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  • Review of occupational health and safety organization in expanding economies : the case of Southern Africa 
    Moyo, Dingani; Zungu, Laszchevon Muzimkhulu; Kgalamono, Spoponki; Mwila, Chimba D. (Elsevier, 2015-07)
    BACKGROUND Globally, access to occupational health and safety (OHS) by workers has remained at very low levels. The organization and implementation of OHS in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Botswana has remained at ...
  • Review of ongoing activities and challenges to improve the care of patients with type 2 diabetes across Africa and the implications for the future 
    Godman, Brian; Basu, Debashis; Pillay, Yogan; Mwita, Julius C.; Rwegerera, Godfrey Mutashambara; Anand Paramadhas, Bene D.; Tiroyakgosi, Celda; Okwen, Patrick Mbah; Niba, Loveline Lum; Nonvignon, Justice; Sefah, Israel Abebrese; Oluka, Margaret; Guantai, Anastasia N.; Kibuule, Dan; Kalemeera, Francis; Mubita, Mwangana; Fadare, Joseph; Ogunleye, Olayinka O.; Distiller, Larry A.; Rampamba, Enos M.; Wing, Jeffrey; Mueller, Debjan; Alfadl, Abubakr; Amu, Adefolarin A.; Matsebula, Zinhle; Kalungia, Aubrey; Zaranyika, Trust; Masuka, Nyasha; Wale, Janney; Hill, Ruaraidh; Kurdi, Amanj; Timoney, Angela; Campbell, Stephen; Meyer, Johanna Catharina (Frontiers Media, 2020-03-20)
    BACKGROUND : There has been an appreciable increase in the number of people in Africa with metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in recent years as a result of a number of factors. Factors include lifestyle ...
  • Review of parasuicide cases in a South African district hospital from 2013-2018 
    Bongongo, Tombo; Nkuinika, K.; Nzaumvila, Doudou K.; Adefolalu, A.; Okonta, H.I.; Govender, Indiran; Saidiya, Christian (Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2020-10)
    Parasuicide is referred to as an apparent attempt at suicide without the actual intention of killing oneself. Its prevalence continues to increase at Brits District Hospital. The current study aimed to review the parasuicide ...
  • Review of pregnancy and fertility issues in women with rheumatic diseases 
    Kalpee, R. (In House Publications, 2016)
    Rheumatic diseases occur more commonly in women and often during child bearing age. SLE is 10-15 times more common in women than in men.1 Most SLE patients present with their disease between 15 and 64 years age.2 ...
  • A review of the anatomy and a step-by-step visual guide to performing an ultrasound-guided infraclavicular brachial plexus block 
    Govender, Sabashnee; Mohr, Dwayne; Tshabalala, Zithulele Nkosinathi; Van Schoor, Albert-Neels (MedPharm Publications, 2020)
    BACKGROUND : The aim of this description is to provide step-by-step guidelines for performing an ultrasound-guided infraclavicular brachial plexus nerve block. METHODS : The brachial plexus in the infraclavicular fossa ...
  • A review of the anatomy and a step-by-step visual guide to performing an ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block 
    Govender, Sabashnee; Mohr, Dwayne; Tshabalala, Zithulele Nkosinathi; Van Schoor, Albert-Neels (Medpharm Publications, 2019)
    BACKGROUND: The aim of this description is to provide step-by-step guidelines for performing an ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus nerve block. METHODS: The brachial plexus in the supraclavicular fossa ...
  • A review on the anti-hyperglycaemic potential of Catharanthus roseus and Portulacaria afra 
    De Vos, Brunhilde; Hayeshi, Rose K.; Pheiffer, Wihan; Nyakudya, T; Ndhlala, Ashwell R. (Elsevier, 2023-12)
    Diabetes mellitus is a prevalent non-communicable disease affecting individuals in developed and developing countries. However, low-income countries face significant challenges in managing diabetes due to socio-economic ...
  • Reviewing South Africa’s malaria elimination strategy (2012–2018) : progress, challenges and priorities 
    Raman, Jaishree; Morris, Natashia; Frean, John; Brooke, Basil; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Kruger, Philip; Mabusa, Aaron; Raswiswi, Eric; Shandukani, Bridget; Misani, Eunice; Groepe, Mary‑Anne; Moonasar, Devanand (BioMed Central, 2016-08-27)
    BACKGROUND : With a sustained national malaria incidence of fewer than one case per 1000 population at risk, in 2012 South Africa officially transitioned from controlling malaria to the ambitious goal of eliminating malaria ...
