Browsing Research Articles (Surgery) by Author "Richards, Guy A."

Browsing Research Articles (Surgery) by Author "Richards, Guy A."

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  • Antimicrobial susceptibility of gram-negative pathogens isolated from patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections in South African hospitals (SMART Study 2004-2009) : impact of the new carbapenem breakpoints 
    Brink, Adrian J.; Botha, Roelof F.; Poswa, Xoliswa; Senekal, Marthinus; Badal, Robert E.; Grolman, David C.; Richards, Guy A.; Feldman, Charles; Boffard, Kenneth D.; Veller, Martin; Joubert, Ivan; Pretorius, Jan P. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2012)
    BACKGROUND: The Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) follows trends in resistance among aerobic and facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacilli (GNB) isolated from complicated intra-abdominal ...
  • Critical care admission of South African (SA) surgical patients : results of the SA surgical outcomes study 
    Skinner, D.L.; De Vasconcellos, K.; Wise, R.; Esterhuizen, T.M.; Fourie, C.; Mahomed, A. Goolam; Gopalan, P.D.; Joubert, I.; Kluyts, Hyla-Louise; Mathivha, L.R.; Mrara, Busisiwe; Pretorius, Jan P.; Richards, Guy A.; Smith, O.; Spruyt, M.G.L.; Pearse, R.M.; Madiba, T.E.; Biccard, Bruce McIure (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-05)
    BACKGROUND. Appropriate critical care admissions are an important component of surgical care. However, there are few data describing postoperative critical care admission in resource-limited low- and middle-income ...
  • The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa consensus statement on ICU triage and rationing (ConICTri) 
    Joynt, G.M.; Gopalan, P.D.; Argent, A.; Chetty, S.; Wise, R.; Lai, V.K.W.; Hodgson, E.; Lee, A.; Joubert, I.; Mokgokong, S.; Tshukutsoane, S.; Richards, Guy A.; Menezes, C.; Mathivha, L.R.; Espen, B.; Levy, B.; Asante, K.; Paruk, Fathima (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 ...
  • Guideline : Appropriate use of tigecycline 
    Brink, Andries J.; Bizos, D.; Boffard, Kenneth D.; Feldman, Charles; Grolman, D.C.; Pretorius, Jan P.; Richards, Guy A.; Senekal, M.; Steyn, E.; Welkovic, N. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-06)
    INTRODUCTION: Tigecycline, the first of a new class of antibiotics, the glycylcyclines, was licensed in South Africa for the parenteral treatment of adult patients with complicated intraabdominal infections (cIAIs) and ...
  • Guideline summary : appropriate use of tigecycline 
    Brink, Adrian J.; Bizos, D.; Boffard, Kenneth D.; Feldman, Charles; Grolman, D.C.; Pretorius, J.; Richards, Guy A.; Steyn, E. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-02)
    Tigecycline, the first of a new class of broad-spectrum antibiotics (the glycylcyclines), has been licensed in South Africa for the parenteral treatment of adult patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs) ...
  • Starch safety in resuscitation 
    Hodgson, R.E.; Richards, Guy A.; Lundgren, A.C.; Spruyt, M.G.L.; Pretorius, Jan P.; Mathiva, L.R.; Dickerson, R.; Gopalan, P.D. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-09)
    The Western Cape Department of Health (WC DoH) has taken a decision to withdraw all intravenous fluids (IVFs) containing hydroxyethyl starch (HES) from hospitals in the Western Cape, with similar action contemplated in the ...