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Trauma electives in South Africa provide valuable training for international surgeons.

Published in South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Trauma electives in South Africa (SA) are common and many foreign-based surgeons have undertaken such electives over the past 3 decades. Despite this, little academic attention has been paid to these electives, which remain largely informal and unstructured. This project aims to redress this deficit. To investigate and document the extent of trauma...

Evaluation of factors and patterns influencing the 30-day readmission rate at a tertiary-level hospital in a resource-co...

Published in South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Factors contributing to and causes of hospital readmissions have been investigated worldwide, but very few studies have been performed in South Africa (SA) and none in the Western Cape Province. To investigate possible preventable and non-preventable factors contributing to readmissions to the Department of Internal Medicine at Tygerberg Hospital (...

Chronic lung disease and a history of tuberculosis (post-tuberculosis lung disease): Clinical features and in-hospital o...

Published in South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Many patients with previous pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) continue to experience respiratory symptoms long after completion of tuberculosis (TB) therapy, often resulting in numerous hospital visits and admissions. To describe the profile of patients with chronic lung disease (CLD) with or without a history of PTB, and their in-hospital outcomes. We ...

Mental illness in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: A review of the burden of disease and healthcare intervention...

Published in South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Reflections on undergraduate teaching.

Published in South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Assessment and management of venous thrombo-embolism risk during pregnancy and the puerperium (SAVE): The South African ...

Published in South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Pregnancy and the puerperium are hypercoagulable states and increase the risk of VTE. There is a paucity of South African (SA) data related to use of thromboprophylaxis during pregnancy and the puerperium. To evaluate local practice of VTE risk stratification among...

Perioperative comparison of the agreement between a portable fingertip pulse oximeter v. a conventional bedside pulse ox...

Published in South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Low-cost, portable fingertip pulse oximeters are widely available to health professionals and the public. They are often not tested to International Organization for Standardization standards, or only undergo accuracy studies in healthy volunteers under ideal laboratory conditions. To pragmatically evaluate the agreement between one such device and...

Fulminant hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in an infant following mother-to-child transmission of an e-minus HBV mutant...

Published in South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Medical students' perspectives on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide and their views on legalising these practice...

Published in South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

How accurately do routinely reported HIV viral load suppression proportions reflect progress towards the 90-90-90 target...

Published in South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) third 90-90-90 target requires 90% of patients on antiretroviral treatment (ART) to be virally suppressed (