S Wadee

A roadmap for kidney health for South Africa in the context of universal health coverage

Nicola Wearne, Mogamat‐Yazied Chothia, Feziwe Busiswa Bisiwe, Brian R. Cullis et autres

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in South Africa (SA) is a growing public health crisis, driven by the intersecting burdens of HIV, tuberculosis, hypertension, diabetes and obesity. In Black African populations, high-risk apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) variants add a genetic predisposition to non-diabetic kidney …

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A call to action: Temporal trends of COVID-19 deaths in the South African Muslim community

M. A. K. Omar, Waasila Jassat, Zameer Brey, Salim Parker et autres

Letter by Omar on letter by Jassat et al. (Jassat W, Brey Z, Parker S, et al. A call to action: Temporal trends of COVID-19 deaths in the South African Muslim community. S Afr Med J 2021;111(8):692-694. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i8.15878); and response by Jassat …

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A call to action: Temporal trends of COVID-19 deaths in the South African Muslim community

Waasila Jassat, Zameer Brey, Salim Parker, M Wadee et autres

A call to action: Temporal trends of COVID-19 deaths in the South African Muslim communityTo the Editor: South Africa (SA) is currently experiencing a third epidemic wave of COVID-19, with COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths increasing across the country.The highest number of …

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Maximising the efficiency of surveillance for COVID-19 in dialysis units in South Africa: The case for pooled testing

R. Fadal, S Wadee, Anwar Ahmed Hoosen, William Henry Parker

Maximising the efficiency of surveillance for COVID-19 in dialysis units in South Africa: The case for pooled testingTo the Editor: The COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa (SA) is currently in a growth phase with high incidences in most major cities. [1] Patients …

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Clinical and pathological characteristics of primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in adult

S Wadee, Safa Almukhtar

Background and objective: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis shares overlapping patterns of injury with segmental consolidation and obliteration of glomerular architecture by the accumulation of collagenous extracellular matrix or by increased cellularity or both.This study aimed to investigate the patterns of primary focal segmental …

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Renal failure in HIV-positive patients--a South African experience

Ahmed Vachiat, Eustasius Musenge, S Wadee, Saraladevi Naicker

BACKGROUND: Kidney disease is a major complication of HIV infection, with both acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) contributing to morbidity and mortality. Incidence of AKI was reported as 5.9 per 100 patient years in ambulatory patients and ∼18% …

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Living kidney donor transplants over a 16-year period in South Africa: A single center experience

Aliyu Abdu, N Morolo, A M Meyers, S Wadee et autres

BACKGROUND: Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The number of patients on the waiting list is increasing due to an imbalance between organ supply and demand. This has led to an increase in the number of …

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Examination of detainees

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Causes and predictors of death in South Africans with systemic lupus erythematosus

S Wadee, Mohammed Tikly, Mark J. Hopley

OBJECTIVES: Little is known about the long-term outcome and mortality patterns in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in sub-Saharan Africa. We undertook a retrospective study of SLE in mainly black, unemployed patients, seen at a tertiary institution in Soweto, South Africa, to determine …

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Self-healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis in a patient with nephroblastoma

S Wadee, H Roode, E. Schulz

Self-healing juvenile cutaneous mucinosis is characterized by an early age of onset, the presence of plaques and nodules in a characteristic distribution, and rapid onset followed by spontaneous resolution of the lesions within a period of weeks to months. Only four previous …

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