2019
Vol 109, No 11 (2019)
CME
Haematology
IN PRACTICE
Intrathecal tranexamic acid during spinal anaesthesia: A lethal error
Electronic reminders for urgent treatment: Use with caution
Pit latrines and spider bites
RESEARCH
One-stop haematuria clinic
Orthopaedic referrals using a smartphone app
International benchmarking and the price of immunosuppressive drugs
Elevated unidentified antibodies in sickle cell anaemia patients receiving blood transfusions
Vol 109, No 10 (2019)
GUEST EDITORIAL
Clinical associates in South Africa
CME
Haematological malignancies
IN PRACTICE
Figures of the dead: A decade of TB mortality
Complications of spitting cobra bites
RESEARCH
Removal of Implanon NXT implants
Hazardous drinking behaviour among patients on ART
Medicolegal perspectives of interpersonal violence
Vol 109, No 9 (2019)
GUEST EDITORIAL
Climate change and adolescents: The role of youth activism
IN PRACTICE
Increasing deceased organ donor numbers: 18 months of the Wits Transplant Procurement Model
Registration of amiloride in South Africa
Emergency management of calcium channel blocker overdose
RESEARCH
Congenital syphilis: High morbidity and mortality in a preventable disease
Uncovering adverse events and human error associated with imaging trauma patients
Neural tube defect diagnosis and outcomes
Vol 109, No 8 (2019)
EDITORIAL
The case for stool banks in South Africa
IN PRACTICE
Global injustice in sport – the Caster Semenya ordeal
The ethics of administering testosterone-reducing drugs to Caster Semenya
RESEARCH
Factors associated with missed and delayed DTP3 vaccination in two South African communities
Hepatitis E virus in patients with acute hepatitis in Cape Town
Hepatitis E in pig-derived food products in Cape Town
An observational study of safe and risky practices in funeral homes in South Africa
Vol 109, No 7 (2019)
CME
Diabetes in pregnancy
GUEST EDITORIAL
Violence and heat: How will climate change affect us?
CASE REPORT
Recurrent idiopathic spontaneous coronary artery dissection
RESEARCH
#Feesmustfall 2016: Effects on clinical medical students
Increase in blood pressure in a mixed-ancestry SA population
Workman’s compensation for occupational hand injuries
Maternal alcohol use and child development
Vol 109, No 6 (2019)
GUEST EDITORIAL
Climate change and diarrhoeal disease
CME
Medical genetics, genomics and the future of medicine
IN PRACTICE
Rational use of fluoroquinolones
Using crime surveys for SDG monitoring and violence prevention
REVIEW
Reducing hookah pipe use
RESEARCH
Audit of management of diabetic ketoacidosis at a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg
Causes of maternal death at Natalspruit Hospital
Preventing warfarin-induced birth defects
Provision of healthcare to individuals with cleft lip and palate
Incidence and characteristics of homicides in elderly age groups in Johannesburg
Vol 109, No 5 (2019)
GUEST EDITORIAL
Global warming: Undoing the gains of PMTCT?
IN PRACTICE
Listeria meningitis: Treatment guidelines in need of revision?
Asthma treatment in children: Managing hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression
RESEARCH
Acquisition of tolerance to egg and peanut allergy
Sugar content of baby foods in South Africa
Continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound in the management of low-risk pregnancy
Immunisation after hepatitis B polyvalent vaccine in children
Vol 109, No 4 (2019)
CME
Understanding the genetic basis of human health and disease
IN PRACTICE
Spotted fever rickettsiosis in SA: Evaluation of laboratory capacity for diagnosis
Utility of hand-held mobile spirometry technology in resource-constrained settings
RESEARCH
The state of kidney transplantation in SA
Reducing maternal deaths by skills-and-drills training in managing obstetric emergencies
Incidence of melanoma in SA, with a specific focus on black Africans
Prevalence of comorbidities in women with and without breast cancer in Soweto: The SABC study
Vol 109, No 3 (2019)
CME
Health and rehabilitation sciences in a clinical context
Prevention of treatment-induced ototoxicity: An update
IN PRACTICE
Apps in healthcare: Will they be legal in SA?
Alternating hemiplegia in childhood
RESEARCH
Delay to diagnosis of breast cancer
Chronic lung disease and tuberculosis
Venous thromboembolism: Surgical prophylaxis and risk in pregnancy
Trauma electives in SA
Vol 109, No 2 (2019)
CME
Evolution of stroke and stroke management in South Africa
EDITORIAL
New challenges in the circumcision campaign
IN PRACTICE
Reimagining liver transplantation
Case report: Crimean-Congo viral haemorrhagic fever
RESEARCH
Association between preterm labour, perinatal mortality and infant death
Hospital readmission after spinal cord injury
Mortality among older patients in hospital wards
A retrospective review on benzodiazepine use
Vol 109, No 1 (2019)
EDITORIAL
Empathy, essential in a doctor’s skillset
IN PRACTICE
HPV vaccination: Research and policy agenda
Cystic fibrosis: What’s new?
