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  • Burning issues in the prevention of heart failure 
    Ker, James A.; Outhoff, Kim (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-07)
    Chronic heart failure is common, debilitating, and often the culmination of pervasive cardiovascular insults that systematically undermine the heart’s circulatory capacity and invoke counterproductive neuro-hormonal ...
  • Burning issues in the prevention of heart failure 
    Ker, James A.; Outhoff, Kim (MedPharm Publications, 2020-08)
    Chronic heart failure is common, debilitating, and often the culmination of pervasive cardiovascular insults that systematically undermine the heart’s circulatory capacity and invoke counterproductive neuro-hormonal ...
  • Burning mouth syndrome 
    Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus; Van Zyl, Andre W. (South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2011-01)
    Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic condition characterised by a burning sensation of the tongue and other sites, usually without associated clinical or laboratory findings. These patients, mainly postmenopausal ...
  • Burnout chez les professionnels soignants de l'Hôpital Central de Yaoundé 
    Negueu, Annicet Bopda; Cumber, Samuel Nambile; Donatus, Layu; Nkfusai, Claude Ngwayu; Ewang, Bestina Forkwa; Bede, Fala; Beteck, Terrence Epie; Shirinde, Joyce; Djientcheu, Vincent de Paul; Nkoum, Benjamin Alexandre (African Field Epidemiology Network, 2019-06-06)
    INTRODUCTION : le burnout ou syndrome d'épuisement professionnel des soignants est un problème de santé publique au Cameroun. Il se manifeste par un épuisement émotionnel, une dépersonnalisation et une diminution de ...
  • The burnout construct with reference to healthcare providers : a narrative review 
    Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar; Nemutandani, Simon; Shangase, Sindisiwe Londiwe; Feller, Gal; Lemmer, Johan; Feller, Liviu (Sage, 2022-03)
    Burnout syndrome is a psychological response to long-term exposure to occupational stressors. It is characterized by emotional exhaustion, cognitive weariness and physical fatigue, and it may occur in association with any ...
  • Burnout phenomenon : neurophysiological factors, clinical features, and aspects of management 
    Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar; Nemutandani, Simon; Feller, Gal; Lemmer, Johan; Feller, Liviu (Sage, 2022-09)
    Burnout syndrome is a distinct “occupational phenomenon” rather than a medical condition, comprising emotional exhaustion, physical fatigue, and cognitive weariness. Both exogenous work-related and endogenous personal ...
  • C2- and C4-position 17β-estradiol metabolites and their relation to breast cancer 
    Joubert, Annie M.; Van Zyl, Hermia; Laurens, Johannes B.; Lottering, Mona-Liza (Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas Y Tecnologicas / Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2009)
    C2- and C4-position 17β-estradiol metabolites play an important role in breast carcinogenesis. 2-Hydroxyestradiol and 4-hydroxyestradiol are implicated in tumorigenesis via two pathways. These pathways entail increased ...
  • A cadaver study on the anatomical variation and branching of the anterior cerebral artery 
    Briers, Nanette; Odendaal, C.W.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2009-12-09)
    The cortical branches of the distal anterior cerebral artery (ACA) are responsible for the primary blood supply of the corpus callosum. Anatomical variation in these arteries leads to difficulty in defining a standard ...
  • A cadaveric study of the erector spinae plane block in a neonatal sample 
    Govender, Sabashnee; Mohr, Dwayne; Bosenberg, Adrian; Van Schoor, Albert-Neels (BMJ Publishing, 2020-05)
    BACKGROUND : The aim of this article was to provide a detailed description of the neonatal anatomy related to the erector spinae plane block and to report the spread of the dye within the fascial planes and potential ...
  • Calcar femorale variation in extant and fossil hominids : implications for identifying bipedal locomotion in fossil hominins 
    Cazenave, Marine; Kivell, Tracy L.; Pina, Marta; Begun, David R.; Skinner, Matthew M. (Elsevier, 2022-06)
    The calcar femorale is an internal bony structure of the proximal femur considered to be functionally related to bipedal locomotion. Among extant primates, the presence of a calcar femorale has been so far documented in ...
