Browsing Faculty of Medicine by Author "Cox, Megan"
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Cerebral edema during the management of diabetic ketoacidosis in an adult with new onset diabetes mellitus
Milan, Alexei Ortiz; Cox, Megan; Mirino, Carlos Medina; Fernandez, Aurelio Rodriguez; Rivera, Yordanka Pina (Sociedad Cubana de Medicina Intensiva y Emergencias, http://articulos.sld.cu/urgencia/, 2017)Cerebral edema associated with Diabetes Ketoacidosis (DKA) is a rare but frequently fatal complication typically occurring 4 to 12 hours after initiation of treatment, but it can develop any time during DKA management. ... -
Head injury burden in a major referral hospital emergency centre in Botswana
Cox, Megan; Becker, Timothy D.; Motsumi, Mpapho (Elsevier,https://www.elsevier.com/en-xm, 2018)Introduction: This study describes the demographics, aetiology, emergency centre diagnosis and severity indicators of patients with head injuries presenting to the largest referral hospital emergency centre in Botswana. Methods: ... -
Head trauma: a significant public health concern among young men in Botswana. Etiology referral patterns and opportunities for interventions
Cox, Megan; Becker, Timothy; Motsumi, M. (Page press, https://www.pagepress.co/, 2018-10)This study aims to present and discuss acute Head Injury (HI) presentations including etiology, referral patterns and disposition in patients presenting to a major referral hospital in Gaborone, Botswana. Cross-sectional ... -
Spontaneous splenic infarcts and rupture presenting as massive haemoperitoneum
Ayane, Negusse Gezahen; Cox, Megan; Shifa, Jemal; Kadimo, Khutsafalo (Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/pula, 2017)Spontaneous rupture of a normal spleen without a history of an evident blunt abdominal trauma is a rare clinical entity and can occur in both histologically normal and diseased spleen. Non-traumatic spontaneous splenic ...