• The importance of critical incident reporting in anaesthesia 

  Dippenaar, Johannes Marthinus (Tinus) (Medpharm Publications, 2025-02-28)

  As a cornerstone of modern surgical and perioperative practice, anaesthesiologists are tasked with ensuring patient comfort and procedural safety during the perioperative period. Anaesthesia, however, remains a high-risk ...
• Determining the minimum dataset for surgical patients in Africa : a Delphi study 

  Kluyts, Hyla-Louise; Bedwell, Gillian J.; Bedada, Alemayehu G.; Fadalla, Tarig; Hewitt-Smith, Adam; Mbwele, Bernard A.; Mrara, Busisiwe; Omigbodun, Akinyinka; Omoshoro-Jones, Jones; Turton, Edwin W.; Belachew, Fitsum K.; Chu, Kathryn; Cloete, Esther; Ekwen, Gerald; Elfagieh, Mohamed Ahmed; Elfiky, Mahmoud; Maimbo, Mayaba; Morais, Atilio; Mpirimbanyi, Christophe; Munlemvo, Dolly; Ndarukwa, Pisirai; Smalle, Isaac; Torborg, Alexandra M.; Ulisubisya, Mpoki; Fawzy, Maher; Gobin, Veekash; Mbeki, Motselisi; Ngumi, Zipporah; Patel-Mujajati, Ushmaben; Sama, Hamza D.; Tumukunde, Janat; Antwi-Kusi, Akwasi; Basenaro, Apollo; Lamacraft, Gillian; Madzimbamuto, Farai; Maswime, Salome; Msosa, Vanessa; Mulwafu, Wakisa; Youssouf, Coulibaly; Pearse, Rupert; Biccard, Bruce M. (Springer, 2023-03)

  BACKGROUND : It is often difficult for clinicians in African low- and middle-income countries middle-income countries to access useful aggregated data to identify areas for quality improvement. The aim of this Delphi ...
• 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)

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• 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 ...
• South African cardiovascular risk stratification guideline for non-cardiac surgery 

  Alphonsus, C.S.; Naidoo, N.; Chakane, P.Motshabi; Cassimjee, I.; Firfiray, L.; Louwrens, H.; Van der Westhuizen, J.; Malan, A.; Spijkerman, Sandra; Kluyts, Hyla-Louise; Cloete, N.J.; Kisten, T.; Nejthardt, M.B.; Biccard, Bruce McIure (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-10)

  The South African (SA) guidelines for cardiac patients for non-cardiac surgery were developed to address the need for cardiac risk assessment and risk stratification for elective non-cardiac surgical patients in SA, and ...
• SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence in healthcare workers and administrative and support staff: The first-wave experience at three academic hospitals in the Tshwane district of Gauteng Province, South Africa 

  Mdzinwa, Nasiphi; Voigt, M.; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Paruk, Fathima (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-11)

  BACKGROUND : The availability of well and functional healthcare workers (HCWs) and support staff is pivotal to a country’s ability to manage the COVID-19 pandemic effectively. While HCWs have been identified as being at ...
• Development of a clinical prediction model for high hospital cost in patients admitted for elective non-cardiac surgery to a private hospital in South Africa 

  Kluyts, Hyla-Louise; Becker, Piet J. (Medpharm Publications, 2021)

  INTRODUCTION : Clinicians may find early identification of patients at risk for high cost of care during and after surgery useful, to prepare for focused management that results in optimal clinical outcome. The aim of the ...
• Anaesthetic nurse training in South Africa and the role of the anaesthetist 

  Spijkerman, Sandra (Medpharm publications, 2021-02-24)

  One night during a polytrauma theatre case, I asked the anaesthetic nurse to run a blood gas analysis in a nearby intensive care unit. He returned with saline, glucose and insulin, announcing from the door that “we need ...
• 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. ...

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