  • Calcific metamorphosis - a review of literature and clinical management 
    Van der Vyver, Petrus Jacobus; Vorster, Martin; Jonker, C.H.; Potgieter, Nicoline (South African Dental Association, 2020-07)
    Calcific metamorphosis (CM) or pulp canal obliteration is a common occurrence following concussion and subluxation injuries. Although the exact mechanism by which the canal obliterates is unknown, it is believed to be ...
  • Calcifying odontogenic cysts : a 20-year retrospective clinical and radiological review 
    Robinson, Liam; Nel, Chane; Roza, Ana L.O.C.; Vargas, Pablo Agustin; Nortje, Christoffel J.; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2021)
  • Calcifying odontogenic cysts : a 20-year retrospective clinical and radiological review 
    Nel, Chane; Robinson, Liam; Oliveira Correa Roza, Ana Luiza; Vargas, Pablo Agustin; Nortje, Christoffel Johannes; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus (British Institute of Radiology, 2021-02)
    OBJECTIVE : Calcifying odontogenic cysts (COCs) exhibit diverse clinical behaviours and may be associated with other benign odontogenic tumours. In this study, the clinical and radiological features of COCs were analysed ...
  • Calcinosis cutis universalis : a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erthyematosus 
    Suleman, Farhana Ebrahim; Ally, Mahmood Moosa Tar Mahomed (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2012-02)
    Calcinosis cutis (or skin and subcutaneous calcification) is a feature of a variety of rheumatic conditions (most commonly dermatomyositis and scleroderma), but is rarely reported in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE ...
  • Calcium-dependent potentiation of the pro-inflammatory functions of human neutrophils by tigecycline in vitro 
    Cockeran, Riana; Mutepe, Ndiafhi Daphney; Theron, Annette J.; Tintinger, Gregory Ronald; Steel, Helen C.; Stivaktas, Paraskevi Irene; Richards, Guy A.; Feldman, Charles; Anderson, Ronald (Oxford University Press, 2012)
    OBJECTIVES: Tigecycline is the prototype of the recently introduced, intravenously administered glycylcycline class of antibiotics, developed in response to the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance in Gram-positi ...
  • Calculating medical negligence costs 
    Pienaar, Rina; Van Gelder, Antoine (Law Society of South Africa, 2015-09)
    When dealing with a claim for future medical expenses in a personal injury claim, one finds that future medical expenses are sometimes subdivided into further categories namely, surgical expenses, emotional and ...
  • A call to standardize the definition and method of assessing women for vaginal discharge syndrome in pregnancy 
    Babalola, Chibuzor M.; Peters, Remco P.H.; Mukomana, Freedom; Mdingi, Mandisa; Gigi, Ranjana M.S.; Muzny, Christina A.; Taylor, Christopher M.; Medina-Marino, Andrew; Klausner, Jeffrey D (Oxford University Press, 2023-04)
    No abstract available.
  • Camurati-Engelmann disease : pictorial essay 
    Bellew, Neil; Wagener, Georg (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2011-03)
    Camurati-Engelmann disease (CED), or progressive diaphyseal dysplasia, is a rare sclerosing dysplasia of which 250 cases have been described in the English literature. The disease affects one in a million people and is ...
  • Can alcohol policy prevent harms to women and children from men's alcohol consumption? An overview of existing literature and suggested ways forward 
    Karriker-Jaffe, Katherine J.; Blackburn, Natalie; Graham, Kathryn; Walker, Mary Jean; Room, Robin; Wilson, Ingrid M.; Waleewong, Orratai; Gilchrist, Gail; Ramsoomar, Leane; Laslett, Anne-Marie (Elsevier, 2023-09)
    The World Health Organization's list of cost-effective alcohol control policies is a widely-used resource that highlights strategies to address alcohol-related harms. However, there is more evidence on how recommended ...
  • Can an ethical question answered with a “Yes, but...” ever be defensible? 
    Sykes, Leanne M.; Crafford, Elmine; Bradfield, Charles F. (South African Dental Association, 2020-03)
    This paper will use the issue of sterility of medical equipment as an example, but the points discussed may be extrapolated to a number of other areas in the dental setting.