Search

Search results for

1. 

   Paediatric ophthalmology at primary healthcare level

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Mpopi Lenake --- Division of Ophthalmology, Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa Nagib du Toit --- Division of Ophthalmology, Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa

   Paediatric patients make up a significant portion of the patient load at primary care level. Children can present at the primary care physician with a wide range of eye problems, some of which are serious enough to impair the quality...

   View item »
2. 

   Causes of prematurity in the Bloemfontein Academic Complex

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: H Brits --- Faculty of Health Science, Department of Family Medicine, South Africa M Adriaanse --- School of Medicine, South Africa D-M Rall --- School of Medicine, South Africa M Van Biljon --- School of Medicine, South Africa A Van der Walt --- School of Medicine, South Africa E Wasserman --- School of Medicine, South Africa G Joubert --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, South Africa

   Background: Prematurity is globally the leading cause of neonatal mortality, morbidity and long-term disability. The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of the United Nations, and specifically MDG 4, address child mortality. Neonatal mortality rates contribute to 37% of all under-five mortality,...

   View item »
3. 

   Caffeine versus aminophylline for the prevention of apnoea of prematurity in a teaching hospital in South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Natalie Schellack --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South Africa Andries GS Gous --- Department of Pharmacy, South Africa Patience B Mawela --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South Africa

   Study objectives: To determine the safety and efficacy of the use of oral anhydrous caffeine and intravenous aminophylline in the neonatal population using therapeutic drug levels and clinical effects as markers for determination.

   View item »
4. 

   Knowledge, attitudes and awareness regarding donor breast milk: a cross-sectional study of mothers in a high HIV-prevalent area

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Hadebe Thobeka Zamahlubi --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Kimesh L Naidoo --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Fharnisa Khan --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Refiloe Masekela --- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

   View item »
5. 

   Change in the prevalence of extra-uterine growth restriction in very low birthweight infants, following the introduction of a written nutrition protocol, in a tertiary neonatal unit

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: LND Mosidi --- University of Pretoria, A van Niekerk --- Steve Biko Academic Hospital, South Africa M Coetzee --- University of Pretoria,

   View item »