  • Revised nomenclature and classification of inherited ichthyoses : results of the first ichthyosis consensus conference in Sorèze 2009 
    Oji, Vinzenz; Tadini, Gianluca; Akiyama, Masashi; Bardon, Claudine Blanchet; Bodemer, Christine; Bourrat, Emmanuelle; Coudiere, Philippe; DiGiovanna, John J.; Elias, Peter; Fischer, Judith; Fleckman, Philip; Gina, Michal; Harper, John; Hashimoto, Takashi; Hausser, Ingrid; Hennies, Hans Christian; Hohl, Daniel; Hovnanian, Alain; Ishida-Yamamoto, Akemi; Jacyk, Witold Kamil; Leachman, Sancy; Leigh, Irene; Mazereeuw-Hautier, Juliette; Milstone, Leonard; Morice-Picard, Fanny; Paller, Amy S.; Richard, Gabriele; Schmuth, Matthias; Shimizu, Hiroshi; Sprecher, Eli; Van Steensel, Maurice; Taieb, Alain; Toro, Jorge R.; Vabres, Pierre; Vahlquist, Anders; Williams, Mary; Traupe, Heiko (American Academy of Dermatology, 2010-10)
    BACKGROUND: Inherited ichthyoses belong to a large, clinically and etiologically heterogeneous group of mendelian disorders of cornification, typically involving the entire integument. Over the recent years, much progress ...
  • Revised timeline and distribution of the earliest diverged human maternal lineages in Southern Africa 
    Chan, Eva K.F.; Hardie, Rae-Anne; Petersen, Desiree C.; Beeson, Karen; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Smith, Andrew B.; Hayes, Vanessa M. (Public Library of Science, 2015-03-25)
    The oldest extant human maternal lineages include mitochondrial haplogroups L0d and L0k found in the southern African click-speaking forager peoples broadly classified as Khoesan. Profiling these early mitochondrial lineages ...
  • Revisiting historical Khoe-San skeletal remains in European collections : a search for identity through craniometric analysis 
    Botha, Deona; Steyn, M.; Scholtz, Yvette; Ribot, I. (Elsevier, 2017-08)
    As the identity of a large number of Khoe-San skeletal material in European collections recently came into question during its documentation, a re-evaluation of the remains by employing a non-invasive method such as ...
  • Revisiting the anatomy of the ilio-inguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block 
    Van Schoor, Albert-Neels; Bosman, Marius C.; Bosenberg, A. T. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-05)
    BACKGROUND : The ilio-inguinal/iliohypogastric nerve block (INB) is one of the most common peripheral nerve block techniques in pediatric anesthesia, which is largely due to the introduction of ultrasound (US) guidance. ...
  • Revisiting the etiological aspects of dissociative identity disorder : a biopsychosocial perspective 
    Sar, Vedat; Dorahy, Martin J.; Kruger, Christa (Dove Medical Press, 2017-05)
    Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a chronic post-traumatic disorder where developmentally stressful events in childhood, including abuse, emotional neglect, disturbed attachment, and boundary violations are central ...
  • Revisiting the importance of childhood activity 
    Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Zondi, P. Cele; Grant, T.C. (Thelani); Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia) (South African Academy of Family Practice, 2013)
    Formalised exercise programmes for children and adolescents are becoming increasingly important. There has been a drastic increase in documented childhood morbidity and mortality relating to poor nutrition and low activity ...
  • Revisiting the modifiers : how should the evaluation and management of acute concussions differ in specific groups? 
    Makdissi, Michael; Davis, Gavin A.; Jordan, Barry; Patricios, Jonathan Speridon; Purcell, Laura; Putukian, Margot (BMJ Publishing Group, 2013-05)
    BACKGROUND : One of the key difficulties while managing concussion in sport is that there are few prognostic factors to reliably predict clinical outcome. The aims of the current paper are to review the evidence for ...
  • Revisiting validity in cross-cultural psychometric test development : a systems-informed shift towards qualitative research designs 
    Swanepoel, I.; Kruger, Christa (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011)
    The validity of clinical psychological tests remains a challenging issue, especially when the tests are applied in cultural groups other than those for which they were originally developed. Before the appearance of the ...
  • Rheumatoid arthritis 
    Ally, Mahmood Moosa Tar Mahomed; Hodkinson, Bridget (Medpharm, 2014-05)
    Immune-mediated inflammatory disorders include a clinically diverse group of conditions that share similar pathogenic mechanisms. Conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriasis, spondyloarthropathy, inflammatory ...
  • Rheumatoid arthritis 
    Visser, C.C.; Ally, Mahmood Moosa Tar Mahomed (South African Orthopaedic Association, 2010)
    RA is a chronic inflammatory disease resulting in severe morbidity and premature mortality. This review explores in a series of two articles, the current developments in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, monitoring and management ...
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis 
    Ally, Mahmood Moosa Tar Mahomed; Hodkinson, Bridget (Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Cogent, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016)
    Immune-mediated inflammatory disorders include a clinically diverse group of conditions sharing similar pathogenic mechanisms. Conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, spondyloarthropathy, inflammatory bowel ...
  • Rheumatoid arthritis and risk of cardiovascular disease 
    Meyer, Pieter Willem Adriaan; Anderson, Ronald; Ker, James A.; Ally, Mahmood Moosa Tar Mahomed (Clinics Cardive, 2018-09)
    In developing countries, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains a seriously under-prioritised disease, particularly among the underprivileged, often resulting in presentation of patients late in the course of their disease, ...