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Browsing Health Sciences by UP Author "Pretorius, Jan P."
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Brink, Adrian J.; Botha, Roelof F.; Poswa, Xoliswa; Senekal, Marthinus; Badal, Robert E.; Grolman, David C.; Richards, Guy A.; Feldman, Charles; Boffard, Kenneth D.; Veller, Martin; Joubert, Ivan; Pretorius, Jan P. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2012)BACKGROUND: The Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) follows trends in resistance among aerobic and facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacilli (GNB) isolated from complicated intra-abdominal ...
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Greyling, Linda Magdalena; Glanvill, R.; Boon, J.M. (Johannes Marinus); Schabort, D.; Meiring, J.H.; Pretorius, Jan P.; Van Schoor, Albert-Neels (Wiley, 2007-10)Identification of the facial nerve trunk is essential during surgery of the parotid gland. Numerous landmarks have been researched and used. The relation between the facial nerve to two constant bony landmarks, the tip of ...
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Skinner, D.L.; De Vasconcellos, K.; Wise, R.; Esterhuizen, T.M.; Fourie, C.; Mahomed, A. Goolam; Gopalan, P.D.; Joubert, I.; Kluyts, Hyla-Louise; Mathivha, L.R.; Mrara, Busisiwe; Pretorius, Jan P.; Richards, Guy A.; Smith, O.; Spruyt, M.G.L.; Pearse, R.M.; Madiba, T.E.; Biccard, Bruce McIure (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-05)BACKGROUND. Appropriate critical care admissions are an important component of surgical care. However, there are few data describing postoperative critical care admission in resource-limited low- and middle-income ...
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Brink, Andries J.; Bizos, D.; Boffard, Kenneth D.; Feldman, Charles; Grolman, D.C.; Pretorius, Jan P.; Richards, Guy A.; Senekal, M.; Steyn, E.; Welkovic, N. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-06)INTRODUCTION: Tigecycline, the first of a new class of antibiotics, the glycylcyclines, was licensed in South Africa for the parenteral treatment of adult patients with complicated intraabdominal infections (cIAIs) and ...
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De Beer, C.R.; Van Rooijen, Agatha Johanna; Pretorius, Jan P.; Becker, Piet J.; Rheeder, Paul; Paruk, Fathima (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)BACKGROUND. Successful extubation of mechanically ventilated patients is essential for the physiotherapist to succeed in respiratory rehabilitation of the patient. Delay in the weaning process increases the complication ...
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Bronkhorst, E.; Schellack, Natalie; Gous, A.G.S.; Pretorius, Jan P. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-11)BACKGROUND. The role of the pharmacist has evolved over the last 2 decades beyond traditional functions such as stock control and dispensing. OBJECTIVES. To describe the functions performed by a clinical pharmacist while ...
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Pretorius, Jan P.; Liebenberg, C.; Piek, D.; Smith, M. (Open Journals Systems, 2011)Management of the open abdomen is a complex undertaking, as it not only involves difficult wound healing but also the prevention of many serious local and systemic complications. In this article the different types of ...
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The open abdomen : Part 3 : Management of the Grade 3 open abdomen with entero-atmospheric fistulae Pretorius, Jan P.; Liebenberg, C.; Piek, D.; Smith, M. (Open Journals Systems, 2011)Entero-atmospheric fistulae are a disastrous complication when laparostomes have to be used in abdominal surgery. Patients must be approached from a global and localised perspective, with heavy focus on management of fluid ...
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Pretorius, Jan P.; Liebenberg, C.; Piek, D.; Smith, M. (Open Journals Systems, 2010)Intra-abdominal hypertension, abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) and poly-compartment syndrome are serious clinical problems. The key is early recognition of at risk patients so that preventative measures may be ...
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Pretorius, Jan P. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-06)No abstract available.
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Hodgson, R.E.; Richards, Guy A.; Lundgren, A.C.; Spruyt, M.G.L.; Pretorius, Jan P.; Mathiva, L.R.; Dickerson, R.; Gopalan, P.D. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-09)The Western Cape Department of Health (WC DoH) has taken a decision to withdraw all intravenous fluids (IVFs) containing hydroxyethyl starch (HES) from hospitals in the Western Cape, with similar action contemplated in the ...
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Du Plessis, Herman J.C.; Pretorius, Jan P. (Open Journals Systems, 2011)Maggots are known to clean wounds by removing slough and dead tissue. This was put to therapeutic use in the last century, between the world wars, when it was in use in at least 300 hospitals in the United States and being ...
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