Vol 55 No 2: March/April 2013 | South African Family Practice

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Published: 2013-05-07

Editorials

The obesity epidemic revisited: Where is the starting point?

Gboyega A Ogunbanjo

106
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Editor’s focus

Gboyega A Ogunbanjo

107
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CPD

The abridged South African hypertension guideline 2011

Y K Seedat, B L Rayner

111-116
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Allergic rhinitis in South Africa: 2012 guidelines

R J Green, M Hockman, R Friedman, E Vardas, P Cole, A Halkas, C Feldman

117-121
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The basics of prescribing infant formulas

C J W Owens, I L Labuschagne, M J Lombard

123-131
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Glaucoma: what should the general practitioner know?

M J Labuschagne

134-141
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Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines for management of neuropathic pain: expert panel recommendations for South Africa

Sean Chetty, E Baalbergen, A I Bhigjee, K Kamerman, J Ouma, R Raath, M Raff, S Salduker

143-156
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InfoPOEMs

Oral zinc reduces duration of common cold in adults but not children; PSA screening for prostate cancer not recommended (USPSTF)

Editorial Office

170

Review Articles

An interesting D-lemma: what is all the excitement about vitamin D?

Marli Conradie, Brynne Ascott-Evans

157-160
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The ocular complications of an envenomous snakebite

Hlupheka Lawrence Sithole

161-163
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Is there still a role for Caesarean section in preventing vertical HIV transmission in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy?

Hannah Motshedisi Sebitloane

164-167
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Incidental finding of hypertension and diminished femoral pulses: short-segment stenosis of the aorta just distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery

Shiraz Ellemdin, Prashilla Soma, Mohamed Iqbal Ebrahim Hassen

168-169
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Original Research

Sexuality in patients with human immunodeficiency virus at Embhuleni Hospital in Mpumalanga province

Elma de Vries, Liz Gwyther, Mandla Mkhabela

171-174
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Bridging the gap: exploring the attitudes and beliefs of nurses and patients about coexisting traditional and biomedical healthcare systems in a rural setting in KwaZulu-Natal

Merridy Grant, Lyn Haskins, Bernhard Gaede, Christiane Horwood

175-179
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Hospital reform and staff morale in South Africa: a case study of Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital

Ozo Ibeziako, Nzapfurundi Otto Chabikuli, Steve Olorunju

180-185
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Characteristics of patients presenting with complications of abortion in a tertiary health facility in south-west Nigeria

Adetunji Oladeni Adeniji, O O A Atanda, A S Adeyemi

186-189
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A cross-sectional survey on the lifestyle and healthseeking behaviour of Basotho patients with diabetes

Polycarpe N'djugumu Makinga, Andy Beke

190-195
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Contraceptive knowledge and practice among HIV-positive women receiving antiretroviral therapy at a district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal

Yashpal Satiadev Somera, Andrew Ross

196-200
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Peripheralia

Craic, duende and conversational trances

Chris Ellis

202
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