Comparison of the GeneXpert and Hain Line Probe Assay version 2 on smear negative samples at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital

Clinical presentation of acute appendicitis in adults at the Chris Hani Baragwanath academic hospital

BACKGROUND Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical abdominal emergency. Delayed treatment increases the incidence of complications. The aim of this study was to investigate the presentation, incidence, and predictors of complications, and histological findings in adult patients with clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis. METHODS The study was a prospective observational study and in...

Reflections of a retiree: 40 years in public service at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.

Women's willingness to use emergency contraception: Experience at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Access to emergency contraception (EC) has little restriction in South Africa. EC is a contraceptive method that can be used by women up to 7 days after unprotected intercourse. It can be used in the following situations: when no contraceptive has been used; for condom accidents; after intrauterine contraceptive device expulsion; when a contraceptive method has been incorrectly used, or contrac...

'Look and Lletz'--a Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital experience.

OBJECTIVES An audit was undertaken of a 'colposcopy and treatment' clinic between April 2003 and December 2006, to determine: (i) the frequency of overtreatment with Papanicolaou smear on its own, colposcopy on its own or a combination of the two methods; (ii) differences in overtreatment between patients who are HIV positive and those who are HIV negative; and (iii) the short-term complication...

CHROMOSOME 13q14 DELETIONS IN MULITPLE MYELOMA AT CHRIS-HANI BARAGWANATH HOSPITAL SEKGOKWA TEBOHO STELLA PHEEHA