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Browsing by UP Author "Saayman, Gert"
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Cocks, Jeannie; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Steffens, Francois E.; Saayman, Gert
(Elsevier, 2015-04)
In a country notorious for violent crime, it seems that South African medico-legal laboratories make
minimal application of technology in the death investigation process and little attention is given to trace
evidence. ...
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Blumenthal, Ryan; Saayman, Gert
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014-09)
Bone marrow embolism in electrocution was first described in the literature by Rappaport
et al (Am J Pathol. 1951;27(3):407Y433) in 1951. Two case studies demonstrating this phenomenon
are reported here, one involving ...
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Blumenthal, Ryan; Saayman, Gert
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2017-06)
We present the case of a 41-year-old woman who was fatally injured during a witnessed lightning strike event and in whom autopsy revealed the unusual keraunopathological finding of overt pneumomediastinum. The possible ...
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Van den Ordel, G.; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-03)
BACKGROUND : Children and young adults are particularly vulnerable to intentional and accidental fatal injuries. The majority of deaths in
Africa in children <5 years of age are due to infectious diseases. Road traffic ...
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Ehmke-Engelbrecht, Ursula; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Deysel, Christelle; Jordaan, J.C. (Joyce); Saayman, Gert
(Institute for Security Studies, 2016-09)
The reliability and accuracy of blood alcohol concentration results presented in South African courts
in respect of possible driving under the influence (DUI) cases, have in recent years been subjected to
intense scrutiny ...
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Cloete, T.E. (Thomas Eugene), 1958-; Smith, Z.; Saayman, Gert
(Water Research Council, 1999-07)
In this study, a water cooling tower was used as a low-rate biofilm reactor for treating municipal wastewater. The performance of the system was evaluated at three different flow rates. The biofilm reactor gave the best ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert
(Elsevier, 2016-07)
According to the WorldHealth Organization, an estimated 9 million people contracted tuberculosis (TB) with approximately
25% of TB cases being from Africa. TB was reported as the number one cause of natural death for ...
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Saayman, Gert
(Sage, 2020-12)
South Africa is burdened by both an exceptionally high crude death rate and a very high non-natural death rate. Efficient death investigation may greatly aid in identifying and addressing public health issues, while also ...
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Barit, Shimon; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert
(Institute for Security Studies, 2020)
In 2013, South Africa had the second highest rate of imprisonment in Africa. During the apartheid
era, a substantial number of deaths in custody involved political detainees. However, two decades
after the abolition of ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Morris, Neil Kenneth; Meyer, Pieter Willem Adriaan; Saayman, Gert
(Springer, 2016-03)
In South Africa bee stings are most commonly
caused by either Apis mellifera capensis or A. mellifera
scutellata, indigenous species which are notoriously
aggressive when compared to European honey bees.
According to ...
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Loots, Donovan P.; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert
(Springer, 2015-12)
A previously healthy 2 year old female toddler was brought to the emergency department with a history
of severe hematemesis. Posterior-Anterior (PA) and lateral chest radiographs demonstrated a round
radio-opaque object ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert; Morris, Neil Kenneth
(Elsevier, 2016-01)
Drowning is classified as the 3rd leading cause of accidental deaths worldwide and is deemed to be a
preventable cause of death. Bodies retrieved from a water medium pose several challenges to the
forensic pathologist ...
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Liebenberg, Jade; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert; Steenkamp, Vanessa
(Institute for Security Studies, 2019-03)
Driving under the influence is a major threat to road safety in South Africa. Various psychoactive
substances (both licit and illicit) have the potential to adversely affect driving performance and
increase the probability ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014-09)
The incidence of fatal injuries in children has been reported to
be highest among children aged 1 to 4 years. Major causes of head injury
include road traffic accidents, falls, and intentional or inflicted injury (such
as ...
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Liebenberg, Jade; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Steenkamp, Vanessa; Saayman, Gert
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-10)
Background. Globally, illicit drugs are responsible for many fatalities annually, yet accurate data on the nature and extent of these deaths
in South Africa (SA) are lacking.
Objectives. To investigate the presence and ...
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Bernitz, Herman; Saayman, Gert
(South African Dental Association, 2017-03)
Dental identification of decomposed, burned and mutilated remains usually involves comparing the ante-mortem with the post-mortem dental records of the suspected victim. This procedure is dependent on the availability of ...
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Saayman, Gert; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Forensic Medicine
(University of Pretoria, 1998-09-29)
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Cocks, Jeannie; Saayman, Gert
(SAGE, 2013)
This study aimed to establish the incidence of homicide, associated pathology of trauma and victim profiles in cases admitted to or managed as homicidal deaths at the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory (PMLL) over the period ...
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Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Snyman, Philip; Saayman, Gert
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-05)
Reye’s syndrome is characterised by acute non-inflammatory encephalopathy and fatty degeneration of the liver. The exact aetiology of the
syndrome is unknown, but there is an association with viral infections and the use ...
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Blumenthal, Ryan; Trengrove, Estelle; Jandrell, Ian R.; Saayman, Gert
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-07)
South Africa has a rich history of lightning research; however,
research on the clinical and pathological effects and features
of lightning-related injury (keraunomedicine or lightning
medicine) remains neglected locally. ...