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Herselman, Ronel; Lalloo, Vidya; Ueckermann, Veronica; Van Tonder, Daniel Johannes; De Jager, Edwin John; Spijkerman, Sandra; Van der Merwe, Wanda; Du Pisane, Marizane; Hattingh, Fanie; Stanton, David; Hofmeyr, Ross (Elsevier, 2021-12)INTRODUCTION : SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in increased worldwide demand for personal protective equipment (PPE). With pressure from ongoing epidemic and endemic episodes, we assessed an adapted snorkel mask that provides full-face ...
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Hardcastle, T.C.; Engelbrecht, Andreas; Lalloo, Vidya; Bell, C.; Toubkin, M. (South African Medical Association, 2023-06)Snakebite management is largely driven by expert opinion and consensus. However, there are a few large retrospective studies and randomised controlled trials that have improved the quality of medical guidance currently ...
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Hardcastle, T.C.; Engelbrecht, Andreas; Lalloo, Vidya; Bell, C.; Toubkin, M.; Motara, F.; Kajee, M. (South African Medical Association, 2023-07)This article explores the management of snakebite in vulnerable patient groups, namely children and pregnant women, as well as providing detail on the current best practice when caring for venom ophthalmia and surgical ...
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Pelle, Ratang Pholosho; Engelbrecht, Andreas; Lalloo, Vidya (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021)The black mamba is known for its notorious potent neurotoxic venom. For this reason, their bites are often erroneously treated in the field with the application of a tourniquet in the hope of delaying systemic spread of ...
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Tambwe, Mungela J.; Lalloo, Vidya; Engelbrecht, Andreas; Pelle, Ratang Pholosho (AOSIS, 2021-08)The boomslang (Dipholidus typus) has a predominantly haemotoxic venom. Because of the consumptive nature of the coagulopathy, signs and symptoms are usually delayed by up to 72 h after the bite. Traditional laboratory ...
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Abdullah, Fareed; Myers, J.; Basu, Debashis; Tintinger, Gregory; Ueckermann, Veronica; Mathebula, M.; Ramlall, R.; Spoor, S.; De Villiers, T.; Van der Walt, Z.; Cloete, Jeane; Soma-Pillay, Priya; Rheeder, Paul; Paruk, Fathima; Engelbrecht, Adel; Lalloo, Vidya; Myburg, M.; Kistan, J.; Van Hougenhouck-Tulleken, W.G. (Wesley); Boswell, Michael T.; Gray, G.; Welch, R.; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Jassat, W. (Elsevier, 2022-03)INTRODUCTION : The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019 is a global pandemic that is threatening the health and wellbeing of people worldwide. To date there have been more ...
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Ekambaram, K.; Lamprecht, H.; Lalloo, Vidya; Caruso, N.; Engelbrecht, Andreas; Jooste, W. (Elsevier, 2021-03)INTRODUCTION: Global usage of educational Emergency Medicine (EM) podcasts is popular and ever-increasing. This study aims to explore the desired content, format and delivery characteristics of a potential educational, ...
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Smit, Almien; Lalloo, Vidya; Engelbrecht, Andreas (Elsevier, 2021-06)INTRODUCTION: Due to the nationwide lockdown to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and subsequent alcohol ban in South Africa, several cases of toxic alcohol ingestion presented to our emergency unit. Many of these ...
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Smit, Almien; Lalloo, Vidya; Engelbrecht, Andreas; Mashego, L.D.; Monzon, Barbaro (Medpharm Publications, 2023)Acute limb compartment syndrome can occur with cytotoxic snake envenomation. Ultrasound (US) assessment of the affected limb has been suggested as an adjunct to the administration of snakebite polyvalent antivenom to ...
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Dreyer, Hanlie; De Oliveira, Katya; Lalloo, Vidya; Engelbrecht, Andreas (Elsevier, 2022-03)INTRODUCTION : In previous pandemics such as the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, it has been observed that patients with non-pandemic related complaints, delay their presentation to hospital. Similarly, delayed ...
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Hurribunce, Nirvika; Lalloo, Vidya; Prozesky, Benjamin V.; Human, Rule; Prozesky, Detlef R.; Geyser, M.M. (Mimi); Engelbrecht, Andreas (AOSIS, 2023-09-05)BACKGROUND : The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an essential skill in the practice of emergency medicine (EM), with benefit to patient care by improving diagnostic accuracy. Despite this, there exists little ...
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