Vol 107, No 5 (2017)

Table of Contents

Cover

Cover PDF
 

Contents

Contents PDF
  355-356

Guest Editorial

Undergraduate antibiotic stewardship training: Are we leaving our future prescribers ‘flapping in the wind’? PDF
Adrian Brink, Johan Schoeman, George Muntingh 357-358

Correspondence

A randomised controlled trial comparing laparoscopy with laparotomy in the management of women with ruptured ectopic pregnancy PDF
F Odejinmi, R Oliver, L C Snyman, T Makulana, J D Makin 359
Naude et al. avoid answering the essential question: Mistake or mischief? PDF
Zoë Harcombe, Tim Noakes 360-361
A skin test for latent tuberculosis PDF
Colin L Crawford 362
Serratia marcescens infection or hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in neonates: Is magnetic resonance imaging a problem-solving tool? PDF
Donatella Narese, Cinzia Auriti, Daniella Longo 363

Izindaba

30 days in medicine PDF
  364-365

Continuing Medical Education

Meeting the complex needs of individuals with rare genetic disorders in South Africa – lessons from tuberous sclerosis complex PDF
Petrus J de Vries 366-367
Diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of tuberous sclerosis complex: A South African consensus response to international guidelines PDF
Petrus J de Vries, Loren Leclezio, Jo M Wilmshurst, Graham Fieggen, Errol Gottlich, Lorna Jacklin, Indiran P Naiker, Raj Newaj, Desmond Shamley, Birgit Schlegel, Andre Venter 368-378

In Practice

Health research and safeguards: The South African journey PDF
Amaboo Dhai 379-380
Assisted suicide and assisted voluntary euthanasia: Stransham-Ford High Court case overruled by the Appeal Court – but the door is left open PDF
David J McQuoid-Mason 381-382
Human dignity and the future of the voluntary active euthanasia debate in South Africa PDF
Donrich W Jordaan 383-385
Ethical and legal perspectives on the medical practitioners use of social media PDF
Brenda Kubheka 386-389
Biobanks in South Africa: A global perspective on privacy and confidentiality PDF
Riaan Rheeder 390-393
Legal liability for failure to prevent pregnancy (wrongful pregnancy) PDF
Lodewicus Charl Coetzee 394-398
Paraquat poisoning: Acute lung injury – a missed diagnosis PDF
Sipho D Ntshalintshali, Thandekile C Manzini 399-401
A rare case of massive hepatosplenomegaly due to acute lymphoblastic leukemia in pregnancy PDF
Ricardo Gonçalves, Ruchika Meel 402-404

Research

South African medical students’ perceptions and knowledge about antibiotic resistance and appropriate prescribing: Are we providing adequate training to future prescribers? PDF
Sean Wasserman, Samantha Potgieter, Evan Shoul, Deborah Constant, Annemie Stewart, Marc Mendelson, Tom H Boyles 405-410
Critical care admission of South African (SA) surgical patients: Results of the SA Surgical Outcomes Study PDF
David Lee Skinner, Kim de Vasconcellos, Robert Wise, Tonya Marianne Esterhuizen, Cate Fourie, Akhter Goolam Mahomed, P Dean Gopalan, Ivan Joubert, Hyla-Louise Kluyts, L Rudo Mathivha, Busisiwe Mrara, Jan P Pretorius, Guy Richards, Ollie Smith, Maryke Geertruida Louise Spruyt, Rupert M Pearse, Thandinkosi E Madiba, Bruce M Biccard, on behalf of the South African Surgical Outcomes Study (SASOS) investigators 411-419
Factors associated with contracting malaria in Ward 29 of Shamva District, Zimbabwe, 2014 PDF
Gladwin Muchena, Notion Gombe, Lucia Takundwa, Mufuta Tshimanga, Donewell Bangure, Nyasha Masuka, Tsitsi Juru 420-423
Predicting postoperative haemoglobin changes after burn surgery PDF
Petrus Slabber, Zane Farina, Nikki Allorto, Reitze Nils Rodseth 424-427
Influence of HIV and other risk factors on tuberculosis PDF
Sana Mahtab, David Coetzee 428-434
Bacteria isolated from the airways of paediatric patients with bronchiectasis according to HIV status PDF
Charl Verwey, Sithembiso Velaphi, Riaz Khan 435-439
Obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with previous tuberculosis: Pathophysiology of a community-based cohort PDF
Brian W Allwood, Rencia Gillespie, Maya Galperin-Aizenberg, Mary Bateman, Helena Olckers, Luis Taborda-Barata, Gregory L Calligaro, Qonita Said-Hartley, Richard van Zyl-Smit, Christopher B Cooper, Eva van Rikxoort, Jonathan Goldin, Nulda Beyers, Eric D Bateman 440-445
Validating the utilisation of venous bicarbonate as a predictor of acute kidney injury in crush syndrome from sjambok injuries PDF
David Lee Skinner, Grant L Laing, John Bruce, Bruce Biccard, David J J Muckart 446-450
Codeine misuse and dependence in South Africa: Perspectives of addiction treatment providers PDF
Charles D H Parry, Eileen Rich, Marie Claire van Hout, Paolo Deluca 451-456
Osteogenesis imperfecta type 3 in South Africa: Causative mutations in FKBP10 PDF
Alvera Vorster, Peter Beighton, Manogari Chetty, Yasmeen Ganie, Bertram Henderson, Engela Honey, Piet Maré, David Thompson, Karen Fieggen, Denis Viljoen, Rajkumar Ramesar 457-462

CPD

CPD questionnaire PDF