The transferrin saturation (TSAT) ratio is a commonly used indicator of iron deficiency and iron overload in clinical practice but precise relationships with total and cardiovascular mortality are unclear.Purpose: To better ...

Background: The Normalization Process Model is a theoretical model that assists in explaining the processes by which complex interventions become routinely embedded in health care practice. It offers a framework for ...

This case presentation relates to a 53 year old male, cachectic in appearance, who presented with progressively worsening dyspnoea, cough, intermittent haemoptysis and a history of nasal dryness on going over five months. ...

Communication problems occur in general practice consultations when migrants and general practitioners do not share a common language and culture. Migrants’ perspectives have rarely been included in the development of ...

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Statistics are essential components of quantitative (and qualitative) research that we all should know. We have sat through numerous lectures on the subject, and we know that we need to understand it and really should ...

In anticipation of the launch of the national cervical screening programme, a questionnaire was distributed amongst 200 women on the maternity wards of the Coombe Women’s Hospital. The questionnaires revealed that 24% of ...

A randomised controlled trial (RCT), also known as a randomised controlled clinical trial, is a study in which participants are assigned randomly to one of two or more arms (groups with different interventions) of a ...