• Comparing paediatric caudal injection simulation on a 3D-printed, gelatine-cast part-task trainer and the life/form® pediatric caudal injection simulator, to real anatomy, by specialist opinion 

  Janse van Rensburg, Henroe; Van der Merwe, Dawid J. (Medpharm Publications, 2023-03)

  BACKGROUND: Paediatric caudal anaesthesia is an established technique. Commercially, only one paediatric caudal part-tasktrainer (PTT) exists. In the South African context, access to caudal block simulation training is ...
• The management of postoperative pain after musculoskeletal surgery - a narrative review 

  Dippenaar, Johannes Marthinus (Tinus) (Medpharm Publications, 2023-03)

  Cost-effective care amidst the rapidly rising cost of medical services necessitates the implementation of a standardised multimodal analgesia plan to aid patient care. This review aims to address the physiology and ...
• “Belt and braces” : prophylactic vasoconstrictors after spinal blocks in the elderly 

  Milner, A. (Medpharm Publications, 2023)

  No abstract available.
• The management of postoperative pain after musculoskeletal surgery – a narrative review 

  Dippenaar, J.M. (Medpharm Publications, 2023)

  Cost-effective care amidst the rapidly rising cost of medical services necessitates the implementation of a standardised multimodal analgesia plan to aid patient care. This review aims to address the physiology and ...
• An evaluation of severe anesthetic-related critical incidents and risks from the South African paediatric surgical outcomes study : a 14-day prospective, observational cohort study of pediatric surgical patients 

  Cronje, Larissa; Torborg, Alexandra M.; Meyer, Heidi M.; Bhettay, Anisa Z.; Diedericks, Johan B.J.S.; Cilliers, Celeste; Kluyts, Hyla; Mrara, Busisiwe; Kalipa, Mandisa; Cloete, Esther; Burke, Annemie; Mogane, Palesa N.; Alphonsus, Christella S.; Mbeki, Motselisi; Thomas, Jennifer; Rodseth, Reitze; Biccard, Bruce M. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2022-04)

  BACKGROUND : Severe anesthetic-related critical incident (SARCI) monitoring is an essential component of safe, quality anesthetic care. Predominantly retrospective data from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) ...
• Paediatric anaesthesia care in Africa : challenges and opportunities 

  Gray, R.M.; Cronje, L.; Kalipa, Mandisa N.; Lee, C.A.; Evans, F.M. (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  In 2015, the World Health Organization and member states recognised surgery and anaesthesia care as a component of universal health coverage, yet 1.7 billion children and adolescents continue to lack access to safe surgical ...
• The “knowing-doing gap” – preoperative assessments via telemedicine during COVID-19 

  Milner, A. (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  The phrase “knowing-doing gap” was first coined by Pfeffer and Sutton in 2000.1 They postulated that while big businesses often knew correct management principles, implementation of appropriate change was not always possible. ...
• Prevalence and predisposing factors of post-traumatic stress symptoms in anaesthetists during the second wave of COVID-19 in South Africa 

  Lombard, Theodi; Spijkerman, Sandra; Van Rooyen, C. (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  BACKGROUND : Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) have been described in healthcare workers after disease outbreaks. Anaesthetists are at high risk of exposure to COVID-19 due to the nature of the airway procedures they ...
• A cross-sectional observational study of endotracheal intubation and extubation practices among doctors treating adult COVID-19 and suspected COVID-19 patients in South Africa 

  Naidoo, K.; Spijkerman, Sandra; Wyngaard, J.; De Menezes-Williams, H.; Janse van Rensburg, C. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2022-01)

  BACKGROUND. Patients with severe COVID-19 may require endotracheal intubation. Unique adjustments to endotracheal intubation and extubation practices are necessary to decrease the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to healthcare ...
• The Cardiothoracic Anaesthetic Society of South Africa practice advisory for the perioperative management of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators in South Africa 

  Keene, A.R.; Motshabi, P.; Mdadla, N.; Swanevelder, J.; Turton, E.; Maakamedi, Hendrick; Murfin, D.; Vorster, A.; Drummond, L.A. (Medpharm Publications, 2021)

  Pacemakers (PM) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are likely to be encountered by anaesthetists in South Africa in everyday practice because of increasing rates of implantation of these cardiac implantable ...
• Development of a clinical prediction model for in-hospital mortality from the South African cohort of the African surgical outcomes study 

