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Research Articles (Obstetrics and Gynaecology): Recent submissions

  • Stillbirths : the vision for 2020 
    Goldenberg, Robert L.; McClure, Elizabeth M.; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Belizan, Jose M.; Reddy, Uma M.; Rubens, Craig E.; Mabeya, Hillary; Flenady, Vicki; Darmstadt, Gary L. (Elsevier, 2011-05)
    Stillbirth is a common adverse pregnancy outcome, with nearly 3 million third-trimester stillbirths occurring worldwide each year. 98% occur in low-income and middle-income countries, and more than 1 million stillbirths ...
  • Urodynamics : basic concepts 
    Abdool, Zeelha (In House Publications, 2012-02)
    Urodynamic studies still remains a controversial investigation in the assessment of patients with urinary incontinence. A systematic review on the correlation between clinical and urodynamic diagnosis in classifying the ...
  • Stages of change : a qualitative study on the implementation of a perinatal audit programme in South Africa 
    Belizan, Maria; Bergh, Anne-Marie; Cilliers, Carole; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Voce, Anna; Pattinson, Bob (BioMed Central, 2011-09-30)
    BACKGROUND: Audit and feedback is an established strategy for improving maternal, neonatal and child health. The Perinatal Problem Identification Programme (PPIP), implemented in South African public hospitals in the late ...
  • Impaired vascular permeability regulation caused by the VEGF165b splice variant in pre-eclampsia 
    Bills, Victoria L.; Salmon, Andrew H.; Harper, Steven J.; Overton, Tim G.; Neal, Chris R.; Jeffery, Bridget; Soothill, Peter W.; Bates, David Owen (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-09)
    OBJECTIVE: Pre-eclampsia is diagnosed by hypertension and proteinuria, probably caused by endothelial dysfunction, resulting in symptoms including oedema, inflammation and altered metabolism. Vascular endothelial growth ...
  • Evaluation of vaginal pessary use by South African gynaecologists 
    Abdool, Zeelha (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-09)
    INTRODUCTION: The use of vaginal pessaries for conservative management of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is well established. However, there are limited data on current clinical practice among gynaecologists, and the aim of ...
  • From planning to practice : building the national network for the surveillance of severe maternal morbidity 
    Haddad, Samira M.; Cecatti, Jose G.; Parpinelli, Mary A.; Souza, Joao P.; Costa, Maria L.; Sousa, Maria H.; Surita, Fernanda G.; Pinto e Silva, Joao L.; Pacagnella, Rodolfo C.; Camargo, Rodrigo S.; Bahamondes, Maria V.; Zotareli, Vilma; Gurgel, Lucio T.; Say, Lale; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Pattinson, Bob (BioMed Central, 2011)
    BACKROUND: Improving maternal health is one of the Millennium Development Goals for 2015. Recently some progress has been achieved in reducing mortality. On the other hand, in developed regions, maternal death is a relatively ...
  • Mobile phone radiation does not induce pro-apoptosis effects in human spermatozoa 
    Falzone, Nadia; Huyser, Carin; Franken, Daniel R.; Leszczynski, Dariusz (Radiation Research Society, 2010-08)
    Recent reports suggest that mobile phone radiation may diminish male fertility. However, the effects of this radiation on human spermatozoa are largely unknown. The present study examined effects of the radiation on ...
  • The effect of pulsed 900-MHz GSM mobile phone radiation on the acrosome reaction, head morphometry and zona binding of human spermatozoa 
    Falzone, Nadia; Huyser, Carin; Becker, Piet J.; Leszczynski, Dariusz; Franken, Daniel R. (Wiley Blackwell, 2011-02)
    Several recent studies have indicated that radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RFEMF) have an adverse effect on human sperm quality, which could translate to an effect on fertilization potential. The present study ...
  • Adult learning and CME 
    Macdonald, A.P. (In House Publications, 2011-05)
    Continuing Professional Development (CPD) has been recognised as a necessity world wide for clinicians to maintain clinical competence and remain up to date in an environment of rapidly increasing knowledge. South Africa ...
