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Browsing by UP Author "Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine"
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Van Deventer, B.S.; Makhoba, Aubrey Musa; Du Toit-Prinsloo, L.; Van Niekerk, Chantal (Clinics Cardive Publishing, 2022-09)Sudden unexpected infant death (SUDI) is reported to be an extraordinarily high burden in sub-Saharan Africa, with the incidence rate in South Africa among the highest in the world. It is common for the cause of many ...
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Cocks, Jeannie; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Steffens, Francois E.; Saayman, Gert (Elsevier, 2015-04)In a country notorious for violent crime, it seems that South African medico-legal laboratories make minimal application of technology in the death investigation process and little attention is given to trace evidence. ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Dippenaar, Johannes Marthinus (Tinus); Honey, Engela M. (Taylor and Francis, 2015-04)Williams syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by distinctive personality traits, facial features (so called “elfin face”) and cardiac abnormalities, of which supravalvular aortic stenosis is the most ...
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Van den Ordel, G.; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-03)BACKGROUND : Children and young adults are particularly vulnerable to intentional and accidental fatal injuries. The majority of deaths in Africa in children <5 years of age are due to infectious diseases. Road traffic ...
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Ehmke-Engelbrecht, Ursula; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Deysel, Christelle; Jordaan, J.C. (Joyce); Saayman, Gert (Institute for Security Studies, 2016-09)The reliability and accuracy of blood alcohol concentration results presented in South African courts in respect of possible driving under the influence (DUI) cases, have in recent years been subjected to intense scrutiny ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (Elsevier, 2016-07)According to the WorldHealth Organization, an estimated 9 million people contracted tuberculosis (TB) with approximately 25% of TB cases being from Africa. TB was reported as the number one cause of natural death for ...
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Deaths due to police action and deaths in custody : a persistent problem in Pretoria, South Africa Barit, Shimon; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (Institute for Security Studies, 2020)In 2013, South Africa had the second highest rate of imprisonment in Africa. During the apartheid era, a substantial number of deaths in custody involved political detainees. However, two decades after the abolition of ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Morris, Neil Kenneth; Meyer, Pieter Willem Adriaan; Saayman, Gert (Springer, 2016-03)In South Africa bee stings are most commonly caused by either Apis mellifera capensis or A. mellifera scutellata, indigenous species which are notoriously aggressive when compared to European honey bees. According to ...
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Loots, Donovan P.; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (Springer, 2015-12)A previously healthy 2 year old female toddler was brought to the emergency department with a history of severe hematemesis. Posterior-Anterior (PA) and lateral chest radiographs demonstrated a round radio-opaque object ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert; Morris, Neil Kenneth (Elsevier, 2016-01)Drowning is classified as the 3rd leading cause of accidental deaths worldwide and is deemed to be a preventable cause of death. Bodies retrieved from a water medium pose several challenges to the forensic pathologist ...
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Liebenberg, Jade; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert; Steenkamp, Vanessa (Institute for Security Studies, 2019-03)Driving under the influence is a major threat to road safety in South Africa. Various psychoactive substances (both licit and illicit) have the potential to adversely affect driving performance and increase the probability ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Pickles, C.; Lombaard, H.A.D.T. (Hennie) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-04)BACKGROUND. In the clinical setting, the main legislative provisions governing the management and ‘disposal’ of fetal remains in South Africa are the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996 and the Births and ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014-09)The incidence of fatal injuries in children has been reported to be highest among children aged 1 to 4 years. Major causes of head injury include road traffic accidents, falls, and intentional or inflicted injury (such as ...
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Loots, Donovan P.; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine (Springer, 2016-01)A previously healthy 31 year old African male was assisting friends with the repair of the roof of a neighboring house. That evening at a social gathering the man complained of an apparent headache and went home early ...
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Liebenberg, Jade; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Steenkamp, Vanessa; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-10)Background. Globally, illicit drugs are responsible for many fatalities annually, yet accurate data on the nature and extent of these deaths in South Africa (SA) are lacking. Objectives. To investigate the presence and ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Pickworth, G.P.; Snyman, G. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-05)BACKGROUND. Numerous articles have been published on the use of autopsies in training medical students in anatomy and different branches of pathology. Some authors have described the emotional response of students who ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Snyman, Philip; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-05)Reye’s syndrome is characterised by acute non-inflammatory encephalopathy and fatty degeneration of the liver. The exact aetiology of the syndrome is unknown, but there is an association with viral infections and the use ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Pickles, C.; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-06)This article reviews South African (SA) law and its impact on the medicolegal management of fetal remains emanating from elective and therapeutic termination of pregnancies, stillbirths and miscarriages and the remains ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Bunn, Belinda Kathleen (Springer, 2016-09)A 12-year-old African male patient presented with a history of progressive weight loss of several months duration and a complaint of persistent hemoptysis. Radiological examination (chest X-ray and computerized tomographic ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Pickles, Camilla Marion Sperling; Smith, Z.; Jordaan, J.C. (Joyce); Saayman, Gert (Springer, 2016-03)There is a dearth of literature on the extent of fetal or newborn abandonment or “dumping” and the medico-legal investigation procedures these cases require. This is despite the fact that these occurrences are a world-wide ...
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