  Kluyts, Hyla-Louise; Conradie, Wilhelmina; Cloete, Estie; Spijkerman, Sandra; Smith, Oliver; Alli, Ahmed; Koto, Modise Z.; Montwedi, Daniel; Govender, Komalan; Cronje, Larissa; Grobbelaar, Mariette; Omoshoro-Jones, Jones A.; Rorke, Nicolette F.; Anderson, Philip; Torborg, Alexandra; Alphonsus, Christella; Alexandris, Panagiotis; Peter, Aunel Mallier; Singh, Usha; Diedericks, Johan; Mrara, Busisiwe; Reed, Anthony; Davies, Gareth L.; Davids, Jody G.; Van Zyl, Hendrik A.; Govindasamy, Vishendran; Rodseth, Reitze; Matos-Puig, Roel; Bhat, Kajake A.P.; Naidoo, Noel; Roos, John; Jaworska, Magdalena; Steyn, Annemarie; Dippenaar, Johannes Marthinus (Tinus); Pearse, R.M.; Madiba, Thandinkosi; Biccard, Bruce McIure (Springer, 2021-02)

  BACKGROUND : Data on the factors that influence mortality after surgery in South Africa are scarce, and neither these data nor data on risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality after surgery are routinely collected. Predictors ...
• Adapted full-face snorkel masks as an alternative for COVID-19 personal protection during aerosol generating procedures in South Africa 

  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 ...
• The association between preoperative anemia and postoperative morbidity in pediatric surgical patients : a secondary analysis of a prospective observational cohort study 

  Meyer, Heidi M.; Torborg, Alexandra; Cronje, Larissa; Thomas, Jennifer; Bhettay, Anisa; Diedericks, Johan; Cilliers, Celeste; Kluyts, Hyla-Louise; Mrara, Busisiwe; Kalipa, Mandisa N.; Biccard, Bruce McIure (Wiley, 2020-07)

  BACKGROUND : The prevalence of anemia in the South African pediatric surgical population is unknown. Anemia may be associated with increased postoperative complications. We are unaware of studies documenting these findings ...
• Intubating conditions following four different doses of propofol in children 

  Du Preez, T.; Dippenaar, Johannes Marthinus (Tinus) (MedPharm Publications, 2020)

  BACKGROUND : Day case surgery offers advantages to the patient, the family and the performing institution. Children are excellent candidates since they are generally healthy and often require brief surgical interventions. ...
• Oxygen management during cardiopulmonary bypass : a single-center, 8-year retrospective cohort study 

  Grocott, Bronwen B.; Kashani, Hessam H.; Maakamedi, Hendrick; Dutta, Vikas; Hiebert, Brett; Rakar, Martin; Grocott, Hilary P. (Elsevier, 2021-01)

  OBJECTIVE : To characterize the institutional oxygen management practices during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, including any potential changes during an 8-year study period. DESIGN ...
• Quality of recovery after total hip and knee arthroplasty in South Africa : a national prospective observational cohort study 

  Plenge, Ulla; Parker, Romy; Davids, Shamiela; Davies, Gareth L.; Fullerton, Zahnne; Gray, Lindsay; Groenewald, Penelope; Isaacs, Refqah; Kauta, Ntambue; Louw, Frederik M.; Mazibuko, A.N. (Andile); North, David M.; Nortje, Marc; Nunes, Glen M.; Pebane, Neo; Rajah, Chantal; Roos, John; Ryan, Paul; September, Winlecia V.; Shanahan, Heidi; Siebritz, Ruth E.; Smit, Rian W.; Sombili, Simon; Torborg, Alexandra; Van der Merwe, Johan F.; Van der Westhuizen, Nico; Biccard, Bruce McIure (BioMed Central, 2020-11)

  BACKGROUND: Encouraged by the widespread adoption of enhanced recovery protocols (ERPs) for elective total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) in high-income countries, our nationwide multidisciplinary research group ...
• Validation of age-based body mass estimation methods in toddlers and pre-school children 

  Booysen, Karin; Dippenaar, Johannes Marthinus (Tinus); Smith, Francois Jacobus (Medpharm Publications, 2019)

  BACKGROUND: Body mass is commonly used to determine medication dosages and equipment size. In emergency situations (including cases necessitating surgery) weighing paediatric patients can be impractical. Clinicians may ...
• Induction of anaesthesia with propofol according to the adjusted ideal body mass in obese and non-obese patients: an observational study 

  Smith, Francois Jacobus; Jurgens, F.X.; Coetzee, J.F.; Becker, Piet J. (Medpharm Publications, 2019)

  BACKGROUND: Obesity changes body composition including fat free mass (FFM), regarded as the “pharmacologically active mass”. Scaling drug doses to obese patients by total body mass (TBM) results in overdose. We aimed to ...
• Use of video-based content in medical education 

  Duys, R.; Adam, M.; Spijkerman, Sandra; Purcell-Jones, J. (MedPharm Publications, 2019)

  In South Africa, the shortage of trained doctors and nurses contributes to 50% of all maternal deaths, according to the 2014–2016 Saving Mother’s Report of the National Committee on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal ...
• Clinical prediction models for risk-adjusted outcomes in South African surgical patients 

  Kluyts, Hyla-Louise (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  Background National clinical data on perioperative care in South Africa are scarce. There is both an urgent need, and the imminent opportunity, to increase the body of evidence necessary to inform on initiatives to improve ...

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