Publications by authors named "Anthony Westwood"
Introduction: Temporal trends in cystic fibrosis (CF) survival from low-middle-income settings is poorly reported. We describe changes in CF survival after diagnosis over 40 years from a South African (SA) CF center.
Methods: An observational cohort study of people diagnosed with CF from 1974 to 2019.
Background: In South Africa, Cape Town's health facilities are stretched by the volume of cases of diarrhoea during the summer months, particularly with severely dehydrated children, who often require complex inpatient management. The prevalence of severe disease in children living in the settlements around Cape Town is particularly high.
Methods: An observational study of a systematic sample of children under 5 who presented to any primary care facility in Khayelitsha, an informal settlement of Cape Town, with diarrhoea and referred to secondary care between 1 November 2015 and 30 April 2016.
Background: Children with disabling chronic conditions often have extensive, complex and unmet healthcare and educational needs. They can be defined as a subset of the group of children with chronic health conditions whose condition results in some degree of functional or activity limitation. There is limited information in South Africa and other low- and middle-income countries with regard to the percentage of such children that access specialist health and special educational services, particularly in an urban setting, and what services exist for them.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To determine the nutritional status of children attending a cystic fibrosis clinic in a tertiary hospital in South Africa and compare it to previously reported 10-year rates.
Methods: Weights and heights were measured of 69 (37 male and 32 female) children aged between 1 year and 18 years. Expected weight-for-age, expected height-for-age, expected weight-for-height and body mass index (BMI) were compared with international standards for underweight, stunting, wasting and BMI goal.
Objective: To document the change in pulmonary function of a pediatric cystic fibrosis population managed at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, between January 1999 and December 2006.
Methods: Retrospective review of the medical records and best spirometry results within 3-monthly intervals.
Results: A total of 1,139 pulmonary function tests from 79 patients showed a significant improvement over the 8 years studied.
Objectives: To determine the diagnostic yield of computed tomography (CT) of the head in children presenting for the first time with partial seizures in a region with a high prevalence of tuberculosis and neurocysticercosis.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: The secondary-level ambulatory service of Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town.