Browsing Research Articles (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) by Title

Browsing Research Articles (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) by Title

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  • Obesity, oligomenorrhoea and PCOS in adolescence 
    (In House Publications, 2018)
    Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy affecting female reproductive health. The diagnosis of PCOS in adolescence is challenging due to the high prevalence of menstrual dysfunction and acne ...
  • Obstetric haemorrhage and the use of blood and blood products 
    Du Plessis, J.H. (Narina) (In House Publications, 2013-05)
    Obstetric haemorrhage remains one of the most challenging conditions to manage in pregnancy. Irrespective of the level of skill and experience of the attending health care provider, bleeding of an obstetric patient poses ...
  • Obstetric litigation - time to reflect? 
    Odendaal, H.J.; Howarth, Graham; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Pattinson, Bob (In House Publications, 2011-02)
    Invariably there is an unhappy story behind every case of litigation involving obstetric care where a child has been compromised. Families live with the consequences, and, if litigating, obviously feel somebody is at fault ...
  • Obstetric medical care and training in South Africa 
    Wium, Lizemarie; Vannevel, Valerie; Bothma, Salome (Sage, 2019-03)
    Obstetric medicine as a speciality is yet to be developed in South Africa. South Africa is regarded as a developing country. The burden of HIV and metabolic syndrome creates a need for advanced maternal care. An increase ...
  • Obstetrics knowledge and skills training as a catalyst for change 
    Pattinson, Robert Clive; Bergh, Anne-Marie; Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Pillay, Y.; Moodley, J.; Madaj, B.; Ameh, C.; Van den Broek, N. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018-09)
    BACKGROUND. Poor emergency obstetric care has been shown by national confidential enquiries into maternal deaths to contribute to a number of maternal deaths in South Africa. OBJECTIVES. To assess whether a structured ...
  • Odon device for instrumental vaginal deliveries : results of a medical device pilot clinical study 
    Schvartzman, Javier A.; Krupitzki, Hugo; Merialdi, Mario; Betran, Ana Pilar; Requejo, Jennifer; Nguyen, My Huong; Vayena, Effy; Fiorillo, Angel E.; Gadow, Enrique C.; Vizcaino, Francisco M.; Von Petery, Felicitas; Marroquin, Victoria; Cafferata, María Luisa; Mazzoni, Agustina; Vannevel, Valerie; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Gulmezoglu, A. Metin; Althabe, Fernando; Bonet, Mercedes; World Health Organization Odon Device Research Group (BioMed Central, 2018-03-12)
    BACKGROUND : A prolonged and complicated second stage of labour is associated with serious perinatal complications. The Odon device is an innovation intended to perform instrumental vaginal delivery presently under development. ...
  • Office gynaecology 
    Swart, Paul (In House Publications, 2013-05)
    The training of registrars to become obstetrician-gynaecologists is performed in large hospitals, usually associated to an university. These hospitals are mostly level II and III hospitals to which more complicated cases ...
  • Oncogenic and incidental HPV types associated with histologically confirmed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV-positive and HIV-negative South African women 
    Van Aardt, M.C. (Matthys Cornelis); Dreyer, Greta; Snyman, Leon Cornelius; Richter, Karin Louise; Becker, P.; Mojaki, S.M. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-06)
    BACKGROUND. In Africa, data on the relationship between oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types, immune status and cervical preinvasive lesions are lacking. METHODS. We investigated low-risk (lrHPV) and high-risk ...
  • Optimising the International Classification of Diseases to identify the maternal condition in the case of perinatal death 
    Allanson, Emma R.; Tunçalp, Ozge; Gardosi, Jason; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Francis, Andre; Vogel, Joshua P.; Erwich, Jan Jaap H.M.; Flenady, Vicki J.; Frøen, J. Frederik; Neilson, James; Quach, Amanda; Chou, Doris; Mathai, Matthews; Say, Lale; Gülmezoglu, A. Metin (Wiley, 2016-11)
    OBJECTIVE : The WHO application of the tenth edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) to deaths during the perinatal period (ICD Perinatal Mortality, ICD-PM) captures the essential characteristics ...
  • Organophosphate poisoning in pregnancy : is it a cry for help? 