  • Affluent gynaecological conditions 
    De Bruin, Abri (In House Publications, 2011-05)
    Diseases of affluence are those diseases which are thought to be a result of increasing wealth in a society, in contrast to diseases of poverty which result from impoverishment.
  • Is endometrial ablation still a valid option in the management of abnormal uterine bleeding? 
    Abdool, Zeelha (In House Publications, 2006-05)
    No abstract available.
  • Female urinary incontinence 
    Abdool, Zeelha (South African Academy of Family Practice, 2007)
    Urinary incontinence affects approximately a quarter of a billion people worldwide. It is associated with high economic costs, psychological morbidity and adverse effects on the quality of life. Despite this, few women ...
  • Ultrasound imaging in urogynaecology 
    Abdool, Zeelha (In House Publications, 2008-05)
    The history of ultrasound dates back to 1794 when Lazzaro Spallanzani, an Italian biologist demonstrated that the ability of bats to navigate accurately through the dark was due to echo reflection from high frequency ...
  • Cervical cancer and human papillomavirus : South African guidelines for screening and testing 
    Botha, Hennie; Cooreman, Bruno; Dreyer, Greta; Lindeque, B. Gerhard; Mouton, Arrie; Guidozzi, Franco; Koller, Tony; Smith, Trudy; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Marcus, Louis; Moodley, Manivasan; Soeters, Robbie (Open Journals Systems, 2010)
    Cervical carcinoma is still the most common cancer of women on the African continent. Mortality remains high – worldwide at 50% – mainly because of late presentation, advanced stage of disease and absence of a functioning ...
  • FIGO has revised the staging of carcinoma of the vulva 
    Lindeque, B. Gerhard (Open Journals Systems, 2010)
    Cancers are staged to allow for standardised terminology, appropriate prognosis, and worldwide communication. Therapeutic guidelines often flow from staging data. FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and ...
  • Guideline for the diagnosis, management and prevention of bronchiolitis in South Africa 
    Green, Robin J.; Zar, Heather J.; Jeena, Prakash M.; Madhi, Shabir A.; Lewis, Humphrey (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-05)
    ENDORSEMENT : South African Thoracic Society, South African Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, United South African Neonatal Association. OBJECTIVE : To develop and publish a guideline for doctors managing acute ...
  • A paradoxical reduction in upper genital tract infection despite the massive HIV epidemic 
    Gumata, Nomonde; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Pattinson, Bob (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-08)
    No abstract available.
  • Familial and genetic cancers in gynaecology 
    Dreyer, Greta (Open Journals Systems, 2010)
    The diagnosis of inherited cancer-susceptibility syndromes can enable identification of individuals at increased risk for earlyonset cancer. The treatment and prognosis of patients diagnosed with malignancy due to a germ-line ...
  • Setting research priorities to reduce almost one million deaths from birth asphyxia by 2015 
    Lawn, Joy E.; Bah, Rajiv; Bergstrom, Staffan; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Darmstadt, Gary L.; Ellis, Matthew; English, Mike; Kurinczuk, Jennifer J.; Lee, Anne C.C.; Merialdi, Mario; Mohamed, Mohamed; Osrin, David; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Paul, Vinod; Ramji, Siddarth; Saugstad, Ola D.; Sibley, Lyn; Singhal, Nalini; Wall, Steven N.; Woods, Dave; Wyatt, John; Chan, Kit Yee; Rudan, Igor; Pattinson, Bob (Public Library of Science, 2011-01)
    No abstract available.
  • Cervical cancer and human papillomavirus : South African guidelines for screening and testing 
    Botha, Hennie; Cooreman, Bruno; Dreyer, Greta; Lindeque, B. Gerhard; Mouton, Arrie; Guidozzi, Franco; Koller, Tony; Smith, Trudy; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Marcus, Louis; Moodley, Manivasan; Soeters, Robbie (Open Journals Systems, 2010)
    No abstract available.