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Browsing Research Articles (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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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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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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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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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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Meyer, Helgard Pieter
(Medpharm Publishers, 2006-04)
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a recognised chronic pain syndrome that is diagnosed without any special investigations.This syndrome constitutes widespread pain in a specific distribution, for a specific period of time, as well as ...
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Lotz, Simon; Van Jaarsveld, Nina Alletta; Liles, David C.; Crause, Chantelle; Görls, Helmar; Terblans, Yvette M.
(American Chemical Society, 2012)
The reaction of dilithiated thiophene and
thiophene derivatives with group 6 transition metal carbonyl
precursors and subsequent alkylation afforded linearly
arranged Fischer 2,5-bis-carbene and the rare unsymmetrical ...
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Ker, James A.; Rheeder, Paul; Van Tonder, R.
(Clinics Cardiv, 2007-01)
The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of the metabolic syndrome in a specific group of people. The ATP III criteria were used to identify the metabolic syndrome in a group of 1 410 corporate executives belonging ...
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Pieters, Marlien; Covic, Namukolo; Van der Westhuizen, Francois Hendrikus; Nagaswami, Chandrasekaran; Baras, Yelena; Loots, Du Toit; Jerling, Johann C.; Elgar, Dale; Edmondson, Kathryn S.; Van Zyl, Danie G.; Rheeder, Paul; Weisel, John W.
(Schattauer, 2008-04)
Diabetic subjects have been shown to have altered fibrin network structures.One proposed mechanism for this is non-enzymatic glycation of fibrinogen due to high blood glucose.We investigated whether glycaemic control would ...
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Pieters, Marlien; Van Zyl, Danie G.; Rheeder, Paul; Jerling, Johann C.; Loots, Du Toit; Van der Westhuizen, Francois Hendrikus; Gottsche, Louise T.; Weisel, John W.
(Elsevier, 2007)
Evidence exists for a relationship between glycaemic control and macrovascular disease. Non-enzymatic glycation of proteins may explain this relationship in part. We investigated the effect of blood glucose control, under ...
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Rheeder, Paul; Van Zyl, Danie G.; Webb, Elize M.; Worku, Zeleke
(South African Medical Association, 2007-03)
Sir James Paget, reflecting on his experiences at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London during 1835 - 1854, noted: ‘Some of the self-select of the pupils, making themselves into a kind of club, had a small room over a baker’s ...
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Rheeder, Paul; Venn, Marie; De Korte, Ewald; Van Zyl, Danie G.
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008-12)
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate levels of foot care knowledge among patients attending the diabetes clinic at Pretoria Academic Hospital by comparing the knowledge of patients with ‘at risk’ feet ...
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Van Vuuren, Bernard J.; Van Heerden, Hendrik J.; Becker, Piet J.; Zinzen, Evert; Meeusen, Romain
(Springer Verlag, 2007-03)
An analytical cross-sectional epidemiological study carried out among 109 manganese plant workers aimed to examine the prevalence and association between lower back problems (LBP) and occupational risk factors. Outcome was ...
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Roelofse, M.M. (Michelle Marizan); Steyn, Maryna; Becker, Piet J.
(Elsevier, 2008-05-20)
Personal identification of individuals is very important in forensic sciences. Facial identification is becoming even more relevant with increasing crime rates, problems with access control and terrorist attacks. To make ...
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Bosman, Edolene; Esterhuizen, Aletta Dorothea; Rodrigues, Frederico Antonio; Becker, Piet J.; Hoffmann, Willem Abraham
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-02)
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hyperinsulinaemia in a group of normozoospermic donors and the influence of insulin levels on in vitro fertilisation (IVF) outcome. Fasting insulin and 2 h post-eating ...
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Mendes, J.F.; Mathee, A.; Naicker, N.; Becker, Piet J.; Naidoo, S.
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-11)
Intentional and unintentional injuries were reported to be the
second leading cause of Disability Adjusted Life Years in South
Africa in 2000. We present household experiences of such injuries
in 5 impoverished housing ...
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Mendes, J.F.; Mathee, Angela; Naicker, N.; Becker, P.; Naidoo, S.
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-11)
Intentional and unintentional injuries were reported to be the
second leading cause of Disability Adjusted Life Years in South
Africa in 2000. We present household experiences of such injuries
in 5 impoverished housing ...
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Olckers, Antonel; Towers, Wayne G.; Van der Merwe, Annelize; Schwarz, Peter E.H.; Rheeder, Paul; Schutte, Aletta E.
(Elsevier, 2007-05)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is currently one of the fastest growing noncommunicable diseases in the world. It is induced by the pathogenic interaction between insulin resistance and secretion. This group of clinically ...
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Westaway, Margaret S.; Rheeder, Paul; Guloba, Geoffrey
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008-09)
No abstract available.