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Coagulation profiles of HIV positive and negative paediatric patients undergoing dental extractions at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital.Zeijlstra, Anne Elisabeth 24 April 2013 (has links)
Paediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) remain a significant health care challenge in South Africa. Oral
health and coagulation are only two of the many problems experienced by HIV
positive paediatric patients.
This research report began with an observation that known HIV positive paediatric
patients bled more than known HIV negative paediatric patients or those with
unknown HIV status while undergoing dental extractions at Charlotte Maxeke
Johannesburg Academic Hospital. The observation prompted a prospective,
contextual, descriptive study looking at the coagulation profile (platelet count and
thromboelastogram (TEG) profile (reaction time (r-time), clot formation time (Ktime),
alpha angle (α-angle) and maximum amplitude (MA)), CD4 counts and
percentages and observed clinical bleeding in HIV negative, HIV positive not on
antiretroviral treatment (ARVs) and HIV positive on ARVs paediatric patients
presenting for dental extraction.
Over a two year period 47 HIV negative, 12 HIV positive not on ARVs and 17 HIV
positive on ARVs paediatric patients were enrolled in the study using a
consecutive, convenience sampling method. Each paediatric patient was given a
standard inhalational general anaesthetic using sevoflurane and during
intravenous cannulation the researcher drew blood from each child for analysis. A
senior dentist from the Department of Paediatric Dentistry assessed bleeding in all
cases. The data obtained for each of the three study groups was compared using a oneway
analysis of variance followed by pair wise comparison using the Bonferroni
adjustment to address multiplicity. To deal with the big standard deviations and
skewed data a one-way analysis of variance for ranks tested for differences
between the groups. No statistically significant differences were found when
comparing the groups for platelet count (p = 0.2087), TEG r-time (p = 0.4738),
TEG K-time (p = 0.6967), TEG α-angle (p = 0.7948) or TEG MA (p = 0.2982).
There was a statistically significant difference between the HIV negative and HIV
positive not on ARVs groups (p = 0.000 and 0.004) and HIV positive on ARVs and
HIV positive not on ARVs groups (p = 0.000 and 0.001) when comparing CD4
count and percentage.
Patient groups were compared with respect to bleeding complications using the
Fisher’s exact test. There was no statistically significant difference in observed
bleeding between the three groups of paediatric patients. The entire HIV positive
group was then compared for bleeding, and using the Welch t-test, adjusting for
unequal variances it was found that there was statistically, significantly more
bleeding in the HIV positive children with lower CD4 counts regardless of
treatment with ARVs (p = 0.0129). These results were also confirmed using the
Wilcoxon rank-sum test (p = 0.0335).
Although this study showed statistically significant bleeding in HIV positive
paediatric patients with lower CD4 counts, the tests of coagulation used in the
study were unable to define the underlying pathogenesis. Further research into
coagulation in HIV positive paediatric patients is needed.
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The effect of tooth loss on accurately estimating sex from mandibular features of South AfricansRamphaleng, Tshegofatso January 2015 (has links)
Thesis for Master of Science in Medicine at the School of
Anatomical Sciences
5/11/2015 / In forensic anthropology, the estimation of sex is important for eliminating half of the possible identities the skeletal remains may have, as a result, sexing standards were set from fully dentate mandibles. Edentulous mandibles were excluded from studies that set these standards. Thus, this study intended to determine the effect of tooth loss on accurately estimating sex from the mandibular morphology of black South Africans. The mandibles sampled included 79 (31 males and 48 females) full dentition and 117 (57 males and 60 females) variable degrees of tooth loss mandibles from the Raymond A. Dart Collection of Human Skeletons. Outlines of the non-alveolar regions of the mandibles were digitised. The alveolar regions were rated according to the level of resorption that had occurred. A two block partial least square was performed to determine the effect of tooth loss on the mandibular morphology and a two sample permutation test was conducted to determine the sexing accuracies from all sampled mandibles. Tooth loss had a significant effect on the mandibular morphology. The overall accuracies determined were 85.5% from mandibles with tooth loss and 63.3% from full dentition mandibles. The overall mandible morphology is sexually dimorphic irrespective of the presence of tooth loss. The main factor that may affect the outcome was the mandibular mechanics in males and females. The results suggest that mandibles with high levels of tooth loss could be used in studies of identification. Further studies may want to set sexing standards from both dentate and edentate mandibles.
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Epsilon aminocaproic acid : its effect on the healing of dental extraction sites.Pham, Huan G. January 1973 (has links)
No description available.
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Root fracture as a complication of post design and insertionDurney, Eduardo Calderon January 1976 (has links)
No description available.
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The development of model systems to study root cariesPreston, Kate Patricia January 2001 (has links)
No description available.
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Incremental structures of enamel and their applications to archaeologyBullion, S. K. January 1987 (has links)
No description available.
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Periodontal therapy in a specialist practice : factors affecting patients' preconceptions, perceptions, compliance and outcomes of treatmentFardal, Øystein January 2002 (has links)
No description available.
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Remineralization of demineralized human tooth enamel a pilot clinical study /Abrahams, Lewis J. January 1979 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-57). Also issued in print.
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A model system to evaluate treatments for tetracycline staining a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment ... in endodontics ... /Burchell, Robert H. January 1982 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1982.
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Morphologic, radiographic and microscopic studies of the effects of hypoxic stress upon the developing rat fetusMorawa, Arnold P. January 1966 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1965. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leave 40). Also issued in print.
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