Browsing Health Sciences by UP Author "Pentz, Adele"

Browsing Health Sciences by UP Author "Pentz, Adele"

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  • Advances in the diagnosis and management of allergic disease : applications to South African practice 
    Pentz, Adele; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-11)
    There have been a number of advances in the diagnosis and management of allergic diseases that are relevant to South African (SA) circumstances. These are all published or about to be published in new guidelines that ...
  • Allergic rhinitis in South Africa – Update 2014 
    Green, Robin J.; Hockman, Maurice; Friedman, Raymond; Davis, Martin; Hawarden, Di; Van Rooyen, Cathy; Vardas, Eftyxia; Els, Carla; Feldman, Charles; Levin, Michael; McDonald, Marinda; Bouwer, Stefaan; Tunguy-Desmarais, G. Peter; McCulloch, Alan; Lewis, Humphrey; Hunt, Ian; Wolff, Lionel; Mokgoadi, Fred; Gill, Martin; Jooma, Farouk; Manjra, Ahmed I.; Moodley, Teshni; Jeena, Prakash M.; Joyce, Gustav J.; Seedat, Riaaz; Potter, Paul; Pentz, Adele (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2014-12)
    The SAARWG met on the 8th and 9th February 2014 to discuss and review important concepts in allergic rhinitis diagnosis and management. The theme of that meeting was to lead clinicians through the ideal „Allergy Clinic‟ ...
  • Atopic dermatitis - prevention and education of patients 
    Green, Robin J.; Pentz, Adele (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2014-06)
    Why an article on prevention of atopic dermatitis and education of patients and their families? Well one might consider these two topics the two extremes of management of patients at risk from, or with, the condition. A ...
  • Cytomegalovirus pneumonia occuring soon after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy in an infant 
    Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Masekela, Refiloe; Pentz, Adele; Potgieter, Jeane; Mensah, Marian Kwofie; Els, Carla; White, Debbie; Green, Robin J. (Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of South Africa, 2011)
    A two-month-old HIV-infected infant was ventilated for very severe Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. After successful extubation, he was started on antiretroviral therapy. He developed a proven cytomegalovirus infection, ...
  • Education and specialist referral of patients with atopic dermatitis 
    Green, Robin J.; Pentz, Adele; Jordaan, H.F. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-10)
    Educating patients with atopic dermatitis is an essential and necessary part of therapy and particularly important when young children are involved. Quality of life is seriously impaired if patients or their carers do not ...
  • Fever in children : how to minimise risk and provide appropriate therapy 
    Green, Robin J.; Pentz, Adele (Medpharm, 2014)
    The management of fever in children is a subject that garners many different opinions and interventions. Various approaches seem to be acceptable, from the physician who never uses antipyretic medication, to the use of ...
  • An ideal children's chest and allergy clinic 
    Pentz, Adele; Els, Carla; Coetzee, Odette; Green, Robin J. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2014-03)
    The practice of Allergology has reached great heights in the last 2 years. South Africa has progressed from having Diplomates in Allergology to the recognition of sub-specialist Allergologists in Paediatrics, Internal ...
  • The impact of chronic pseudomonal infection on pulmonary function testing in individuals with cystic fibrosis in Pretoria, South Africa 
    Pentz, Adele; Becker, Piet J.; Masekela, Refiloe; Coetzee, Odette; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-03)
    BACKGROUND. Colonisation of the airway by Pseudomonas spp. in cystic fibrosis has been reported to be an important determinant of decline in pulmonary function. OBJECTIVE. To assess pulmonary function decline and the ...
  • The medical dictionary ‘tongue-in-cheek' edition 
    Green, Robin J.; Hoffmann, Kelly S.; Pentz, Adele (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-12)
    Medical communication is often so formal, and one can't help thinking that sometimes a more light-hearted approach would be nice. We recently attended an advanced paediatric life support course in Pretoria (may we suggest ...
  • Severe pneumonia in HIV-infected and exposed infants in a paediatric ICU 
    Cloete, Jeane; Becker, Piet J.; Masekela, Refiloe; Pentz, Adele; Wijnant, Wim; De Campos, R.; Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-08)
    BACKGROUND. Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia is still a common cause of severe disease in HIV-infected infants <5 months of age. Despite attention to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme in South Africa ...
  • The united airway - allergy and beyond 
    Pentz, Adele; Moodley, Teshni; Green, Robin J. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2013-06)
    The concept of a 'united airway' became popular to link allergic rhinitis and asthma in many individuals who had symptoms of both upper and lower airway disease. Because of the common epithelium that runs all the way down ...