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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"PIH"”.
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A clinical audit on the quality of care and the outcome of patients with pregnancy induced hypertension within a primary-secondary care pathway: the Wesfleur-New Somerset Hospital Axis, Cape Town, South Africa.
Background: Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) and its complications contribute to a significant burden of disease both in developed and developing countries of the world. Unfortunately, PIH has no cure, the delivery of the baby and the placenta is required. Early detection of pregnancy induced …
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Prevalence of pregnancy and postpartum hypertension in obese women living with HIV In Cape Town, South Africa
… conception). Other risk factors associated with PIH and PPH were also determined. Hypertension was classified according to American hypertension guidelines. Descriptive analysis of the whole sample included 1859 WLHIV, 752 WLHIV of these were included in the sub-analysis of PPH. Analytical …
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Characterization of the Hepatotoxicity of Rifampicin and Isoniazid
… of isoniazid, pyridoxal isonicotinoyl hydrazone (PIH, the isoniazid and vitamin B6 conjugate) and hydrazine, have been detected in the urine of humans treated with isoniazid previously. Here I show that in primary human hepatocytes and the human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG2/C3A: (1) …
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Quality of care and outcome of patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension: a retrospective observational study before and during the COVID-19 pandemic along the Wesfleur-New Somerset Hospital Axis, Cape Town, South Africa
… conditions like pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), which is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal deaths. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of care and outcomes for PIH patients along a single district-level referral pathway in Cape Town, South Africa, during the pandemic. Methods: …
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The management of post-infectious hydrocephalus in people living with HIV: a prospective observational study
Post-infectious hydrocephalus (PIH) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) is a common complication presenting to neurosurgeons in South Africa, but there is limited evidence to guide management of these patients. Objectives The study aimed to prospectively document the in-hospital management and 12 …
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Personal Savings as a Function of Permanent Income
… based on Friedman's Permanent Income Hypothesis (PIH), this paper creates a model to estimate personal savings and tests the model by examining the Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS) that is derived from it. Permanent income was estimated using a two-stage least squares (2SLS) method and aggregate …
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Managing growth of a non-profit healthcare supply chain in Haiti
Partners in Health's (PIH) supply chain in Haiti has become strained over the past five years due to the organization's rapid growth. Under the current system, the majority of PIH's products are obtained through an annually placed order. All goods from this order are stored at the central warehouse …
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Essays in incomplete markets
… the validity of the Permanent Income Hypothesis (PIH) versus the "Keynesian" view that consumption responds to current income. The PIH is rejected by all tests, and so is the simple excess sensitivity hypothesis with a constant marginal propensity to consume.
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Seeing Beyond Service - Redefining the Problem of Water and Sanitation Service Delivery in Resource-Limited Settings to Enable Effective Solutions
… Through a case study of Partners In Health (PIH), a medical-oriented non-governmental organization used as a proxy for water and sanitation organizations, this work illustrated why personal and organizational philosophies and perspectives influence how we organize and act. It concludes with a …
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A Cross-Cultural Study of Socioeconomic Status, Parental involvement, and Students' Mathematics Achievement
… between parental involvement at home (PIH) and students' mathematics achievement (SMA) in both Jordan and the United States. Also, a positive relationship between parental involvement at school (PISC) and students' mathematics achievement (SMA) was observed in the Jordan sample. …
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How are African American parents involved in their children's education, prekindergarten through sixth grade?
… Outreach (PPTO), the Parent Involvement at Home (PIH) and three focus group sessions were employed to collect data. Questionnaires were collected from 122 parents of prekindergarten through sixth grade students from a church membership and the church's Summer Youth Program located in Dallas, …
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Paediatric epilepsy surgery in a middle-income country: the red cross war memorial children's hospital experience
… (57.9%). The periinsular hemispherotomy (PIH) cases had equal numbers of FCD and Rasmussen's encephalitis in 4 patients (44.4%). The number of FCD in this series is much higher than in international data. Conclusion Epilepsy surgery is an effective and attainable intervention for …
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Does an antenatal educational programme decrease adverse pregnancy outcomes among obese pregnant women? A feasibility study in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
… regarding; pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), gestational age at onset of labour (GA), labour outcomes and neonatal outcomes. In relation to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus GDM, findings indicated that the prevalence of GDM was reduced among those obese women who received the educational …
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Bacteriophage Endolysins: Anti-Infectives and Lysidiagnostics for the Post-Antibiotic ERA
… complicated by post-infectious hydrocephalus (PIH), and high mortality. Infections by anaerobic bacterial pathogens are primarily caused by gram-positive, toxinogenic, spore-forming members of the <em>Clostridium</em> genus, all of which can cause life-threatening disease. Their pathogenicity …