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Cultural and temporal variations in schizophrenia: a speculation on the importance of industrialization.

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

Cooper J, Sartorius N.
PMID: 831908
Br J Psychiatry. 1977 Jan;130:50-5. doi: 10.1192/bjp.130.1.50.

A speculative hypothesis is presented which links the late development of modern concepts of schizophrenia with social and familial effects of industrialization. It is suggested that the social and family structures found historically in pre-industrial societies and currently in...

Screening tools used for measuring depression among people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes: a systematic review.

Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association

Roy T, Lloyd CE, Pouwer F, Holt RI, Sartorius N.
PMID: 21824180
Diabet Med. 2012 Feb;29(2):164-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03401.x.

BACKGROUND: Depression is common in patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, has a strong negative impact on the quality of life of patients and is associated with poor outcomes and higher mortality rates. Several guidelines encourage screening...

The 26th Danube Symposium of Psychiatry: Psychiatry - ready for the future?.

Psychiatria Danubina

Palm U, Musil R, Ienciu M, Jakovljevic M, Kapfhammer HP, Kasper S, Keck ME, Langguth B, Lanzenberger R, Meisenzahl E, Möller HJ, Müller N, Nedopil N, Sartorius N, Schöny W, Falkai P.
PMID: 26938830
Psychiatr Danub. 2016 Mar;28(1):95-6.

No abstract available.

The spectrum and outcome of surgical sepsis in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Green S, Kong VY, Clarke DL, Sartorius B, Odendaal J, Bruce JL, Laing GL, Brysiewicz P, Bekker W, Harknett E.
PMID: 28220740
S Afr Med J. 2017 Jan 30;107(2):134-136. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i2.11339.

BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the incidence appears to be increasing. In the resource-limited environment in low- and middle-income countries, the management of surgical sepsis (SS) continues to represent a significant portion...

Classifying snakebite in South Africa: Validating a scoring system.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Wood D, Sartorius B, Hift R.
PMID: 28112091
S Afr Med J. 2016 Dec 21;107(1):46-51. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v107.i1.11361.

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a scoring system for managing snakebites in South Africa (SA).METHODS: We studied all snakebite admissions to a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, SA. The primary outcome was an active treatment intervention (ATI) defined as antivenom...

Rural Poverty Dynamics and Refugee Communities in South Africa: A Spatial-Temporal Model.

Population, space and place

Sartorius K, Sartorius B, Tollman S, Schatz E, Kirsten J, Collinson M.
PMID: 24348199
Popul Space Place. 2013 Jan;19(1):103-123. doi: 10.1002/psp.697. Epub 2011 Nov 02.

The assimilation of refugees into their host community economic structures is often problematic. The paper investigates the ability of refugees in rural South Africa to accumulate assets over time relative to their host community. Bayesian spatial-temporal modelling was employed...

Miniaturization for Point-of-Care Analysis: Platform Technology for Almost Every Biomedical Assay.

EJIFCC

Schumacher S, Sartorius D, Ehrentreich-Förster E, Bier FF.
PMID: 27683418
EJIFCC. 2012 Oct 12;23(3):70-5. eCollection 2012 Oct.

Platform technologies for the changing need of diagnostics are one of the main challenges in medical device technology. From one point-of-view the demand for new and more versatile diagnostic is increasing due to a deeper knowledge of biomarkers and...

Incidence of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in HIV-infected and uninfected patients with breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Ngidi S, Magula N, Sartorius B, Govender P, Madiba TE.
PMID: 29025449
S Afr Med J. 2017 Jun 30;107(7):595-601. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i7.12309.

BACKGROUND: Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) can result in poor tolerance of chemotherapy, leading to dose reductions, delays in therapy schedules, morbidity and mortality. Actively identifying predisposing risk factors before treatment is of paramount importance. We hypothesised that chemotherapy is associated...

The spectrum of gastric cancer as seen in a large quaternary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Benamro F, Sartorius B, Clarke DL, Anderson F, Loots E, Olinger L.
PMID: 28220739
S Afr Med J. 2017 Jan 30;107(2):130-133. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i2.11383.

BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world, with the third-highest associated mortality. It has a varying geographical, ethnic and socioeconomic distribution.OBJECTIVE: To assess the presentation and management of GC in the Durban...

Developing methods for assessing quality of life in different cultural settings. The history of the WHOQOL instruments.

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

Skevington SM, Sartorius N, Amir M.
PMID: 15022040
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2004 Jan;39(1):1-8. doi: 10.1007/s00127-004-0700-5.

BACKGROUND: This review traces the 12-year history of an international collaboration of researchers-the WHOQOL Group-who were brought together by the World Health Organisation to develop and produce a cross-cultural measure of quality of life for use in health and...

What should a doctor do?.

Croatian medical journal

Sartorius N.
PMID: 15185431
Croat Med J. 2004 Jun;45(3):346-1.

No abstract available.

The update of the WPA Educational Programme on the Management of Depressive Disorders.

World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

Sartorius N.
PMID: 18458766
World Psychiatry. 2008 Feb;7(1):64. doi: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2008.tb00156.x.

No abstract available.

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