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Browsing Paediatrics and Child Health by Type "Article"
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(Medpharm Publications, 2015)Apart from medication to control asthmatic inflammation, the education of patients and parents is the most important therapeutic step in achieving asthma control and normal life. This is a critical, but sadly often ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2021-08)BACKGROUND: Fetal growth restriction (FGR), defined as a fetus failing to reach its genetic growth potential, remains poorly diagnosed antenatally. This study aimed to assess the ability of continuouswave Doppler ultrasound ...
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(South African Medical Association, 2023-07)BACKGROUND : Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) is one of the major contributors to neonatal mortality and morbidity in developing countries. Scarcity of resources limits clinicians in optimally caring for these patients. ...
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(Health Systems Trust, 2019-03)Investment in adolescent health and wellbeing today will bring multiple benefits, leading to better long-term health for this generation and generations to come.
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(MedPharm Publications, 2020-11-12)Allergic rhinitis is a common and troubling condition. Basic management of this condition has been well described. However, acute exacerbations of the chronic condition allergic rhinitis are a seldom discussed or described ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2010-01)Acute gastroenteritis is a common problem in children and refers to infections of the gastrointestinal tract caused by viral, bacterial or parasitic pathogens. Most cases are not serious and self-limiting. However, severe ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2015)Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a condition that is characterised by an abrupt reduction in kidney function, and is not limited to acute renal failure. However, it is potentially treatable. Failure to do so may result in ...
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(Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa, 2010)No abstract available.
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-05)Many cases of bronchiolitis are caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which was first identified in 1956 as causing illness in humans. Despite ongoing efforts since the 1960s to develop an RSV vaccine, it has ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-04)This issue of CME profiles acute viral bronchiolitis – a common condition that is often not serious. Nonetheless, each year a number of infants, particularly those with an underlying susceptibility to severe disease, ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-04)Bronchiolitis may be diagnosed on the basis of clinical signs and symptoms. In a young child, the diagnosis can be made on the clinical pattern of wheezing and hyperinflation. Clinical symptoms and signs typically start ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)It is estimated that 2 - 3% of children will be hospitalised with viral bronchiolitis during their first year of life, and a small proportion of them will have a severe course of the disease, requiring intensive care and ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-04)Management of acute viral bronchiolitis is largely supportive. There is currently no proven effective therapy other than oxygen for hypoxic children. The evidence indicates that there is no routine benefit from inhaled, ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-05)Bronchiolitis is a viral-induced lower respiratory tract infection that occurs predominantly in children <2 years of age, particularly infants. Many viruses have been proven or attributed to cause bronchiolitis, including ...
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(BioMed Central, 2022-03)BACKGROUND : Patients are the most important stakeholders in the care of any disease and have an educational need to learn about their condition and the treatment they should receive. Considering this need for patient-focused ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-08)BACKGROUND. Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is an essential strategy known to deliver childhood interventions that reduce the under-five mortality rate. Objective. To evaluate the adherence to the IMCI ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-04)PURPOSE : Adolescent females aged 15–19 account for 62% of new HIV infections and give birth to 16 million infants annually. We quantify the risk of early mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV among adolescents ...
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(Wiley, 2024)OBJECTIVE : To determine the trend in adolescent maternal deaths and deliveries over a period of 5 years and 9 months (July 2014–March 2020) at the Ekurhuleni Health District in South Africa. METHODS : The present ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-11)There have been a number of advances in the diagnosis and management of allergic diseases that are relevant to South African (SA) circumstances. These are all published or about to be published in new guidelines that ...
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(Allergy Society of South Africa, 2016-06)A great number of advances have been made in the diagnostic tools and testing methods available for foodallergy diagnosis. Improved and new methodologies have become available not only to identify the presence of a food ...
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