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Research Articles (Obstetrics and Gynaecology): Recent submissions
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(In House Publications, 2013-05)The training of registrars to become obstetrician-gynaecologists is performed in large hospitals, usually associated to an university. These hospitals are mostly level II and III hospitals to which more complicated cases ...
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(In House Publications, 2013-05)The major goal of obstetric care is to ensure the birth of a healthy baby with minimal risk to the mother. Therefore determining which interventions are most likely to improve patient safety is an important global health ...
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(In House Publications, 2013-05)Staging can be defined as assessing the anatomical extent of the tumour. Stages are an artificial subdivision of the ongoing disease process based on the applicable anatomical landmarks. The main goals in treating patients ...
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(In House Publications, 2013-05)A close relationship exists between kidney function and a successful pregnancy outcome. Renal disease can affect the outcome of pregnancy, pregnancy can affect the progression of pre-existing renal disease, and pregnancy ...
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(Routledge, 2013-01)Involvement of male partners may increase adherence to and improve outcomes of programs to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). Greater understanding of factors impeding male voluntary HIV counseling and ...
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(British Institute of Radiology, 2012-02)Endoanal ultrasound is now regarded as the gold standard for evaluating anal sphincter pathology in the investigation of anal incontinence. The advent of three-dimensional ultrasound has further improved our understanding ...
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(Open Journals Systems, 2012)Subspecialty training in gynaecological oncology in South Africa is a very young venture in the discipline of gynaecology. In 2008, the first candidate fulfilled the requirements for the College of Obstetricians and ...
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(Springer, 2012)PURPOSE Seminal pathogens can bind specifically or nonspecifically to spermatozoa, rendering semen decontamination procedures ineffective, whereby vertical or horizontal transmission of the infection could occur. Serine ...
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(Open Journals Systems, 2012)Endometriosis is a common monoclonal benign proliferative disorder that may give rise to pelvic malignancy. Epithelial ovarian carcinoma is responsible for a large proportion of gynaecological cancer-associated deaths. ...
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(Routledge, 2012-06)The prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) is a complex challenge in heavily affected and resource-limited settings such as South Africa. Management of PMTCT requires a cascade of interventions that need ...
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(In House Publications, 2012-08)In the beginning of the 20th century, the only explanation that was offered to a small baby born was that of prematurity. Fetal growth was defined by birth weight alone. The concept that a fetus might suffer poor growth ...
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(In House Publications, 2012-08)Over a quarter of the world’s population are at risk of parasitic infections. The majority of these infections are confined to the world’s poverty belt, which is largely in sub- Saharan Africa. Dangerous, debilitating ...
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(In House Publications, 2012-08)The generally used way of defining impairment when referring to medical practitioners is the inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety for patients. This may be due to progressive physical or mental ...
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(In House Publications, 2012-08)An overview is given on selected cost-drivers within an assisted reproduction technology (ART) laboratory, such as procedural costs; sperm preparations; laboratory supplies including embryo culture media and cryopreservation. ...
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(In House Publications, 2012-08)Gestational diabetes is a carbohydrate intolerance that is first detected in pregnancy and usually disappears after birth. It is characterised by fasting and post-prandial hyperglycemia. The immediate maternal and fetal ...
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(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2012)Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) constitute to many health problems. STIs have far reaching public health consequences for sexual wellbeing and reproductive function. The aim of this study was to establish a ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-05)The occurrence of bacteria in sperm samples intended for in vitro fertilization, can compromise the outcome of assisted reproductive techniques. Effective semen processing procedures should therefore be implemented to ...
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(In House Publications, 2011-05)No abstract available.
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(Open Journals Systems, 2011)No abstract available.
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Pre-validation of the WHO organ dysfunction based criteria for identification of maternal near miss (BioMed Central, 2011-08)BACKGROUND: To evaluate the performance of the WHO criteria for defining maternal near miss and identifying deaths among cases of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) admitted for intensive care. METHOD: Between October 2002 ...
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