Table of Contents
Contents
Contents | |
1027-1028 |
From the Editor
Another pandemic in the making | |
B Farham | 1029 |
Correspondence
Impact of COVID-19 on access to chronic kidney replacement therapy in the public sector of Western Cape Province, South Africa | |
M-Y Chothia, Z Barday, J Nel, M R Davids | 1030 |
Increase in linezolid resistance in staphylococci in the private sector in Western Cape Province, South Africa | |
C Bamford, M Senekal, W Lowman | 1031 |
Going where the data are: Connecting to Trello for daily statistics in the COVID-19 era and beyond | |
M S Moolla, S Lahri, A Parker, N Schrueder | 1032-1033 |
Medicolegal cases against obstetricians | |
L R Pistorius, I Bhorat, L Snyman | 1034 |
Obituaries
Ephraim Sheftel Benjamin | |
S Jessop | 1035 |
Ronald Ellis 'Ronnie' Kottler | |
S J Beningfield | 1036 |
Orlando L Meyers | |
G M Mody, A A Kalla, S R Benatar | 1037 |
Editorial
Urgent appeal to implement pre-exposure prophylaxis for pregnant and breastfeeding women in South Africa | |
D L Joseph Davey, N Davies, Y Raphael, Y Pillay, L-G Bekker | 1038-1039 |
COVID-19: ‘A pandemic of the unvaccinated’? – compassion fatigue among healthcare professionals in South Africa | |
K Moodley | 1040-1041 |
Continuing Medical Education
Nephrolithiasis (part 2): Diagnosis, management and prevention of recurrent nephrolithiasis | |
A M Meyers, S Naicker | 1042-1045 |
In Practice
COVID-19 complications in a small-town hospital in South Africa | |
G Coci, B L Rayner | 1046-1049 |
Hydatid brain cyst: A delayed diagnosis in a rural setting during COVID-19 | |
C J Opperman, J M N Enslin, J Nuttall, A J Brink, S P da Fonseca, H D Tootla | 1050-1054 |
Review
When cells become medicines: A South African perspective | |
I M Viljoen, M S Pepper | 1055-1059 |
Research
Towards the quantification of perioperative cardiovascular risk in the African context: A sub-analysis of the South African Surgical Outcomes Study and the African Surgical Outcomes Study | |
C S Alphonsus, H-L Kluyts, V Gobin, A Elkhogia, F D Madzimbamuto, J Tumukunde, A O Omigbodun, C Youssouf, Ryad Mehyaoui, D M Munlemvo, A Basenero, A Antwi-Kusi, D Z Ashebir, A K Ndonga, Z W Ngumi, C M Sani, A L Samateh, T E Madiba, R M Pearse, B M Biccard, on behalf of the African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS) investigators | 1065-1069 |
One-year mortality after hospital admission as an indicator of palliative care need: A retrospective cohort study | |
P Frankenfeld, L van Niekerk, K Manning, N Tiffin, Peter Raubenheimer | 1070-1073 |
Post-laryngectomy simplified dysphagia score (SDS) tool: Potential for screening and comparison with the swallowing outcomes after laryngectomy (SOAL) tool | |
R Blokland, A J Bruce-Chwatt, J W Loock | 1074-1077 |
Sentinel seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Gauteng Province, South Africa, August - October 2020 | |
J A George, S Khoza, E Mayne, S Dlamini, N Kone, W Jassat, K Chetty, C M Centner, T Pillay, M Maphayi, D Mabuza, I Maposa, N Cassim | 1078-1083 |
Understanding the differential impacts of COVID-19 among hospitalised patients in South Africa for equitable response | |
N Phaswana-Mafuya, O Shisana, W Jassat, S D Baral, Keletso Makofane, E Phalane, Khangelani Zuma, N Zungu, Martha Chadyiwa | 1084-1091 |
SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence in healthcare workers and administrative and support staff: The first-wave experience at three academic hospitals in the Tshwane district of Gauteng Province, South Africa | |
N Mdzinwa, M Voigt, C Janse van Rensburg, F Paruk | 1092-1097 |
Assessing South African medical interns’ experience and confidence in managing obstetric emergencies | |
A C Miller, F J L B Mayanja, J D Porter | 1098-1103 |
Respiratory presentations to acute services at a tertiary hospital in South Africa | |
V Ngah, P Maud, N Baines, R Mistry, N Schrueder, C F N Koegelenberg, E M Irusen, K Mortimer, B Allwood | 1104-1109 |
Blood product utilisation for coronary artery bypass graft surgery at a public and a private hospital in Western Cape Province, South Africa | |
D Wolmarans, A Bird, C Uys, G M Davison | 1110-1115 |
CPD
CPD Questions | |