Browsing Research Articles (Paediatrics and Child Health) by Title

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  • Prophylaxis is the new standard of care in patients with haemophilia 
    Mahlangu, J.; Bassa, F.; Bassingthwaighte, M.; Cruickshank, A-L.; Du Plessis, J.; Goga, Y.; Joubert, J.; Louw, V.; Mahlachana, N.; Mathew, R.; Neethling, B.; Potgieter, J.; Rapiti, N.; Rayner, B.; Reynders, David; Sutton, C.; Van Zyl, A. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2022-06)
    Randomised controlled clinical trial evidence on prophylaxis as optimal care for patients with haemophilia was generated more than a decade ago. However, this knowledge has not translated into clinical practice in South ...
  • Protecting asthmatics from COVID-19 
    Green, Robin J.; Van Bruwaene, Lore; Mustafa, Fatima; Van Niekerk, Andre (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2020)
    The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 virus (SARS-CoV-2). Infections were first detected in Wuhan, China in late 2019 and the infection has recently spread worldwide and ...
  • Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a child from an informal settlement : 12 litres of fluid drained from the lungs and successful use of ECMO 
    White, D.A.; Klugman, S.R.; Weil, R.; Zigiriadis, E.; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-11)
    Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare cause of chronic interstitial lung disease, characterised by accumulation of pulmonary surfactant, respiratory insufficiency and an increased incidence of infections. The ...
  • Pulmonary haemosiderosis 
    Manzini, D.; Jeevarathnum, A.C.; Van Rooyen, A. (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2015-03)
    A 2 year 9 month old girl was referred to Steve Biko Academic Hospital (SBAH) from Tshwane District Hospital (TDH) on the 31st of October 2014, with an initial diagnosis of a community acquired pneumonia. Her initial chest ...
  • Quality and consistency of clinical practice guidelines on the prevention of food allergy and atopic dermatitis : systematic review protocol 
    Leung, Agnes Sze Yin; Tham, Elizabeth Huiwen; Samuel, Miny; Munblit, Daniel; Chu, Derek K.; Dahdah, Lamia; Yamamoto-Hanada, Kiwako; Trikamjee, Thulja; Warad, Vijay; Van Niekerk, Andre; Martinez, Santiago; Ellis, Anne; Bielory, Leonard; Cuadros, Gustavo; Van Bever, Hugo; Wallace, Dana; Tang, Mimi; Sublett, James; Wong, Gary Wing Kin (Elsevier, 2022-09)
    BACKGROUND AND AIMS : Allergy prevention strategies have gained significant traction as a means to attenuate the growing burden of allergic diseases over the past decade. As the evidence base for primary prevention of food ...
  • Rapid evolution of our understanding of the pathogenesis of COVID-19 – implications for therapy 
    Mustafa, Fatima; Giles, Rachel; Pepper, Michael Sean (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-12)
    COVID-19 severity appears to lie in its propensity to cause a hyperinflammatory response, attributed to the cytokine release syndrome (CRS) or ‘cytokine storm’, although the exact role of the CRS remains to be fully ...
  • A rapid review of the effectiveness of screening practices at airports, land borders and ports to reduce the transmission of respiratory infectious diseases such as COVID-19 
    Chetty, T.; Daniels, B.B.; Ngandu, Nobubelo Kwanele; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-11)
    BACKGROUND. Travel screening for infectious diseases is often implemented to delay or prevent the entry of infected persons to a country/area. OBJECTIVES. To evaluate the effectiveness of different point-of-entry screening ...
  • A rare cause of systemic hypertension in an African child : Answers 
    Sigwadi, Patience; Van Biljon, Gertruida (Springer, 2014-01)
    No abstract available
  • A rare cause of systemic hypertension in an African child : Questions 
    Sigwadi, Patience; Van Biljon, Gertruida (Springer, 2014-01)
    No abstract available
  • Reactive urticaria and severe thrombocytosis in a child with SARS-CoV-2 infection 
    Van Bruwaene, Lore; Green, Robin J.; Joshi, Jayneel A.; Cloete, Jeane (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2020-10)
    Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has made a significant impact around the world through COVID-19 and its related complications. Individuals with comorbid conditions and the elderly have been at risk of significant inflammatory c ...
  • Reasons for delay in initiation of antiretroviral therapy in a population of HIV-infected South African children 
    Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Kinzer, M.; Kruger, Mariana (Oxford University Press, 2007-12)
    The aim of this study was to determine the reasons for delay of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in eligible HIV-infected children after the implementation of the South African National ART programme in April 2004, and to ...
  • Recent advances in asthma care 
    Green, Robin J. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-03)
    The buzz word in asthma circles today is ‘control’. We speak fairly glibly about measuring control and getting patients to achieve good asthma control. Whilst this is an excellent and admirable sentiment, what is seldom ...
