Browsing Research Articles (Internal Medicine) by Issue Date

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Browsing Research Articles (Internal Medicine) by Issue Date

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  • Horizontal versus familial transmission of Helicobacter pylori 
    Schwarz, Sandra; Morelli, Giovanna; Manica, Andrea; Balloux, Francois; Owen, Robert J.; Graham, David Y.; Van der Merwe, Schalk Willem; Achtman, Mark; Suerbaum, Sebastian; Kusecek, Barica (Public Library of Science, 2008-10)
    Transmission of Helicobacter pylori is thought to occur mainly during childhood, and predominantly within families. However, due to the difficulty of obtaining H. pylori isolates from large population samples and to the ...
  • Knowledge of foot care in people with diabetes in a tertiary care setting 
    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 ...
  • Survey on knowledge and attitudes regarding diabetic inpatient management by medical and nursing staff at Kalafong Hospital 
    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 ...
  • The mechanism of action of oral antidiabetic drugs : a review of recent literature 
    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 ...
  • Obesity in women - a life cycle of medical risk 
    Van der Merwe, Maria-Teresa (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009)
    Obesity can have an impact on health at each stage of a woman’s life cycle. In young women, obesity has an impact on psychosocial health and, as they grow older, on their reproductive health. Obesity also imposes a number ...
  • An unusual presentation of a catecholamine producing tumour 
    Delport, Eluned F.; Roux, L. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2009)
    In patients with pheochromocytomas it is well known that different factors can precipitate an acute pheochromocytoma crisis. Our patient presented with a vesicular skin rash and respiratory distress suggestive of disseminated ...
  • Factors influencing non-attendance of clinic appointments in diabetic patients at a Gauteng hospital in 2007/2008 
    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 ...
  • A thyroid-related endocrine emergency in pregnancy 
    Delport, Eluned F. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009)
    A 28-year-old woman presented with a thyroid storm while pregnant. Thyroid storm in pregnancy is a rare, life threatening endocrinological emergency. The diagnosis and management can be challenging. Even with early ...
  • Inpatient blood glucose management of diabetic patients in a large secondary hospital 
    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 ...
  • Clues to hepatic histoplasmosis in an immunocompromised patient 
    Soma, Prashilla; Ellemdin, Shiraz (Medpharm Publications, 2009-05)
    Disseminated histoplasmosis can be the initial clue to the presence of AIDS. In HIV infected patients, histoplasmosis can present with unusual manifestations, without a positive exposure history or outside the typical ...
  • The pleural effusion in HIV - an approach to diagnosis 
    Mostert, Chris J.; Pannell, N. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-07)
    HIV is one of the most prevalent diseases and causes of mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Pleural disease is common in the population of this region, especially pleural effusion. The disease is associated with a significant ...
  • Protein kinase C promotes restoration of calcium homeostasis to platelet activating factor-stimulated human neutrophils by inhibition of phospholipase C 
    Tintinger, Gregory Ronald; Theron, Annette J.; Steel, Helen C.; Cockeran, Riana; Pretorius, Lynette; Anderson, Ronald (BioMed Central, 2009-10)
    BACKGROUND: The role of protein kinase C (PKC) in regulating the activity of phospholipase C (PLC) in neutrophils activated with the chemoattractant, platelet-activating factor (PAF, 20 and 200 nM), was probed in the current ...
  • Bariatric surgery : risks and recommendations for the prevention of perioperative thromboembolism 
    Murphy, A.; Van der Merwe, Maria-Teresa (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010)
    No abstract available.
  • Montelukast sodium : administration to children to control intermittent asthma 
    Gravett, Cornelia M.; Tintinger, Gregory Ronald; Theron, Annette J.; Anderson, Ronald; Feldman, Charles; Green, Robin J. (Libertas Academica, 2010)
    The prototype cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist, montelukast, is generally considered to have a niche application in the chemotherapy of exercise-induced asthma. It has also been used as add-on therapy in patients ...
  • Impact of FDG PET on the management of TBC treatment 
    Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Maes, Alex; Kgomo, Mbo; Stoltz, Anton Carel; Pottel, Hans; Van de Wiele, Christophe (Schattauer, 2010)
    The AIM: of this study is to assess the potential impact of double-phase FDG PET versus routine staging in HIV-negative patients suffering from tuberculosis. PATIENTS, METHODS: 16 consecutive patients suffering from ...
  • Evaluation of glucose uptake by skeletal muscle tissue and subcutaneous fat in HIV-infected patients with and without lipodystrophy using FDG-PET 
    Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Maes, Alex; Kgomo, Mbo; Stoltz, Anton Carel; Ankrah, Alfred O.; Van de Wiele, Christophe (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010)
    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate differences in glucose uptake by skeletal muscle tissue and subcutaneous fat in HIV patients on HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) presenting with and without lipodystrophy as well as in ...
  • Effects of moxifloxacin on human neutraphil and T-lymphocyte functions in vitro 
    Potjo, Moliehi; Cockeran, Riana; Theron, Annette J.; Feldman, Charles; Anderson, Ronald (Molecular Diversity Preservation International, 2010)
    Moxifloxacin is useful in the treatment of respiratory infections, including community-acquired pneumonia, and also shows promise in the treatment of tuberculosis, a clinical setting which necessitates extended administration ...
  • Rheumatoid arthritis 
    Visser, C.C.; Ally, Mahmood Moosa Tar Mahomed (South African Orthopaedic Association, 2010)
    RA is a chronic inflammatory disease resulting in severe morbidity and premature mortality. This review explores in a series of two articles, the current developments in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, monitoring and management ...
  • Carboxyhaemoglobin levels in water-pipe and cigarette smokers 
    Theron, Ansa; Schultz, Cedric; Ker, James A.; Falzone, Nadia (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-02)
    Water-pipe smoking is growing in popularity, especially among young people, because of the social nature of the smoking session and the assumption that the effects are less harmful than those of cigarette smoking. It has ...
  • Heart failure 
    Ker, James A. (Medpharm Publications, 2010-05)
    Heart failure is a clinical syndrome that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the performance of the ventricle: either to eject blood (systolic dysfunction) [or reduced ejection ...