    Cebakulu, Sylvia; Pattinson, Robert Clive (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018-11)
    Organophosphate poisoning seems to be a fairly common cause of mortality in young and teenage mothers. The attending healthcare personnel, especially nursing staff and doctors, should always have a high index of suspicion ...
  • Ovarian cysts and tumours in children and adolescents 
    Bryant, Emma P. (In House Publications, 2018)
    Ovarian masses are an uncommon finding in children and adolescents with an incidence of around 2.6/100000 per year excluding functional ovarian lesions of which the true incidence is unknown.1,2 While ovarian tumours ...
  • Ovarian endometriosis as a premalignant condition : epidemiological, histological and molecular evidence 
    Dreyer, Greta (Open Journals Systems, 2012)
    Endometriosis is a common monoclonal benign proliferative disorder that may give rise to pelvic malignancy. Epithelial ovarian carcinoma is responsible for a large proportion of gynaecological cancer-associated deaths. ...
  • p16 and Ki-67 immunohistochemical staining reduces inter- and intra-observer variability in the grading of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions of South African women 
    Solomon, Christa; Louw, Melanie; Van Aardt, M.C. (Matthys Cornelis); Dreyer, Greta (Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited [trading as the Taylor & Francis Group], 2017)
    BACKGROUND : Cervical carcinoma was the second leading malignancy in South African women (following breast carcinoma) in 2010. This study aimed to correlate histopathological criteria and immunohistochemical stains in ...
  • Palliative care 
    Van Aardt, M.C. (Matthys Cornelis) (In House Publications, 2017)
    The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines palliative care as care aimed at improving the quality of life of patients and their families confronted with the challenges associated with a terminal illness, by way of ...
  • A paradoxical reduction in upper genital tract infection despite the massive HIV epidemic 
    Gumata, Nomonde; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Pattinson, Bob (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-08)
    No abstract available.
  • Pelvimetry for fetal cephalic presentations at or near term for deciding on mode of delivery 
    Pattinson, Robert Clive; Cuthbert, Anna; Vannevel, Valerie (Wiley, 2017-03)
    BACKGROUND : Pelvimetry assesses the size of a woman's pelvis aiming to predict whether she will be able to give birth vaginally or not. This can be done by clinical examination, or by conventional X-rays, computerised ...
  • Pena–Shokeir syndrome : current management strategies and palliative care 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Coetzee, Melantha; Honey, Engela M. (Dove Medical Press, 2018)
    Pena–Shokeir syndrome (PSS) type 1, also known as fetal akinesia deformation sequence, is a rare genetic syndrome that almost always results in intrauterine or early neonatal death. It is characterized by markedly decreased ...
  • Phase I of the DiaVACCS screening trial : study design, methods, population demographics and baseline results 
    Dreyer, Greta; Snyman, Leon Cornelius; Van der Merwe, F.H.; Richter, Karin Louise; Dreyer, G.J.; Visser, Cathy; Botha, M.H. (South African Medical Association, 2022-07)
    BACKGROUND. Human papillomavirus (HPV)-based primary screening guidelines are based on screening test performance and prevalence data generated in high-resource areas with low HIV infection rates. There is an urgent need ...
  • Physical exercise potentially targets epicardial adipose tissue to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in patients with metabolic diseases : oxidative stress and inflammation emerge as major therapeutic targets 
    Nyawo, Thembeka A.; Pheiffer, Carmen; Mazibuko-Mbeje, Sithandiwe E.; Mthembu, Sinenhlanhla X.H.; Nyambuya, Tawanda M.; Nkambule, Bongani B.; Sadie-Van Gijsen, Hanel; Strijdom, Hans; Tiano, Luca; Dludla, Phiwayinkosi V. (MDPI, 2021-11-04)
    Excess epicardial adiposity, within a state of obesity and metabolic syndrome, is emerging as an important risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Accordingly, increased epicardial fat thickness ...
  • Physiological changes in pregnancy 
    Soma-Pillay, Priya; Nelson-Piercy, Catherine; Tolppanen, Heli; Mebazaa, Alexandre (Clinics Cardive, 2016-03)
    Physiological changes occur in pregnancy to nurture the developing foetus and prepare the mother for labour and delivery. Some of these changes influence normal biochemical values while others may mimic symptoms of ...