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Showing 1 to 20 of 529 for “"Groote Schuur"”.
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Epidemiology of leptospirosis in Groote Schuur Hospital
Background The burden of leptospirosis in sub-Saharan Africa remains unclear although it is accepted that this infection is widely spread in this region. The global estimated number of cases is one million with 58 900 deaths attributable to leptospirosis annually. Objective To describe the profile …
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Audit of cataract surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital
To report on the visual outcomes and complications of cataract surgery done at a South African training hospital. Literature review and retrospective observational study of all patients undergoing cataract surgery on the cataract surgery project lists during 2006. Follow-up occurred till last …
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Severe acute renal failure at Groote Schuur Hospital
Acute renal failure (ARF) is a syndrome occurring over hours to days of renal dysfunction with a reduction in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) resulting in a failure to excrete nitrogenous waste products.
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Lung volume reduction surgery : the Groote Schuur experience
From recent statistics (79,59) it has been concluded that COPD is the most common lung disease in the United States affecting almost 16 million people. The mortality is rising, COPD is the fourth most common cause of death in USA after myocardial infarctions, cancer and stroke (91). COPD is clearly …
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Sperm cryopreservation and artificial insemination at Groote Schuur Hospital.
The diagnosis and therapy managed by the specialities of infertile couples is traditionally of Gynaecology and Andrology. The latter is a subspeciality, which should combine the knowledge of urologists and gynaecologists in the treatment of sub or infertile men.
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Recontextualising the Animal: A Plastinarium at Groote Schuur Zoo
The investigative driver which has motivated this dissertation is encapsulated by the thresholds and interrelationships between man, nature and architectural form. Theories and concepts pertaining to this dissertation relate to the transformation of a site, drawing on its embodied energy as a point …
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Breast conservation treatment at Groote Schuur Hospital : treatment outcome
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-62).
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Chronic hepatitis at Groote Schuur Hospital: 1978-1996 : a literature review of the syndrome, its clinical spectrum and management at Groote Schuur Hospital
… with autoimmune hepatitis on follow-up at the Groote Schuur Hospital liver clinic. This group includes patients who test negative for the standard autoimmune markers done at Groote Schuur Hospital but have liver histology that is typical of classical autoimmune hepatitis. They also show a …
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A four-year study of cirrhosis at Groote Schuur hospital
INTRODUCTION: Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) is a large academic hospital Cape Town. It serves a population of about 2 million, comprising three population groups, black people of African origin, coloured, who are people of Asian or mixed origin, and white - of European descent. The hospital serves …
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Investigating efficiency in the emergency department at Groote Schuur Hospital
Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-93).
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Cytomegalovirus retinitis at Groote Schuur Hospital : clinical management and outcomes
… treated for cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis at Groote Schuur Hospital over a 10 year period 2. To review and compare the treatment protocols of thirteen public hospital centres in South Africa that treat patients for CMV retinitis Design & method This is a retrospective cohort study. A record …
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The diagnostic value of pericardial aspiration at Groote Schuur hospital
… between 1 July 1987 and 12th October 1989 at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. Documenting the reasons for aspiration, the complications of pericardiocentesis, and how cytologic, bacteriologic and biochemical examination of the aspirate influenced the clinicians' management of the 52 patients …
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Re-presenting Groote Schuur: Exploring phenomenological notions in architecture and landscape
This dissertation is about the re-presentation and appropriation of a contrived culturally manipulated landscape, the decaying and neglected site of the old Rhodes Zoo. It uses the phenomenological notions of boundary, horizon, transparency and memory to re-appropriate the site as a literal and …
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An evaluation of the palliative care unit at Groote Schuur Hospital
… this problem is an Acute Palliative Care Unit. Groote Schuur Hospital opened such a unit in April 2011, managed by the ED staff. This kind of service was not available in this tertiary, academic state hospital prior to that. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate aspects of care at the Groote …
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Pain and fertility outcomes post endometriosis surgery at Groote Schuur hospital
… who attended the reproductive Medicine Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town from January 2016 to December 2018 were analysed. Results Eighty-seven patients were identified with endometriosis from January 2016 to December 2018. Twelve folders could not be retrieved, therefore 75 patients …
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Antenatal AVSD diagnosis at Groote Schuur Hospital A retrospective cohort study
… at a tertiary referral hospital in Cape Town (Groote Schuur Hospital) between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2016. We examined ultrasound records and case folders from the antenatal, neonatal and infancy periods, up to a year of life or demise. The resultant cohort had a total of 55 cases. We …
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