• Bolus administration of intravenous glucose in the treatment of hyperkalemia : a randomized controlled trial 

  Chothia, Mogamat-Yazied   Halperin, Mitchell L.   Rensburg, Megan A.   Hassan, Mogamat Shafick   Davids, Mogamat Razeen (Karger, 2014-02)

  Background: Hyperkalemia is a common medical emergency that may result in serious cardiac arrhythmias. Standard therapy with insulin plus glucose reliably lowers the serum potassium concentration ([K + ]) but carries ...
• Effect of improving the usability of an e-learning resource : a randomized trial 

  Davids, Mogamat Razeen   Chikte, Usuf M. E.   Halperin, Mitchell L. (HighWire, 2014-06)

  Optimizing the usability of e-learning materials is necessary to reduce extraneous cognitive load and maximize their potential educational impact. However, this is often neglected, especially when time and other resources ...
• Usability testing of a multimedia e-learning resource for electrolyte and acid-base disorders 

  Davids, MR   Chikte, Usuf   Grimmer-Somers, Karen   Halperin, Mitchell L. (Wiley Online Open, 2013-04)

  The usability of computer interfaces may have a major influence on learning. Design approaches that optimize usability are commonplace in the software development industry but are seldom used in the development of e-learning ...
• Development and evaluation of a multimedia e-learning resource for electrolyte and acid-base disorders 

  Davids, MR   Chikte, Usuf M. E.   Halperin, Mitchell L. (American Physiological Society, 2011-10)

  This article reports on the development and evaluation of a Web-based application that provides instruction and hands-on practice in managing electrolyte and acid-base disorders. Our teaching approach, which focuses on ...
• The role of the endothelium in the reduction of restenosis following balloon angioplasty 

  Davids, MR   Page, C.   Muller, C. J.   Rossouw, D. J.   Doubell, A. F. (Clinics Cardive Publishing, 1998-10)

  Objective. Coronary angioplasty is complicated in one-third of cases by restenosis due to intimal hyperplasia. This is the result of the migration and proliferation of vascular smooth-muscle cells (SMCs) and correlates ...
• Misuse of blood 

  Burman, N. D. (HMPG, 1977-11)

  LETTER: In recent months an increasing number of patients have been referred to us by doctors from outside with a standard note: "... breathlessness ... tiredness ... anaemia (4-8 g/100 ml) ... blood transfusion given ... ...
• An audit of 24-hour creatinine clearance measurements at Tygerberg Hospital and comparison with prediction equations 

  Le Riche, Mia   Zemlin, Annalise E.   Erasmus, Rajiv T.   Davids, MR (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2007-10)

  BACKGROUND: Internationally, clinical guidelines recommend the use of creatinine-based equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) for assessment and follow-up of kidney disease. The routine use of 24-hour ...

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