Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 1
March 2020
ISSN 2618-0189 is for the print version.
ISSN 2618-0197 is for the online version.
Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal created to share scientific research from the School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and from Clinical Medicine departments at other institutions in South Africa and internationally. Our objective is to be the primary diffusion portal for Clinical Medicine scientists from southern Africa, using standards that accredit the process of scientific publication.
Published by Wits University Press
5th Floor, University Corner, Braamfontein 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa.
E-mail: Pravin.Manga@123456wits.ac.za
web: https://journals.co.za/content/journal/wjcm
Editor: Prof Pravin Manga
Associate Editors:
Prof Raquel Duarte
Prof Saraladevi Naicker
Dr Caroline Dickens
Editorial Board:
| Prof Daynia Ballot | Head of School of Clinical Medicine |
| Dr Desmond Lines | Anaesthesia and Critical Care |
| Dr Richard Cooke | Family Medicine and Rural Health |
| Prof Jeanine Vellema | Forensic Medicine |
| Prof Colin Menezes | Internal Medicine |
| Prof Girish Modi | Neurosciences |
| Prof Mboyo Vangu | Radiation Sciences |
| Prof Ashraf Coovadia | Paediatrics |
| Prof Hendrik Lombard | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| Prof Christopher Szabo | Psychiatry |
| Prof Martin Smith | Surgery |
| Prof Ames Dhai | Bio-ethics |
Table of Contents
ARTICLES
1 Editorial: Coronavirus Epidemic: A South African Perspective 1
Sarah Stacey and Guy A. Richards
2 Correlation between Serum Markers of Adverse Left Ventricular Remodelling and Gene Expression Levels Measured in the Myocardial Tissue of Patients with Chronic Primary Mitral Regurgitation 5
Keir McCutcheon, Caroline Dickens, Jos van Pelt, Therese Dix-Peek, Raquel Duarte and Pravin Manga
3 A Profile of Minimal Change Nephropathy in Adults at the Witwatersrand Academic Complex (2001–2010) 13
Mercy J Mkandawire, Malcolm Davies, Graham Paget, Pulane Mosiane and Saraladevi Naicker
4 First-episode Seizures amongst Adult Patients Presenting to an Academic Hospital Emergency Department – A Preliminary Report 19
Sunday Sofola-Orukotan, Feroza Motara, Alison Bentley and Abdullah E Laher
5 A Case–Control Study of Candidaemia in Very Low Birthweight Infants in a Tertiary Hospital in Johannesburg 25
Carol Malunga, Trusha Nana and Daynia Ballot
6 Profile of ICU Bed Requests at Helen Joseph Hospital 31
Hurri H, Scribante J, Perrie H and Chetty S
7 The Quiet Revolution in Breast Cancer Care: From Laboratory to Survival 37
Aylwyn Mannell
8 Can Endocrine Therapy Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer in South African Women? 39
Georgia Demetriou