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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Paediatric Medicine"”.
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Children's adjustment to asthma or diabetes and treatment adherence
… is currently recognized that a major problem in paediatrics is poor treatment adherence, which can result in serious health consequences. This led to a shift in paediatric medicine, from focusing only on the physical treatment of the illness to exploring the psychological impact of the illness …
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Abdominal surgery in very low birth weight neonates in a developing world neonatal unit- Short term outcomes and risk factors for mortality
Background The surgical infant requires care in specialized neonatal units. Very low birth weight (VLBW) infants are a group particularly vulnerable to the risks and outcomes associated with preterm birth. There is an increased number of abdominal emergencies seen, attributed to improved survival …
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Bridging the gap : using extrapolation to reduce the experimental burden in children
… it is important to provide safe and effective medicines whilst minimising the experimental burden where possible. Extrapolating data from clinical trials in adults or other relevant populations has the potential to reduce the number or size of clinical trials required to obtain a licence for a …
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Language differences as an access barrier for Xhosa speaking patients at a children's hospital in Cape Town
The research documented in this thesis was conducted between November 2002 and March 2003. Rationale for the study. A problem faces many health professionals - that of communication between ourselves and patients who may differ from us in terms of the language spoken, educational level, medical …
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The effect of a training and clinical facilitation programme for registered midwives in primary maternity settings with respect to managing labour: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial
Background: Intrapartum complications contribute to nearly half of all avoidable maternal and perinatal deaths nationally. Inadequate understanding of the labour process by midwives, poor documentation of labour monitoring and inadequate systemlevel support may lead to wrong diagnosis, incorrect …
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Assessment of the efficacy and efficiency of rapid rehydration in children with dehydration due to gastroenteritis in the rehydration unit of Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
Background: Dehydration due to acute gastroenteritis (AGE) remains a leading cause of child death worldwide. The primary treatment is enteral rehydration. Children who fail a trial of oral fluids require rehydration in hospital, preferably via nasogastric tube. Traditionally, children have been …
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Sodium and potassium disturbances in childhood diarrhoea
Includes bibliographical references.