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Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by UP Author "Adam, Sumaiya"
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Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Adam, Sumaiya; Abrahams, Yoonus; Rheeder, Paul; Pheiffer, Carmen (Public Library of Science, 2021-03)DNA methylation is increasingly recognized as a potential biomarker of metabolic disease. However, there is limited information on the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the candidacy of DNA ...
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Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Adam, Sumaiya; Rheeder, Paul; Louw, Johan; Pheiffer, Carmen (MDPI Publishing, 2019-11-20)Increasing evidence implicate altered DNA methylation in the pathophysiology of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This exploratory study probed the association between GDM and peripheral blood DNA methylation patterns ...
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Adam, Sumaiya; Lombaard, H.A.D.T. (Hennie); Van Zyl, Danie G. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-10)BACKGROUND. Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with both accelerated fetal growth and intrauterine growth restriction. OBJECTIVE. To compare the difference in occurrence of large-for-gestational-age (LGA) and ...
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Adam, Sumaiya; Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Rheeder, Paul (Taylor and Francis, 2018)BACKGROUND : We investigated the association between markers of insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, and adipokines and GDM. METHODS : In our case-cohort study in Johannesburg we included women with GDM and controls. ...
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Magagula, B.; Nkwenika, T.; Adam, Sumaiya (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-12)BACKGROUND: Obstetric hemorrhage is the third most common cause of maternal death in South Africa. Abruptio placentae (AP) contributed to 12.9% of deaths caused by haemorrhage between 2017 and 2018. OBJECTIVE: To investigate ...
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Lombaard, H.A.D.T. (Hennie); Adam, Sumaiya; Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Sebola, Patricia (BioMed Central, 2015-04-02)BACKGROUND : Septic incomplete miscarriages remain a cause of maternal deaths in South Africa. There was an initial decline in mortality when a strict protocol based approach and the Choice of Termination of Pregnancy ...
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Masete, Matladi Innocent; Dias, Stephanie; Malaza, Nompumelelo; Adam, Sumaiya; Pheiffer, Carmen (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-25)Maternal diabetes is associated with pregnancy complications and poses a serious health risk to both mother and child. Growing evidence suggests that pregnancy complications are more frequent and severe in pregnant women ...
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Adam, Sumaiya; Lindeque, B. Gerhard; Soma-Pillay, Priya (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-05)Healthcare workers have both an obligation to their individual patients and a long-recognised public health responsibility. In the context of infectious disease, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, ...
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Adam, Sumaiya; Coetzee, Melantha; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-09)The COVID‑19 pandemic forced educators to go online in a hurry in 2020 and adapt their teaching and assessment approaches. However, despite the urgency, teaching and assessment still need to remain constructively aligned, ...
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Adam, Sumaiya; Lindeque, B. Gerhard (In House Publications, 2018)This edition of the O&G Forum is dedicated to various aspects of Obstetrical and Gynaecological care of nadolescents. In modern medical ethics, patient autonomy is considered a major principle in decision-making regarding ...
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Malaza, Nompumelelo; Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, S.; Adam, Sumaiya (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2023-06)BACKGROUND : Diabetes and obesity in pregnancy have been associated with increased rates of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes compared with women with normoglycaemia and normal weight. OBJECTIVE : To investigate the ...
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Adam, Sumaiya; Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, Stephanie; Hlongwane, T.M.A.G. (Tsakane); Vannevel, Valerie; Soma-Pillay, Priya; Abdullah, Fareed (Frontiers Media SA, 2022-07-13)Despite many advances in medicine we are still faced with emerging pathogens. Pregnant women have been disproportionately affected by previous coronavirus outbreaks. The COVID-19 pandemic has not affected pregnant women ...
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Adam, Sumaiya; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene); Van Rooyen, Marietjie (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-06)BACKGROUND: Medical education empowers students to transform theoretical knowledge into practice. Assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes determines students' competency to practice. Assessment methods have been ...
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Adam, Sumaiya; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene); Van Rooyen, Marietjie (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-06)BACKGROUND. Medical education empowers students to transform theoretical knowledge into practice. Assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes determines students’ competency to practice. Assessment methods have been ...
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Adam, Sumaiya; Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Rheeder, Paul; Pheiffer, Carmen (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-07)The prevalence of non-communicable diseases in South Africa (SA) is increasing. Alarmingly, SA is one of the nations with the most obese people in the world. The incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is ...
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Adam, Sumaiya; Rheeder, Paul (Wiley, 2018-04)OBJECTIVE : To investigate the performance of the Roche Accuchek Active glucometer in diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) versus the gold-standard laboratory test. METHODS : In a prospective cohort observational ...
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Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Adam, Sumaiya; Van Wyk, Nastasja; Rheeder, Paul; Louw, Johan; Pheiffer, Carmen (Taylor and Francis, 2019)BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE : Recently, several studies have reported that DNA methylation changes in tissue are reflected in blood, sparking interest in the potential use of global DNA methylation as a biomarker for gestational ...
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Adam, Sumaiya (In House Publications, 2015)South Africa has a high burden of HIV disease. Approximately 29% of antenatal clinic attendees are infected with HIV. A compromised immune system in pregnancy was thought to render the HIV positive woman more susceptible ...
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Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Adam, Sumaiya (MDPI, 2020-10)The early detection and management of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an important public health goal. GDM, which is defined as a glucose intolerance that develops during pregnancy, affects about 14% of pregnancies ...
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Nel, D.; Burch, V.; Adam, Sumaiya; Ras, T.; Mawela, D.; Buch, Eric; Green-Thompson, L. (South African Medical Association, 2022-09)No abstract available.
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