Table of Contents
Cover
Cover | |
Contents
Contents | |
195-196 |
From the Editor
Anti-vaxx – wilful ignorance or misunderstanding? | |
B Farham | 197 |
Correspondence
Eligibility for co-trimoxazole prophylaxis among adult HIV-infected patients in South Africa | |
S Takuva, J M Nabyoma, H Dawood, A Black, G Maartens, A Parrish, T D Leong | 198-199 |
Low-pressure fabric hyperbaric chambers | |
F Burman | 200 |
Obituaries
Hardie de Beer | |
P du Plessis | 201 |
Eric Cohen | |
D Cohen | 202 |
Book reviews
Waking Up Safer? An Anesthesiologist’s Record. By Berend Mets. Bristol, UK: SilverWood Books, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-78132-749-4 (book), 978-1-78132-801-9 (ebook) | |
P Zilla, J Brink, J Swanevelder | 203 |
Continuing Medical Education
Understanding the genetic basis of human health and disease: Role of molecular genetics in diagnosis and prognostication | |
K J Fieggen, N A B Ntusi | 204-206 |
New genetic testing technologies: Advantages and limitations | |
A Krause | 207-209 |
Investigating developmental delay in South Africa: A pragmatic approach | |
K J Fieggen, L A Lambie, K A Donald | 210-213 |
Cancer genetics: An approach to suspected hereditary breast or colorectal cancer | |
C J Scott, M Schoeman, M F Urban | 214-218 |
In Practice
The utility of hand-held mobile spirometer technology in a resource-constrained setting | |
E du Plessis, F Swart, D Maree, J Heydenreich, J van Heerden, T M Esterhuizen, E M Irusen, C F N Koegelenberg | 219-222 |
Spotted fever rickettsiosis in South Africa: Evaluation of laboratory diagnostic capacity and inter-laboratory comparison of serological testing | |
A N Trataris-Rebisz, J Rossouw, W Markotter, J A Frean, J Weyer | 223-226 |
HIV self-screening distribution preferences and experiences among men who have sex with men in Mpumalanga Province: Informing policy for South Africa | |
O Radebe, S A Lippman, T Lane, H Gilmore, E Agnew, A Manyuchi, J A McIntyre | 227-231 |
Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013: Implications for biobanks | |
C Staunton, E de Stadler | 232-234 |
Research
The state of kidney transplantation in South Africa | |
M R Moosa | 235-240 |
Reducing maternal deaths by skills-and-drills training in managing obstetric emergencies: A before-and-after observational study | |
R C Pattinson, A-M Bergh, C Ameh, J Makin, Y Pillay, N van den Broek, J Moodley | 241-245 |
The incidence of melanoma in South Africa: An exploratory analysis of National Cancer Registry data from 2005 to 2013 with a specific focus on melanoma in black Africans | |
B M Tod, P E Kellett, E Singh, W I Visser, C J Lombard, C Y Wright | 246-253 |
How long does it take a registrar to complete the compulsory research project enabling specialist registration? | |
E S Grossman | 254-258 |
Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF assay on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in a health district in South Africa | |
T C Mahwire, M Zunza, T C Marukutira, P Naidoo | 259-263 |
Prevalence of comorbidities in women with and without breast cancer in Soweto, South Africa: Results from the SABC study | |
O A Ayeni, M Joffe, H Cubasch, S Rinaldi, C Taljaard, E Vorster, I Romieu, S A Norris | 264-271 |
A review of the use of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy in hospitalised children at a regional hospital in the Cape Town Metro, South Africa | |
E Hoffman, K L Reichmuth, M L Cooke | 272-277 |
Validation of a brief mental health screening tool for common mental disorders in primary healthcare | |
A Bhana, N Mntambo, S G Gigaba, Z P B Luvuno, M Grant, D Ackerman, E Ntswe, M Nomathemba, I Petersen | 278-283 |
CPD
CPD questionnaire | |