College of Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Development of an assessement tool that measures change of knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers towards universal newborn hearing screening programme.
(2020)Hearing loss is a common cause of disability and has increasingly become a global burden. Although Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (UNHSP), as a public health initiative, provides detection and management ... -
Comparative study of intramedulary nailing of closed femur fractures in HIV positive and negative patients.
(2019)Introduction This study tested the hypothesis that there is no difference in both short-term infection rates and late implant sepsis and non-union rates between in HIV positive and HIV negative patients treated by reamed, ... -
Clinical profile of rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease at a tertiary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a retrospective 5 year review.
(2020)Background: The prevalence, demographic distribution and treatment outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) has not been well described in Southern Africa. There is very limited ... -
Measuring HLA-B allele expression across differential cell types.
(2018)Background: The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region has shown to have the strongest disease associations and recent studies have shown that expression levels of these HLA molecules play a major role in the clinical course ... -
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection in a household-based representative sample of African men and women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2018)Background: In South Africa, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, however, little is known about the prevalence and distribution of HBV in some regions and populations. Methods: ... -
The changes in immune cells concentration during the progression of pre-diabetes to type 2 diabetes in a diet-induced pre-diabetic rat model.
(2019)T2D has been discovered to be preceded by a long-lasting condition known as prediabetes. The primary cause of prediabetes and T2D has also been shown to be continuous consumption of unhealthy diets and living a sedentary ... -
An assessment of ENT scope and training perceptions amongst general practitioners and primary care physicians in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)An overview of dissertation is available in a PDF. -
The role of carcinoembryonic antigen in predicting colorectal cancer in resource poor setting of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2019)Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common malignancy in South Africa. Currently the most reliable screening tool, colonoscopy, is not readily accessible in resource-deprived settings of KwaZulu-Natal. ... -
The effect of lifestyle modification on depression amongst myocardial infarction patients after revascularization.
(2020)Background: Patients with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) are prone to depression, and its presence is associated with poor adverse cardiac outcomes. Although lifestyle modification (LSM) has been shown to be beneficial ... -
Evaluation of the Alere Afinion™ AS100 for measuring the levels of C-Reactive Protein in an aged population.
(2020)Introduction The Alere Afinion™ AS100 analyser is a compact bench-top, multi-assay, point-of-care (POC) analyser that provides valuable near patient testing at the point of care. It utilises the latest technology to measure ... -
Diagnostic evaluation of the BD Affirm™ VPIII assay as a point-of-care test for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis and candidiasis in a population of pregnant women from South Africa.
(2020)OBJECTIVE: Untreated Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Bacterial vaginosis (BV) pose a serious health risk to mother and child. Limited data exist on the use of the BD Affirm VPIII assay as a point-of-care test. ... -
Association between thyroid dysfunction and conventional risk factors in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
(2019)Abstract not available. -
Genotyping of trichomonas vaginalis in antenatal women from eThekwini.
(2020)Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative agent of trichomoniasis. The genetic characterisation of T. vaginalis isolates reveals significant genetic diversity in this organism. Data on the prevalence of different genotypes ... -
Morbidity and mortality in the modern antiretroviral treatment era in a tertiary teaching hospital in Durban, South Africa.
(2020)Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is recognized as the chief cause of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa is known to bear the highest ... -
The effects of rhoicissus tridentate dichloromethane extract and its bioactive compounds on uterotonic and glucose lowering activity in-vitro.
(2019)Poor myometrial contractility during labour is associated with an extended partuition process that can affect the neonate’s health status. Chronic use of conventional treatments for diabetes mellitus is sometimes associated ... -
Assessment of the liver in an HIV era: clinical, laboratory and radiological abnormalities.
(2020)Background: Liver – related mortality and morbidity are an increasing burden worldwide. Aim: To outline the pattern of liver abnormalities at a tertiary hospital in KwaZulu Natal (KZN), Durban, South Africa, during the ... -
In-silico investigation of CREB-binding protein on castration-resistant prostrate cancer: insight from molecular dynamic simulations and computer aided drug discovery.
(2020)Prostate cancer has evolved over the years despite various treatment and therapy. One recent threat of the prostate cancer is the Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC). The CRPC is an advanced form of prostate cancer. ...