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Browsing Internal Medicine by Author "Van Zyl, Danie G."
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Ngassa Piotie, Patrick; Van Zyl, Danie G.; Rheeder, Paul (SEMDSA, 2015-01)OBJECTIVE : The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of micro- or macroalbuminuria in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients, and to examine the relationship with the diabetes control parameters such as haemoglobin ...
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Van Zyl, Danie G. (Medpharm Publishers, 2008-01)Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the most frequent hyperglycaemic acute diabetic complication. Furthermore it carries a significant risk of death, which can be prevented by early and effective management. All physicians, ...
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Mhishi, Simbarashe B.; Van Zyl, Danie G. (MedPharm Publications, 2020)BACKGROUND : A patient-centred approach with self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has emerged as the preferred approach in monitoring and managing blood glucose. The success of SMBG in diabetes treatment and management ...
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Ngwenya, B.T.; Van Zyl, Danie G.; Webb, Elize M. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009)OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors influencing non-attendance with clinic appointments in diabetic patients at a Gauteng Hospital in 2007/2008. SETTING: Two diabetes clinics situated at a secondary-level hospital, that ...
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Van Zyl, Danie G.; Rheeder, Paul; Delport, Eluned F. (Advance Access, 2012-04)OBJECTIVE: To determine if Ringer’s lactate is superior to 0.9% sodium chloride solution for resolution of acidosis in the management of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). DESIGN: Parallel double blind randomized ...
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Pieters, Marlien; Covic, Namukolo; Van der Westhuizen, Francois Hendrikus; Nagaswami, Chandrasekaran; Baras, Yelena; Loots, Du Toit; Jerling, Johann C.; Elgar, Dale; Edmondson, Kathryn S.; Van Zyl, Danie G.; Rheeder, Paul; Weisel, John W. (Schattauer, 2008-04)Diabetic subjects have been shown to have altered fibrin network structures.One proposed mechanism for this is non-enzymatic glycation of fibrinogen due to high blood glucose.We investigated whether glycaemic control would ...
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Pieters, Marlien; Van Zyl, Danie G.; Rheeder, Paul; Jerling, Johann C.; Loots, Du Toit; Van der Westhuizen, Francois Hendrikus; Gottsche, Louise T.; Weisel, John W. (Elsevier, 2007)Evidence exists for a relationship between glycaemic control and macrovascular disease. Non-enzymatic glycation of proteins may explain this relationship in part. We investigated the effect of blood glucose control, under ...
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Chaudhry, Mamoonah; Alessandrini, Marco; Rademan, Jacobus; Dodgen, Tyren Mark; Steffens, Francois E.; Van Zyl, Danie G.; Gaedigk, Andrea; Pepper, Michael Sean (Future Medicine, 2017-03)AIM : Therapy with low-dose amitriptyline is commonly used to treat painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. There is a knowledge gap, however, regarding the role of variable CYP2D6-mediated drug metabolism and side effects ...
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Van Zyl, Danie G.; Rheeder, Paul (Medpharm Publications, 2009-03)BACKGROUND: Diabetes has become a major health problem worldwide, as well as in South Africa. This, coupled with the chronicity of the disease, relate to an increasing burden on health care facilities and an increasing ...
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Van Zyl, Danie G. (University of Pretoria, 2012-05-08)The management of patients hospitalised with diabetes mellitus is neglected in South Africa. The research on which this thesis is based assessed factors contributing to glycaemic control as well as evaluated an intervention ...
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Rheeder, Paul; Van Zyl, Danie G.; Webb, Elize M.; Worku, Zeleke (South African Medical Association, 2007-03)Sir James Paget, reflecting on his experiences at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London during 1835 - 1854, noted: ‘Some of the self-select of the pupils, making themselves into a kind of club, had a small room over a baker’s ...
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Rheeder, Paul; Venn, Marie; De Korte, Ewald; Van Zyl, Danie G. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008-12)BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate levels of foot care knowledge among patients attending the diabetes clinic at Pretoria Academic Hospital by comparing the knowledge of patients with ‘at risk’ feet ...
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Bosenberg, Liesel H.; Van Zyl, Danie G. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2008-12)Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disorder that is placing an increasing burden on health service delivery worldwide. Consequently, it has become increasingly important that physicians who treat such patients have a good ...
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Van Zyl, Danie G. (Medpharm Publishers, 2006-11)Type 2 diabetes contributes to significant risk of cardiovascular and micro-vascular complications. The family practitioner plays a significant role in the management of glycaemic control and thereby reducing the related ...
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Ueckermann, Veronica; Van Zyl, Danie G. (MedPharm Publications, 2013)OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism among patients with diabetes mellitus at the Kalafong Diabetes Clinic in Pretoria. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING ...
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Van Zyl, Danie G.; Rheeder, Paul (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008-12)ObBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate perceptions regarding current practices in the care of diabetic inpatients as well as the knowledge and attitudes of nursing and medical caregivers at a large secondary ...
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Kalweit, Kerry Leigh; Van Zyl, Danie G.; Rheeder, Paul (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018-08)BACKGROUND. Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) can inform on the timing of hyperglycaemia, but there is currently no standardised approach to utilising these data to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 ...
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