Standard for clinical/nursing unit management in South Africa

Hypertension: detection and management in South Africa.

High blood pressure in South Africa is estimated to have caused 46,888 deaths and 390,860 disability-adjusted life years in 2000. Detection and management of hypertension remains suboptimal due to inadequate public health care facilities. Mass migration of rural blacks to urban areas and rapid changes in lifestyle and risk factors account for the rising prevalence of hypertension, but genetic f...

Hypertension: Detection and Management in South Africa

High blood pressure in South Africa is estimated to have caused 46,888 deaths and 390,860 disability-adjusted life years in 2000. Detection and management of hypertension remains suboptimal due to inadequate public health care facilities. Mass migration of rural blacks to urban areas and rapid changes in lifestyle and risk factors account for the rising prevalence of hypertension, but genetic f...

Orthodontic management of achondroplasia in South Africa.

Out of Africa: Lessons from Park Management in South Africa

operations, and policies of park management in South Africa—specifically in regard to wildlife management—and how they contrast with park management in the U.S. Our discussion is especially relevant to protected areas in grassland, savanna, and shrubland biomes because both countries contain those habitat types (Licht et al. 2008). We focus on seven issues that may stimulate thought among U.S. ...

Osteosarcoma presentation stages at a tumour unit in South Africa.

BACKGROUND Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumour found in children and adolescents. Changed treatment protocols have resulted in improved survival and the opportunity for limb salvage surgery. Despite these advances, the outcome is mainly determined by the stage of disease at presentation, making early referral to a tumour unit essential. METHODS Between July 2009 and October ...