Browsing Research Articles (Paediatrics and Child Health) by Title

Browsing Research Articles (Paediatrics and Child Health) by Title

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  • The wheezy infant and toddler asthmatic - a primary care approach 
    Green, Robin J.; Jeevarathnum, A.C.; Van Niekerk, Andre (Allergy Society of South Africa, 2016-09)
    Wheeze is common in infants and young children. Asthma is but one cause and it is obviously important to exclude or include as it is amenable to specific therapy. It is also obvious that the pre-school or young child is ...
  • When 'B' becomes 'A' : the emerging threat of influenza B virus 
    Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-11)
    Influenza is a serious condition that affects millions of people (and especially children) annually, around the world and in South Africa. Many people (including many children) die of the disease annually. Last year, the ...
  • When to consider an inborn error of metabolism : an approach to paediatric neurometabolic disorders 
    Riordan, G.T.; Smuts, Izelle (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-04)
    Neurological symptoms are commonly the presenting problem in many inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). It is vital to identify treatable conditions early in order to reduce or prevent neurological impairment.
  • When to start antiretroviral therapy in infants and children 
    Cotton, Mark F.; Rabie, Helena; Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Violarie, Avy (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2009-12)
    We review the background and key studies that inform decisions on when to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) in infants and children. The World Health Organization staging system from 2006 was based on conditions ...
  • Who allowed the speaker to use my patient’s photo? 
    Snyman, Philip (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-11)
    Clinical photography is used in publications, teaching, lecture illustration and research. Nowadays virtually every medical doctor and medical student possesses a camera phone. The patient or the parent is often not asked ...
  • Whose child is dying? Household characteristics and under-5 mortality in Nigeria 
    Izugbara, C. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-02)
    BACKGROUND. Over 2 000 under-5-year-olds die daily in Nigeria from vaccine-preventable diseases, placing the country as the third largest contributor to the global under-5 mortality rate. Nigeria is at serious risk of not ...