Gene therapies and innovation in medicine in SA
RESEARCH
Overnight oximetry as a screening tool in childhood sleep apnoea
Transitions between lifetime alcohol use, regular use and remission in SA
Self-sampling for cervical cancer screening
2018
Vol 108, No 12 (2018)
CME
‘Red flags’ in pregnancy (part 3)
CORRESPONDENCE
Sunbeds: A burning issue in SA
EDITORIAL
Alternative modalities being promoted for breast screening
IN PRACTICE
Purpose-orientated stocking of procedure trolleys in emergency centres
Ethical considerations in gene cell therapies in children
RESEARCH
A contextualised approach to health guideline development in SA
Fatal electrocution cases: A retrospective review
Warfarin use in an urban district-level hospital in KZN
Vol 108, No 11 (2018)
CME
‘Red flags’ in pregnancy (part 2)
GUEST EDITORIAL
How good are our guidelines?
IN PRACTICE
Using systems thinking to improve obstetric care in SA health districts
RESEARCH
A retrospective review of Listeria monocytogenes infection
Hearing outcomes in children with meningitis
Anorectal malformations and the impact of HIV on surgical outcome
Intimate partner violence among HIV-serodiscordant couples
Vol 108, No 10 (2018)
CME
‘Red flags’ in pregnancy
CORRESPONDENCE
Pigs and antibiotic resistance
IN PRACTICE
Neonatal listeriosis in a tertiary hospital
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis flare caused by rice bodies
RESEARCH
What makes a ‘good’ intern?
Haematological malignancies in goldmining areas of SA
Intravenous giving sets v. the spinal manometer to measure CSF opening pressure
Routine inpatient mortality and HIV mortality estimates
Vol 108, No 9 (2018)
STATEMENT
The Cape Town Declaration on Access to Cardiac Surgery in the Developing World
CME
Tattoos: A summary
EDITORIALS
Paediatric hypertension in South Africa
The Achilles heel of antimicrobial stewardship
IN PRACTICE
We are tired of ‘adrenal fatigue’
Complete resolution of interstitial pneumonia
RESEARCH
Unmet needs and health priorities of the urban poor
Compulsory community service: A 15-year review
Acral melanoma
Alcohol marketing and adolescent alcohol consumption
Vol 108, No 8 (2018)
CME
Paediatric asthma (part 2)
EDITORIAL
Success of ART in HIV-infected infants affected by mothers’ needs
IN PRACTICE
Changing diagnostic paradigm in cystic fibrosis in South Africa
The NEHAWU strikes: South Africa’s healthcare battlefield
Starvation ketoacidosis in pregnancy
REVIEW
Oral anticoagulants and atrial fibrillation:
A South African perspective
RESEARCH
Congenital disorders in South Africa
Posterior urethral valves in South African boys
Fournier’s gangrene: Presentation, management and outcomes
What do South African adolescents want from a sexual health service?
Vol 108, No 7 (2018)
CME
Paediatric asthma in South Africa (part 1)
IN PRACTICE
Antimicrobial stewardship in a rural regional hospital Curbing tobacco use: Not working yet
CASE REPORT
Rapunzel syndrome
RESEARCH
Forecasting monthly malaria cases in KwaZulu-Natal
Increasing incidence of infective endocarditis with recreational drug abuse
Hepatitis C in men who have sex with men
Hypertension in elective surgery patients
Vol 108, No 6 (2018)
CME
Perioperative medicine and anaesthetics (part 2)
IN PRACTICE
Prolonged paralysis in organophosphate poisoning
EDITORIAL
Climate change and listeriosis outbreaks
RESEARCH
Handwashing and bacteria levels in theatre staff
Medical students’ perspectives on euthanasia and assisted dying
Poor anticoagulation control in patients on warfarin in Cape Town
Predictors of unplanned pregnancies among female students at TVET colleges
Vol 108, No 5 (2018)
CME
Perioperative medicine and anaesthetics (part 1)
EDITORIALS
Potential for autochthonous transmission of Aedes aegypti-transmitted viruses in KZN
Recommendation 16 and the Life Esidimeni tragedy
IN PRACTICE
Life Esidimeni: Moral pathology and an ethical crisis
REVIEW
Fanconi anaemia in South Africa
RESEARCH
Differentiating Crohn’s disease from intestinal tuberculosis
Incidence of myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery
Healthcare-associated infections in paediatric and neonatal wards
Vol 108, No 4 (2018)
CME
Lipidology
IN PRACTICE
Management of late-onset efavirenz neurotoxicity
Aetiology of malignant pleural effusion
RESEARCH
Blood and virus detection on barber clippers
Life-threatening hereditary angio-oedema in South Africa
Ideal Clinic implementation and patient waiting time