Browsing Research Articles (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) by Author "Adam, Sumaiya"

Browsing Research Articles (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) by Author "Adam, Sumaiya"

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  • 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 ...
  • Altered genome-wide DNA methylation in peripheral blood of South African women with gestational diabetes mellitus 
    Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Adam, Sumaiya; Rheeder, Paul; Louw, Johan; Pheiffer, Carmen (MDPI Publishing, 2019-11-20)
    Increasing evidence implicate altered DNA methylation in the pathophysiology of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This exploratory study probed the association between GDM and peripheral blood DNA methylation patterns ...
  • Are we missing at-risk babies? Comparison of customised growth charts v. standard population charts in a diabetic population 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Lombaard, H.A.D.T. (Hennie); Van Zyl, Danie G. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-10)
    BACKGROUND. Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with both accelerated fetal growth and intrauterine growth restriction. OBJECTIVE. To compare the difference in occurrence of large-for-gestational-age (LGA) and ...
  • Association between gestational diabetes and biomarkers : a role in diagnosis 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Rheeder, Paul (Taylor and Francis, 2018)
    BACKGROUND : We investigated the association between markers of insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, and adipokines and GDM. METHODS : In our case-cohort study in Johannesburg we included women with GDM and controls. ...
  • An audit of patients with abruptio placentae in the Pretoria Academic Complex 
    Magagula, B.; Nkwenika, T.; Adam, Sumaiya (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-12)
    BACKGROUND: Obstetric hemorrhage is the third most common cause of maternal death in South Africa. Abruptio placentae (AP) contributed to 12.9% of deaths caused by haemorrhage between 2017 and 2018. OBJECTIVE: To investigate ...
  • An audit of the initial resuscitation of severely ill patients presenting with septic incomplete miscarriages at a tertiary hospital in South Africa 
    Lombaard, H.A.D.T. (Hennie); Adam, Sumaiya; Makin, J.D. (Jennifer Dianne); Sebola, Patricia (BioMed Central, 2015-04-02)
    BACKGROUND : Septic incomplete miscarriages remain a cause of maternal deaths in South Africa. There was an initial decline in mortality when a strict protocol based approach and the Choice of Termination of Pregnancy ...
  • Autologous intrauterine transfusion in a case of anti-U 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Lombaard, H.A.D.T. (Hennie) (Wiley, 2016-12)
    BACKGROUND : Minor red blood cell antibodies are becoming a more common cause of hemolytic disease of the newborn. Anti-U are a rare alloantibody found almost exclusively in people of black descent. There is limited ...
  • A big role for microRNAs in gestational diabetes mellitus 
    Masete, Matladi Innocent; Dias, Stephanie; Malaza, Nompumelelo; Adam, Sumaiya; Pheiffer, Carmen (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-25)
    Maternal diabetes is associated with pregnancy complications and poses a serious health risk to both mother and child. Growing evidence suggests that pregnancy complications are more frequent and severe in pregnant women ...
  • Bioethics and self-isolation : what about low-resource settings? 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Lindeque, B. Gerhard; Soma-Pillay, Priya (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-05)
    Healthcare workers have both an obligation to their individual patients and a long-recognised public health responsibility. In the context of infectious disease, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, ...
  • 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, ...
  • The Child Act, consent matters and obstetrics and gynaecology 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Lindeque, B. Gerhard (In House Publications, 2018)
    This edition of the O&G Forum is dedicated to various aspects of Obstetrical and Gynaecological care of nadolescents. In modern medical ethics, patient autonomy is considered a major principle in decision-making regarding ...
  • Comparison of obstetric and perinatal outcomes in women with diabetes at Steve Biko Academic Hospital 
    Malaza, Nompumelelo; Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, S.; Adam, Sumaiya (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2023-06)
    BACKGROUND : Diabetes and obesity in pregnancy have been associated with increased rates of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes compared with women with normoglycaemia and normal weight. OBJECTIVE : To investigate the ...
  • Coronavirus and pregnancy : the challenges of the 21(st) Century : a review 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, Stephanie; Hlongwane, T.M.A.G. (Tsakane); Vannevel, Valerie; Soma-Pillay, Priya; Abdullah, Fareed (Frontiers Media SA, 2022-07-13)
    Despite many advances in medicine we are still faced with emerging pathogens. Pregnant women have been disproportionately affected by previous coronavirus outbreaks. The COVID-19 pandemic has not affected pregnant women ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Does South Africa need a diabetes-in-pregnancy study group? 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Rheeder, Paul; Pheiffer, Carmen (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-07)
    The prevalence of non-communicable diseases in South Africa (SA) is increasing. Alarmingly, SA is one of the nations with the most obese people in the world. The incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is ...
  • Evaluating the utility of a point-of-care glucometer for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Rheeder, Paul (Wiley, 2018-04)
    OBJECTIVE : To investigate the performance of the Roche Accuchek Active glucometer in diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) versus the gold-standard laboratory test. METHODS : In a prospective cohort observational ...
  • Global DNA methylation profiling in peripheral blood cells of South African women with gestational diabetes mellitus 
    Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Adam, Sumaiya; Van Wyk, Nastasja; Rheeder, Paul; Louw, Johan; Pheiffer, Carmen (Taylor and Francis, 2019)
    BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE : Recently, several studies have reported that DNA methylation changes in tissue are reflected in blood, sparking interest in the potential use of global DNA methylation as a biomarker for gestational ...
  • HIV and pregnancy 
    Adam, Sumaiya (In House Publications, 2015)
    South Africa has a high burden of HIV disease. Approximately 29% of antenatal clinic attendees are infected with HIV. A compromised immune system in pregnancy was thought to render the HIV positive woman more susceptible ...
  • Intimate partner violence : a risk factor for gestational diabetes 
    Pheiffer, Carmen; Dias, Stephanie Charmaine; Adam, Sumaiya (MDPI, 2020-10)
    The early detection and management of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an important public health goal. GDM, which is defined as a glucose intolerance that develops during pregnancy, affects about 14% of pregnancies ...