  • Recommendations for patient screening in ultra-rare inherited metabolic diseases : what have we learned from Niemann-Pick disease type C? 
    Sobrido, Maria-Jesus; Bauer, Peter; De Koning, Tom; Klopstock, Thomas; Nadjar, Yann; Patterson, Marc C.; Synofzik, Matthis; Hendriksz, Christian J. (BioMed Central (BMC), 2019-01)
    BACKGROUND: Rare and ultra-rare diseases (URDs) are often chronic and life-threatening conditions that have a profound impact on sufferers and their families, but many are notoriously difficult to detect. Niemann-Pick ...
  • Recommendations for the management of MPS IVA : systematic evidence- and consensus-based guidance 
    Akyol, Mehmet Umut; Alden, Tord D.; Amartino, Hernan; Ashworth, Jane; Belani, Kumar; Berger, Kenneth I.; Borgo, Andrea; Braunlin, Elizabeth; Eto, Yoshikatsu; Gold, Jeffrey I.; Jester, Andrea; Jones, Simon A.; Karsli, Cengiz; Mackenzie, William; Marinho, Diane Ruschel; McFadyen, Andrew; McGill, Jim; Mitchell, John J.; Muenzer, Joseph; Okuyama, Torayuki; Orchard, Paul J.; Stevens, Bob; Thomas, Sophie; Walker, Robert; Wynn, Robert; Giugliani, Roberto; Harmatz, Paul; Hendriksz, Christian J.; Scarpa, Maurizio (BioMed Central (BMC), 2019-06)
    INTRODUCTION: Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IVA or Morquio A syndrome is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) caused by deficiency of the N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase (GALNS) enzyme, which impairs ...
  • Recommendations for the medical evaluation of children prior to adoption in South Africa 
    Haeri Mazanderani, Ahmad F.; Du Plessis, Nicolette Marie; Lumb, J.; Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Myburgh, Marcelle; Mayaphi, Simnikiwe Horatious; Lekalakala, M. Ruth; Swanepoel, De Wet; Georgakis, H.; Avenant, Theunis Johannes (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-08)
    The current legislative framework in South Africa (SA) supports adoption as the preferred form of care for children with inadequate or no parental or family support. There are an estimated 3.8 million orphans in SA, with ...
  • Remdesivir and COVID-19 : what are the implications for Africa? 
    Green, Robin J.; Mustafa, Fatima; Sewlall, Nivesh; Richards, Guy A. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-06)
    We feel compelled to point out a few inconsistencies in new reports surfacing to support the use of remdesivir in the COVID-19 crisis.
  • Reporting incidences of neuroblastoma in various resource settings 
    Van Heerden, Jaques; Abraham, Natasha; Schoeman, Judy; Reynders, David; Singh, Elvira; Kruger, Mariana (American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2021-06-17)
    PURPOSE : The incidences of neuroblastoma (NB) differ significantly between various resource settings because of varying quality of cancer registries and underdiagnoses. This study aimed to evaluate current regional ...
  • Respiratory viruses in young South African children with acute lower respiratory infections and interactions with HIV 
    Annamalay, Alicia A.; Abbott, Salome; Sikazwe, Chisha; Khoo, Siew-Kim; Bizzintino, Joelene; Zhang, Guicheng; Laing, Ingrid; Chidlow, Glenys R.; Smith, David W.; Gern, James; Goldblatt, Jack; Lehmann, Deborah; Green, Robin J.; Le Souëf, Peter N. (Elsevier, 2016-08)
    BACKGROUND : Human rhinovirus (RV) is the most common respiratory virus and has been associated with frequent and severe acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI). The prevalence of RV species among HIV-infected children ...
  • Retinoblastoma outcome at a single institution in South Africa 
    Kruger, Mariana; Reynders, David; Omar, Fareed E.; Schoeman, Judy; Wedi, Opope Oyaka; Harvey, J. (South African Medical Journal, 2014-12)
    INTRODUCTION : Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common eye cancer in children. Early detection is necessary for cure. OBJECTVE : To compare stage and outcome of children with RB treated at Kalafong Hospital, Pretoria, ...
  • Retrospective surveillance of intussusception in South Africa, 1998–2003 
    Moore, S.W.; Kirsten, Mari; Muller, E.W.; Numanoglu, A.; Chitnis, M.; Le Grange, E.; Banieghbal, B.; Hadley, G.P. (University of Chicago Press, 2010)
    BACKROUND: Intussusception is a common gastrointestinal emergency in children and appears to have a somewhat different clinical spectrum in developing countries. Its etiology is still unclear, but a link to infective agents ...