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(University of Pretoria, 2003)Please read the abstract in the section, 00front, of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2003)Please read the abstract in the section, 00front, of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-09-22)The objective of this study was to evaluate copper sulphate densitometry as a screening method for anaemia in children. The accuracy of copper sulphate densitometry was also compared to clinical assessment for the presence ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-11-30)Please read the abstract in the 00front part of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-09)Estimates of left atrial size in patients with suspected cardiac disease play an important role in diagnostic medicine. Left atrial size is used in predicting prognosis and events, as well as treatment decisions. Two methods ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-24)Background: It is likely that lower limb ulceration, lower limb amputation, or their absence in diabetic subjects, indicate varying degrees of long-term diabetes and its complications, and that measures of atherosclerosis ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Background: Optimizing initial antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens is of paramount importance in improving the durability of treatment efficacy and patient prognosis. We evaluated the reasons for and risk factors ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)BACKGROUND Yellow fever (YF) is a non-contagious, mosquito borne haemorrhagic fever caused by a single-strand RNA flaviviruses. YF is endemic in the tropics primarily in South America and Africa although the vectors are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-03)Background Depression has been found in the literature to be a major problem in people living with HIV/AIDS. Not only does this impact on their daily functioning but has been shown to have negative HIV related outcomes, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-06)Introduction.: The evaluation and improvement of the quality of health care services begins with the knowledge about the trends and causes of diseases. Purpose: To describe the morbidity and mortality patterns for the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)AIM The objective of this study is to determine factors that may contribute to hospital admissions in a cohort of medically insured South African patients in the era of HAART. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort of all ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-07-14)Background and objectives of the study: Although it is known that good glycaemic control improves microvascular outcomes in diabetic patients, no local study has yet been undertaken to investigate the potential factors ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Objective: The objective of this retrospective cohort study is to assess whether demographic and anthropometric parameters, laboratory tests, co-morbidity, co-infection, treatment regimen, IRIS and adherence predict response ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region worst affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the world. South Africa (SA) is the country with the highest population of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world and Mpumalanga ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Background. Swaziland adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines for the inpatient treatment of severely malnourished children in 2007 to reduce case -fatality rates for childhood malnutrition. However, no ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)No abstract available.
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Please read the abstract in the dissertation.
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Background: Despite proven efficacy, Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) use for incomplete abortions is low in the Swaziland setting, including Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital. Uncertainty in the costs implications of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-01-07)Malaria infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical countries, and particularly in Mozambique. Recently substantial resources have been used to reduce the burden of malaria in Mozambique. These include ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Introduction: Decentralization of antiretroviral therapy (ART) services faces decreasing quality when increasing ART coverage. This study compares nurse initiated and managed patients to doctor managed patients under these ...
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