Browsing Research Articles (Cardiology) by UP Author "Schewitz, Ivan Anton"

Browsing Research Articles (Cardiology) by UP Author "Schewitz, Ivan Anton"

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  • Challenging beliefs : a review of the paradigm shift in the treatment of pectus excavatum from radical resection to minimally invasive bracing and non-surgical vacuum bell suction 
    Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Nuss, D. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-12)
    In 1997, Nuss introduced a minimally invasive non-destructive procedure for pectus excavatum, which revolutionised the treatment of the condition. This review will give a brief history on the management of this condition, ...
  • COVID-19 in Africa : preparing for the storm 
    Chakaya, J.; Binegdie, A.; Irungu, A.; Pearson, B.; Gray, D.; Zar, Heather J.; Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Kagima, J.; Mortimer, K.; Ozoh, O.B.; Masekela, R.; Gordon, S.B.; Worodria, W.; Aluoch, J. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2020-07)
    In response to COVID-19, Africa should develop robust collaborative research programmes, funded by African governments and partners, to include epidemiological, health system, implementation, clinical trials, immunological ...
  • The modern approach to pectus repair 
    Schewitz, Ivan Anton (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-09)
    Since 1949, the Ravitch repair for pectus excavatum and carinatum was the gold standard. This is a destructive, aggressive procedure, which has a significant recurrence rate when it is poorly performed. When performed ...
  • Pectus carinatum : when less is more 
    Martinez-Ferro, M.; Bellia-Munzon, B.; Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Toselli, L. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019)
    Awareness of pectus carinatum has increased among the medical community over the last several decades, as innovative options for nonsurgical treatments have become more widely known. Management alternatives have shifted ...
  • Recommendations for lung cancer screening in Southern Africa 
    Koegelenberg, Coenraad F.N.; Dorfman, Shane; Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Richards, Guy A.; Maasdorp, Shaun; Smith, Clifford; Dheda, Keertan (AME Publishing Company, 2019-09)
    Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in southern Africa. Early trials of chest radiograph-based screening in males at high risk for lung cancer found no mortality benefit of a radiograph alone, ...
  • Thoracoscopy : the past, the present and the future! A personal journey 
    Schewitz, Ivan Anton (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)
    Thoracoscopy, in my opinion, is underutilised in Africa, for a multiplicity of reasons. These include a lack of expertise, the perceived cost and difficulties in obtaining and maintaining equipment. The benefits, however, ...
  • Unintended consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa 
    Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Zar, Heather J.; Masekela, Refiloe; Gordon, Stephen; Ozoh, Obianuju; Kagima, Jacqueline; Gray, Diane; Binegdie, Amsalu; Irungu, Anne; Worodria, William (Scientific Scholar, 2020-09)
    As we write this, a patient is in a local South African Hospital on a ventilator following a cardiac arrest after a massive pulmonary embolus. He recently returned from overseas. When he arrived, he had a cough and phoned ...