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Faculty of Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011)Background: Anecdotal evidence from fixed Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) centres within the public sector indicates, that many patients are lost in the transition from VCT to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2010)Traditional male circumcision complications are one of the surgical problems you may face as a doctor working in St Lucy’s hospital. Usually there is increased number of circumcision related complications during the winter ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2010)There is growing concern about stress among public hospital doctors. Studies about stress in South Africa are lacking. The aim of our study was to ascertain the prevalence and level of stress among NMM district doctors; ...
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(2011)The aim of this study was to determine the factors that contribute to the increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) patients in Mpumalanga Province, and to develop guidelines and recommendations to address the challenges ...
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(2010)Good occlusion requires that teeth be proportional in size. If large upper teeth occlude with small lower teeth, it would be almost impossible to achieve ideal occlusion. The concept of ideal intercuspation assumes a strict ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011)INTRODUCTION: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been proven to significantly improve the quality and quantity of lives of patients infected with HIV. However, several barriers exist that prevent children from being initiated ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011)BACKGROUND: In Botswana, cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women (18), and the Southern Africa regional prevalence rate of cervical cancer is 15.5% (25). In Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital, cervical cancer is ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2010)The aim of the study was to establish a profile of psychiatric illnesses that are encountered during consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry and to describe interventions undertaken. The objective was to identify referral ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2010)Introduction: The aim of this study was to identify and assess compliance with published radiopharmacy procedures in the radiopharmacy units in the Departments of Nuclear Medicine at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011)Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a highly infectious virus responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality world wide. Chronic HBV carriers can transmit HBV parenterally in a hospital setting putting healthcare ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2010)The yield of EEG amongst psychiatric patients has been reported to be low and the value of EEG in the practice of psychiatry is questionable.EEG is used as part of a diagnostic work up for patients with psychiatric disorders ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2010)Background: Bipolar disorder is a lifelong illness typically presenting with frequent relapses and/or recurrences. Bipolar disorder carries a high morbidity and mortality and can cause significant functional impairment. ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011)High levels of adherence to ART are essential for maximal suppression of viral replication and avoidance of drug resistance. Pill counts are an indirect, objective method of assessing adherence. Patients can invalidate ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011)BACKGROUND: Parasuicide is defined as an act with non-fatal outcome, in which an individual deliberately initiates a non-habitual behaviour that without intervention from others will cause self-harm, or when an individual ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011)AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To determine metered dose inhaler usage technique among asthmatic patients attending outpatient clinic and assess relationship between proficiency and specific factors for efficient or non-efficient ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2009)Aim: To determine whether routine dipstick urinalysis adds value to the management of patients at Primary Health Care clinic (PHC) in Mankweng Hospital. Objectives: 1. To determine the prevalence of urine abnormality in ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011)Background: South Africa hosts the largest number of pregnant HIV-positive women, accounting for almost 15% of the global total. Many amongst these HIV-positive pregnancies are unplanned and may be related to reproductive ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011)Background: The choice of this research topic emanated from my personal experience as Medical Officer at Daveyton central Clinic where I personally attended to an average of three rapes or wife battering cases on a weekly ...
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(University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2011)Background: Previously the role of health promotion in physiotherapy was not well understood to the extent where there was no emphasis on the practice of health promotion in the education program of physiotherapists. ...
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