Publications by authors named "R A Burnett"
Background: Revision of a unicompartmental to a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is often compared to primary TKA with regard to its technical difficulty and complication rates. We sought to compare medical and surgical complications following revision unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) to those following primary TKA and aseptic revision TKA.
Methods: A national administrative claims database was queried for patients undergoing revision UKA between 2010 and 2019.
In 2019 the National Department of Health (NDoH) conducted a national immunisation coverage survey of caregivers of children aged 24-35 months in all 52 districts of South Africa, and reported a national fully immunised under one year-old coverage of 83.9 %, and 76.8 % coverage for all vaccines scheduled up to 18 months of age.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The elderly are particularly prone to complications from a number of vaccine-preventable diseases. However, there are limited data on vaccine uptake for this vulnerable population in South Africa. Consequently, this study investigated influenza, pneumococcal and shingles vaccine uptake among elderly people in South Africa; reasons for their vaccination status; and factors associated with their uptake.
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- The study examines how different pollutants, including fine particulate matter (PM) and gases, affect PM toxicity and mortality.
- A new index called the pollutant mixture complexity index (PMCI) was created to quantify this relationship using data from 264 cities, showing significant links between PM levels and all-cause mortality.
- The findings suggest that the PMCI is a helpful tool for understanding local PM-related health risks and could enhance air quality monitoring through remote sensing technology.
Background: Malignant brain tumours are rare, but are important to study because survival rates are low and few modifiable risk factors have been identified. Existing evidence suggests that outdoor ultrafine particles (UFPs; particulate matter < 100 nm; sometimes referred to as nanoparticles) can deposit in the brain and could encourage initiation and progression of cancerous tumours, but epidemiological data are limited.
Methods: High-resolution estimates of outdoor UFP concentrations and size were linked to residential locations of approximately 1.