The purpose of the study was to describe and compare the limits of agreement between invasive blood pressure (IBP) and non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) readings obtained on patients in the adult critical care units ...

Medical ionising radiation sources give by far the largest contribution to the population dose from man-made sources. About 90% of this contribution is due to x-ray diagnostic procedures. Doses from diagnostic ...

The high prevalence of HIV has been a major cause for concern in Lesotho and the clinical course has witnessed some service lapses, complications and deaths. The researcher was therefore motivated to conduct this study ...

Introduction: Despite the steady growth of the elderly population in developing countries, this group, remains neglected in health related policies in developing countries, largely due to lack of empirical data on the ...

Introduction: One in 11.5 patients with a thoracic wound has cardiac involvement with potentially life-threatening consequences. Therefore, cardiac injury must be assumed in every patient with a penetrating chest lesion, ...

During October 1996 to December 1999, isocyanates were the most frequently reported causative agent for occupational asthma cases (16.7% of all cases) submitted to the Surveillance of Work-Related and Occupational Respiratory ...

This study evaluated potential health risks associated with the consumption of commonly consumed leafy vegetables, Amaranthus hybridus (tepe), Brassica oleracea (cabbage) and Spinacia oleracea (spinach) in the gold mining ...

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the process of developing service delivery indicators in the National Department of Social Development. In exploring in detail how the Monitoring and Evaluation practitioners ...

The study aimed to evaluate IMCI guidelines, developed to assess children with Suspected Symptomatic HIV [SSHIV] as a screening tool for AIDS. OBJECTIVES 1. To look at the agreement between IMCI classification for SSHIV ...

This paper analyses the findings of a survey conducted in eight schools in Swaziland on financial management in secondary schools. The paper sets out, as its framework, the Priority-based budgeting as well as strategic ...