• Adiponectin as a potential biomarker for pregnancy disorders 

  Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, Stephanie; Jack, Babalwa; Malaza, Nompumelelo; Adam, Sumaiya [ (MDPI Publishing, 2021-02)

  Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that plays a critical role in energy homeostasis, mainly attributed to its insulin-sensitizing properties. Accumulating studies have reported that adiponectin concentrations ...
• Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in South Africa : a systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Pheiffer, Carmen; Pillay-van Wyk, Victoria; Turawa, Eunice; Levitt, Naomi; Kengne, Andre P.; Bradshaw, Debbie (MDPI Publishing, 2021-05-30)

  Synthesis of existing prevalence data using rigorous systematic review methods is considered an effective strategy to generate representative and robust prevalence figures to inform health planning and policy. The purpose ...
• The effect of COVID-19 on maternal newborn and child health (MNCH) services in Bangladesh, Nigeria and South Africa : call for a contextualised pandemic response in LMICs 

  Ahmed, Tanvir; Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur; Amole, Taiwo Gboluwaga; Galadanci, Hadiza; Matjila, Mushi; Soma-Pillay, Priya; Gillespie, Bronwen M.; El Arifeen, Shams; Anumba, Dilly O. C. (BMC, 2021-03-15)

  Global response to COVID-19 pandemic has inadvertently undermined the achievement of existing public health priorities and laregely overlooked local context. Recent evidence suggests that this will cause additional ...
• Implementation and effectiveness of continuous kangaroo mother care : a participatory action research protocol 

  Mohammadi, Marzieh; Bergh, Anne-Marie; Heidarzadeh, Mohammad; Hosseini, Mahammadbagher; Jahdi, Niloufar Sattarzadeh; Valizadeh, Leila; Sarvaran, Behzad; Hakimi, Sevil (BMC, 2021-03-08)

  BACKGROUND : The efficacy of continuous kangaroo mother care (C-KMC) in reducing neonatal mortality and morbidity among low birthweight and premature infants has been confirmed. Despite the recommendations of the World ...
• WHO next-generation partograph : revolutionary steps towards individualised labour care 

  Hofmeyr, G.J.; Bernitz, S.; Bonet, M.; Bucagu, M.; Dao, B.; Downe, S.; Galadanci, H.; Homer, C.S.E.; Hundley, V.; Lavender, T.; Levy, B.; Lissauer, D.; Lumbiganon, P.; McConville, F.E.; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Qureshi, Z.; Souza, J.P.; Stanton, M.E.; Ten Hoope-Bender, P.; Vannevel, Valerie; Vogel, J.P.; Oladapo, O.T. (Wiley, 2021-09)

  No abstract available.
• Re: Next steps to prevent stillbirth associated with growth restriction : continuous-wave Doppler, fetal growth restriction and small-for-gestational-age babies 

  Dornan, James C.; Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Dornan, Samina S.; Mulol, Helen; Vannevel, Valerie; Hlongwane, T.M.A.G. (Tsakane); Pattinson, Robert Clive (Wiley, 2021-04)

  No abstract available.
• Protocol for analysing the epidemiology of maternal mortality in Zimbabwe : a civil registration and vital statistics trend study 

  Musarandega, Reuben; Machekano, Rhoderick; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Munjanja, Stephen Peter (Public Library of Science, 2021-06)

  BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) carries the highest burden of maternal mortality, yet, the accurate maternal mortality ratios (MMR) are uncertain in most SSA countries. Measuring maternal mortality is challenging in ...
• Adiponectin DNA methylation in South African women with gestational diabetes mellitus : effects of HIV infection 

  Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Adam, Sumaiya; Abrahams, Yoonus; Rheeder, Paul; Pheiffer, Carmen (Public Library of Science, 2021-03)

  DNA methylation is increasingly recognized as a potential biomarker of metabolic disease. However, there is limited information on the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the candidacy of DNA ...
• Agency under constraint : adolescent accounts of pregnancy and motherhood in informal settlements in South Africa 

  Gillespie, Bronwen; Allen, Haddijatou; Pritchard, Matthew; Soma-Pillay, Priya; Balen, Julie; Anumba, Dilly (Taylor and Francis, 2022)

  Progress in adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) remains unequal: adolescent pregnancies are more likely to occur in marginalised communities, or in very poor households. This study aimed to comprehend from ...
• A systematic review exploring the significance of measuring epicardial fat thickness in correlation to B-type natriuretic peptide levels as prognostic and diagnostic markers in patients with or at risk of heart failure 

