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Acute coronary thrombus formation after stress testing following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. A case report

Przybojewski J.Z. Weich H.F.H. (1985)

Successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was performed on a 37-year-old white man with an isolated 95% right coronary artery stenosis who initially presented with type II unstable angina. Submaximal ...

Advanced osteitis fibrosa cystica in the absence of phalangeal subperiosteal resorption. A case report and review of the literature

Wagener G.W.W. Sandler M. Hough F.S. (1985)

A case of primary hyperparathyroidism with advanced osteitis fibrosa cystica but without any subperiosteal phalangeal bone resorption is described. A review of this unusual rdiological feature is presented. High-detail ...

Anaesthesia and the diabetic patient

Roelofse J.A. Erasmus F.R. (1985)

Since it is estimated that 1 out of every 2 diabetic patients will require surgery at some point in his lifetime, it is imperative that the anaesthetist should understand the disease process as well as the anaesthetic ...

Anaesthesia for abdominal hysterectomy in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. A case report

Roelofse J.A. Shipton E.A. (1985)

A 44-year-old white woman with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease underwent an abdominal hysterectomy. The pre-operative preparation and anaesthetic management are presented, and the specific problems discussed.

Anaesthesia for microsurgery

Jakubowski M. Lamont A. Murray W.B. De Wit S.L. (1985)

The data from a retrospective study of 32 anaesthetics administered for free-flap tissue operations are analysed. We suggest balanced analgesic-dominated general anaesthesia, supported wherever possible by continuous ...

Anaesthesia in connective tissue disorders

Roelofse J.A. Shipton E.A. (1985)

Patients with the more common connective tissue disorders require surgical operations more frequently than has been realized. They may present the anaesthetist with many potential problems. A few minutes of careful questioning ...

A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever at Tygerberg Hospital. Part I. Clinical features

Van Eeden P.J. Joubert J.R. Van De Wal B.W. (1985)

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a rare disease in South Africa. From 1981 to September 1984, 8 sporadic primary cases were reported. An outbreak of CCHF in a large university hospital is described; of 8 patients ...

A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever at Tygerberg Hospital. Part III. Clinical pathology and pathogenesis

Joubert J.R. King J.B. Rossouw D.J. Cooper R. (1985)

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) was diagnosed in 8 patients; 7 were staff members at Tygerberg Hospital who had been infected by a patient in whom the disease had not initially been diagnosed. Two patients, the ...

A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever at Tygerberg Hospital. Part II. Management of patients

Van Eeden P.J. Van Eeden S.F. Joubert J.R. (1985)

During the outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) at Tygerberg Hospital 8 patients were diagnosed positive. CCHF was diagnosed in another patient several months later. The treatment of these 9 cases is outlined. ...

A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever at Tygerberg Hospital. Part IV. Preventive and prophylactic measures

Van De Wal B.W. Joubert J.R. Van Eeden P.J. King J.B. (1985)

During the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) outbreak at Tygerberg Hospital a particular problem existed: a simultaneous influenza epidemic complicated the screening of contacts because of its very similar clinical ...

Bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in childhood. Clinical and radiological features

Donald P.R. Ball J.B. Burger P.J. (1985)

Over a 4-year period 185 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in children were confirmed by culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, usually from gastric aspirate. The majority of cases occurred in boys (62%) and the younger age ...

Bleeding from varicose veins. Still potentially fatal. A case report

Du Toit D.F. Knott-Craig C. Laker L. (1985)

A 57-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with spontaneous profuse haemorrhage from a small acute varicose ulcer of the left leg. She was in shock, semicomatose and anaemic because of blood loss. The haemorrhage was ...

Blood lead levels in a remote, unpolluted rural area in South Africa

Grobler S.R. Rossouw R.J. Maresky L.S. (1985)

The whole-blood lead levels of 14-16-year-olds in a remote, unpolluted rural area (Wupperthal, north-western Cape Province) were determined. Graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry was used to analyse lead levels. ...

Blood lead levels in motor mechanics

Grobler S.R. Maresky L.S. Rossouw R.J. (1985)

The whole-blood lead levels of a group of motor mechanics in the Cape Peninsula were determined. Blood was analysed using a graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer. The mean whole-blood lead levels of the motor ...

Bolus obstruction of the intestine. Case reports

Knott-Craig C.J. Du Toit D.F. Van Schalkwyk P. Van Rensburg L.C.J. (1985)

Two cases of intestinal obstruction caused by peaches are reported. In the first case steamed dried peaches were eaten by a 56-year-old woman who had undergone a Billroth I gastrectomy 18 years previously, while in the ...

Cardiac involvement in mixed connective tissue disease. A fatal case of scleroderma combined with systemic lupus erythematosus

Przybojewski J.Z. Mynhardt J.H. Van Der Walt J.J. Tiedt F.A.C. (1985)

A 27-year-old black woman with cardiac failure, angina pectoris and Raynaud's syndrome is presented. Skin biopsy and barium studies established the diagnosis of scleroderma (progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS)). Systemic ...

Cerebrospinal fluid lactate and lactate dehydrogenase levels as diagnostic aids in tuberculous meningitis

Donald P.R. Malan C. (1985)

The value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lactate and lactate dehydrogenase (LD) values as aids in differentiating tuberculous meningitis (TBM) from aseptic meningitis has been investigated. Using an upper limit of normal for ...

Chromosoomstudies in die ginekologie

Retief A.E. (1985)

Clinical indications for chromosome analysis in patients with gynaecological problems are well defined. These include, with primary or secondary amenorrhoea, infertility and repeated miscarriages in adults or retarded ...

Clinical characteristics of and prognosis in acute transmural anterior, transmural inferior and non-transmural myocardial infarction. A comparative retrospective study

Van Rensburg C.J. Przybojewski J.Z. Soolman J. (1985)

This retrospective study was undertaken to determine whether there was any difference in the clinical characteristics of and prognosis in white patients admitted to the Intensive Coronary Care Unit (ICCU) at Tygerberg ...

Clinical effects of epidural block during labour. A prospective study

Nel J.T. (1985)

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical effects of epidural block for pain relief during labour in an obstetric unit which manages mainly high-risk pregnancies. In the majority of the 62 patients studied only 5 ...

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