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Research Articles (Internal Medicine): Recent submissions
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(Wiley, 2024-11)The first description of sudden cardiac death was made by Hippocrates in the 4‘th century BC1. Such cases of sudden collapse and death has intrigued both the public and medical science for centuries and a practical ...
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(BioMed Central, 2024-08)BACKGROUND: Given that South Africa has one of the highest rates of pregnancy amongst adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) globally, the provision of contraceptives to this group has been a key focus in recent ...
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Mystical myositis : a case series from Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa (Wiley, 2024-08)Idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) is an expanding field in rheumatology as more myositis-specific antibodies (MSAs) and myositis-associated antibodies (MAAs) become available for testing. Clinical signs and specific ...
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(Bentham Science Publishers, 2024-01)Pancreatic cancer (PCa) is acknowledged as a significant contributor to global cancer- related mortality and is widely recognized as one of the most challenging malignant diseases to treat. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma ...
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(Wiley, 2024-11)Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare complication in anti–melanoma differentiation associated gene 5 (MDA 5) dermatomyositis (DM). In this case, it occurred relatively early in the course of this patient's illness before ...
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(eCancer Global Foundation, 2024-04)INTRODUCTION : Esophageal cancer (EC) is the ninth most common cancer and the sixth leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. More than 80% of cases and deaths from EC occur within developing countries. In Kenya, cancer ...
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(MDPI, 2024-06)BACKGROUND : As mortality declined significantly during the fourth and fifth waves compared to previous waves, the question of the future role of COVID-19 vaccination arose among both experts and the public in South Africa. ...
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The association of smoking and alcohol in colorectal cancer in black patients - case-control study (AOSIS, 2024-10)BACKGROUND : Studies have focused on smoking and alcohol as risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC). Caucasians and other populations have been studied worldwide, and both smoking and alcohol have been validated as ...
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(BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-04)Cannabis use is legalised in many countries. We present a patient in their 40s who complained of recurrent abdominal pain and associated nausea and vomiting. The patient was previously seen in various hospitals, treated ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2023-09-08)Diarrhoea is a recognised complication of HIV-infection, yet there are limited local aetiological data in this high-risk group. These data are important for informing public health interventions and updating diagnostic ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as the Taylor & Francis Group), 2024)AIM : The purpose of this study was to investigate how a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of an adapted diabetes nutrition education programme (NEP) was received by adults with sub-optimally controlled (HbA1c of ≥ 8%) ...
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(American Society for Microbiology, 2024-07)SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) differentially trigger neutralizing and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxic (ADCC) antibodies with variable cross-reactivity. Omicron BA.4/5 was approved for inclusion in bivalent ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd, Medpharm Publications, and Informa UK Limited, 2024)BACKGROUND : The management of people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in primary care in a South African district was audited, focusing on glycaemic, cholesterol, and blood pressure (BP) control to identify gaps in ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd, Medpharm Publications, and Informa UK Limited, 2024)BACKGROUND : Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects millions of people worldwide, with associated morbidity and premature mortality exacerbated by all forms of smoking. The effects of smokeless tobacco, such as snuff and chewing ...
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(Elsevier, 2024-09)The African continent reported the least number of COVID-19 cases and deaths of all the continents, although the exact reasons for this are still unclear. In addition, little is known about the immunological profiles ...
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(BMC, 2024-05)BACKGROUND : Self-monitoring of glucose is an essential component of type 1 diabetes (T1D) management. In recent years, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has provided an alternative to daily fingerstick testing for ...
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(AOSIS, 2024-05)INTRODUCTION: Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (MIDD) is caused by the m.3243A>G pathogenic variant in maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA. Diabetes is prevalent in our setting; however, MIDD is rarely diagnosed. ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2023)This article outlines the principles of blood pressure, including normal and dysfunctional physiology, mathematical equations of pressure, definitions of hypertension and diagnosis, and hence the rationale for and mechanisms ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2023)Anaemia, occurring in over 50% of patients with stages 3 to 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD), often causes fatigue, shortness of breath, cardiac dysfunction and cognitive impairment. The major causes include disorders of ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2023-10)BACKGROUND : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter Aboriginal) women have a high prevalence of diabetes in pregnancy (DIP), which includes pre-gestational diabetes mellitus (PGDM) and gestational diabetes ...
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