Puerperal infection after caesarean section at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg

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...

Reflections of a retiree: 40 years in public service 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...

'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...

Hepatitis B and C virus infections and liver function in AIDS patients at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg.

BACKGROUND Impaired liver function tests and co-infection with hepatitis viruses in AIDS patients are common in western countries. OBJECTIVE To assess liver function and prevalence of co-infection with hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in AIDS patients at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. DESIGN A prospective study. SETTING Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. P...