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Paediatrics and Child Health: Recent submissions
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(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012-05)No Abstract
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(Allergy Society of South Africa, 2013-06)The concept of a 'united airway' became popular to link allergic rhinitis and asthma in many individuals who had symptoms of both upper and lower airway disease. Because of the common epithelium that runs all the way down ...
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(Allergy Society of South Africa, 2013-06)Hyper IgE syndrome is the rare combination of very high serum immuno globulin E (IgE) levels with immune deficiency. The high concentration of IgE causes the atopic features, especially severe eczema. Mutations in the STAT3 ...
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(Allergy Society of South Africa, 2013-06)Bronchiectasis is a complex process of irreversible dilatation of the bronchi and bronchioles with associated structural damage to surrounding lung tissue. It has many causes including cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-05)BACKGROUND. Several factors, including gestational age (GA), gender, race and geographical/regional area, contribute to variations in the size of the anterior fontanelle (AF). While the impact of GA and gender are clearly ...
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(Allergy Society of South Africa, 2013-06)Viral respiratory tract infections are a common aetiology of respiratory illness in children. This is especially true for patients with chronic lung disease such as asthma or cystic fibrosis (CF). They are also a frequent ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-11)Clinical photography is used in publications, teaching, lecture illustration and research. Nowadays virtually every medical doctor and medical student possesses a camera phone. The patient or the parent is often not asked ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-08)Worldwide there has been a call for a two-thirds reduction in childhood mortality by 2015. Unfortunately, Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4) is unlikely to be reached in 2 years' time. Of the 130 million babies born every ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has reached epidemic proportions in South Africa. The availability of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) prolongs life in HIV-infected persons, who may subsequently ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-03-12)Introduction A group of 317 HIV-1 infected pregnant women and 53 postpartum HIV-negative women were recruited for a two-year prospective descriptive study of psychosocial and other determinants of antenatally planned and ...
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(CVJA, 2013-05)We report on a two-month-old infant with an unusual form of scimitar syndrome, associated with an absent right pulmonary artery, obstructed inferior vena cava, hemi-azygous continuation and the VACTERL association. The ...
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(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2012)Objective: Acute severe pneumonia with respiratory failure in human immunodeficiency virus-infected and -exposed infants carries a high mortality. Pneumocystis jiroveci is one cause, but other organisms have been suggested ...
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(American College of Chest Physicians, 2013-01)BACKGROUND: Asthma is a worldwide problem. It cannot be prevented or cured, but it is possible, at least in principle, to control asthma with modern management. Control usually is assessed by history of symptoms, physical ...
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(Springer, 2013-04)The diagnosis of respiratory chain deficiencies (RCDs) is complicated and the need for a diagnostic biomarker or biosignature has been widely expressed. In this study, the metabolic profile of a selected group of 29 ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2012)Wheezing in young children is problematic for most practitioners. Difficulties arise in both the diagnosis and management of this clinical phenotype. Not all preschool children who wheeze have asthma. Therefore, we suggest ...
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(South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2012-09)The routine use of urine dipstick testing in the consulting room of the family physician has fallen into disfavour for several reasons. One of the arguments cited most often is that it is time consuming and not cost ...
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(South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2012-09)Children with upper respiratory tract infections are commonly encountered in general practice. Most respiratory infections, including acute otitis media, a sore throat and sinusitis, are self-limiting, and symptomatic ...
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(BioMed Central, 2012-08-13)BACKGROUND: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a safe and effective method of caring for low birth weight infants and is promoted for its potential to improve newborn survival. Many countries find it difficult to take KMC to ...
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(BioMed Central, 2012-09-13)BACKGROUND: Rotaviruses are the most important cause of severe acute gastroenteritis worldwide in children <5 years of age. The human, G1P[8] rotavirus vaccine Rotarix™ significantly reduced severe rotavirus gastroenteritis ...
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(South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2012)Neonatal mortality constitutes approximately 40% of all under-five deaths. In order to achieve Millennium Developmental Goal 4 (MDG 4) by 2015, a drastic intervention is required. Empowering medical personnel in rural ...
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