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Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Division of Clinical Epidemiology

Rheeder, P

MMed(Int)(Pret) MSc(KlinEpid) PhD(Utrecht) - Professor and Head

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 354 1488
Fax number: 012 354 1489
E-mail address: paul.rheeder@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Variation in management of HT

Aminoglucoside use in Medicinal wards

Hyperglycaemic conditions

Evaluation of the apex beat in clinical practice

Lipid profile of admissions in coronary unit

A cost-effective intervention including an exercise programme to improve the quality of life eith non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Clinical epidemiology

Diabetes Mellitus

Cardiovascular Disease

Genetics of Type 2 diabetes

Inpatient management of hyperglycaemia and hyperglycaemic emergencies

HIV-1 mucosal pathogenesis

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Ker JA, Oosthuizen H, Rheeder P: 2008. Decision-making using absolute cardiovasular risk reduction and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios: a case study. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa (formerly South Africa), 19 (2) / Mar/Apr, pp 97-101, Full Text

Van Vuuren A, Rheeder P, Hak E: 2008. Effectiveness of influenza vaccination in the elderly in South Africa. Epidemiology and Infection, / Sep, pp 1-9, Full Text

van Zyl DG, Rheeder P: 2008. Survey on knowledge and attitudes regarding diabetes inpatient management by medical and nursing staff at Kalafong Hospital. Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa (JEMDSA), 13 (3) / Dec, pp 90-97, Full Text

Rheeder P, Venn M, de Korte E, van Zyl DG: 2008. Knowledge of foot care in people with diabetes in a tertiary care setting. Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa (JEMDSA), 13 (3), pp 105-108, Full Text

Westaway MS, Rheeder P, Guloba G: 2008. Rheumatoid arthritis functional disability in a public health care clinic. South African Medical Journal (SAMJ), 98 (9) / Sep, SAMJ, p. 706, Full Text

Terblanche AJ, Green RJ, Rheeder P, Wittenberg DF: 2008. Adjunctive corticosteroid treatment of clinical Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in infants less than 18 months of age - randomised controlled trial. South African Medical Journal (SAMJ), 98 (4) / Apr, pp 287-290, Full Text

Pieters M, Covic N, van der Westhuizen FH, Nagaswami C, Baras Y, Loots DT, Jerling JC, Elgar D, Edmondson KS, van Zyl DG, Rheeder P, Weisel JW: 2008. Glycaemic control improves fibrin network characteristics in type 2 diabetes - A purified fibrinogen model. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 99 (4) / Apr, pp 691-700, Full Text

 

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