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Laser doppler assessment of gastric mucosal blood flow in normals and its relationship to the systemic activity of growth peptides in healing and non healing gastric ulcers.
(1999)The pattern of mucosal blood flow in normal human stomachs, and benign gastric ulcers was assesed with laser Doppler flowmetry and the relationship between a single determination of ulcer blood flow and the systemic level ... -
LC-MS/MS method development and validation for simultaneous quantification of first-line HIV drugs and second-line TB drugs in rat plasma.
(2018)Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection continues to be a major public health concern, worldwide. HIV infection has increased the TB incidence over the past twenty years, making it hard to ... -
Leptin levels in the hypertensive black African parturient.
(2001)Background: Leptin is a new adipose-derived hormone discovered in 1994. It is vital in energy balance and weight regulation in humans. During pregnancy the placenta is an extra source of leptin. The role of leptin in ... -
Level of hospitals' preparedness for a mass disaster during the 2010 FIFA World Cup Soccer in the eThekwini District of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2010)International mass sports gatherings like the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup Soccer and Olympics can cause great challenges to local healthcare systems and emergency medical services. ... -
Life threatening haemoptysis : a clinical and radiological study.
(2003)The investigation and management of patients with life threatening haemoptysis is a common clinical problem in South African Hospitals. Establishing the aetiology and origin of the haemorrhage and treating these patients ... -
Lifestyle and gender influence on the relationship between hypertension and intraocular pressure amongst the South Nigerian population.
(2017)Hypertension and increased intraocular pressure (IOP) have been considered to be detrimental to systemic and ocular health respectively. Untreated and prolonged increase in blood pressure (BP) has been linked to increase ... -
Light forge : a microfluidic high throughput platform for rapid and affordable detection of drug resistant strains of tuberculosis.
(2015)Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly infectious diseases currently plaguing the global community. Unfortunately, lack of accessible, reliable and affordable diagnostic tools in the high disease burden, and resource poor ... -
Lived experiences of community empowerment programme workers participating in a community empowerment programme.
(2013)Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and governmental organizations are united in their goal to develop and implement community empowerment programmes (CEPs). The researcher explored the lived experiences of HIV/AIDS ... -
The lived experiences of patients admitted to an intensive care unit in a public hospital in Ugu District.
(2015)Introduction: During their stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) most patients experience a lack of privacy, sleep disturbances, noise, pain and stress. Patients need continuous close monitoring in ICU. Purpose: The purpose ... -
The lived experiences of youths who have lost a parent to AIDS in Wannune, Nigeria : a descriptive phenomenological study.
(2014)Although the advent of the antiretroviral therapy is changing the morbidity and mortality of HIV and AIDS epidemic into a chronic manageable disease; it is still the leading cause of death among age group 15-59 years who ... -
Long distance running in Ethiopian athletes: a search for optimal altitude training.
(2018)ABSTRACT Background The extended dominance of Ethiopian and Kenyan middle- and long- distance athletes in world athletics has resulted in researchers proposing numerous explanations to explain this success. Genetic ... -
Lung tissue resident memory T and B cells in the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans.
(2019)Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the main cause of death from a single infectious agent. Although a quarter of the world population is estimated to be infected with TB, only 5–10% of these ... -
M-PH : knowledge, beliefs and attitudes regarding counselling behaviour for HIV and AIDS, STIs and TB : a survey of eThekwini district primary health care workers.
(2012)Background HIV infection continues to be a challenge in South Africa with new infections reported at alarming rates. Health Care Workers (HCWs) who are nurses consequently have frequent contact with HIV positive and TB ... -
Maedi-Visna virus : the development of serum and whole blood immunodiagnostic assays.
(1997)This thesis describes the development of serum and whole blood immunodiagnostic assays for Maedi-Visna virus (MVV). All previously described recombinant MVV ELISA assays utilised either the core p25 or transmembrane (TM) ... -
Male partner support among young unmarried pregnant women in Durban.
(2015)The improvement of maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes has been an important part of the millennium development goals (MDGs). Although the world is at end of the MDG era, MCH remains an important issue globally as the ... -
Management and support of HIV positive employees in a private organization in EThekwini district, KwaZulu-Natal: a descriptive study.
(2017)Background: Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with HIV and about 35 million people have died of HIV. Globally, 36.7 million [30.8–42.9 million] people were living with ... -
Management of haemoptysis : a retrospective analysis of the efficacy of current treatment modalities.
(2012)Massive haemoptysis is a life-threatening condition that requires timeous and appropriate intervention. Bronchial artery embolisation (BAE) has been advocated as initial therapy, in preference over lung resection, in all ... -
The management of peritonsillar abscess.
(1999)Over a four month period from 1 st November 1998 to 28th February 1999 a randomised prospective study was undertaken in 75 patients with peritonsiller abscess (PTA) to determine the treatment modality that is most effective ... -
Management of the long term psychological effects of rape among women survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda : a grounded theory approach.
(2013)In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, rape was widely used as a strategic weapon against Tutsi women. This study explored the long term psychological effects of rape experienced by these women in order to develop a middle range ...