Browsing by Author "Willcox, Paul"

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    Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly
    (1990) Whitelaw, D A; Whitelaw, D A; Willcox, Paul
    Age affects the human frame at all levels - from the skin which is ravaged by exposure to ultraviolet light and toxic irritants to the immune system which becomes progressively less responsive to antigenic stimuli. Bacteraemia follows a focal infection and thus any change which results in increased infection will result in an increased chance of bacteraemia. Therefore any factors bearing on focal infection will, of necessity influence not only the possibility but also the severity of a bacteraemia.
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    The role of a medical high care unit in service provision at an urban secondary level hospital in South Africa
    (2005) Van Zyl-Smit, Richard Nellis; Burch, Vanessa; Willcox, Paul
    Because of the large number of critically ill patients presenting to GF Jooste Hospital each month it is essential that adequate allocation of resources be done in order to address this need. Given this high demand for critical care service provision in a seceondary level hospital, a prospective audit of service provision by the HCU at the GF Jooste Hopital was undertaken.