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Adenocarcinoma of the stomach in pregnancy - Ultrasonographic diagnosis: A case report

Muller L.M.M. (1987)

The ultrasonographic findings in a rare case of adenocarcinoma of the stomach in pregnancy are described. The patient presented with hyperemesis gravidarum in the second trimester.
Aetiology of pulmonary dysfunction in total hip replacement operations: The influence of nifedipine on the factors involved

Du Toit H.J. Macfarlane C.M. Taljaard J.J.F. (1987)

Patients undergoing total hip replacement surgery who developed pulmonary dysfunction (PD) demonstrated evidence of a complement activation and increased thromboxane A2 (TXA2) synthesis. In a double-blind study nifedipine ...
Alterations of bone and mineral metabolism in diabetes mellitus. Part I. An overview

Hough F.S. (1987)

A critical review of the literature leads to the conclusion that alterations of bone and mineral metabolism occur both in diabetic patients and in animals with experimentally induced insulin deficiency syndromes. The ...
Alterations of bone and mineral metabolism in diabetes mellitus. Part II. Clinical studies in 206 patients with type I diabetes mellitus

Hough F.S. (1987)

This study reports a 22% prevalence of significant cortical osteopenia in 206 patients, aged 7 - 20 years, with established insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). A parallel decrease in trabecular bone mass was also ...
Application of irradiation as an immunosuppressive agent

Du Toit D.F. Heydenrych J.J. (1987)

The concept of using total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) for immunosuppression is based on the prolonged and profound immunosuppressive effects observed after TLI in the treatment of patients with Hodgkin's disease. Pre-operative ...
Asymptomatic iatrogenic right coronary artery dissection with spontaneous resolution. A case report

Przybojewski J.Z. (1987)

A young woman with angiographically normal coronary arteries had asymptomtic iatrogenic catheter-induced dissection of her right coronary artery which was managed conservatively. Because of continuing chest pain despite ...
Caudal block for analgesia after paediatric inguinal surgery

Payne K. Heydenrych J.J. Martins M. Samuels G. (1987)

Two hundred and eleven children aged 1 - 5 years were studied after undergoing herniorrhaphy or orchiopexy. In 111 cases a caudal block was used for postoperative analgesia. This was administered immediately after induction ...
Comparison of a standard ibuprofen treatment regimen with a new ibuprofen/paracetamol/codeine combination in chronic osteo-arthritis.

Vlok G.J. van Vuren J.P. (1987)

Twenty-eight patients with osteoarthritis participated in a prospective, double-blind, cross-over study to compare the safety and efficacy of a new combination analgesic containing ibuprofen 200 mg, paracetamol 250 mg and ...
Diagnostic problems of leptomeningeal lymphoma. A report of 3 cases

Gardiner J. De Graaf A.S. Hewlett R.H. (1987)

Three cases are presented in which occult lymphoreticular malignant tumour spread to the spinal and cranial subarachnoid spaces inducing a problematic neurological illness characterised by poorly localised neuralgic pain, ...
Drukomsetters in die kliniese en navorsingspraktyk : 'n kort kritiese beskouing

Fourie P.R. Badenhorst E. Coetzee A.R. (1987)

The correct measurement of various blood pressures in clinical practice is of obvious importance. A method by which the frequency response and damping of various transducers and catheters can be determined is discussed and ...
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of mycobacterial antigens in the cerebrospinal fluid in tuberculous meningitis

Donald P.R. Cooper R.C. (1987)

Fifty-three cerebrospinal fluid specimens from meningitis patients were investigated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of mycobacterial antigens. After heating at 56° C for 1 hour to eliminate nonspecific ...
Eosinophilic cystitis associated with Glanzmann's thromboasthenia: A case report

Botma J.P. Burger E.G. De Kock M.L.S. (1987)

Eosinophilic cystitis is a rare condition, only 41 cases having been recorded in the literature. Glanzmann's thrombasthenia has been documented more than 100 times. The presence of these two conditions in one patient has, ...
Epidemiological research methods. Part III. Randomised controlled trials (for interventions)

Botha J.L. Yach D. (1987)

[No abstract available]
Epidemiological research methods. Part V. Follow-up studies

Yach D. Botha J.L. (1987)

Follow-up studies (also called prospective or cohort studies) are used to determine the natural history of disease, to evaluate the role of risk factors in causation or association, to determine the prognosis of patients ...
Epidemiological research methods. Part VII. Epidemiological research in health planning

Yach D. Botha J.L. (1987)

The goal of epidemiology is to improve the health status of human populations. In our series thus far we have srressed the need to use the correct design for epidemiological studies, a sampling scheme that yields ...
Epidemiological research methods. Part VI. Planning a research project

Botha J.L. Yach D. (1987)

[No abstract available]
Epstein-Barr virus reactivation in renal transplant recipients

Hallett A.F. Bestbier A. Ford B.M. Mohrcken S.I. (1987)

Renal transplant recipients at Tygerberg Hospital were investigated to determine the importance of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as a pathogen in these patients. All 106 patients investigated were shown to have EBV antibodies ...
Fetal and neonatal outcome in patients with severe pre-eclampsia before 34 weeks

Odendaal H.J. Pattinson R.C. Du Toit R. (1987)

Delivery was delayed until 34 weeks in 129 patients with severe pre-eclampsia, unless the maternal or fetal conditions necessitated earlier delivery. No patient developed eclampsia although all sedation was terminated from ...
Gastric haemorrhage in a patient with neurofibromatosis. A case report

Du Toit D.F. (1987)

A 54-year-old woman with upper gastro-intestinal haemorrhage, neurofibromatosis and an underlying schwannoma of the stomach is presented. Gastroscopy and barium meal examination revealed the presence of a submucosal gastric ...
Gastric juice carcino-embryonic antigen estimation. A useful additional test in the diagnosis of gastric carcinoma?

Van Eeden P.J. Bezuidenhout D.J.J. Kock J. (1987)

There is a high incidence of gastric carcinoma in the coloured population of the Western Cape. Diagnostic tests other than barium meal examination or gastroscopy were investigated. In this study 50 patients were assessed ...