Showing papers by "Mogamat Razeen Davids published in 2021"
TL;DR: Information presented in this review will help policymakers in the fight to contain the pandemic, particularly within Africa with its resource-constrained health care systems.
Abstract: COVID-19 has now spread to all the continents of the world with the possible exception of Antarctica. However, Africa appears different when compared with all the other continents. The absence of exponential growth and the low mortality rates contrary to that experienced in other continents, and contrary to the projections for Africa by various agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO) has been a puzzle to many. Although Africa is the second most populous continent with an estimated 17.2% of the world's population, the continent accounts for only 5% of the total cases and 3% of the mortality. Mortality for the whole of Africa remains at a reported 19,726 as at August 01, 2020. The onset of the pandemic was later, the rate of rise has been slower and the severity of illness and case fatality rates have been lower in comparison to other continents. In addition, contrary to what had been documented in other continents, the occurrence of the renal complications in these patients also appeared to be much lower. This report documents the striking differences between the continents and within the continent of Africa itself and then attempts to explain the reasons for these differences. It is hoped that information presented in this review will help policymakers in the fight to contain the pandemic, particularly within Africa with its resource-constrained health care systems.
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TL;DR: A higher pH and lower partial pressure of oxygen in arterialBlood on arterial blood gas analysis were significantly associated with survival, and the majority of the study population admitted to intensive care unit had an alkalaemia on arterIAL blood gas.
Abstract: BackgroundDuring the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many studies have investigated laboratory biomarkers in management and prognostication of COVID-19 patients, however to date, f...
31 citations
TL;DR: Kumashie et al. as discussed by the authors studied trends in the nephrologist workforce in South Africa (2002-2017) and forecasting for 2030, and found that nephrological training was highly correlated with the number of patients who were diagnosed with cancer.
Abstract: CITATION: Kumashie, D. D., et al. 2021. Trends in the nephrologist workforce in South Africa (2002–2017) and forecasting for 2030. PLoS ONE, 16(8):e0255903, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0255903.
5 citations
01 Jan 2021
TL;DR: An epidemic of acute and chronic kidney disease is being experienced in South Africa as mentioned in this paper, driven by a heavy burden of infections, non-communicable disease, pregnancy-related disease and injuries.
Abstract: An epidemic of acute and chronic kidney disease is being experienced in South Africa. This is driven by a heavy burden of infections, non-communicable disease, pregnancy-related disease and injuries. Competing priorities such as the high burden of HIV, tuberculosis and other infections, unemployment and poverty result in serious constraints to providing comprehensive kidney care, especially in the public healthcare sector which serves most of the population.
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