Aims: The decision of treatment strategy made for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients is ideally based on individual atrial remodeling. Electrical remodeling is believed to influence the outcome of direct current cardioversion ...

This thesis is concerned with cervical cancer amongst New Zealand women, particularly Maori women. Maori women have an alarmingly high incidence of cervical cancer, approximately three times higher than non-Maori women. ...

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death and disability globally. There has been much interest into the role that inflammation plays in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. The ...

Aim: The aim of this study was to define the nature of the inflammatory infiltrate that occurs with omeprazole-induced acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) and further to compare and contrast the histology of omeprazole-induced ...

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Skin infections are a common and widespread ailment among children. While these infections have generally been considered benign, the number requiring overnight hospitalisation for treatment, termed ‘serious skin infections’, ...

The objective of this thesis was to investigate the safety and efficacy of single and repeated administration of ketamine as a fast acting antidepressant in patients with terminal cancer. Associated with this objective was ...