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Paediatrics and Child Health: Recent submissions

  • The impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on the burden of bacterial lower respiratory tract infections in children 
    De Campos, Katya; Granga, D.D.; Olorunju, Steve A.S.; Masekela, Refiloe (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-07)
    BACKGROUND. Respiratory diseases are common and associated with significant morbidity and mortality in children. OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the prevalence and outcome of bacterial lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) ...
  • Management of severe acute malnutrition 
    Cloete, Jeane (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-07)
    Malnutrition remains a global health concern and contributes significantly to childhood mortality. Nearly half of all deaths in children <5 years of age are attributed to undernutrition, especially in developing countries. ...
  • Missed opportunities along the prevention of mother-to-child transmission services cascade in South Africa : uptake, determinants, and attributable risk (the SAPMTCTE) 
    Woldesenbet, Selamawit A.; Jackson, Debra J.; Lombard, Carl; Dinh, Thu-ha; Puren, Adrian; Sherman, Gayle; Ramokolo, Vundli; Doherty, Tanya; Mogashoa, Mary M.; Bhardwaj, S.; Chopra, Mickey; Shaffer, Nathan; Pillay, Yogan; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Anglewicz, Philip (Public Library of Science, 2015-07-06)
    Objectives We examined uptake of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services, predictors of missed opportunities, and infant HIV transmission attributable to missed opportunities along the PMTCT ...
  • Updated recommendations for the management of upper respiratory tract infections in South Africa 
    Brink, Andries J.; Motton, Mark F.; Feldman, Charles; Finlayson, Heather; Friedman, R.L.; Green, Robin J.; Hendson, W.; Hockman, M.H.; Maartens, Gary; Madhi, Shabir A.; Reubenson, G.; Silverbauer, E.J.; Zietsman, I.L. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-05)
    BACKGROUND. Inappropriate use of antibiotics for non-severe upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs), most of which are viral, significantly adds to the burden of antibiotic resistance. Since the introduction of ...
  • Impact of maternal HIV seroconversion during pregnancy on early mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) measured at 4-8 weeks postpartum in South Africa 2011-2012 : a national population-based evaluation 
    Dinh, Thu-Ha; Delaney, Kevin P.; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Jackson, Debra J.; Lombard, Carl; Woldesenbet, Selamawit A.; Mogashoa, Mary M.; Pillay, Yogan; Shaffer, Nathan (Public Library of Science, 2015-05-05)
    BACKGROUND Mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) depends on the timing of HIV infection. We estimated HIV-seroconversion during pregnancy (HSP) after having a HIV-negative result antenatally, and its contribution ...
  • Severe events in the first 6 months of life in a cohort of HIV-unexposed infants from South Africa : effects of low birthweight and breastfeeding status 
    Doherty, Tanya; Jackson, Debra J.; Swanevelder, Sonja; Lombard, Carl; Engebretsen, Ingunn M. S.; Tylleskar, Thorkild; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Ekstrom, Eva-Charlotte; Sanders, David (Wiley, 2014-10)
    OBJECTIVE : To report on risk factors for severe events (hospitalisation or infant death) within the first half of infancy amongst HIV-unexposed infants in South Africa. methods South African data from the multisite ...
  • Paediatric chronic kidney disease 
    Van Biljon, I.; Meyers, A.M. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-04)
    Doctors use various guidelines on paediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) for managing their patients according to the availability of resources. As with adolescent and adult patients, CKD in children can also progress ...
  • Community paediatrics and child health 
    Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Hendricks, Michael; Westwood, Anthony; Saloojee, Haroon; Swingler, George; McKerrow, Neil; Sanders, David (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-04)
    No abstract available.
  • Increased risk for and mortality from invasive pneumococcal disease in HIV-exposed but uninfected infants aged < 1 year in South Africa, 2009-2013 
    Von Mollendorf, Claire; Von Gottberg, Anne; Tempia, Stefano; Meiring, Susan; De Gouveia, Linda; Quan, Vanessa; Lengana, Sarona; Avenant, Theunis Johannes; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie; Eley, Brian; Finlayson, Heather; Reubenson, Gary; Moshe, Mamokgethi; O’Brien, Katherine L.; Klugman, Keith P.; Whitney, Cynthia G.; Cohen, Cheryl (Oxford University Press, 2015-05)
    BACKGROUND : High antenatal HIV seroprevalence rates (∽30%) with low perinatal HIV transmission rates (2.5%) due to HIV prevention of mother-to-child transmission program improvements in South Africa, has resulted in ...
  • Pulmonary haemosiderosis 
    Manzini, D.; Jeevarathnum, A.C.; Van Rooyen, A. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2015-03)
    A 2 year 9 month old girl was referred to Steve Biko Academic Hospital (SBAH) from Tshwane District Hospital (TDH) on the 31st of October 2014, with an initial diagnosis of a community acquired pneumonia. Her initial chest ...
