General medicine discipline for specialist physicians.
Subdisciplines exist e.g. Gastroenterology, Pulmonology,
Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology.
Hodkinson, Bridget; Musenge, Eustasius; Ally, Mahmood Moosa Tar Mahomed; Meyer, Pieter W. A.; Anderson, Ronald; Tikly, Mohammed(Springer, 2012-04)
The clinical response to traditional diseasemodifying
anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in indigent
South Africans with early rheumatoid arthritis was investigated.
A cohort of patients with early (≤2 years) RA who ...
Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Ker, James A.; Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Fletcher, Lizelle(Blackwell Publishing, 2012-08)
AIM: To determine if there is a difference between autonomic cardiac control as measured by heart rate variability
(HRV) in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared to a healthy control group.
METHODS: The RA group ...
Hodkinson, Bridget; Musenge, Eustasius; Ally, Mahmood Moosa Tar Mahomed; Meyer, Pieter W. A.; Anderson, Ronald; Tikly, Mohammed(Informa Healthcare, 2012-10)
BACKGROUND: The severity and predictors of functional disability and health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) in a cohort of South Africans with early RA were investigated. METHODS: Changes in
the Health Assessment ...
Ker, James A.(South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2012-09)
Beta blockers have been prescribed for the treatment of primary hypertension for a very long time. Currently, it is doubtful whether this is still a good idea. In fact, many are of the opinion that beta blockers should be ...
Brighton, S.W.(South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2012)
To diagnose patients with acute low back pain (LBP), a focused physical examination needs to be conducted and a detailed
history obtained. The patient should then be placed into one of three broad categories, namely ...