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Dose scaling for the morbidly obese
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: JF Coetzee --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, -
Original research: obesity prevalence and metabolic differences between obese and non-obese school adolescents in south-western Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Bridget Omisore --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria Akinlolu Omisore --- Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria Emmanuel Abioye-Kuteyi --- Department of Community Health, NigeriaBackground: Adolescent obesity is increasingly more common in low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria. Obesity has been associated with metabolic derangement in adolescents in developed countries. This study compared the metabolic parameters in obese and non-obese adolescents in a developing... -
The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in a multiracial group of urban adolescent schoolchildren in the Cape Metropole area of Cape Town
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: S.-M. Van Niekerk --- Physiotherapy Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, K. Grimmer --- Physiotherapy Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Q. Louw --- Physiotherapy Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Objective: The objective was to determine the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in high school learners in the Cape Town area. -
Adolescent boys with obesity: The lived experiences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jenilee Axsel --- Department of Educational Psychology, Chris Myburgh --- Department of Educational Psychology, Marie Poggenpoel --- Department of Nursing Science, South AfricaThis study explored and described the lived experiences of adolescent boys who are obese. Participants were a purposive sample of nine boys between the ages of 13 and 18, six of them currently with obesity and with BMI levels at... -
Blood pressure measurement in obese patients: non-invasive proximal forearm versus direct intra-arterial measurements
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Verkhovsky --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa M Smit --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa A Levin --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa JF Coetzee --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, South AfricaBackground: In obesity, accurate perioperative blood pressure measurement using upper arm, non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) is technically challenging. Proximal forearm NIBP may be an acceptable substitute. Mean arterial blood pressures (MAP) estimated by proximal forearm NIBP were compared with direct...