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A 10-year institutional review of surgery for structural valve dysfunction in the developing world.
(2017)Background Prosthetic heart valves do not fulfil the requirements for an ideal valve, resulting in the development of prosthetic dysfunction or complications over time. Structural valve dysfunction may be influenced by ... -
A prospective study of the value of the oesophageal electrocardiogram in the differentiation of wide complex tachycardias.
(1990)The accurate differentiation of a ventricular from a supraventricular origin of a wide QRS tachycardia (QRS > 120 milliseconds) is an important clinical problem. Misdiagnosis of this arrhythmia can lead to institution of ... -
A social constructionist analysis of talk in episodes of psychiatric student nurse-psychiatric client community clinic based interaction.
(2007)The study seeks to explore and to offer a critical account for the 'discursive doings' of student psychiatric nmsing practice as they are jointly constructed in the episodes of conversation between the nmse and client-speakers ... -
Abnormal IgA1 O-glycosylation in a multi-ethnic population of IgA nephropathy patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2013)Background: The pathogenesis of IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) is poorly understood globally and curative therapy currently does not exist. Variable presentation among IgAN patients globally may be indicative of various underlying ... -
The acceptability and efficiency of routine "opt-out" HIV testing in a South African antenatal clinic setting.
(2008)Background and Objectives The improved uptake of antenatal Opt-out testing has been documented internationally. In South Africa little is known about the efficiency and die acceptability of Opt-out testing. This study ... -
Acceptability, knowledge and perceptions of pregnant women towards HIV testing in pregnancy at Ilembe district.
(2005)This research study aimed at investigating the acceptability, knowledge and perceptions ofpregnant women towards IDV testing in pregnancy in Ilembe District. An exploratory research design guided the study. A systematic ... -
The acceptance of males in midwifery practice in the Seychelles.
(2001)The aim of the study was to discover, describe and analyze factors related to the perceived acceptance of male nurses in the practice of midwifery in the Seychelles as perceived by nurses, pregnant women and their partners. ... -
Access to healthcare : investigating the barriers to accessing antiretroviral treatment at a public sector antiretroviral clinic in Durban, South Africa.
(2013)South Africa has the largest HIV/AIDS epidemic in the world and due to the rapid scale up of access to antiretroviral drugs now has the largest antiretroviral program in the world. However access to antiretroviral treatment ... -
Access to higher education in the health sciences : a policy implementation analysis.
(2014)Access to health sciences education in South Africa is a challenging and contested area of higher education seeped in politics and history within a context of transformation. There are a large number of students wanting ... -
Accessing antiretroviral treatment in the rural Eastern Cape : patients' perceptions of a decentralised pre-packing model of care and the impact on direct out-of-pocket spending.
Background: With an estimated 5.51 million HIV infected South Africans, HIV/AIDS contributes significantly to the burden of disease in the country, with far-reaching socio-economic implications particularly for poor and ... -
The accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of rapid point-of-care testing for CD4+ T cell count enumeration and TB diagnosis.
(2014)Objectives: The PIMA CD4+ T cell count analyser has been favourably evaluated for use in point-of-care (POC) situations in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, has also been recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), however, ... -
Acquired and transmitted drug resistance in HIV-1 subtype C : implications of novel mutations on replication capacity, cleavage and drug susceptibility.
(2015)Introduction Large scale roll-out of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has been successful in improving the quality of life of HIV-1 infected individuals in South Africa (SA). However the development and transmission ... -
The activity of nybomycin against mycobacterium tuberculosis.
(2018)Nybomycin was discovered in 1955, but was never developed for clinical use. The compound was noticed again in recent years when it displayed bactericidal activity against certain fluoroquinolone-resistant bacterial species. ... -
The acute effects of dioxidovanadium on blood glucose concentration and oxidative stress in the hippocampus of non-diabetic male Sprague Dawley rats and the chronic effects of dioxidovanadium on selected markers associated with hippocampal dysfunction in male streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
(2022)Diabetes mellitus is a disease associated with derangements in glucose metabolism and chronic hyperglycaemia. Chronic hyperglycaemia induces oxidative stress and inflammation that affect glucose sensitive hippocampal neurons ... -
Acute pancreatitis in a high HIV prevalence environment: analysis of prevalence, demographics, prognosticators and outcomes.
(2019)Background It is unclear what is the true prevalence of HIV related acute pancreatitis and whether diagnostic and prognostic markers used in patients without HIV infection are as effective in HIV related pancreatitis and ... -
Acute stress and strain due to backpack loading among primary school pupils.
(2011)Schoolbag carriage represents a considerable daily occupational load for children (Negrini et al., 1999). Whittfield et al., (2001) and Puckree et al., (2004) have reported that the carriage of heavy schoolbags is a suspected ... -
Adapting the WHO Health Promoting Hospitals strategy for South African hospitals : an evaluation.
(2008)Objective To conduct an evaluation of the pilot implementation of the World Health Organization Health Promoting Hospitals initiative and its self-assessment tool in public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal in 2004/2005 Study ... -
Addressing spirituality in group therapy : a qualitative study at a shelter for abused and vulnerable Muslim women in Durban, South African.
(2016)Spirituality has gained recognition as a vital factor in mental healthcare, and has been applied to major occupational therapy models. However, its clinical application is limited universally, to the possible detriment of ... -
Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase as a potential target for synthetic chalco-naringenin analogs and putative therapeutic applications.
(2017)Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial chronic metabolic disorder that is characterized by defects in endogenous insulin secretion or action, or both, resulting in chronic hyperglycemia, a clinical hallmark ... -
Adequate analgesia in caring for paediatric burns patients in a peri-urban setting in KZN.
(2020)This PhD thesis centres on achieving adequate analgesia in caring for paediatric burn-injured patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The burden of burn injuries in sub-Saharan Africa is huge. A large number of children ...