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A prospective study of long-term use of amikacin in a paediatrics department. Indications, administration, side-effects, bacterial isolates and resistance

Hesseling, P.B. Mouton, W.L. Henning, P.A. Kirsten, G.F. Spruyt, L.L. Schraader, E.B. Wessels, G. Grassman, R. (1990)

Amikacin (Amikin; B-M) was used as the only aminoglycoside for 18 months in a paediatric department within a general hospital because of high levels of resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and ...

A retrospective study of the results with the Austin Moore prosthesis in intracapsular femur fractures [RESULTATE VAN DIE AUSTIN MOORE-PROSTESE IN INTRAKAPSULERE FEMURNEKFRAKTURE IN TYGERBERG-HOSPITAAL:'n RETROSPEKTIEWE ONDERSOEK]

Van der Merwe D.F. De Klerk A.J. Vlok G.J. (1990)

A retrospective study was done on 116 patients who received an Austin Moore prosthesis at Tygerberg Hospital between 1982 and 1983. The patients all had displaced intracapsular femoral neck fractures (Garden type III or ...

Assessment of the 2,4 km run as a predictor of aerobic capacity

Burger S.C. Bertram S.R. Stewart R.I. (1990)

Since the 2,4 km run time test is routinely used in military training programmes as an indicator of aerobic capacity and its possible improvement, an atemtp was made to: (i) establish a regression equation of VO2(max) v. ...

Cancer. Approaching a universal molecualr mechanism?

Ricketts M.H. (1990)

Accumulating evidence strongly suggests that cancer is a genetic disease, arising from mutations in DNA. These mutations alter the function or synthesis of two groups of proteins, which are the products of either proto-oncogenes ...

Can we predict and/or prevent type I diabetes?

Sandler M. (1990)

The highest risk for the development of type I diabetes resides with first-degree relatives of the diabetic proband, this risk being in the order of 2.9%, 6.6% and 4.9% for parents, siblings and children of the proband, ...

Criteria for the notification of childhood tuberculosis in a high-incidence area of the western Cape Province

Stoltz A.P. Donald P.R. Strebel P.M. Talent J.M.T. (1990)

The medical records of 124 children notified from Ravensmead Clinic, Parow, as having tuberculosis during 1987 were reviewed in order to determine the strength of the evidence on which the diagnosis was made. Arranging the ...

Entry of spermatozoa into the cervical mucosa and transmission of the AIDS virus

Sievers-Altermann R. Van Engelbrecht Z.D. (1990)

[No abstract available]

Genital tuberculosis associated with female infertility in the western Cape

De Vynck W.E. Kruger T.F. Joubert J.J. Scott F. Van Der Merwe J.P. Hulme V.A. Swart Y. (1990)

Infertility is a common presenting symptom in women with genital tuberculosis. A study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and characteristics of this disease among the infertile patients (A and B income group) ...

Human chorionic gonadotrophin and weight loss. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Bosch B. Venter I. Stewart R.I. Bertram S.R. (1990)

Low-dose human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) combined with a severe diet remains a popular treatment for obesity, despite equivocal evidence of its effectiveness. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the effects ...

Inappropriate antidiuretic state in long-term psychiatric inpatients

Emsley, R.A. Van Der Meer, H. Aalbers, C. Taljaard, J.J.F. Emsley, R.A. Van Der Meer, H. Aalbers, C. Taljaard, J.J.F. (1990)

To investigate the occurrence of an inappropriate antidiuretic state in a long-term psychiatric inpatient population, 690 patients underwent serum sodium determination. Forty-four patients (6.4%) had levels < 133 mmol/l. ...

Infertility in perspective

Odendaal H.J. Kruger T.F. (1990)

[No abstract available]

Informed consent

Roelofse J.A. (1990)

To the Editor: A recent contribution to the SAMJ has highlighted the·term informed consent. Malpractice litigation, which only a decade ago was a rather infrequent occurrence, has increased at an alarming rate. ...

Intravesical BCG in the management of recurrent superficial transitional cancer of the bladder [INTRAVESIKAL BCG AS BEHANDELING VAN HERHALENDE OPPERVLAKKIGE EN IN SITU OORGANGSEKLARSINOOM VAN DIE BLAAS]

Schmidt A.C. De Kock M.L.S. De Klerk D.P. (1990)

Intravesical BCG is already established as effective therapy in the management of superficial bladder cancer. However, varying results have been obtained with different BCG strains; these are ascribed to variations in their ...

Linkage study of the low-density lipoprotein-receptor gene and cholesterol levels in an Afrikaner family. Quantitative genetics and identification of a minor founder effect

Brink, P.A. Brink, L.T. Torrington, M. Bester, A.J. (1990)

Overlap of clinical and biochemical characteristics between hypercholesterolaemia in members of the general population and familial hypercholesterolaemic (FH) individuals may lead to misdiagnosis. Quantitative analyisis ...

More perinatal deaths associated with poor long-term variability during antenatal fetal heart-rate monitoring

Odendaal H.J. (1990)

Positive stress and non-stress tests of 243 infants were examined for accelerations and the duration of poor long-term variability during fetal heart rate monitoring. Accelerations were present in 47% when the variability ...

Premature onset of degenerative disease of the cervical spine in rugby players

Scher A.T. (1990)

Rugby players and other individuals with the changes of degenerative disease of the cervical spine are at risk of spinal cord trauma after hyperextension injury. In an attempt to assess whether rugby players are prone to ...

Preoperative examination and intraoperative arterial oxygen tension during pulmonary surgery [PREOPERATIEWE SPESIALE ONDERSOEKE EN INTRAOPERATIEWE ARTERIELE SUURSTOFSPANNING TYDENS EENLONGNARKOSE]

Hattingh P. Coetzee A. McGregor L. Klopper J.F. (1990)

The value of preoperative lung function tests was examined in 11 patients as a method to predict changes in intraoperative PaO2 (dPaO2) during one-lung ventilation in pulmonary surgery. Ventilation (Kr-81m and Xe-133) and ...

Rationalisation of intravenous fluids

Thom J.C. (1990)

[No abstract available]

The future of medicine in South Africa (II)

Coetzee A. (1990)

[No abstract available]

The influence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction on organized sport participation

Terblanche E. Stewart R.I. (1990)

Approximately 70-80% of all asthma sufferers develop acute airway obstruction with exercise, while at least 7% of children in the general population develop exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. The purpose of this study ...

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