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Browsing Research Articles (Paediatrics and Child Health) by UP Author "Becker, Piet J."
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Maphake, J.M.; Naidoo, Harishia; Coetzee, Melantha; Becker, Piet J. (South African Medical Association, 2023-07)BACKGROUND : Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) is one of the major contributors to neonatal mortality and morbidity in developing countries. Scarcity of resources limits clinicians in optimally caring for these patients. ...
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Van Rooyen, Cathy; Van den Berg, Sharon; Becker, Piet J.; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-07)BACKGROUND : Allergy is a common health problem in South Africa (SA), and a rational approach to allergy testing is essential to ensure cost-effective as well as optimal patient diagnosis and management. OBJECTIVES : To ...
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Masekela, Refiloe; Moodley, Teshni; Mahlaba, N.; Wittenberg, Dankwart F.; Becker, Piet J.; Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-11)INTRODUCTION: The development or aggravation of a pre-existing atopic state in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has not been thoroughly investigated in South Africa. HIV-infected adults have been shown to ...
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Abbott, Salome; Els, Carla; Boonzaaier, L.; Becker, Piet J.; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-07)INTRODUCTION. Asthma is the commonest chronic condition of children. Diagnosis remains difficult and many surrogate markers are used, such as documenting evidence of atopy. METHOD. Two studies investigated the role of ...
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Costs of admission for paediatric pneumonia in a setting of human immunodeficiency virus infection Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Wessels, Francois; Masekela, Refiloe; Becker, Piet J.; Green, Robin J. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2011-12)BACKGROUND: Pneumonia in South African children remains a major public health concern. The costs of hospital admission for pneumonia should be determined, especially where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection ...
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Green, Robin J.; Klein, Max; Becker, Piet J.; Halkas, Andrew; Lewis, Humphrey; Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Moodley, Teshni; Masekela, Refiloe (American College of Chest Physicians, 2013-01)BACKGROUND: Asthma is a worldwide problem. It cannot be prevented or cured, but it is possible, at least in principle, to control asthma with modern management. Control usually is assessed by history of symptoms, physical ...
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Green, Robin J.; Becker, Piet J.; Labuschagne, Denise; Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Masekela, Refiloe (International Online Medical Council (IOMC), 2012-02-16)BACKGROUD: Studies in adults have shown that smokers have a higher risk of death and a higher risk of developing AIDS. Other studies have shown an increased risk of smoking HIV-positive adults to infections. There is, ...
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Blignaut, Elaine; Rossouw, Theresa M.; Becker, Piet J.; Mavuso, Diana S.; Feucht, Ute Dagmar (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2019-06)BACKGROUND : Limited information is available on gingival recession or localized aggressive periodontitis among HIV-infected children and adolescents. This study reports on the prevalence of these conditions among children ...
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Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Van Bruwaene, Lore; Becker, Piet J.; Kruger, Mariana (Wiley, 2016-05)OBEJECTIVES : To describe growth in HIV‐infected children on long‐term antiretroviral therapy (ART) and to assess social, clinical, immunological and virological factors associated with suboptimal growth. METHODS : This ...
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Masekela, Refiloe; Anderson, Ronald; Moodley, Teshni; Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Risenga, Samuel Malamulele; Becker, Piet J.; Green, Robin J. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2012-01)BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected children have an eleven-fold risk of acute lower respiratory tract infection. This places HIV-infected children at risk of airway destruction and bronchiectasis. OBJECTIVE: ...
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Pentz, Adele; Becker, Piet J.; Masekela, Refiloe; Coetzee, Odette; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-03)BACKGROUND. Colonisation of the airway by Pseudomonas spp. in cystic fibrosis has been reported to be an important determinant of decline in pulmonary function. OBJECTIVE. To assess pulmonary function decline and the ...
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Tshehla, Rosine Marie; Coetzee, Melantha; Becker, Piet J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-06)BACKGROUND: Since 2000, South Africa (SA) has had a relatively static neonatal mortality rate, estimated to be 12/1 000 live births, with complications of prematurity being the leading cause of neonatal mortality. Survival ...
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Nel, Sanja; Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Nel, Andre L.; Becker, Piet J.; Wenhold, Friedeburg Anna Maria (Wiley Open Access, 2022-07)Weight‐for‐age (WFA) growth faltering often precedes severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children, yet it is often missed during routine growth monitoring. Automated interpretation of WFA growth within electronic ...
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Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Masekela, Refiloe; Becker, Piet J.; Moodley, Teshni; Risenga, Samuel Malamulele; Green, Robin J. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2012)Objective: Acute severe pneumonia with respiratory failure in human immunodeficiency virus-infected and -exposed infants carries a high mortality. Pneumocystis jiroveci is one cause, but other organisms have been suggested ...
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Karsas, Maria; Becker, Piet J.; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-03)BACKGROUND : Serious infections in children are difficult to determine from symptoms and signs alone. Fever is both a marker of insignificant viral infection, as well as more serious bacterial sepsis. Therefore, seeking ...
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Cloete, Jeane; Becker, Piet J.; Masekela, Refiloe; Pentz, Adele; Wijnant, Wim; De Campos, R.; Kitchin, Omolemo P.; Green, Robin J. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-08)BACKGROUND. Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia is still a common cause of severe disease in HIV-infected infants <5 months of age. Despite attention to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme in South Africa ...
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Mustafa, Fatima; Koekemoer, L.A.; Green, Robin J.; Turner, A.C. (Astrid); Becker, Piet J.; Van Biljon, Gertruida (Elsevier, 2020-12)OBJECTIVES : Increasing antimicrobial resistance has become a looming threat to paediatric health and, therefore, health facilities are obliged to practice antimicrobial stewardship. This study was undertaken to review ...
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