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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Cape Metro"”.
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Emergency vs elective surgery ratio in the cape metro area
Background: South Africa is classified as an upper middle-income country based on the World Bank classification. The access and delivery of surgical care in South Africa is only recently being investigated and understood. One study by Chu et al showed that while more than 80% of South Africans had …
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Missed opportunities for immunisation in health facilities in the Western Cape metro
… at different levels of healthcare in the Western Cape and assess factors associated with missed opportunities. Methods: The study included a health-facility based cross-sectional exit survey of caregivers with children up to 5 years of age, followed by a qualitative exploration of staff attitudes …
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Quality of current ischaemic stroke care practices in the Cape Metro Health District, South Africa
… services for ischaemic stroke patients in the Cape Metro Health District in relation to the South African ischaemic stroke guideline. Part A: Protocol - The protocol outlines the purpose of the study and highlights the importance of conducting this study by analysing the literature on stroke …
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Quality of neonatal cranial ultrasound Interpretation among doctors in the Western Cape Metro: a clinical survey
… and neonatal trainees in the University of Cape Town (UCT): duration of paediatric training, experience and supervision; knowledge of reporting content, procedural and technical aspects; interpretation of common neonatal cUS pathologies and confidence in scan interpretation and counselling. …
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An Assessment of the integration of Palliative Care in the Health System of the Cape Metro District of South Africa
… care system. Following the NPFSPC, the Western Cape provincial health and wellness department initiated a PC service without additional resources prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim - The aim of the study is to investigate factors that influenced integration of PC into the Metro Health Services …
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An Assessment of the integration of Palliative Care in the Health System of the Cape Metro District of South Africa
… care system. Following the NPFSPC, the Western Cape provincial health and wellness department initiated a PC service without additional resources prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim - The aim of the study is to investigate factors that influenced integration of PC into the Metro Health Services …
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Implementation of a structured surgical quality improvement programme
… outcomes of major surgery performed within the Cape Metro West health district during the study period. After reviewing the design and analytical rationale of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Programme and Trauma Quality Improvement Programme, these de novo …
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Internal migration and the impact on the Driftsands Nature Reserve due to COVID 19: a case study perspective
… households has also been detrimental in the Cape Metro. Due to the different lockdown levels, it was more difficult for people to get work and for those living in backyards who couldn't afford rent to be evicted legally. The backyard residents then moved to the neighbouring Driftsands Nature …
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A study of waste management policy implications for landfill waste salvagers in the Western Cape
… resolution to prohibit landfill salvaging in the Cape Metropolitan Municipality and the intended and unintended consequences such a decision subsequently had for the landfill waste salvagers. Large numbers of poor, unemployed and illiterate people reside in the Western Cape. The chronic and …
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The Incidence of Anastomotic Leaks in a South African Healthcare Setting
… snapshot study of 145 patients across the Cape Metro West healthcare platform was performed from 01/09/2020 to 31/12/2020. The study included all patients who had one or more intestinal anastomoses beyond the ligament of Treitz and excluded patients under 18 and patients undergoing simple …
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Experiences and coping mechanisms of young doctors following the death of a patient: a qualitative study
… registrars working at a District Hospital in the Cape Metro Region i.e. Mitchell's Plain District Hospital. Aim: The aim of the study is to describe the experiences and coping mechanisms of doctors after the death of a patient and to assess the effects on their personal, emotional and family life. …
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Re-conceptualising primary oral health of a substructure in the Cape Health Metro District
… PHC (rPHC) approach in a substructure of the Cape Metro in the Western Cape province of South Africa and to develop guidelines to better align POHC with rPHC (as applied in the Western Cape province). Method: A mixed methods approach with a case study design as the strategy of enquiry was …
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Exploring social worker's experiences working with child sexual abuse survivors who are intellectually disabled.
… were held with 14 participants across the Cape Metro who have more than 5 years of experience within the field of child sexual abuse. Through purposive and snowball sampling techniques, the sample consisted of 14 participants, 13 female and one male. The study employed a thematic analysis …
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Optimisation of Rail-road Level Crossing Closing Time in a Heterogenous Railway Traffic: Towards Safety Improvement - South African Case Study
… found on the southern corridor of the Western Cape metro rail. The spatial, temporal and behavioural analysis was conducted to extract features with influence on the level crossing closing time. Convex optimisation with the objective to minimise the level crossing closing time is formulated …
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Long-term virologic responses to responses to antiretroviral therapy among patients entering adherence clubs in Khayelitsha, Cape Town South Africa
… patients, has been successfully scaled-up in the Cape Metro Health District. In this study, we describe long-term virologic outcomes of patients who have ever entered ACs. Methods: Adult patients enrolled in ACs in Khayelitsha between January 2011 and June 2017 were eligible for inclusion. Time …
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Early identification and elective inpatient management of high-risk people living with diabetes diagnosed with COVID-19 decreases morbidity and mortality: a quasi-experimental study
… to COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, the Western Cape Department of Health established a telemedicine team (the VECTOR team) that fast tracked at-risk PLWD diagnosed with COVID-19 into the Hospital of Hope (HOH), a temporary intermediate health care facility (ICHF) established as a field hospital …
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The surgical management and prevention of laparoscopic cholecystectomy associated bile duct injuries
… and implemented for all LCs performed in the Cape Metro West health district. Prospective data collection is scheduled to continue to the end of 2020; however, an interim analysis is presented. A previously published scoring system for assessing quality of the critical view of safety achieved …