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Should I recommend a probiotic: a clinician guide to probiotic use in gastrointestinal conditions
Is there a place for probiotics in gastrointestinal conditions? Find out in this article!
Keywords:
Probiotics, gastroenteritis, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Saccharomyces
Category: Medical Practitioner
The effect of HIV and ART on growth and bone density in Zimbabwean children
The association of HIV and ART with bone density were investigated in a cross-sectional study in Zimbabwean children.
Keywords: HIV, ART, Children, Growth, Bone density.
Category: Medical Practitioner
The possible effects of antiretroviral therapies on hormonal contraceptives in women living with HIV
This review looks into the likely risk of drug-drug interaction between hormonal contraceptives and ARTs.
Keywords: Antiretroviral therapy (ART), Hormonal contraceptive (HC), HIV, Drug-drug interaction (DDI), AIDS, Women living with HIV (WLH).
Category: Medical Practitioner
The effect of recommending Dolutegravir on patients who are already having resistance to antiretroviral treatment
This review looks at the impact of scaling up Dolutegravir on antiretroviral resistance in South Africa.
Keywords: Dolutegravir(DTG), Resistance, Modeling
Category: Medical Practitioner
Advantages of Dolutegravir-based regimen in HIV infected pregnant women and their new-born infant
This review looks at the efficacy of Dolutegravir in HIV-infected pregnant women that did not initiate ART early in pregnancy.
Keywords: Dolutegravir, Efavirenz, Antiretroviral therapy, viral load, HIV
Category: Medical Practitioner
Rapid advice: ABCs of Dolutegravir for use in practice
Every relevant information you need to know about Dolutegravir and proposed roll-out in South Africa presented via two friendly and precise articles.
Keywords:
Dolutegravir; DTG; South Africa; ARVs; ART Regimen
Category: Medical Practitioner
A review of common infectious diseases in long-term travellers to low- and middle- income countries
This article gives an overview of what the travel clinical practitioner should consider in the expatriate community with a travel history to low- and middle-income countries. Keywords: Infectious related health problems; Expatriate; Long-term Traveller; Travel Medicine Practitioner, low-and middle-…
Category: Medical Practitioner
Dexamethasone in Covid-19 patients
This article presents the results of the RECOVERY study which compared the all-cause mortality rate among hospitalised covid-19 patients receiving dexamethasone to that of hospitalised covid-19 patients receiving usual care. Other outcomes were also investigated; such as hospital length of stay, ne…
Category: Medical Practitioner
Syncopy: Diagnostic evaluation
A description of the causes, the recommended evaluation, the need for hospitalisation and special investigations in patients with syncope.
Keywords: Syncope, diagnostic evaluation.
Keywords: Syncope, diagnostic evaluation.
Category: Medical Practitioner
Prevention of Falls in Older People
Discussion of the causes of falls in older people and a prescription for the prevention of these falls.
Keywords: Falls, Older people, Prevention Risk factors.
Keywords: Falls, Older people, Prevention Risk factors.
Category: Medical Practitioner