Deirdre Kruger
University of the Witwatersrand
38 Papers
91 Citations
Deirdre Kruger is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Breast cancer. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 37 publications. Previous affiliations of Deirdre Kruger include University of South Africa.
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Papers
Clinical presentation of acute appendicitis in adults at the Chris Hani Baragwanath academic hospital
TL;DR: Patients with acute appendicitis rarely present with a typical history of vague peri-umbilical pain, and the negative predictive values of both white cell count and ultrasound proved that neither of these measurements was accurate in the diagnosis of acute appendix.
Cytokines as biomarkers of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: A systematic review
TL;DR: A systematic review of the role of cytokines in clinical medicine as diagnostic, prognostic, or predictive biomarkers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma was undertaken as mentioned in this paper.
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Cytokines as Biomarkers of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Systematic Review
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that there is insufficient evidence to support the role of individual cytokines as diagnostic, predictive or prognostic biomarkers for PDAC, however, emerging evidence indicates that a panel of cytokines may be a better tool for discriminating PDAC from other non-malignant pancreatic diseases or healthy individuals.
Enuresis in South African children: prevalence, associated factors and parental perception of treatment.
TL;DR: Study Type – Symptom Prevalence (prospective cohort) and Cause of Death – Thrush-like symptoms ( prospective cohort).
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Incidental cancer in multinodular goitre post thyroidectomy
TL;DR: To determine the prevalence and histological features of incidental cancers in patients who had thyroidectomy for MNG, records of patients who underwent thyroidectomy between January 2005 and December 2010 were retrospectively reviewed.