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Caesarean section indications and outcomes at a tertiary level hospital in South Africa

Rubgega, F.D.; Soma-Pillay, Priya; Becker, Piet J. (In House Publications, 2021)

Caesarean section rates have increased over the past 30 years and there has been lack of understanding of the drivers of these increased rates. The World Health Organisation has recommended the use of the Robson ten group ...
Development of a clinical prediction model for high hospital cost in patients admitted for elective non-cardiac surgery to a private hospital in South Africa

Kluyts, Hyla-Louise; Becker, Piet J. (Medpharm Publications, 2021)

INTRODUCTION : Clinicians may find early identification of patients at risk for high cost of care during and after surgery useful, to prepare for focused management that results in optimal clinical outcome. The aim of the ...
The effectiveness of the pregnancy adapted YEARS algorithm to safely identify patients for CT pulmonary angiogram in pregnant and puerperal patients suspected of having pulmonary embolism

Potgieter, Riaan; Becker, Piet J.; Suleman, Farhana Ebrahim (AOSIS, 2022-07-29)

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary thromboembolism is one of the leading causes of maternal death worldwide. Globally there has been increasing physician reliance on CT pulmonary angiogram for definitive diagnoses and exclusion of ...
Evaluating the usefulness of the estimated glomerular filtration rate for determination of imipenem dosage in critically ill patients

Mitton, Barend; Paruk, Fathima; Gous, A.; Chausse, J.; Milne, M.; Becker, Piet J.; Said, Mohamed (South African Medical Association, 2022-09)

BACKGROUND. Antibiotic dosing in critically ill patients is complicated by variations in the pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in this group. The dosing of imipenem/cilastatin is usually determined by severity of illness and ...
HIV-1/2 differentiation in a South African public laboratory

Mafuyeka, Rendani; Webber, Lynne M.; Becker, Piet J.; Mayaphi, Simnikiwe Horatious (AOSIS, 2021-03-12)

BACKGROUND : The human immunodeficiency virus type-2 (HIV-2) prevalence in South Africa (SA) is unknown, however, sporadic cases have been reported. Human immunodeficiency virus -1 and 2 differentiation is not part of ...
Physical activity and related factors in pre-adolescent southern African children of diverse population groups

Pretorius, Adeline; Wood, Paola; Becker, Piet J.; Wenhold, Friedeburg Anna Maria (MDPI, 2022-08-11)

Tailored obesity management includes understanding physical activity (PA) and its context, ideally in childhood before the onset of health risk. This cross-sectional study determined, by sex and population, the PA of ...
The role of Mental Health Care Act status in dignity-related complaints by psychiatric inpatients : a cross-sectional analytical study

Raphalalani, Shonisani; Becker, Piet J.; Bohmer, M.W. (Manfred); Kruger, Christa (AOSIS, 2021-05-27)

BACKGROUND: Globally interest has grown in promoting the rights of patients, especially psychiatric patients. Two core elements of patients’ rights are the rights to be treated in a dignified manner and to give feedback ...

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