Browsing by Issue Date

A geographical profile of the South African population as a basis for epidemiological cancer research

Van Der Merwe I.J. (1988)

Because people do not necessarily become ill proportionally, particular subgroups of the population are more susceptible to certain types of disease than others. It is also essential to take spatial distribution and ...

Allergic asthma in different population groups in the western Cape. Causative and complicating factors

Joubert J.R. Brink S. Hentzen G.M. (1988)

Allergic asthma is a disease with a well-defined aetiology, the recognition and elimination of which could be achieved with relatively simple and inexpensive prophylactic treatment. Some of the well-known factors - respiratory ...

An immunoreactive digitalis-like substance in normotensive and hypertensive people

Van Der Merwe P.-L. Spruyt L.L. Jooste P.L. Kriegler A. Steenkamp H.J. Van Jaarsveld P.P. (1988)

A study confirmed the existence of an immune reactive digitalis-like substance in normotensive and hypertensive people between the ages of 15 years and 64 years. In 13,6% of the population examined, values higher than 0,15 ...

Antenatal detection of small-for-gestational-age babies. Choice of a symphysis-fundus growth curve

Pattinson R.C. (1988)

By using symphysis-fundus measurements serially and plotting them on a curve, small-for-gestational-age babies can be detected. To determine which symphysis-fundus curve to choose for our population, the predictive values ...

Barton's forceps deliveries at Paarl Hospital

De Villiers V.P. (1988)

Experience in using Barton's forceps for mid-pelvic arrest of the fetal head in 348 cases has proved that this instrument is both easy to apply and safe for the baby, provided rigid adherence to safety criteria are observed. ...

Cape Province rural perinatal deaths, January - December 1985

Theron G.B. Pattinson R.C. Engelbrecht B.H.J. (1988)

In this study 18 rural hospitals in the Cape Province were prospectively surveyed in respect of the number of deliveries, perinatal deaths, low-birth-weight babies, and the hospital facilities available for routine antenatal, ...

Community-acquired pneumonia - factors influencing intensive care admission

Van Eeden S.F. Coetzee A.R. Joubert J.R. (1988)

The mortality rate in critically ill patients with pneumonia who receive invasive vital organ support, including mechanical ventilation, in an intensive care unit (ICU) remains above 50%. The contribution of these costly ...

Comparative morphological study of the pituitary gland by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

Loxton A.J. (1988)

A prospective study was undertaken to compare the morphology of the pituitary gland by computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 27 consecutive patients. CT is an accepted imaging modality but this ...

Conservative management of severe proteinuric hypertension before 28 weeks' gestation

Pattinson R.C. Odendaal H.J. Du Toit R. (1988)

Forty-five patients with severe proteinuric hypertension who presented before 28 weeks' gestation were managed conservatively by bed rest, antihypertensive treatment, betamethasone administration after 26 weeks' gestation, ...

Cross-sectional study of uranium mine workers to develop predictive equations for lung functions with reference to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

De Kock, M.A. Swiegers, W.R.S. v.Kotze, T.J.W.T.J. Joubert, G. De Kock, M.A. Swiegers, W.R.S. v.Kotze, T.J.W.T.J. Joubert, G. (1988)

As the first part of a prospective epidemiological study of the lung function and dust exposure of workers at the Rossing Uranium Mine in SWA/Namibia, various measurements of lung function of 1,407 workers were carried ...

Duodenal erosion with bleeding from a non-functioning islet cell tumour. A case report

Shuttleworth R.D. (1988)

A patient with a clinically non-functioning pancreatic islet cell tumour in the medial wall of the duodenum with erosion of the overlying mucosa presented with gastro-intestinal bleeding. At gastroduodenoscopy, the tumour ...

Frequent fetal heart-rate monitoring for early detection of abruptio placentae in severe proteinuric hypertension

Odendaal H.J. Pattinson R.C. Du Toit R. Grove D. (1988)

Abruptio placentae occurred in 16 of 132 patients with severe pre-eclampsia who were admitted to an obstetric high-risk ward before 34 weeks' gestation. These 16 patients were compared with those who did not develop abruptio ...

Influence of perinatal care on stillbirths in patients of low socio-economic class

De Jong G. Pattinson R.C. Odendaal H.J. (1988)

In a series of 12,587 deliveries in patients of low socio-economic class, there were 356 stillbirths; prospective analysis of these showed that 42.1% occurred in the 4.7% of cases in which the mother had received no antenatal ...

Isolation of a new human herpesvirus producing a lytic infection of helper (CD4) T-lymphocytes in peripheral blood lymphocyte cultures. Another cause of acquired immunodeficiency?

Becker W.B. Engelbrecht S. Becker M.L.B. Piek C. Robson B.A. Wood L. Jacobs P. (1988)

A new human helper (CD4) T-lymphotropic herpesvirus (HTLHV) was first isolated in February 1985 from the cultured peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and subsequently ...

Isolation of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) from a black South African with Kaposi's sarcoma

Becker W.B. Botha M.C. Engelbrecht S. Becker M.L.B. (1988)

Serological evidence for HTLV-I infection in the South African population has now been confirmed by the isolation of the virus from the peripheral blood lymphocytes of an adult Tsonga male. The subject was an indigenous ...

Magnetic resonance imaging of the cerebral malformation in Miller-Dieker syndrome. A case report

Smith J. Schoeman J.F. Booysen J.T. (1988)

Absent or defective cortical gyri (lissencephaly) combined with a characteristic phenotypic appearance was first reported by Miller and Dieker in 1963 and the clinical, computed tomographic and pathological features of ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Tygerberg Hospital

Peddie E.F. Donald P.R. Burger P.J. Sadler C.A. (1988)

During 1985 Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from blood culture of 74 patients at Tygerberg Hospital who were suffering from serious illness compatible with systemic spread of the organism. Twenty-six isolates (35%) were ...

Obtunding the sympathetic response to intubation. Experience at 2 minutes after administration of the test agent in patients with cerebral aneurysms

Payne K.A. Murray W.B. Oosthuizen J.H.C. (1988)

The sympathetic response to laryngoscopy and intubation was studied in 39 patients who were to undergo surgical clipping of a cerebral aneurysm. Intravascular radial artery pressure and ECG monitoring for ST-segment changes ...

Oligomeric substances in ampicillin preparations. A comparison of Penbritin, Famicillin and Petercillin

Van Der Bijl P. Seifart H.I. Parkin D.P. Mattheyse F.J. (1988)

An investigation into the presence of potentially harmful oligomers in formulations of ampicillin for parenteral administration available in the RSA was undertaken by means of high-pressure liquid chromatography. Significant ...

Oxygen balance in normal canine myocardium with incremental inhalational anaesthesia

Coetzee A.R. Fourie P.R. Badenhorst E. Els D. (1988)

Myocardial oxygen supply and demand in the normal dog were evaluated as the concentration of halothane, enflurane or isoflurane was increased. Although coronary blood flow decreased as the anaesthetic gas concentration ...

Browsing by Issue Date

SUNScholar Research Repository

Browsing by Issue Date

Search SUNScholar

Browse

All of SUNScholar

This Collection

My Account

Statistics