Browsing Masters by Department "Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER)"

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The diagnostic ability of pediatric transthoracic echocardiography in the current era : a segmental appraisal

Author: Border, William L Date: 2009 Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) plays a crucial role in the care of pediatric patients with heart disease. However, despite numerus recent technological advances, there has been little re-assessment of its accuracy. We sought to ... Read more
Effect of diabetes and HIV on radiographic manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis

Author: Berkowitz, Natacha Date: 2017 Due to the epidemiological transition, diabetes prevalence in South Africa is increasing, while HIV prevalence remains high. Diabetes, along with HIV, has been found to be a significant risk factor for the development of tuberculosis. Early ... Read more
Genetic polymorphisms and organophosphate neurotoxicity amongst emerging farmers in the Western Cape

Author: Glass, Tracy Date: 2016 BACKGROUND: Long-term exposure to organophosphates (OPs) can cause chronic neurotoxic effects which may be modulated by genetic polymorphisms of xenobiotic metabolising enzymes (XMEs). No previous study investigated XME modulation of neurotoxicity ... Read more
HIV viral load monitoring in HIV-infected pregnant women established on antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Tsondai, Priscilla Ruvimbo Date: 2016 Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) services have expanded over the past decade, providing treatment to over 15 million people globally. It is imperative that this scale-up of ART provision be accompanied by optimal treatment response ... Read more
Hypertension in Cape Town clothing industry clinics: Does treatment match risk?

Author: Sephton_E_A Date: 2001 Background: The management of hypertension according to the patient' s absolute risk of cardiovascular disease. rather than their blood pressure in isolation from other risk factors, is now widely advocated because it targets treatment at ... Read more
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance among private sector patients and prescribers in South Africa

Author: Farley, Elise Date: 2017 Antibiotic resistance (ABR), alternately referred to as antimicrobial resistance, has been labelled as the next big global health crisis. If current levels of ABR continue along the same trajectories, by 2050 ABR will cost the lives of 10 ... Read more
Predictors of good outcome in upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB)

Author: Kalula, Sebastiana Zimba Date: 2000 Background and literature review: Introduction: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common cause of emergency hospital admission. It is also not uncommon in patients already in hospital. The bulk of severe morbidity and mortality occurs ... Read more
The prevalence of hearing loss in HIV-infected South African adolescents on antiretroviral therapy

Author: Banga, Agatha Tafadzwa Date: 2017 Objective: To investigate hearing loss among perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV+) adolescents on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and HIV-non-infected (HIV-) adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was carried out ... Read more
Vitamin A status of HIV-infected adults in South Africa

Author: Visser, Marianne Emilie Date: 1998 Introduction: Several studies in developed countries such as the USA have reported low serum or plasma vitamin A levels in adults with HIV disease. Limited data suggests that HIV-infected adults from developing countries show even lower vitamin ... Read more