Department of Paediatrics & Child
Health
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
ANNUAL RESEARCH DAYS 2013
ANNUAL RESEARCH DAYS 2015
Programme
27th & 28th October
D3 Lecture Theatre, D Floor
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital
CPD Points
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
4 points
7 points
Please sign the attendance register on both days to claim your points.
PROGRAMME AND CONTENTS PAGE
Oral Presentations
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Tuesday, 27 October 2015
12H15 – 12H25
Welcome and Opening
B Morrow
12H25 – 13H10
Keynote Address: “Research in the health sciences in South
Africa.”
C. Stefan
Session 1: Chairperson:
D Greenfield
13H15 – 13H30
Field evaluation of point-of-care testing for early infant diagnosis
in Cape Town, South Africa.
L. Dunning
13H30 – 13H45
HIV exposed very low birth weight (<1500g) infants: are they all
really "high risk"?
C. Levin
13H45 – 14H00
Vaccination of the preterm infant - is it feasible and safe?
B. Louw
14H00 – 14H15
Bacteraemia in the neonatal unit at New Somerset Hospital: a
retrospective record review of blood cultures, 2011 - 2014.
W. Mabaso
The influence of anaesthetic method on outcomes of preterm
infants delivered by caesarean section in a tertiary hospital in
South Africa: a pilot review.
R. Stander
14H15 – 14H30
14H30 – 15H00
T E A & POSTERS
Session 2: Chairperson:
15H00 – 15H15
15H15 – 15H30
15H30 – 15H45
R Ramesar
Clinical outcome of MLPA testing for intellectual disability at
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital genetic clinic.
K. Fieggen
Frequency of selected SNPS associated with kidney disease
amongst sickle cell disease patients in Africa.
A. Geard
Identification of genetic features underlying a rare childhood
cancer syndrome: Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency
(CMMR-D) syndrome.
L. Lamola
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15H45 – 16H00
16H00 – 16H15
16H15 – 16H30
Investigating the prevalence of selected MYO7A mutations
amongst a group of sub-Saharan African patients with nonsyndromic hearing loss.
N. Manyisa
Distribution of sickle cell disease-related genetic markers in
malaria-free sub-Saharan African countries.
K. Mnika
Hydroxyurea induces γ-Globin expression through micro-RNAsmediated actions in primary erythroid and K562 cells.
G. Pule
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Session 3: Chairperson:
08H30 – 08H45
S Naidoo
A novel approach to ductal spasm during percutaneous device
occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus.
R. de Decker
Increasing the efficiency of a paediatric cardiology clinic using
simulation optimisation.
C. van Niekerk
Continuous flow peritoneal dialysis (CFPD) use in children with
AKI and inadequate ultrafiltration on convention peritoneal
dialysis (PD).
P. Nourse
09H15 – 09H30
Pediatric lupus in South Africa: treatment and outcomes.
C. Scott
09H30 – 09H45
A study of the aetiology and outcome of crescentic
glomerulonephritis in children presenting to the Red Cross
Children's Hospital.
C. Mwaba
Treatment of infants with epilepsy: common practice across
the world.
R. Burman
Resolved lower limb muscle tone abnormalities in children with
HIV encephalopathy receiving standard antiretroviral therapy.
T. Mann
10H15– 10H30
Review of liver injuries in young children.
A.B. van As
10H30 – 11H00
T E A & POSTERS
08H45 – 09H00
09H00 – 09H15
09H45 – 10H00
10H00– 10H15
Page No.
Session 4: Chairperson:
11H00 – 11H15
B Eley
The effects on proning on regional ventilation in children with
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or acute lung injury
(ALI) - a pilot study.
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B. Morrow
11H15 – 11H30
Chest radiographic abnormalities in HIV-infected African children
– a longitudinal study.
R. Pitcher
11H30 – 11H45
Clinical predictors of culture confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis
(PTB) in a high TB and HIV prevalence area.
L. Frigati
Microbiological yield from induced sputum compared to
oropharyngeal swab in young children with cystic fibrosis.
M. Zampoli
11H45 – 12H00
12H00 – 12H15
The effect of body position on regional distribution of ventilation
and muscle activity in mechanically ventilated infants and
children.
A. Lupton-Smith
12H15 – 12H30
Adenoviral pneumonia at Red Cross War Memorial Children's
Hospital: a retrospective descriptive study reviewing the
presentation, clinical course and outcomes of laboratory-confirmed
adenovirus associated pneumonia at RCWMCH.
Z. MukuddemSablay
12H30 – 12H45
Lung function in HIV-infected adolescents on antiretroviral
therapy in Cape Town, South Africa.
L. Githinji
Risk factors for Bordetella pertussis disease in hospitalised
children.
R. Muloiwa
12H45 – 13H00
13H00 – 14H00
L U N C H (Venue: Tea Room, Johnson & Johnson Building, RXH)
Session 5: Chairperson:
14H00 – 14H15
14H15 – 14H30
14H30 – 14H45
14H45 – 15H00
15H00 – 15H30
L Cooke
Every child counts - lessons from the South African child death
review pilot.
S. Mathews
Descriptive study evaluating the use of the Road to Health Card
by doctors in a tertiary paediatric hospital setting.
J. Wiles
An evaluation of the impact of outreach and support child health
services on level 2 and level 3 facilities.
W. Breytenbach
Faecal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase- and
carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae in healthy infants
and their mothers, South Africa.
R. Manenzhe
T E A & POSTERS
Session 6: Chairperson:
15H30 – 16H00
16H00 – 16H15
A Argent
The Drakenstein Child Health Study: investigating the early
determinants of child health in South Africa.
H. Zar
Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal colonization, serotype
distribution and impact of vaccination during the first year of life:
a South African birth cohort study.
F. Dube
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16H15 – 16H30
Lung function in the first year of life in African infants:
effect of early life pneumonia.
L. Willemse
16H30 – 16H45
Incidence of childhood pneumonia: facility-based surveillance
estimate compared to measured incidence in a South African birth
cohort study.
D. le Roux
16H45 – 17H00
Feedback on Research Day presentations, with Award & Research Prizes by
Profs. D. & S. Hall
Closing remarks by H Zar
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