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Paediatrics and Child Health: Recent submissions
Now showing items 421-440 of 549
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(Allergy Society of South Africa, 2014-03)The practice of Allergology has reached great heights in the last 2 years. South Africa has progressed from having Diplomates in Allergology to the recognition of sub-specialist Allergologists in Paediatrics, Internal ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-08)The current legislative framework in South Africa (SA) supports adoption as the preferred form of care for children with inadequate or no parental or family support. There are an estimated 3.8 million orphans in SA, with ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-05)Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) is an uncommon condition in children, consisting of a triad of digital clubbing, non-inflammatory joint effusions and radiographic evidence of periostitis affecting the hands, feet and ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-02)Neonatal endophthalmitis is a rare but life-threatening condition that can have both endogenous and exogenous origins. Early diagnosis and aggressive treatment are vitally important to prevent death and disability, but ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-02)BACKGROUND. Over 2 000 under-5-year-olds die daily in Nigeria from vaccine-preventable diseases, placing the country as the third largest contributor to the global under-5 mortality rate. Nigeria is at serious risk of not ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-03)BACKGROUND. Colonisation of the airway by Pseudomonas spp. in cystic fibrosis has been reported to be an important determinant of decline in pulmonary function. OBJECTIVE. To assess pulmonary function decline and the ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-03)BACKGROUND. South Africa (SA) is committed to achieving the goal of eliminating mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV by 2015. To achieve this, universal coverage of quality antenatal, labour, delivery and postnatal ...
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(Elsevier, 2013)INTRODUCTION : Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic disorder in Caucasians. Presentation of CF in non-Caucasians is less well studied. OBJECTIVE : This audit was undertaken to determine the phenotypic expression ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-12)Medical communication is often so formal, and one can't help thinking that sometimes a more light-hearted approach would be nice. We recently attended an advanced paediatric life support course in Pretoria (may we suggest ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-12)Spirometry forms an important component in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary diseases in children. In the paediatric setting, there are different challenges in terms of performance and interpretation of good quality ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-11)Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare cause of chronic interstitial lung disease, characterised by accumulation of pulmonary surfactant, respiratory insufficiency and an increased incidence of infections. The ...
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Management of acute fever in children : guideline for community healthcare providers and pharmacists (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-12)Fever is a normal physiological response to illness that facilitates and accelerates recovery. Although it is often associated with a self-limiting viral infection in children, it may also be a presenting symptom of more ...
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(Springer, 2014-01)No abstract available
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(Springer, 2014-01)No abstract available
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-06)The term rhinitis implies inflammation of the lining of the nose. Characteristic symptoms are a blocked nose, anterior and posterior rhinorrhea, sneezing and itching. Not all cases of chronic rhinitis have an allergic ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-06)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Latex allergy, caused by sensitisation in atopic individuals, is a common occupational disease among healthcare workers who use latex gloves. It may be present in non-atopic individuals as well. ...
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(South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2013)Atopy can manifest in childhood as infantile eczema (atopic dermatitis), allergic rhinitis and asthma. In practice, it is critical to identify the offending allergen in atopic individuals. This will not only influence ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-11)District Clinical Specialist Teams (DCSTs) are part of the primary healthcare re-engineering process in South Africa. These multi-disciplinary clinical teams were established throughout the country in 2012, and their main ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014-01-08)Twenty publications are submitted. All deal with the issues of control of two ends of the spectrum of immune-mediated respiratory disorders in children, namely atopic (asthma and allergic rhinitis) and HIV-related lung ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-07)INTRODUCTION. Asthma is the commonest chronic condition of children. Diagnosis remains difficult and many surrogate markers are used, such as documenting evidence of atopy. METHOD. Two studies investigated the role of ...
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