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Browsing Critical Care by Issue Date
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-09)BACKGROUND. Identification and prevention of any avoidable factor (AVF) associated with pregnancy may reduce critical illnesses and the need for intensive care unit (ICU) admission. OBJECTIVES. To determine AVFs that ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-07)BACKGROUND : Glycaemic control constitutes an important component in the management of critically ill patients. As such, all healthcare workers involved in the management of critically ill patients need to ensure that ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)The occurrence of sepsis in the critically ill population is a dreaded phenomenon when taking into consideration the devastating complications associated with the disease. Despite its high incidence and unacceptably high ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)BACKGROUND. Successful extubation of mechanically ventilated patients is essential for the physiotherapist to succeed in respiratory rehabilitation of the patient. Delay in the weaning process increases the complication ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018-08)Starvation ketoacidosis (SKA) constitutes an important consideration in the pregnant patient who presents with profound metabolic acidosis. Pregnancy-related changes predispose the patient to develop SKA following relatively ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group , 2019-08)BACKGROUND: In South Africa (SA), intensive care is faced with the challenge of resource scarcity as well as an increasing demand for intensive care unit (ICU) services. ICU services are expensive, and practitioners in ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-12)Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy constitute a global problem. While they are reported to complicate 5 - 10 % of pregnancies, it is considered that the incidence is rising, owing to a number of factors including ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-05)BACKGROUND : Inadequately controlled labour pain is associated with numerous deleterious physiological and psychological effects. Epidural labour analgesia is accepted as the gold standard. OBJECTIVES : To establish the ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-07)The CCSSA PBM Guidelines have been developed to improve patient blood management in critically ill patients in southern Africa. These consensus recommendations are based on a rigorous process by experts in the field of ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-07)The COVID-19 pandemic has placed healthcare resources around the world under immense pressure. South Africa, given the condition of its healthcare system, is particularly vulnerable. There has been much discussion around ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-08)We thank Singh and Moodley for their detailed commentary on the Critical Care Society of Southern Africa (CCSSA) guidelines on ‘Allocation of scarce critical care resources during the COVID-19 public health emergency in ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-12)Triage and rationing of scarce intensive care unit (ICU) resources are an unavoidable necessity. In routine circumstances, ICU triage is premised on the best interests of an individual patient; however, when increased ...
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(South African Medical Association, 2021)The global magnitude of sepsis coupled with the unacceptably high attendant mortality continues to fuel universal efforts to improve its early detection and the assessment of severity of disease in the pursuit of improving ...
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(AOSIS, 2021-01-29)BACKGROUND: Despite improved availability and better access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), approximately 36% of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive South Africans are still not virally suppressed. Objective: ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-03)Death is a medical occurrence that has social, legal, religious and cultural consequences requiring common clinical standards for its diagnosis and legal regulation. This document compiled by the Critical Care Society of ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2021-04)BACKGROUND: Prolonged hospitalization places a significant burden on healthcare resources. Compared to the general population, hospital length of stay (LOS) is generally longer in HIV-positive patients. We identified ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2021-07)Sepsis and septic shock are key contributors to mortality in critically ill patients and thus prompt recognition and management thereof is central to achieving improved patient outcomes. Early initiation of appropriate ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-08)BACKGROUND. Suboptimal antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence is associated with viral resistance, opportunistic infections and increased mortality. OBJECTIVES. To determine the rates of ART non-adherence and its associations, ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-08)In the last decade, there have been significant developments in the understanding of the hormone melatonin in terms of its physiology, regulatory role and potential utility in various domains of clinical medicine. Melatonin’s ...
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(Wiley, 2021-08)OBJECTIVES : Despite better access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) over recent years, HIV remains a major global cause of mortality. The present study aimed to identify predictors of in-hospital mortality among HIV-positive ...
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