The “overcrowding” in Emergency Departments (EDs) and its potentially negative consequences, is a well known phenomenon in western countries.The causes of this phenomenon in this area are: constantly decreased number of hospital beds, increased number of ED visits and demographic changes (increasing prevalence of elderly people and migr
A corpus of literature emphasises the need for industrialisation and integration if states belonging to regional blocs aspire to prosper economically, politically, socially, technologically and culturally.In Southern Africa, gains have been made mainly in political cooperation and solidarity but remain desperately underdeveloped regarding regional
Objective To describe the lived experience of patients undergoing diagnosis and treatment of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS).Design Qualitative study of semi-structured interviews.A content analysis was used to analyse interview data using a consistent set of codes to designate data segments that contain similar material.Codes were analysed and gro
BackgroundNeuropsychiatric disturbances and chorea are less Scoops recognized consequences of polycythemia vera (PV), and their role in post-PV myelofibrosis (MF) has not been reported.Clinical features that predict post-PV MF lack specificity.Case presentationWe describe an elderly patient with PV who developed acute-onset reversible neuropsychiat
In recent decades, the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA), one of the most disabling diseases, has increased worldwide, which imposes a significant burden on society.At the international multidisciplinary meeting, experts of various specialties (rheumatology, neurology, endocrinology, geriatrics, rehabilitation, Beach Bag traumatology and orthopedic