  • Investigating hepatitis B immunity in patients presenting to a paediatric haematology and oncology unit in South Africa  
    Buchner, Ane; Omar, Fareed E.; Vermeulen, J.; Reynders, David (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-09)
    BACKGROUND. Hepatitis B is an important public health concern in South Africa (SA). The hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine was introduced into the South African Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI-SA) in 1995. There is ...
  • Control of asthma in children 
    Green, Robin J. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2014-12)
    I have had an interest in the control of asthma in children since the early 1990’s. In those early years I documented, for the first time in South Africa, the significant lack of asthma and allergic rhinitis control in ...
  • Advances in the diagnosis and management of allergic disease : applications to South African practice 
    Pentz, Adele; Green, Robin J. (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 ...
  • Missed opportunities for early infant HIV diagnosis : results of a national study in South Africa 
    Woldesenbet, Selamawit A.; Jackson, Debra J.; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Crowley, Siobhan; Doherty, Tanya; Mogashoa, Mary M.; Dinh, Thu-Ha; Sherman, Gayle G. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2015-03)
    BACKGROUND : Services to diagnose early infant HIV infection should be offered at the 6-week immunization visit. Despite high 6-week immunization attendance, the coverage of early infant diagnosis (EID) is low in many ...
  • First population-level effectiveness evaluation of a national programme to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, South Africa 
    Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Dinh, Thu-Ha; Jackson, Debra J.; Lombard, Carl; Delaney, Kevin P.; Puren, Adrian; Sherman, Gayle G.; Woldesenbet, Selamawit A.; Ramokolo, Vundli; Crowley, Siobhan; Doherty, Tanya; Chopra, Mickey; Shaffer, Nathan; Pillay, Yogan (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015-03)
    BACKGROUND : There is a paucity of data on the national population-level effectiveness of preventing mother-tochild transmission (PMTCT) programmes in high-HIVprevalence, resource-limited settings. We assessed national ...
  • Non-IgE-mediated food allergies 
    Terblanche, Alta J.; Lang, A.C.; Gray, Claudia L.; Goddard, E.; Karabus, S.; Kriel, M.; Manjra, Ahmed I.; Risenga, Samuel Malamulele; Van der Spuy, D.A.; Levin, M.E. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-01)
    Non-imunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated conditions include combined IgE and cell-mediated conditions such as atopic dermatitis and eosinophilic oesophagitis, and pure T-cell-mediated conditions such as food protein-induced ...
  • Novel therapies in the management of food allergy : oral immunotherapy and anti-IgE 
    Gray, Claudia L.; Goddard, E.; Karabus, S.; Kriel, M.; Lang, A.C.; Manjra, Ahmed I.; Risenga, Samuel Malamulele; Terblanche, Alta J.; Van der Spuy, D.A.; Levin, M.E. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-01)
    The process of oral immunotherapy (OIT) consists of a series of dose escalations with the immediate goal of inducing desensitisation and ultimately achieving a state of tolerance. Owing to the limitations of OIT, including ...
  • Severe food allergy and anaphylaxis : treatment, risk assessment and risk reduction 
    Risenga, Samuel Malamulele; Kriel, M.; Karabus, S.; Manjra, Ahmed I.; Gray, Claudia L.; Goddard, E.; Lang, A.C.; Terblanche, Alta J.; Van der Spuy, D.A.; Levin, M.E. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-01)
    An anaphylactic reaction may be fatal if not recognised and managed appropriately with rapid treatment. Key steps in the management of anaphylaxis include eliminating additional exposure to the allergen, basic life-support ...
  • Vaccination in food allergic patients 
    Karabus, S.; Gray, Claudia L.; Goddard, E.; Kriel, M.; Lang, A.C.; Manjra, Ahmed I.; Risenga, Samuel Malamulele; Terblanche, Alta J.; Van der Spuy, D.A.; Levin, M.E. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-01)
    Important potential food allergens in vaccines include egg and gelatin. Rare cases of reactions to yeast, lactose and casein have been reported. It is strongly recommended that when vaccines are being administered ...
  • Epidemiology of IgE-mediated food allergy 
    Gray, Claudia L.; Goddard, E.; Karabus, S.; Kriel, M.; Lang, A.C.; Manjra, Ahmed I.; Risenga, Samuel Malamulele; Terblanche, Alta J.; Van der Spuy, D.A.; Levin, M.E. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-01)
    Despite the large number of foods that may cause immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated reactions, most prevalence studies have focused on the most common allergenic foods, i.e. cow’s milk, hen’s egg, peanut, tree nut, wheat, ...