Table of Contents
Cover
Cover | |
Contents
Contents | |
89-90 |
From the Editor
Infectious diseases – the next big challenge | |
B Farham | 91 |
Izindaba
30 days in medicine | |
92-93 |
Obituaries
Jeanne Marie Erica de Villiers (née Du Plessis) | |
P Gordon, N Finkelstein | 94 |
Continuing Medical Education
Anaemia (part 2) | |
N Alli | 95 |
Anaemia: Approach to diagnosis (part 2) | |
N Alli, J Vaughan, M Patel | 96-100 |
In Practice
Exporting DNA – striking a balance between preventing exploitation and promoting innovation | |
M S Pepper | 106-107 |
Should doctors provide futile medical treatment if patients or their proxies are prepared to pay for it? | |
D J McQuoid-Mason | 108-109 |
Metabolic acidosis in a patient with metformin overdose | |
I Ebrahim, M Blockman | 110-111 |
Intentional intravenous mercury injection | |
G Yudelowitz | 112-114 |
Research
Sustained reduction in antibiotic consumption in a South African public sector hospital; Four year outcomes from the Groote Schuur Hospital antibiotic stewardship program | |
T H Boyles, V Naicker, N Rawoot, P J Raubenheimer, B Eick, M Mendelson | 115-118 |
Antibiotic prescription patterns of South African general medical practitioners for treatment of acute bronchitis | |
N B Q Ncube, G C Solanki, T Kredo, R Lalloo | 119-122 |
Adenovirus-associated pneumonia in South African children: Presentation, clinical course and outcome | |
M Zampoli, Z Mukuddem-Sablay | 123-126 |
The influence of HIV infection on the age dependence of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin in South Africa | |
B L Diffey, M Norval, P N Albers, C Y Wright | 127-129 |
The spectrum of gastric cancer as seen in a large quaternary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
F Benamro, B Sartorius, D L Clarke, F Anderson, E Loots, L Olinger | 130-133 |
The spectrum and outcome of surgical sepsis in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | |
S Green, V Y Kong, D L Clarke, B Sartorius, J Odendaal, J L Bruce, G L Laing, P Brysiewicz, W Bekker, E Harknett | 134-136 |
An investigation of diverticular disease among black patients undergoing colonoscopy at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa | |
M Vally, M Z Koto, M Govender | 137-139 |
Calcific uraemic arteriolopathy (calciphylaxis) in patients on renal replacement therapy | |
S Sebastian, H F Jordaan, J W Schneider, M R Moosa, M R Davids | 140-144 |
Analysis of mutations causing familial hypercholesterolaemia in black South African patients of different ancestry | |
U K Ibe, R Whittall, S E Humphries, G Pilcher, F Raal | 145-148 |
Burden, genotype and phenotype profiles of adult patients with sickle cell disease in Cape Town, South Africa | |
G D Pule, K Mnica, M Joubert, S Mowla, N Novitsky, A Wonkam | 149-155 |
Is it possible to differentiate tuberculous and cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected patients using only clinical and basic cerebrospinal fluid characteristics? | |
J E Vidal, E J F Peixoto de Miranda, J Gerhardt, M Croda, D R Boulware | 156-159 |
Readiness to adopt a performance measurement system for substance abuse treatment: Findings from the Service Quality Measures initiative | |
B Myers, P Petersen Williams, K Johnson, R Govender, R Manderscheid, J R Koch | 160-164 |
CPD
CPD questionnaire | |