Vol 111, No 6 (2021)

Table of Contents

Cover

Cover PDF
 

Contents

Contents PDF
  513-514

Correspondence

COVID-19 vaccines – less obfuscation, more transparency and action PDF
W D F Venter, S A Madhi, J Nel, M Mendelson, A van den Heever, M Moshabela 515-516
The increased need for lifestyle interventions in dealing with non-communicable diseases in South Africa PDF
D Glass, E J Muragijeyesu, J Bruentrup-Taylor, S Myeni, L Altini 517

Obituaries

Basil Michaelides PDF
Vincent Harrison 518
Harold Bloch PDF
S R Thomson 519
Adam Omar PDF
S Benatar, A Bhayat, F Kerbelker, S Parker, Y Vallie 520

Editorial

The J&J COVID-19 vaccine: Fit for purpose in our setting PDF
B Farham, B Jacobson 521
Dial down the rhetoric over COVID-19 vaccines PDF
B D Schoub 522-523
COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in South Africa: The added value of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 PDF
R A Street, A Mathee, R Johnson, C J F Muller, J Louw, M Mdhluli, H C Gelderblom, G E Gray 524-525
Soliciting parental consent among adolescent minor mothers: A barrier in adolescent HIV research? PDF
L T Gebrekristos, Z Shazi, D Moodley, S Maman, A K Groves 526-527

Continuing Medical Education

Thalassaemia (part 1) PDF
N A Alli, M Patel 528
Thalassaemia (part 1) PDF
N A Alli, M Patel, J Pool, Y Goga, A Krause 529-534

In Practice

Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia PDF
B F Jacobson, E Schapkaitz, M Mer, S Louw, S Haas, H R Buller, B Brenner, A T O Abdool-Carrim, P de Jong, P Hsu, D Jankelow, M Lebos, B Levy, H Radford, P Rowji, L Redman, M Sussman, D van der Jagt, P F Wessels, P G Williams, on behalf of the Southern African Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 535-537
Strengthening of district mental health services in Gauteng Province, South Africa PDF
L J Robertson, M Y H Moosa, F Y Jeenah 538-543
Considerations for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy PDF
J Zamparini, L Murray, R T Saggers, A J Wise, H Lombaard 544-549
Corticosteroids in critical COVID-19: Are all corticosteroids equal? PDF
E M du Plessis, U Lalla, B W Allwood, E H Louw, A Nortje, A Parker, J J Taljaard, B T Ayele, P S Nyasulu, C F N Koegelenberg 550-553
Hard choices: Ethical challenges in phase 1 of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in South Africa PDF
K Moodley, M Blockman, D Pienaar, A J Hawkridge, J Meintjes, M-A Davies, L London 554-558
Could human challenge studies for COVID-19 vaccines be justified in South Africa? PDF
K Moodley, E Maasdorp, S Rennie 559-562

Review

Charles F M Saint – South Africa’s original surgical pioneer PDF
J E J Krige, G Fieggen 563-566
An imperative to offer pregnant and lactating women access to the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out programme PDF
J Moodley, N C Ngene, O P Khaliq, M Hunter 567-569

Research

The initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis of new cancers at a large pathology laboratory in the public health sector, Western Cape Province, South Africa PDF
A C van Wyk, L J de Jager, R Razack, S S van Wyk, W Kleinhans, H M Simonds, P T Schubert 570-574
Bacterial infection, antibiotic use and COVID-19: Lessons from the intensive care unit PDF
M S Moolla, K Reddy, I Fwemba, P S Nyasulu, J J Taljaard, A Parker, E H Louw, A Nortje, M A Parker, U Lalla, C F N Koegelenberg, B W Allwood 575-581
Antimicrobial prescribing in the surgical and medical wards at a private hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2019 PDF
V T Jacob, S Mahomed 582-586
Stimulant use among prehospital emergency care personnel in Gauteng Province, South Africa PDF
L-R van Rooyen, R Gihwala, A E Laher 587-590
Survival of South African children with cerebral palsy PDF
J C Brooks, R D D Campbell, G A Whittaker 591-594
The costing of operating theatre time in a secondary-level state sector hospital: A quantitative observational study PDF
J P Samuel, A Reed 595-600

Errata

The initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis of new cancers at a large pathology laboratory in the public health sector, Western Cape Province, South Africa PDF
  601

CPD

CPD Questions PDF