  Nyawo, Thembeka A.; Dludla, Phiwayinkosi V.; Mazibuko-Mbeje, Sithandiwe E.; Mthembu, Sinenhlanhla X.H.; Nyambuya, Tawanda M.; Nkambule, Bongani B.; Sadie-Van Gijsen, Hanel; Strijdom, Hans; Pheiffer, Carmen (Springer, 2022-03)

  Emerging evidence suggests that epicardial fat thickness (EFT) may be a critical feature to understand cardiac health and determine the risk of heart failure. The current review critically assesses and discusses evidence ...
• The prevalence of abnormal Doppler’s of the umbilical artery in a low-risk pregnant population in South Africa 

  Hlongwane, T.M.A.G. (Tsakane); Cronje, Tanita; Nkosi, B.S.S.; Pattinson, Robert Clive (Elsevier, 2021-04)

  BACKGROUND : The assessment of fetal blood flow using Doppler waveform can be used to identify placental insufficiency, and hence is a tool to identify fetuses at risk of stillbirth due to fetal growth restriction (FGR). ...
• No association between ADIPOQ or MTHFR polymorphisms and gestational diabetes mellitus in South African women 

  Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Adam, Sumaiya; Rheeder, Paul; Pheiffer, Carmen (Dove Medical Press, 2021)

  PURPOSE : Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a growing public health concern. GDM affects approximately 14% of pregnancies globally, and without effective treatment, is associated with short- and long-term complications ...
• Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs), viral oncogenomics, and aberrant splicing events : therapeutics implications 

  Hull, Rodney; Mbita, Zukile; Dlamini, Zodwa (e-Century Publishing, 2021-03-15)

  It has been estimated that worldwide up to 10% of all human cancers are the result of viral infection, with 7.2% of all cancers in the developed world have a viral aetiology. In contrast, 22.9% of infections in the developing ...
• Do we assess what we set out to teach in obstetrics : an action research study 

  Adam, Sumaiya; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene); Van Rooyen, Marietjie (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-06)

  BACKGROUND: Medical education empowers students to transform theoretical knowledge into practice. Assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes determines students' competency to practice. Assessment methods have been ...
• Breaking the isolation : online group assignments 

  Adam, Sumaiya; Coetzee, Melantha; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-09)

  The COVID‑19 pandemic forced educators to go online in a hurry in 2020 and adapt their teaching and assessment approaches. However, despite the urgency, teaching and assessment still need to remain constructively aligned, ...
• Do we assess what we set out to teach in obstetrics : an action research study 

  Adam, Sumaiya; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene); Van Rooyen, Marietjie (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-06)

  BACKGROUND. Medical education empowers students to transform theoretical knowledge into practice. Assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes determines students’ competency to practice. Assessment methods have been ...
• Recommendations for the management of birth at the margins of fetal viability - a practical approach for South Africa 

  Gebhardt, G.S.; Rhoda, N.; Westwood, A.; Pattinson, Robert Clive (In House Publications, 2020-12)

  Babies born at the lower limits of viability have a poor prognosis in the South African setting. Neonatal intensive and high care units are overburdened, which leads to outbreaks of resistant organisms. An equitable set ...
• An approach to hypertensive disorders in pregnancy for the primary care physician 

  Naidoo, Mergan; Pattinson, Robert Clive (AOSIS, 2020-02-17)

  Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) are a leading obstetric cause for maternal morbidity and mortality nationally as well as globally. The Saving Mothers is a report published every three years by the National ...
• Clinician’s guide to perineal and obstetric anal sphincter injury 

  Paterson, Frances; Retief, F.; Swart, Paul; Abdool, Zeelha (In House Publications, 2020-07)

  Perineal trauma is a common consequence of vaginal childbirth. This may be spontaneous or an iatrogenic event following an episiotomy, or a combination of the two. One UK study states that up to 85% of women experience ...
• The effect of the first wave of Covid-19 on use of maternal and reproductive health services and maternal deaths in South Africa 

  Pattinson, Robert Clive; Fawcus, S.; Gebhardt, S.; Niit, R.; Soma-Pillay, Priya; Moodley, J. (In House Publications, 2020-12)

  AIM : To monitor the impact of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic on use of maternal and reproductive health services, and maternal mortality. METHOD : Data from the District Health Information System (DHIS) was used ...

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