patients under these ...
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Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne)
(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-03)
Background Depression has been found in the literature to be a major problem in people living with HIV/AIDS. Not only does this impact on their daily functioning but has been shown to have negative HIV related outcomes, ...
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Nhlapo, Sibusiso G
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region worst affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the world. South Africa (SA) is the country with the highest population of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world and Mpumalanga ...
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Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Steenkamp, B.; Gauche, L.; Becker, Piet J.; Ker, James A.; Roos, J.L. (Johannes Louw); Viljoen, Margaretha
(Clinics Cardiv, 2007)
Co-morbidity between physical disease, especially cardiovascular, and psychological disturbances is well documented. In psychiatric patients, the potential for dysrhythmogenic incidences is increased by the fact that many ...
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Oosthuizen, Helena
(University of Pretoria, 2003)
Please read the abstract in the section, 00front, of this document
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Cassam, Yasmin
(University of Pretoria, 2013-01-07)
Malaria infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical countries, and particularly in Mozambique. Recently substantial resources have been used to reduce the burden of malaria in Mozambique. These include ...
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Bosman, E.; Esterhuizen, A.D.; Rodrigues, Frederico Antonio; Becker, Piet J.; Hoffmann, W.A.
(Wiley, 2015-11)
Previous reports indicated that hyperinsulinaemic men may exhibit a higher
percentage of poorly compacted DNA in their spermatozoa and less success in
an IVF programme (Andrologia, 45, 2003, 18; Andrologia, 2014, doi: ...
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Moolman, Lukas Johannes
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
No abstract available.
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Van Vuuren, A.; Rheeder, Paul; Hak, E.
(Cambridge University Press, 2009-07)
This study primarily aimed to estimate the association between influenza vaccination and the occurrence of hospitalization for acute respiratory or cardiovascular diseases, or all-cause death during the influenza season ...
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Rapetsoa, Maropeng Innocentia Kgomotso
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Introduction
Hospitalisations and prolonged hospital stays impose great economic burden especially at the present time when resources are limited. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common and costly illness associated ...
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Van Zyl, Danie G.
(University of Pretoria, 2003)
Please read the abstract in the section, 00front, of this document
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Muchiri, Jane Wanjiku; Gericke, Gerda J.; Rheeder, Paul
(OpenJournals, 2009-06)
This review article highlights the key factors that need consideration in planning an effective nutrition education programme for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in resource-poor settings.
Type 2 diabetes is increasing ...
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Vorster, Mariza; Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Rheeder, Paul
(Clinics Cardiv, 2010-05)
OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine whether taking oral erythromycin prior to SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging with Tc99m-sestamibi would reduce the amount of interfering extra-cardiac activity and improve the image ...
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Adebanjo, Adefolarin Babafemi
(University of Pretoria, 2012)
Objective: The objective of this retrospective cohort study is to assess whether demographic and anthropometric parameters, laboratory tests, co-morbidity, co-infection, treatment regimen, IRIS and adherence predict response ...